Bug Count host­ed by Bugs of the San Juans… Activ­i­ty for Islanders! End of Sum­mer Porch Light Bug Count! August 20 at 12 PM — August 31 at 3 PM   So, I’ve been check­ing out what insects show up at our porch light around 10:00 pm and took a short video clip last night after I’d  Con­tin­ue Reading

State receives more than $11 mil­lion in fed­er­al grants to ben­e­fit South­ern Res­i­dent killer whale and Chi­nook recov­ery… The Wash­ing­ton State Recre­ation and Con­ser­va­tion Office (RCO) today announced the award of more than $11 mil­lion in grants to 11 Chi­nook salmon habi­tat and hatch­ery projects from a new grant pro­gram under the Pacif­ic Salmon Treaty.  Con­tin­ue Reading

We need to wear masks in pub­lic, so let’s make them unique and play­ful!  In March enter­pris­ing vol­un­teers start­ed mak­ing masks to raise funds to sup­port the San Juan Islands Muse­um of Art (SJIMA).  The masks come in all col­ors and delight­ful fab­rics includ­ing ones of famil­iar art by famous artists. Who bet­ter to make  Con­tin­ue Reading

Arch­i­pel­ago Col­lec­tive Artis­tic Direc­tor, Sophie Baird-Daniel and Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Dana Jack­son announce the 2020 Vir­tu­al Cham­ber Music Fes­ti­val… Our ground­break­ing vir­tu­al fes­ti­val presents 18 excep­tion­al musi­cians from across the coun­try. Our play­ers hail from some of the nation’s top orches­tras and cham­ber music insti­tu­tions includ­ing the Seat­tle Sym­pho­ny, Boston Sym­pho­ny, the Met­ro­pol­i­tan Opera, and the Cham­ber Music Soci­ety  Con­tin­ue Reading

We hear from our friend Kate Schu­man on Shaw… You don’t hear much about Shaw Island in the dai­ly buzz of the San Juans, but the recent bar­rage of changes being imple­ment­ed nation­wide at the U.S. Postal Ser­vice has many Shaw res­i­dents alarmed and want­i­ng to do some­thing about it. Shaw Islander John Pein­ert orga­nized a ral­ly,  Con­tin­ue Reading

The Fri­day Har­bor Ate­lier is doing their quar­ter­ly Art Give Away, fea­tur­ing a col­or­ful chick­en named Hen­ri­et­ta by Jan Mur­phy.   Sign up here to enter to win this print! Link to: Fri­day Har­bor Ate­lier Art Give Away  Link to: More about Artist Jan Mur­phy   Found­ed in 2018, Fri­day Har­bor Ate­lier is an artist’s mem­ber­­ship-based work­space  Con­tin­ue Reading

Have you answered the 2020 Cen­sus yet? Cen­sus work­ers will be avail­able to help you answer the cen­sus: Dates: Wednes­day August 19 & August 26 Time: 11AM — 2PM Loca­tion: Fri­day Har­bor Food Bank, 500 Mar­ket St. Can’t stop by? You can also self-respond Online at www.2020census.gov Call toll-free 844–330‑2020 (Eng­lish) or 844–468‑2020 (Span­ish) Return paper form if  Con­tin­ue Reading

Islanders col­lect them every year. Most years from artist Jen­nifer Rig­g’s booth at the San Juan Coun­ty Fair. This year with our Fair going vir­tu­al you may not have got yours yet. Not to wor­ry. Jen­n’s great designs for San Juan Coun­ty’s Vir­tu­al Fair 2020, Moon Jumper, Major Tom, and Star­man are still avail­able from her  Con­tin­ue Reading