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THURSDAY SOUNDWATCH EAT & GREET POTLUCK
Free Whale Museum fund raiser to support the museum’s boater education program. BYO utensils, cups and a potluck item.
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SPANISH FILM NIGHT Brush up your Español and enjoy popcorn and other refreshments all gratis fro m the Friends of the Library. Info: 378-2798.
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Garden Tour 2012, Monday
Four of the island’s finest gardens will be showcased in San Juan Horticultural Society's 2012 Garden Tour. The tour is Monday, May 11, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets, $15, are available at Browne's Garden Center, Robin's Nest and Griffin Bay Bookstore, and can be purchased the day of the
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event at any of three gardens spotlighted as part of the tour, as well as from the driver of the shuttle van, which departs from Island
Gardens, 860 Guard Street, en route to Fourth, at a Friday Harbor home with limited parking. The 2012 Garden Tour features intricately landscaped and lush gardens on Afterglow Drive, Pear Point Road and Primrose Lane, plus the one in town. Tickets include directions to and brief descriptions of each garden. Docents will be on hand at each garden to lead walks and answer
Griffin Bay High School Commencement, noon, FHMS Commons. Griffin Bay’s Class of 2012. Reception to follow.
Spanish Film Night, 7 p.m., library, free. Popcorn, refreshments courtesy of Friends of the Library. Info, 378-2798, www.sjlib.org.
Enkianthus in Afterglow garden
LOTS OF KITCHEN CHAIRS BAR STOOLS SMALL KITCHEN TABLES TV CONSOLES Please stop in for a look!
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919 Riverside Drive Mount Vernon (360) 424-8455 Mon-Sat 9:30 - 5:30 pm Sun 11 - 4 pm www.nwff.com
Arte Eterno Flemenco en Vivo, 7:30 p.m., San Juan Community Theatre. Featuring Seattle dancer Savannah Fuentes, percussionist Oscar Valero, guitarist Pedro Cortes. Tickets: $23 adults, $15 students, $10 for 12 and under. 378-3210, www.sjctheatre.org.
Tuesday, June 12 Art History with Tory Raggett, 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., library, free. Threeweek course (6/19 & 6/26) led by art history teacher Tory Raggett. Registration required. Info, 378-2798, abourne@sjlib.org.
Thursday, June 14
Port of Friday Harbor Friday Harbor Airport
Press Release: 06/04/2012 On June 20th, 2012 from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the Yacht Club, the Port of Friday Harbor staff and Commissioners invite the public, airport tenants and businesses and other interested parties to attend the final public hearing for the Friday Harbor Airport Master Plan Update. This will be the final session for airport tenants, businesses and the public to comment on the proposed changes to the Airport Master Plan Update Project. Master planning engineers from the firm of Bernard-Dunkelberg and from Reid-Middleton Engineers will be there to answer questions and to provide information. Topics will include: Capital Improvement Projects funded through the FAA and the Port for the next 5-10 years including hangar and taxiway/ taxi lane construction, land purchases, miscellaneous airport improvements and the likely sequence of events in which these projects will occur and how they will be funded. We welcome your comments and look forward to seeing you there. Dave Ryan, Airport Manager Friday Harbor Airport 800 Franklin Drive Friday Harbor, WA 98250 360-378-4724 daver@portfridayharbor.org
Friday Harbor Art Market, 5-8 p.m., Brickworks Plaza,
questions. The Society's 2012 Garden Tour is presented in collaboration with WSU Master Gardeners. Info,
Best-selling author, Evison, at Griffin Bay
Find out what all the literary buzz is about when best-selling author Jonathan Evison drops by Griffin Bay
150 Nichols St. Showcase of local art and music; market open Thursdays through Aug. 30. (360) 4720216, pigmansartworks@ rockisland.com. Performers Showcase, 7 p.m., Isle Be Jammin’, 310B Spring St. Singer-songwriter Hank Harris of Deadwood, Colo., blends jazz, blues, swing and originals; special guest, Susan Osborn. Tickets, $10. Info, 378-5151.
Bookstore, Monday, June 18. Author of “West of Here”, winner of a 2012 PNBA Book Award, Evison will be at Griffin Bay beginning at 7 p.m., in an author event co-sponsored by San Juan Island Library. “West of Here”, a epic novel set in Pacific Northwest pioneer days, has drawn critical acclaim as “riotously funny” and hailed by Vanity Fair as “a booming, bighearted epic”. walk with forester and restoration ecologist Carson Sprenger. Water, lunch, binoculars, appropriate footwear recommended. 376-3384, rdougherty@ rockisland.com. Dance Happy, 7 p.m., SJCT. Island’s annual dance extravaganza, hosted by Bill and Rita Ament. Tickets: $16 adults, $8 student reserved, $5 Rush. 3783210, www.sjctheatre.org.
Friday, June 15
Monday, June 18
AKickoff Summer Reading: Dream Big, 7-8 p.m., library, free. Stories, inspiration, craft of making dream catchers; led by artist-educator Alice Hibberd. All ages. Info, 378-2798, www.sjlib.org.
Auditions for SJCT’s fall production: The Crucible, 7 p.m., PARC Building, 70 Saltspring Drive. Auditions Monday, 6/18 thru Wednesday, 6/20. Directed by Susan Williams; cast to include 12 men, ages 30-plus, and 10 women, ages 15-70. Scripts available at SJCT; info, 378-3210, www. sjctheatre.org.
Saturday, June 16 Forest Ecology of Turtleback Mountain, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Turtleback Mt., Orcas. Guided 4-mile
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