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Salish Sea Folk Arts Fest on Orcas Island

The Salish Sea Folk Arts Fest is celebrating PNW folk arts through music, dance, poetry and a pop-up…

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Cultural futures: funding and policy information for organizations and supporters

Orcas Center is pleased to welcome the Inspire Washington Cultural Futures roadshow on Wednesday, April 24 at 3…

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Thank you so much to our island community!

We really appreciate your support and we had a great event on Friday, April 5. We sold hundreds…

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Back row, l-r: Dorrie Braun, Alison Calhoun, Pedro Lopez de Victoria, Tom Fiscus, Tori Smith, Asifa Welch, Claire Orser, Katie Zwilling, Indy Zoeller, Frank Michels, Holly King and Kyle Graham. Front row, kneeling: Luke Bronn, Pix Zwilling, Jake Perrine, Chelsea Sherman, Katie Wlaysewski and Grace Zwilling.

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Into the Woods, it’s time to go | Orcas Center spring production

Once upon a time, a group of actors wished, more than anything, for a local production of “Into…

Rosario Resort.

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Sale of historic Rosario Resort is finalized

The sale of the historic Rosario Resort was finalized on April 8 after the transition to an unknown…

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Youth Conservation Corps Now Accepting Applicants for Summer ‘24

Calling all island youth passionate about the natural world! San Juan Islands Conservation District is excited to announce…

“I AM DOG,” oil on canvas.

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April’s “Art in the Library” at Orcas Library

In April, the Orcas Island Library’s “Art in the Library” series will feature an exhibit of paintings, prints…

Orcas Money Smart volunteer mentors, left to right: Nick Johns, Bonnie Burg and Brett Lensing.

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Orcas Money Smart Nears Completion of Year Two

by Megan Ehrmantraut

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The Orcas Island Garden Club presents “Got to Get Back to the Garden! Invertebrates Return to Eden”

Please join the Orcas Island Garden Club on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 when we welcome independent entomologist Cynthia…

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All aboard the praise train

Submitted by Orcas Island School District.

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Planet vs. Plastics! The Great Islands Clean-up is on Saturday, April 20

Planet vs. Plastics! The Great Islands Clean-up is on Saturday, April 20

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 A fly sips nectar from a male soapberry flower. It has a few pollen grains on its head and thorax. This photograph was taken in early March

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Soapberry and its surprising superpower

By Russel Barsh

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Friday Harbor Middle School students and teacher: Hazel Johnson, first place winner; teacher, Michael McKinnon; Elliot Roach, second place winner.

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The winning word was constellation

Submitted by the Rotary Club of the San Juan Islands.