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A community member celebrates Earth Day.

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Earth Day Orcas – Join in the fourth annual celebration

Submitted by Eye of the Whale Arts.

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Beginning in fourth grade, students learn to play a band or stringed instrument in school.

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Orcas Island’s Music Advocacy Group invites all to the March 29 concert

Did you know that 292 students participate in music programs at Orcas Island public schools?

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‘Story Night’ is back

Submitted by the Orcas Center.

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Youth Sailing Lessons from Sail Orcas

For the past 25 years, Orcas youth ages 8–15 have been introduced to the sport of sailing through…

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Pianist Marina Grozdanovic.

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Piano music and art together in concert

Submitted by the Orcas Center.

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Audition notice: An ATOI Production anxiously anticipated this July

Submitted by the Actors Theater of Orcas Island.

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Eco Club students at the the Washington State Capitol in Olympia, Washington.

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Eco Club champion conservation and the environment

Submitted by Friends of the San Juans.

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Rafe Pearlman.

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A musical journey across the globe | Rafe Pearlman to open film showing

“SAMA: To Listen” follows filmmaker Darek Mazzone, composer Peter Culshaw and entrepreneur musician John Goodfellow as they journey…

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San Juan Island 4-H Youth assemble composting worm bins.

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Local 4-H members attend 2026 San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit

By Aurora Miller

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Ellie Wright.

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Ellie Wright among four WWU student journalists selected for Seattle Times ‘Best of the Pacific Northwest’ Symposium

by Betsy O’Donovan

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Ladies of Laughter brings national women’s comedy tour to Orcas Island

By Darrell Kirk

A picture of the new Lydia Lane OPAL housing.

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Coming soon: Five new OPAL homes on Lydia Lane | OPAL’s first new single-family home construction in 16 years

By Rusty Diggs

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Apply to the Healing Arts Center

Submitted by the Healing Arts Center.