Category: Activities

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!

Island Innovations Lab Inventors and visionaries looking at our ecological, climate, economic, health and social challenges are focused on creating solutions to our local and global sustainability and regenerative economy needs. The Makers Guild counts these forward-thinking, creative efforts a critically important facet of the Makers Community.      The Island Innovations Lab convenes conversations […]

Gardening, Workshops, Food Classes, and Plant Sales The Pacific Northwest grows an amazing crop of gardeners – and plants – every year. Catch the spirit, gather your seeds and plants, and join the garden lovers community of food, floral and plant makers. Lopez Plant Sale! Saturday, May 1310:00 to 1:00 Lopez School (west side)   […]

SJI Islands Makers at Markets & Classes Island Makers are Open for Business and selling hand crafted arts, crafts, wines, ciders and foods at local pop-up events and farmers markets.  DIY classes too!  If you or your organization have an event to promote to our readers, please write to support@sanjuanmakersguild.com  Pop-Up Arts Events Orcas Mothers […]

SJI Islands Performances – Spring 2023 – Recommended Musical and Theater Performances on Orcas, San Juan and Lopez Islands – Orcas, May 4-20 What Dreams May Come   Grace McCune and Jake Perrine are coaxing Rock on the Rock Choir (Moulin Rouge, Across The Universe, Rock of Orcas, Teatro Titikookoo, Cirque Us) out of hibernation […]

Come explore the minus low tide! On Saturday, April 22nd, Island residents are invited to pick up colorful laminated wildlife guides at the Earth Day Orcas base camp at the Emmanuel Episcopal labyrinth.  Click to Reserve your Tide Guide and Guided Walk Due to weather and timing for talks, we suggest coming for the 11am […]

Learners of all ages are encouraged to join in fun and educational activities on Earth Day, Sat. April 22, 2023. EVENT UPDATES: Storytelling is at 10am with Jenny DeGroot in Benson Hall, followed by arts activities. We suggest signing up for the 11am low tide walk at the Base Camp table in the foyer of […]

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 Park, The Parish Hall, Benson Hall, around the Labyrinth. Organic FormNatural […]

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.

– Decarbonization Strategies & Technologies – From the global down to the hyper-local, learn about technologies at work changing the world in response to climate change and fossil fuel transition animal protection and oil spill response.