The Orcas Island Community Foundation conducts a competitive grant process, distributing approximately $100,000 annually to programs serving the island community.
The deadline for submitting orders to the Native Plant Sale sponsored by WSU Master Gardeners Foundation is March 1. All orders are processed on a first come first serve basis. The plants were selected and ordered last summer from the conservation district and include many species.
Storyteller Antoinette Botsford and composer-songstress Carolyn Cruso join forces to create “The Snow Queen – A Journey in Story And Song,” 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26 at the Deer Harbor Community Center and Sunday, Jan. 27 at the Orcas Senior Center. Admission is by donation.
This “GMO-Free” event is open to anyone with healthy non-genetically engineered seeds and plants and to share labeled containers and for people with nothing to exchange who want to acquire seed and plant material and knowledge.
All those who enjoy creating or collecting textiles are invited to exhibit their work at Orcas Center for the entire month of February. Weaving, stitchery, knitting, quilting or textiles constructed of any materials will all will be shown in the Madrona Room.
Friends of the San Juans and San Juan NO COALition will host a “comment writing party” Jan. 17, 5-7 p.m. at the San Juan Grange (152 1st St.) in Friday Harbor. Materials and resources to help guide letter writers process will be available. Attendees should bring a laptop or something to write with. Refreshments will be provided.
Anyone who might happen to visit the Lieutenant Governor’s office in Olympia in the next three months will be surprised to see some familiar art on the walls. Local artist Frank Loudin has been invited by the Lieutenant Governor’s Art Council to show a sampling of his watercolors in the reception room for the months of January through March.
Celebrate the start of Orcas Center’s 2013 Season with John Lithgow who stars in “The Magistrate,” a hilarious play streaming live from the National Theatre in London on Thursday, Jan. 17 at 7:30 pm.
It’s time for the fourth annual meet, greet, eat and buy Fidelis Flea Market! It will open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the West Sound Community Hall on Saturday, Feb. 16.
The upcoming show tells a story of science, oppression and passion
The San Juan County Parks and Fair Department expects that major renovations to Odlin Park on Lopez Island will be finished by mid-summer of this year.
Richard Fadem will offer a literature class from late February through March at the Orcas Senior Center, Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. beginning on Feb. 28 for four to five weeks.
A Discover Pass is not needed on Jan. 21 at Moran and Obstruction Pass State Parks.
