Winner of the 2017 Audience Choice Award In the depths of South America, where the Andes, the Amazon and the Equator collide, a wilderness exists that is one of Earth’s most bio-diverse areas – a place where mammals (including humans), birds, plants, and amphibians all thrive. Yasuni Man documents a conflict raging deep within this  Continue Reading

SJI Chamber of Commerce Featured Member of the Month Spa d Bune, a relaxing warm retreat, a place to be nurtured. We all here love to empower others to seek the balance between inner and outer wholeness and wellness. We are enjoying our 10th year in business and we are excited to be featured this  Continue Reading

Have you ever wondered about alternative ways to support the Fair? Maybe you would have liked to volunteer but have never had the time. Consider supporting the Fair by becoming a sponsor! If you consider sponsoring, your support earns you Fair sponsorship benefits (complimentary tickets and more!) and is tax deductible. Curious about what goes  Continue Reading

Schedule Change: OPALCO Candidate Forum Thursday, March 15 only There are two open positions in this year’s OPALCO election and only two candidates. Because this is an uncontested election, OPALCO has scaled back the candidate forums; there will only be one forum: Thursday, March 15 at Oddfellows Hall on Orcas Island at 6 pm. The  Continue Reading

Don’t miss this year’s Senior vs Staff Basketball game Friday March 9th! This hilarious event is a full evening’s worth of fun including: shooting contests raffles for firewood and soil raffle for a weekend stay in a condo in Glacier Washington near Mt Baker dessert auction throwing your friends and family in “jail” a dinner  Continue Reading

Our next “Art for Fun, a paint pARTy!” is coming up on March 16th. Kristen Abramson will lead folks in a step-by-step process to complete their own painting in just two hours. Welcome spring with this beautiful painting of wisteria and a hummingbird, “The Garden Gate”. The time is 5:45 pm to 8:00 pm and  Continue Reading

Well. It isn’t going to throw itself. I know, because I’ve been watching it for a long time, and it hasn’t moved a bit. I’m pretty sure it’s afraid of me. If you wouldn’t mind stopping by and throwing it about one thousand times, I’d be most grateful. I promise to bring it back promptly,  Continue Reading

In the SJ Update Mailbag this morning we find this letter from Kaila Olin… On January 16th I put on my headset for the first time as your Friday Harbor High School basketball color commentator for Friday Harbor Tiny Radio. Little did I know how much I would actually learn and experience over the course  Continue Reading

Here’s a note from the Washington State Ferries’ Weekly Update which includes an opportunity for you to comment on the Summer Contingency Plan… At WSF, ridership is highest in the summer, when tourists from near and far join daily commuters; WSF transports 50 percent more people in summer than in winter. When ferry service is  Continue Reading

Two Plays in Next Readers Theatre Two short American plays that expose, explore, mock, and mourn the way we relate to each other will be presented in San Juan Community Theatre’s On Book! Readers Theatre series. Susan Glaspell’s Trifles and Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story will be read by island actors on Wednesday and Thursday,  Continue Reading