Lynn from the Friday Harbor Film Festival shares a summary with us of this year’s event… The 3rd Annual Friday Harbor Film Festival was a grand success! There were 32 films and 12 shorts screened in 5 separate venues during the 3 full days of the Film Festival. The rain did not seem to damper attendance: 18%  Continue Reading

First semi-annual San Juan Islands Made member meeting The San Juan County Economic Development Council (EDC) welcomes members of the San Juan Islands Made initiative and interested business owners to join in the EDC’s first semi-annual San Juan Islands Made member meeting.  The meeting will be on Monday, November 30th from 10-11:30am, and will be held  Continue Reading

Tickets Now on Sale for SJCT Gala Event The PARTY of the season returns to San Juan Community Theatre on Saturday, December 5. The Theatre’s biggest fundraiser of the year, Holiday Festival 2015, is also a time to embrace the joy of the holidays with island and theatre friends. The evening décor will bring glimmers  Continue Reading

IMA welcomes the community to our fourth annual “IMA Islands Artists’ Registry”—an exhibition of artworks by more than 70 Artists’ Registry members from San Juan County! This is a joyous affair, with a riot of art and color displaying an amazing range of talent from across the islands. Look forward to the impressive diversity of  Continue Reading

Kerry Hartjen captured this image from the ferry M/V Samish as the FHHS Girls Volleyball team came home Sunday afternoon. They won 5th place at the State Championship. Way to go Girls!!

More homes arriving by barge for the Home Trust The San Juan Community Home Trust is on the move AGAIN! Two more homes are coming soon to Phase 2 of Sun Rise, the new neighborhood of permanently affordable homes now being developed by San Juan Community Home Trust. The houses, from Victoria B.C., will be  Continue Reading

Diane Martindale shares this request for your input on arts… Dear artist or art supporter, The Washington State Arts Commission is updating its strategic plan and needs your voice to be counted. We want all possible perspectives represented. Feel free to forward this to your friends. The Legislature requires each state agency to develop a  Continue Reading

Rob Simpson invites you to the next Conscientious Projector Series event at the library. And note – this was reported earlier to be showing on Monday the 23rd – that is incorrect. It will be on Monday the 16th… Hello Almost-Holiday-Ready Islanders, Anita had gone from being a vital young woman, to a wheel chair, to  Continue Reading

40th Legislative District Representative Kris Lytton will be the speaker at the upcoming membership meeting of the League of Women Voters of the San Juans. The meeting will be held at the SJI Library conference room from Noon until 2:00pm on Monday, November 16, 2015. Rep. Lytton, recently appointed to the Governor’s “McCleary Plan Work  Continue Reading

It’s time for the November 2015 edition of Chamber Chat, written by Lauren Cohen, Co-owner San Juan Canvas, LLC and Chamber of Commerce Board President… Wow… it seems like we were just talking about our busy summer and here we are with the holidays right around the corner. The San Juan Island Chamber of Commerce Board  Continue Reading