There’s a lot going on….let’s check it out: • Today is the San Juan Island Lions Club’s Annual Shopping Spree, wherein a lucky winner has four minutes to run around Kings Market gathering as much as possible in a grocery cart. Kinda like the Running of the Bulls, but easier on the spectators….the action is  Continue Reading

It was so good to have Sandy around – whether he was helping welcome people at the Community Theatre or setting up the next Robert Burns Dinner (or telling me how cool it was that some Koreans were setting up one…in Korea! And were using him as a consultant….). The island misses him – here’s  Continue Reading

This is one you don’t want to miss. Watching Island Stage Left‘s fall offering “A Walk in the Woods” provides a flashback to the Cold War’s conversations in the arms race (and Soviet & US efforts to tone it down). Lee Blessing’s script doesn’t play the historical card, though….the reason the show won so many  Continue Reading

Let’s see what’s going on ’round here: • The Washington State Ferry folks have named two new ferries, using Native American names…of special note is they named one of them Tokitae, which is the name of Lolita the killer whale (here’s a link to the campaign to free her from her prison in Miami)…here’s more  Continue Reading

Tim Dustrude continues his series with photos & stories about people around the island – here’s more about my good friend & colleague Tom Doenges: Tom Doenges owns and operates Computer San Juans which he started nearly 12 years ago. He’s been in the computer industry about 25 years total. Many of you know him as  Continue Reading

Just got the word from Emily Reed about the new show at IMA: “Winter is the King of Showmen” opens at the Islands Museum of Art on Friday, November 16 with a reception from 5-8 pm. This impressive first of a kind exhibition features the work of 48 artists from San Juan, Orcas, Lopez and  Continue Reading

Last night, Josie & I took in “A Walk in the Woods” at Roche Harbor….and it was great. This season, Island Stage Left is presenting the show with matinees on Saturday & Sunday, giving you more chances to catch it. It’s thought-provoking, funny, whimsical, and fun….let me know what you think after you see it!  

A Concert of “Ones…Twos…and Threes” November 10 Chamber Music San Juans’ next concert of its silver anniversary season brings together a trio of CMSJ veterans for a concert brimming with ones, twos and threes—that is, solos, duos and trios— for clarinet, cello and piano.  Joining clarinetist and artistic director Patricia Kostek at San Juan Community  Continue Reading

Getting a few details down, ’round here – let’s check in: • Yeah, there was a quake last night, pretty big one – off northern Vancouver Island – here’s the scoop on the 6.3 shaking. +++++++ • Heard that Sandy Cameron passed away….gonna miss him volunteering at the Theatre, setting up Robert Burns dinners, and  Continue Reading