A list of community happenings on Lopez Island.
Island Stage Left, the islands’ only professional theatre company, celebrates its 10th anniversary of “Shakespeare Under the Stars” by mounting Shakespeare’s glorious swansong “The Tempest.”
They’re rubber, yellow, fit in the palm on your hand, and have been helping a local non-profit raise funds for its programs.
The Lopez Island Family Resource Center (LIFRC) has been busy selling sponsorships for its Amazing Rubber Duck Race, enticing folks with the lure of an “edge of your seat” racing competition on Saturday, July 12, starting at 2:15 p.m. (right after the farmers’ market).
We are born wired to learn.
By age three, our brains have one trillion synapses — more than we’ll have in adulthood. By age six, our brains are 95 percent the size of mom’s and dad’s.
We’ll spend 13 years in school preparing for college or the workplace. But it’s our first five years of life — those years before we ever set foot in a classroom — that have the most impact on our ability to learn, control our behavior and build relationships.
By age five, we have the building blocks for success, or we have a tough road to hoe.
Visitors to Lopez Island will get a break this Fourth of July, as Washington State Ferries will offer free parking…
Two vessels operated by WSDOT Ferries Division were diverted from service on their San Juan Islands routes around noon on…
Have you seen “Lilly”? She is a tall, thin yellow lab. She may be limping on her hind leg. Please call Adam or Brandie at 468-4417. The family desperately wants her home.
Island Hospital invites the public to the dedication celebration for its completed renovation and expansion project from 5:30 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, July 1. The event will be held adjacent to the reopened hospital main entrance at 1211 24th St.
Educators of all kinds and those interested in learning more about marine education are invited to register for the annual conference of the Northwest Aquatic and Marine Educators to be held in Friday Harbor July 9-12.
The Lopez Artist Guild has announced the winner of the 2008 Shirley Wright Scholarship award of $1000.
Weekend art activities Every Saturday through Labor Day, the Westcott Bay Institute presents Family Art Days at the Westcott Bay…
Gourmet food, live music, spectacular desserts, and a few surprises are what’s in store for the annual Lopez Island Historical Society (LIHS) fundraiser.
Many years ago, Jim Scripps celebrated the Fourth of July by shooting off fireworks from a “rock” just off Charles Island.
