What’s going on ’round the island….

• Hey, Monique Woodward‘s 40th birthday is this week! Happy birthday, Mo!

Studios...all over the island!

• On the Artists’ Studio Tour this weekend: Music! I heard Kate Schuman is playing from 11am-2pm at Mary McCulloch’s on Sunday, and that Amanda Brast is playing classical guitar from 1-2pm at Laurie Burns’ studio on Saturday. Here’s a map of the studios – see ya there!

• Watch for the runners on the road as the 8th San Juan Island Marathon/Half Marathon begins Sunday morning at 8:30am. Miles tells me Battery D will be there as the Color Guard for the sendoff when the race starts at the Fairgrounds.

• It has been fun watching Pablito’s Taqueria take off in the past two months – I keep hearing people who tell me, “Have you eaten there yet? It rocks!”

I HAVE eaten there, and do speak verily: it doth.

So, if you’ve had trouble making it at lunch, now you can go in the evening – here’s more from Paul:

Pablito’s Taqueria has expanded its hours, and is now open for dinner on Friday and Saturday nights from 5 till 9.  We will be serving the same menu of tacos, tamales and empanadas, with the same prices as lunch.  We have also, finally, gotten our beer and wine license so have a drink with your dinner.   As a dinner exclusive we have nachos, High Seas Tuna, Olives, Scallions, and Pasilla Peppers atop crispy chips, smothered in cheese, and served with our housemaid salsa.

"Urban Tradition" by Rande Cook

• Lee at Arctic Raven has big news for this weekend:

Rande Cook will be on the Island June 4th and 5th to demonstrate that nothing stays the same in life.“ At one time our villages were surrounded by totems that we built to honor families and tribes. Today I am surrounded by high rise buildings.”

Watch his concept piece entitled “Urban Traditions” transform once again as Rande spends two days painting these columns at Arctic Raven Gallery.  He will apply his contemporary vision of new native color schemes to his red cedar carvings during his two day visit.

• Writer’s Cafe is tonight! Here’s more from Pam:

Hi Everyone,
Writers’ Café is coming up tomorrow. Already! Where: The Bean! When: 5-6:30pm! Join us to listen, or to present your fiction, poetry or nonfiction. I hope you can make it!
Pam Herber, 472-1442

• You know Jazz at the Labs is coming up in a couple of weeks, right? They sold out the last three years (that I know of), so get your tickets now. That’s why I’m tellin’ ya. The scoop: Here.

Among the celebs at the Islanders Bank Celebrity Golf Classic today & tomorrow: three of the Seattle SeaGals are coming to the island

• Tomorrow night you have a great chance to eat out – it’s a great salmon dinner –  & help the community in this longtime fundraiser (I hope to see you there!) Here’s more from Becki Day:

Once again the generous San Juan Seafoods/Trident Seafoods is donating 500lb of Alaskan King Salmon for the Islanders Bank San Juan Celebrity Classic. The infamous and awesome chef John Vejvoda and his team will be cooking the salmon. Come at 5:00pm… Come out early and view the silent auction items, have an appetizer. Dinner starts at 6:00. Live auction will be at 6:45. Cost is $25 per dinner and are available by contacting Becki Day, 360.298.0458.

• Randy Gaylord wanted you to know that we have another candidate in town to see us:

Charlie Wiggins

Charlie Wiggins, who is running against Justice Richard Sanders for election to the Supreme Court, will visit Friday Harbor on Saturday June 5.    You are invited to meet Charlie and join him for refreshments from 9:00 am to 10:30 am at the Friday Harbor House, San Juan Meeting Room, 130 West Street in Friday Harbor.

Charlie has 34 years experience as a lawyer, primarily handling hundreds of appeals in every type of case that comes before the court.  He has served as a Court of Appeals judge, and as a pro tem judge in a variety of cases in King County and in Jefferson County Superior Courts.

“We are very fortunate to have a State Supreme Court candidate visit Friday Harbor,” said Prosecuting Attorney Randall K. Gaylord.  Mr. Gaylord added “I encourage folks to take a few moments from their morning to stop by and meet Charlie.”

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