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The Lopez Community Trails Network is again scheduling a series of hikes open to the public under the title of “Go Take a Hike.”
The Salish Sea Early Music Festival presents a quartet of international soloists including leader of the Seattle Baroque Orchestra and violinist Ingrid Matthews, baroque cellist and director of the Montreal Baroque Festival Susie Napper, harpsichordist Hans-Jürgen Schnoor from Lübeck, Germany and baroque flutist and festival artistic director Jeffrey Cohan.
Join Friends of Moran to plant trees at Camp Moran this Saturday, April 20 at 10 a.m. Participants will meet at the Environmental Learning Center. Bring a round pointed shovel and gloves. There will be hot coffee, tea and treats.
“CineMagic,” a ballroom dancing tribute to icons and music of the silver screen, comes to Orcas Center on Friday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m. It is presented by the Utah Ballroom Dance Company.
Orcas Island Historical Museum presents Katie Jensen, long-time Orcas resident and previous owner of the Outlook Inn at its next Historical Matinee on Sunday, April 14 at 3 p.m. at the Orcas Senior Center.
Join San Juan Islands Audubon Society Lopez field trip, Saturday, April 20 at Lopez Ferry Landing 7:30 a.m. or Watmough Bight parking lot 8 a.m.
Mexican food and fine fiddling come together again, as JP and the OK Rhythm Boys return to Agave restaurant in Eastsound on Saturday, April 13 from 6 to 8 p.m.
The Orcas Island Park and Recreation District will present its first ever spring tune-up event at Buck Park.
Pam Jenkins, teacher and artist, will have an exhibit of her pastel and oil landscape paintings at Islanders’ Bank through April. Having always had an interest in art, Jenkins was an art major for a year in college before choosing to major in elementary and early childhood education.
Erin Wilbur of Lopez Island has been named to the Dean’s List at the Savannah College of Art and Design for fall quarter 2012.
Thirty-five participants from First Nations tribes, U.S. tribes, Canadian and American NGOs came together on March 22, to discuss current and proposed vessel traffic that would ship tar sands and coal through the Salish Sea, and the associated increased risk of an oil spill.
Orcas Islanders showed their support for senior nutrition during “March for Meals,” the national campaign to end senior hunger by hosting a community breakfast at the Orcas Island Senior Center. This was a community event to support Meals on Wheels and featured live music by Ron Myers and Jim Shaffer-Bach.
