The San Juan Islands Muse­um of Art shares a look at one of their cur­rent instal­la­tions. Artists have a his­to­ry of mak­ing us think about the world around us. Lat­tice II chal­lenges our per­cep­tions and beliefs about the nature of sculp­ture. Hen­ry Jack­­­son-Spiek­er encour­ages vis­i­tors to use their hands to explore his instal­la­tion at the  Con­tin­ue Reading

The Fri­day Har­bor Film Fes­ti­val shares news about their ongo­ing Direc­tor Series.  The Babushkas of Cher­nobyl is the Fri­day Har­bor Film Festival’s next offer­ing in The Direc­tor Series. This film is a por­trait of a defi­ant com­mu­ni­ty of women who scratch out an exis­tence on some of the most tox­ic land on earth, the  Con­tin­ue Reading

Fire & Res­cue shares news about their response to a wild­fire that broke out on Mt. Dal­las yes­ter­day after­noon. San Juan Island Fire and Res­cue respond­ed to a call Wednes­day after­noon about a pos­si­ble wild­fire on Mt. Dal­las. Upon arrival, SJIF&R estab­lished com­mand and com­mu­ni­ca­tions, deploy­ing rapid­ly respond­ing crews to fight an active and creep­ing  Con­tin­ue Reading

San Juan Coun­ty Health & Com­mu­ni­ty Ser­vices sends along their request for some help from San Juan Islands artists. The Health & Com­mu­ni­ty Ser­vices Depart­ment is get­ting a com­mu­ni­ty well­ness van that will allow us to take our pub­lic health ser­vices to our San Juan Coun­ty com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers where they live, work, and play. The  Con­tin­ue Reading

The San Juan Island Library’s Wednes­day after­noon per­for­mance series for chil­dren and fam­i­lies wraps up today with the Cap’n Arrr Pirate Show. It takes place at 1:30 p.m. in the play shed at Fri­day Har­bor Ele­men­tary School. Island Rec’s sum­mer Music on the Lawn series con­tin­ues at 6:30 p.m. tonight on the lawn at the  Con­tin­ue Reading

Tran­si­tion San Juan Island’s Waste Reduc­tion group shares today’s habit shift inspi­ra­tion from the glob­al Plas­tic Free July cam­paign. Com­post­ing A sig­nif­i­cant amount of trash and weight found in garbage cans is from every­day food waste. Food waste in land­fills cre­ates methane, one of the worst con­trib­u­tors to cli­mate change. While it’s not elim­i­nat­ing sin­­gle-use  Con­tin­ue Reading

The Senior Ser­vices Coun­cil of San Juan Coun­ty shares an update about its oper­a­tional changes. At its April 21 meet­ing, the Board of Direc­tors of the Senior Ser­vices Coun­cil of San Juan Coun­ty vot­ed to trans­fer the oper­a­tional func­tions of its three Dis­trict Com­mit­tees to three stand-alone non­prof­it orga­ni­za­tions. This change is designed to sim­pli­fy  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Rec sends along details about this year’s fair-time run/walk event. Island Rec and Island Strength and Move­ment invite you to take part in the 45th annu­al Fri­day Har­bor 8.8K loop run/walk, sched­uled for a 9 a.m. start on Sat­ur­day, Aug. 20. Peo­ple of all ages enjoy run­ning or walk­ing in this race. Reg­is­ter by Sun­day,  Con­tin­ue Reading

Tran­si­tion San Juan Island’s Waste Reduc­tion group shares today’s habit shift inspi­ra­tion from the glob­al Plas­tic Free July cam­paign. Recy­cle Recy­cling is the last on the list of the 5 Rs because it real­ly is the last alter­na­tive before turn­ing items to the land­fill. Recy­cling is throw­ing it away, but it’s the last shot at  Con­tin­ue Reading

The orga­niz­ers of the Sum­mer Film Series at San Juan Com­mu­ni­ty The­atre send along a pre­view of this week’s film. The show­ing starts at 7 p.m. Admis­sion is pay-what-you-can. For this sea­son only, fresh pop­corn is avail­able for free. David Byrne’s Amer­i­can Utopia Musi­cal, not rat­ed Run time: 2 hours, 15 min­utes This film is a col­lab­o­ra­tive  Con­tin­ue Reading

The San Juan Coun­ty Con­ser­va­tion Land Bank Com­mis­sion will hold a spe­cial meet­ing on Thurs­day, July 28 at 8:30 a.m. to dis­cuss issues regard­ing the con­ser­va­tion ease­ment and poten­tial future upland devel­op­ment on the recent­ly acquired Glen­wood Inn prop­er­ty on Orcas Island. The Com­mis­sion will also dis­cuss the Land Bank’s guid­ing ordi­nances, required pub­lic process­es,  Con­tin­ue Reading