The University of Washington’s Dr. Julie Stein will discuss what scholars have learned in more than 65 years of archaeology in an illustrated talk entitled “Big Sites, Small Sites, and Archeology in the San Juan Islands,” 7 to 8:30 p.m., Saturday June 2 in the San Juan Island Library. The program is free. Call the library at 378-2798 for more info.
The Friday Harbor Animal Shelter will be celebrating its 30th anniversary this year at the Wags to Riches “Monte Carlo Night,” Saturday, June 16, 5-10 p.m., at the San Juan County Main Fairground Building. The special guest for the evening will be actor Ken Howard, best known for his role as former Chicago Bulls player Ken Reeves in the television show “The White Shadow.”
The Westcott Bay Ciderworks and San Juan Island Distillery are welcoming the new summer season with tastings of seasonal nettle gin and pommeau.
Know Your Island Walk is Saturday, May 26, 1-4 p.m. Meet Sandy Strehlou, Town of Friday Harbor Coordinator of Historic Preservation and Kevin Loftus, Director of San Juan Historical Museum. Take a tour of Post War Architecture in Friday Harbor, also known as Recent Past Architecture: 1945-2960.
Get a sneak preview of auction items, including garden tools, household furnishings hardware, lighting and rugs, Friday, 5-7 p.m., or Saturday, 8-11 a.m. Bidding begins at 11 a.m. in the main exhibit building.
What’s up at the Labs? Find out Saturday, when the docks, grounds, research vessels, classrooms and the doors to the laboratories (the Labs has 10) will be open wide, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at UW Friday Harbor Labs annual Open House (there’s free popcorn, too).
The Community Arts and Theatre Society’s annual Teddy Bear Picnic is Saturday, beginning at noon, at San Juan Community Theatre.
I don’t have room to describe all of the masterful theatrical touches Olsen used in staging this musical, let alone mention each dresser, artist, lighting control involved. But I’ll give it a shot anyway; here goes.
Tune into Friday Harbor Tiny radio, 1650 AM, to hear San Juan Community Theatre’s Merritt Olsen talk with Journal reporter Steve Wehrly about his 12-year run as theatre executive director, life on the island, and more, tonight, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
San Juan Community Theatre brings to live one of Hollywood’s and Broadway’s classic and most beloved musicals, “The Sound of Music”, in a two-week run featuring eight shows; opening night is Thursday. The production is also the directorial swan song of Merritt Olsen, who is stepping down as theatre director following a 12-year tour at the helm.
The Island Sinfonia free spring concert features works by Handel, Mozart, Gershwin, and more, Sunday, May 20, at Friday Harbor Presbyterian Church.
A new “puncheon” would replace an old worn out makeshift structure that was beginning to fail, and would improve the crossing safety, while protecting the natural resources in a sensitive area. That was the plan.
In addition to spring plants, the sale will feature orchids for Mother’s Day and a bake sale fundraiser for the Friday Harbor Animal Shelter.
