This year is the 5th Anniversary of the Friday Harbor Film Festival! We are delighted to have become an important regional documentary film festival and a continuing favorite of the filmmakers themselves! For 2017 we have 4 returning filmmakers with new films. We also will be featuring 2 films we have supported throughout their production:  Continue Reading

Merri Ann Simonson shares some information on septic systems… As Real Estate Agents, we are constantly learning and then sharing our knowledge with our clients. We must even expand our knowledge into some related industries that are not comfortable to discuss with a client, such as septic systems and their functions. The real estate industry  Continue Reading

Kate Schuman writes to share this good news of hers… Dear San Juan Update, I have some fun news to share. I entered my song “That’s Me in the Middle” in the West Valley Country Music Association’s Songwriter Contest and came in first! The WVCMA is in the Phoenix area, so I’m down here enjoying  Continue Reading

The San Juan Community Theater announces its first “Off Site” production, “The Velocity of Autumn” by Eric Coble, co-produced with the San Juan County Fair and presented over two long weekends at the fairgrounds’ Marie Boe Building, starting July 6. This deeply engaging 90-minute play looks at aging and family dynamics from the perspectives of  Continue Reading

In this year’s Fourth of July parade in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island, sponsored by the San Juan Island Chamber of Commerce, 16 organizations — each dedicated to the protection of the endangered Southern Resident Killer Whale — will be marching together showing their shared support of the orcas. Our region’s resident orcas —  Continue Reading

San Juan Community Theatre’s Summer Film Series June 27th and July 4th Fellow Film Buffs, here are descriptions of the next two movies: Tuesday June 27, 7:30 pm Music of Strangers Rated PG-13 96 minutes This film tells the extraordinary story of a renowned international musical collective created by legendary cellist Yo-Yo Ma. The feature-length  Continue Reading

Eleventh Annual Firecracker 5000 (5K) on July 4th The 11th annual Firecracker 5000 is all set to go for this Tuesday, July 4. The route will remain the same, beginning at the Friday Harbor Suites, 680 Spring Street. The course is for anyone wanting to start the Holiday off with a little exercise and features  Continue Reading

Come and enjoy our annual tradition of an old-fashioned 4th of July with the Friday Harbor Kiwanis Club at the Pig War Picnic. There will be plenty of activities, live music, and the best BBQ pulled pork sandwiches you can find. Join over 2,000 of your friends at the Historical Museum grounds, 405 Price Street,  Continue Reading

The San Juan Island Chamber of Commerce, Town of Friday Harbor and King’s Market, are proud to present the 2017 Independence Day Parade. As a thrilling start to the event, two Kenmore Air Express caravan planes will fly directly over the parade route to welcome the crowd. Joining our celebration will be the UW Husky  Continue Reading

Island Stage Left’s production of Humble Boy, by award-winning playwright Charlotte Jones, is now playing under the stars at 8:15 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at 1062 Wold Road. It’s the funny and poignant story of a young astrophysicist who returns home for his father’s funeral to find his mother already involved with another man  Continue Reading