Inspiring Works From Rural Farms, Forests, & Charming Villages on the Salish Sea

Featured Maker Stories

Congratulations to Nautilus Award Winners

Congrats to Lopez Island Nautilus Award Winners Abigail Morgan Prout’s first volume of poetry and Iris Graville’s new book of essays about the Salish Sea have received the distinguished Nautilus Award for writings about nature. Congratulations!

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Spoken Word, Earth Day 23

Enjoy a day filled with literature inspired by the Salish Sea – poetry, prose and invocations that deepens and celebrates the natural wonders of the Salish Sea bio region. Indoors and outdoors on the Eastsound waterfront at Emmanuel Episcopal Church.

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Art and Music, Earth Day Orcas

Islands Art and Music festivities are celebrating Earth Day on the Eastsound waterfront, Sat. April 22, 10-3 with Poet Laureate reading at 3pm. Join the Earth Day Orcas festivities at Emmanuel Episcopal Churchand along Main street with visual and performing arts and music in Waterfront

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SJI Innovation Center Planning Group

Planning Project: SJI Innovation Center. Regenerative Solutions for Agriculture and Food, Green Designs and Energy,  Environmental Programs, Arts and Culture.   The San Juan Islands face challenging risks due to geographic isolation, a tenuous power grid, unreliable ferry services, a fluctuating seasonal economy, a shortage

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WA State Poet Laureate, Rena Priest 4/22

Listen, to the Wild. Summary     Listen, to the Wild is a literature, science and cultural arts program on the remote San Juan Islands in WA. Island libraries, classrooms, history, science and cultural groups are invited to engage island residents in thought provoking conversation

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Visioning Circles: Orcas, San Juan and Lopez

Lopez Community Visioning Circle March 19th, 2023  Community Visioning Circle Notes Location: Lopez Public Library   “Had a meeting at the library today for the maker’s guild and there are some great things being done by some wonderful people for makers of the San Juans.

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Congratulations to Nautilus Award Winners

Congrats to Lopez Island Nautilus Award Winners Abigail Morgan Prout’s first volume of poetry and Iris Graville’s new book of essays about the Salish Sea have received the distinguished Nautilus Award for writings about nature. Congratulations!

Read More »

Spoken Word, Earth Day 23

Enjoy a day filled with literature inspired by the Salish Sea – poetry, prose and invocations that deepens and celebrates the natural wonders of the Salish Sea bio region. Indoors and outdoors on the Eastsound waterfront at Emmanuel Episcopal Church.

Read More »

Art and Music, Earth Day Orcas

Islands Art and Music festivities are celebrating Earth Day on the Eastsound waterfront, Sat. April 22, 10-3 with Poet Laureate reading at 3pm. Join the Earth Day Orcas festivities at Emmanuel Episcopal Churchand along Main street with visual and performing arts and music in Waterfront

Read More »

SJI Innovation Center Planning Group

Planning Project: SJI Innovation Center. Regenerative Solutions for Agriculture and Food, Green Designs and Energy,  Environmental Programs, Arts and Culture.   The San Juan Islands face challenging risks due to geographic isolation, a tenuous power grid, unreliable ferry services, a fluctuating seasonal economy, a shortage

Read More »

WA State Poet Laureate, Rena Priest 4/22

Listen, to the Wild. Summary     Listen, to the Wild is a literature, science and cultural arts program on the remote San Juan Islands in WA. Island libraries, classrooms, history, science and cultural groups are invited to engage island residents in thought provoking conversation

Read More »

Visioning Circles: Orcas, San Juan and Lopez

Lopez Community Visioning Circle March 19th, 2023  Community Visioning Circle Notes Location: Lopez Public Library   “Had a meeting at the library today for the maker’s guild and there are some great things being done by some wonderful people for makers of the San Juans.

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