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Music and arts are alive on Orcas!

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Big Summer Olga by David Ridgway.

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David Ridgway celebrates 25 years of painting Orcas Island

David Ridgway first came to Orcas in 1959 for YMCA summer camp at Orkila. He and his wife…

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Spend a Summer Afternoon at San Juan Islands Museum of Art and Shift Your Perspective

by Sally Vongsathorn

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Enjoying time at the fair with bubbles

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Count down to fair begins!

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Professor Schermer

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Roadside Geology of the San Juan Islands With WWU Professor Liz Schermer at 7 p.m., Woodmen Hall, Lopez Island

On Aug. 6, Professor Schermer will give a talk on the roadside geology of the San Juan Islands…

säje plays the Orcas Island Jazz Festival on September 2 at Orcas Center.

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Orcas Island Jazz Festival returns Labor Day weekend

The Orcas Island Jazz Festival, Orcas Island’s premier jazz event, returns to Orcas Island this Labor Day weekend.…

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Seattle Author and Activist Ron Chew presents at the Lopez Library

Submitted by the Lopez Island Library

Playing Card Dress by Marjorie Taylor.

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Recycled fashion workshops at Orcas Center

The Visual Arts Committee of Orcas Center and The Exchange are coming together to celebrate creative recycling on…

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Miró Quartet (left), composer Caroline Shaw (center), and cellist Annamarie Wellems (right)

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Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival comes to Lopez August 14

Submitted by the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival.

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The real Wilber and Jan Crossen.

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New podcast Car Life With Kids engages children

Submitted by Jan Crossen.

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County launches pilot program to expand plastic film recycling for San Juan Island

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Cultivating Success: Growing Future Farmers: Learn how to develop a sustainable small farm

Submitted by the Washington State University Extention Agency

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Camp instructors Abigail Morgan Prout and Quinn Bailey

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Listen to the Wild: The Magic of the Written and Spoken Word

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