Just got this last minute reminder for you to leave your thoughts with NOAA about getting Lolita freed…  Hi Tim, Thank you so much for posting the article about freeing Lolita and my junior year community project. The last day of the comment period is tomorrow, March 28, so I’m wondering if you can post  Continue Reading

…or rather – “New Gaming in Town”… 4th generation islander and 2006 FHHS grad Sierra Stratton is making his dream a reality. He and business partner Joshua Reedy are remodeling a space over on Tucker to create Green Owl Gaming. But why not let him tell you all about it… A few years back I  Continue Reading

Visit the court of Louis XIV in 1713 on March 30 – A world of tender and brilliant magic. Review Excerpts from last month’s Salish Sea Early Music Festival program in Friday Harbor, repeated for the Music Society of the Islands in Victoria: ” …the reward was as dreamily exquisite as an invitation from Oberon, delivered  Continue Reading

Cynthia Burke and XYZ movement arts is excited to bring a young, local talent back to the island. Welcoming Michelle Mazzarella and her Contemporary Dance Master Class on Saturday, March 29th. Michelle has been dancing for over sixteen years. She is currently a first-year student at UCLA, majoring in Psychology and Dance. In addition to  Continue Reading

Nicholas Corrin has won another award for his recently published book, The Power of Letting Go: transforming fear into love. This time it’s second place in the 2013 Reader Views Reviewers Choice Awards in the Spirituality/Inspiration category. A complete list of all winners is available here. A Readers Views reviewer said “I found ‘The Power  Continue Reading

This dynamic and passionate play by John Logan focuses on the period in the painter, Mark Rothko’s life — the late 1950s — when he was working on a number of large murals which were to be hung in The Four Seasons, a luxury restaurant in the Seagram Building, at that time one of the  Continue Reading

Dana Lyons will be touring the islands with FRIENDS of the San Juans this coming week. Dana is best known for his hit comedy song “Cows With Guns”. He will be traveling throughout Washington and British Columbia with his new album “The Great Salish Sea”, singing, telling stories, and raising awareness about the proposed coal,  Continue Reading

Reminder! All vendors – artists and food, interested in participating in the 2014 season of the Friday Harbor Art market…“Artisans on the Plaza” need to contact Debbie Pigman at pigmansartworks [@] rock island [.] com or (360) 472-0216. The 2014 artisans market, a collection of art, crafts, music and food, will run on Fridays, 3:00-7:00pm,  Continue Reading

Here is our next entry in Sheila Harley’s firefighter introduction series… Brandon Baney has been on San Juan Island for 20 years, coming from Santa Rosa, California with his grandmother when he was five years old. He attended our school system all his life. Computer science was his favorite subject. He enjoyed the challenge. Brandon  Continue Reading

Here’s a press release from DSHS… The WA State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) Mobile Community Service Office is coming to Friday Harbor on April 14th and 15th. We will be there to do application interviews for Food and Cash as well as yearly reviews, and to answer any questions on active cases  Continue Reading