The Friends of the San Juan Island Library’s summer book sale is Saturday, August 5th from 10am to 4pm at the San Juan Island Library.

In the SJ Update Mailbag today, we have a photo from Mary Kalbert who was recently visiting friends in Spearfish, South Dakota when they saw these clouds from the upstairs balcony. How does this relate to Friday Harbor? Well, here it is in Mary’s words… The connection, I think is how different our mild and  Continue Reading

This is the first in a 3-part series of this year’s Friday Harbor Film Festival… The Friday Harbor Film Festival is celebrating its 5th anniversary on November 3, 4, 5 2017. Lynn Danaher and Karen Palmer founded this important documentary film festival with a vision to share compelling documentary films that tell relevant stories that  Continue Reading

Katerina Wen will be teaching Master classes: Body & Mind, Head to Toe Circular leaning and practical application Consider your health as your most priceless asset. Designed for self-motivated individuals who would like to take charge of their health in the most sensible and economical ways, this series of seminars explains the intricate relationship between  Continue Reading

Just in time for next week’s World Breastfeeding Week, we have this story from guest columnist Jenny Silverstone of MomLovesBest.com… World Breastfeeding Week 2017: Working Together for the Common Good Every year, August 1 – 7 marks the celebration of World Breastfeeding Week, and San Juan County is proud to support and participate in this  Continue Reading

Good news from WSF… Beginning Saturday, July 29, M/V Chelan will join the Anacortes/San Juan Islands/Sidney route as the international vessel. M/V Hyak, M/V Samish, M/V Elwha, and M/V Tillikum will serve the domestic sailings. This will restore the route to full capacity, and regular Summer 2017 schedule operations will resume. Those who wish to  Continue Reading

Portland’s Pigs on the Wing lands in Friday Harbor for TWO nights of an electric journey into the world of Pink Floyd. The tribute band performs at San Juan Community Theatre on Friday and Saturday, July 28 and 29 at 7:30 p.m. Each night highlights different Floyd themes, with Friday’s concerts focusing on the Wish  Continue Reading

A Free Wednesday Afternoon Family Performance with Joe Black, Master Magician Please join the San Juan Island Library for a free magic show. Joe has more than 20 years experience entertaining and amazing audiences. This is Joe’s first performance on San Juan Island. You don’t want to miss it! The magic show is held outdoors  Continue Reading

The San Juan County Fair is beginning to release its 2017 entertainment line-up! Music headliners are Kuinka (Formerly Rabbit Wilde), local favorites The Fabulous Rhythmatics, The Olson Bros Band (country rock from Olympia), and Seattle’s own ecstatic ensemble Industrial Revelation! Families will be entertained from the likes of hypnotist, Justin James and circus jugglers, Wren  Continue Reading

Call to Artists: Design the Community Solar logo! OPALCO is planning our first Community Solar project to be installed on Decatur Island in 2018. This year is all about planning, talking to members and learning from the projects that our peers in the co-op world have already built. More than 1,200 members took a community  Continue Reading