Events on the islands.

2026 Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival (all artists and repertoire subject to change) Orcas~trations: Four Piano Spectacular Friday August 14, 7:00pm Saturday August 15, 5:00pm $45 Adult $10 Ages 6-18 (OICMF concerts are not appropriate for children under 6) There is an additional $2 per-ticket fee CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS (https://orcascenter.ludus.com/200532416) CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE TICKETS (https://oicmf.org/purchase-tickets/) Click here for Friends of Joyce Tickets (https://oicmf.org/friends-of-joyce-tickets-for-young-people-and-families)

Weekly karaoke. The mic is yours until close.

The Odyssey Playing at Sea View Theatre Experience the epic journey of The Odyssey, the highly anticipated new film written and directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan. Based on Homer’s legendary epic poem, the film follows Odysseus, the King of Ithaca, as he battles mythical creatures, divine forces, and impossible odds on his long journey home after the Trojan War. Starring Matt Damon as Odysseus alongside an all-star cast including Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Zendaya, and Charlize Theron, The Odyssey brings one of history’s greatest adventures to the big screen with breathtaking visuals filmed using new IMAX technology. The Odyssey will be playing at Sea View Theatre this Tuesday at 7pm, and again on Friday, Saturday, and Tuesday at 7pm, with an additional showing on Saturday at 3pm. TICKETS (https://seaviewtheatre.eventive.org/films/6a214a3352747c9b02432442)

The Odyssey Playing at Sea View Theatre Experience the epic journey of The Odyssey, the highly anticipated new film written and directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan. Based on Homer’s legendary epic poem, the film follows Odysseus, the King of Ithaca, as he battles mythical creatures, divine forces, and impossible odds on his long journey home after the Trojan War. Starring Matt Damon as Odysseus alongside an all-star cast including Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Zendaya, and Charlize Theron, The Odyssey brings one of history’s greatest adventures to the big screen with breathtaking visuals filmed using new IMAX technology. The Odyssey will be playing at Sea View Theatre this Tuesday at 7pm, and again on Friday, Saturday, and Tuesday at 7pm, with an additional showing on Saturday at 3pm. TICKETS (https://seaviewtheatre.eventive.org/films/6a214a3352747c9b02432442)

Every Sunday at 10:00am in person or online at www.orcaschurch.org

Contemporary Dance meets Sundays 10-11:15am and Tuesdays 10-11:15am at the Orcas Center Dance Studio. Drop-in classes are $20, or save with a 5- or 10-class pass for $15 per class. Passes can be purchased through the Parks & Rec website or in person at the office (30 Pea Patch Lane, Eastsound, WA). Register here: https://orcasparkandrec.org/

With Tabitha Rose.

More to come!

Please join us for a reception for STONE & STEM, introducing Ayame Bullock’s first formal exhibit of paintings and her newest sculptures, on Sunday, August 16th at Crow Valley Gallery from 4-5:30pm.   Raised on her family’s permaculture farm on Orcas Island, the artist developed an early intimacy with the cultivated and wild landscape. She studied painting at the Rhode Island School of Design, where she was increasingly drawn to ceramics. Returning to the farm, she established an art practice shaped by her ancestry and the land and, more recently, returned to painting—allowing the two disciplines to inform and unsettle one another. Her sculptures and paintings emerge from close observation: light shifting across a leaf, branches dissolving at dusk, the changing abundance of a garden. The work follows the seasons and often incorporates flowers gathered by her daughter and offered with the words, “This is for you, Mom.” Through color, texture, and form, she gradually loosens the botanical image from representation. What remains is not a record of a particular flower or plant, but an evocation of nature’s movement, tenderness, and continual transformation. Refreshments will be served. Th e show is made possible by in-kind support from Crow Valley Gallery + the Hub for Arts & Literature on Orcas (HALO). HALO’s mission is to raise the visibility of our contemporary fine artists and support and inspire the next generation. Ten percent of proceeds will help fund resources for local artists.

With Lily Ostle.