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Meet the staff of the Orcas Center, pictured here, during the Role Out. Back row: Keith, Amber, Jake, Cheslea and Jordan. Front row: Cameron, Nicole and Colleen.

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Robust year ahead for Orcas Center | Role Out to preview 2025-26 season

Submitted by the Orcas Center.

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Owners of Madrone Cellars & Cider, Amy (pictured above) and her husband, Shaun, are inviting visitors to explore their operations and enjoy tastings of their award-winning wine, cider and natural seltzer during the San Juan Island Farm Tours.

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Farm tours of the San Juans are back | Experience island life at its best

Submitted by the San Juan Conservation District.

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Call for artists: ‘Movement’ community show

Submitted by the Orcas Center.

Darrell Kirk photo.
Auntie Kate with her band, the Uncles of Funk, where she “stirs up a mess of Blues, seasoned with R&B. She is a charismatic singer with a style all her own.” Auntie Kate is a Descendant of Hawaiian Kanakas from Salt Spring Island in British Columbia, Canada.

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When the border came: How 1872 displaced Hawaiian families from San Juan Island

By Darrell Kirk

Inaki Del Olmo photo.

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Library: Call for artists

Submitted by the Orcas Island Public Library.

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Island Stewards launches Common Ground Transit Talks: Petition and surveys now open

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New local book by Barbara Humes

There is a new local book hot off the press called “Mush, You Huskies, Mush!” Author Barbara Humes…

Tracy and Roby Sydor photo.
‘Queen of Hearts’ made from about 2,000 recycled playing cards. Dress by Marjorie Taylor.

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Call for designers: Recycled material fashion show

Designers are invited to participate in a fashion event to take place on the opening night of a…

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Salmonberry Community School kids.

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Introducing the Salmonberry Community School

Submitted by the Salmonberry Community School.

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Celebrate the salmon’s journey to Orcas Island

Each fall, hundreds of Chinook return to Glenwood Springs, Long Live the Kings’ field station on Olga Road.…

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Fourth annual Fall Festival

Submitted by Family Tides Farm.

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Interested in local, renewable energy? Attend OPALCO’s upcoming Community Meetings

Submitted by Orcas Power and Light Cooperative.

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Auditions for ‘Kids Got Talent’

Auditions for Orcas Center’s youth talent show will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 23, from 4- 7 p.m.…