Hey, good morning to you! Looks like it’s gonna be a great one – let’s look around & see what’s happening: • Want to make your PC move faster? Try this. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ • The good folks at the League of Women Voters check in: The local chapter of the League of Women Voters has produced  Continue Reading

It’s a special event this weekend at the bookstore – here’s more from Nancy Larsen: Griffin Bay Bookstore takes special pleasure in announcing an evening with Greg Atkinson, former San Juan Island chef and a long time proponent of local and Northwest foods and cooking. Greg will be on hand at Griffin Bay Bookstore Saturday  Continue Reading

When I visited with Andrew & Janet Thomas last night, he mentioned that San Juan Island is one of his favourite (he has a British accent) places to come, and he’s looking forward to this weekend’s workshops. I attended his Sacred Activism workshop a while back & came away with lots of ideas & inspired…I’m  Continue Reading

Come see what the IAL’s been up to! Here’s more from Marie DiCristina: Island Arts League Show at the Community Theatre The Island Arts League (IAL) is pleased to announce the Annual Art Show in the lobby of the San Juan Community Theatre from October 26 through November 22, 2011.  Drop by when the Theatre  Continue Reading

If there’s anything cooler than feeding the folks in the world who need it most, I don’t know what it is… Did you see the big mob over at the Grange on Sunday? Some 150 people showed up throughout the afternoon to package food for kids in the Dominican Republic…here are photos from the afternoon,  Continue Reading

Hey, good morning to you! Looks like it’s gonna be a great one – let’s look around & see what’s happening: • Guess I got it wrong – I thought the Wolverines were eliminated from the football playoffs last weekend, but that was just a seeding game…so Friday Harbor High plays Vashon here at 5:30pm  Continue Reading

Jan Bollwinkel-Smith tells me this is going to be a special night at the Community Theatre: CMSJ “Mixes It Up” on Saturday Artistic director Patricia Kostek promises that Chamber Music San Juans’ second concert of its 24st season “will be a program unlike any we’ve presented in the past. If you love the sound of  Continue Reading

Thanks to Jessica Hagy, Indexed

There have been lots of fall colors this last month, and yesterday added even more, as the elementary school’s annual Halloween costume parade made its way through town. The sun peeked out just in time as shopowners & mamas & papas & siblings & grandparents & friends lined the streets to see the kids on  Continue Reading

The Island Stage Left offering for this fall is going to be fun, and it opens this week at the Fairgrounds…be sure & plan to see it early in the run, when it’s a bit easier to get tickets (so you won’t be disappointed!) Here’s more from Helen Machin-Smith: It’s time to mark your calendars  Continue Reading