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)

Kick off the weekend at the Orcas Hotel with Wonderwerk Wine on Friday, August 14, and Saturday, August 15, from 4pm until late. Enjoy live music from Lilo Sanchez and Pedro! on Friday, The Dustbunnies on Saturday, plus DJ Michael Antonia both evenings. Judd Cove Oysters will also be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Adult/Family Art Camp will be held August 13 and 14 from 4:30–6pm at Lum Farm. Come enjoy a beautiful, secluded setting while exploring a variety of art projects, including painting, drawing, beading, weaving, sewing, and cardboard creations. The cost is $30 for one day or $50 for both. For more information or to register, text Brook at 360.298.2722 .

With Attune.You.

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)

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.

With Tabitha Rose.

With Ivona Edry.

2026 Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival (all artists and repertoire subject to change) Intonations Tuesday August 18, 7:00pm 6:00 Pre-Concert Talk: A conversation with Jake Heggie Wednesday August 19, 5:00pm 4:00 Pre-Concert Talk: A conversation with Jake Heggie $40 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/200532417) 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)

With Laura Kussman.

With Melanie Trygg.

Join a tech helper from Orcas Online to answer and tech questions you may have. Please bring in the specific device you need help with and make sure you have access to the necessary passwords.

Every Tuesday at 12:00pm-1:30pm

Join expert knitter Katie Johansen to learn, work on a project, and socialize.

Weekly open mic. Sign up at the bar.

With Kelly Francis

Help us manage our library lavender by making a heart-shaped lavender sachet. No experience necessary. All ages welcome. Join us in the Community Room. Part of the kid's Sit-n-stitch Program.

With Maria Poblet.

Up Up Up circus ensemble performs its 6th annual, one hour, all ages, outdoor circus show this summer! We are a collection of performers from Bellingham, Seattle and afar. With a crane truck for shenanigans and jumble of instruments for live music, the show features aerialists, musicians, acrobats, clowns and illusionists. It'll leave your jaw dropped with amazement, your belly aching from laughter, and your cheeks sore from grinning. How do you all fit in one truck? We don't! A few of us will be in the truck and the rest of the ensemble in other vehicles or on bicycles, to increase the fun! When is this happening? This is our sixth annual tour in the Pacific Northwest. Come see us in Western Washington and Oregon in August and September 2026! What are your rates? Our shows are donation based! Our goal is to bring the joy of circus to anyone and everyone who may need it, regardless of money. Up Up Up is a 501c3 non-profit and a self-contained touring circus show with the mobility to perform outdoor circus shows for small farms, immigrant communities, tribal community centers, refugee support groups, nursing homes, and women's shelters, etc. to bring some joy and levity into the air! Our ensemble of seven performers creates whimsy, beauty, and hilarity accessible to audiences of all ages.

Weekly trivia. Form a team or play solo.

Artistic Director Aloysia Friedmann has gathered a lineup of brilliant musicians to perform an extraordinary concert. The Festival brings renowned mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke to Lopez, who recently sang the role of Carmen with the Seattle Opera. Works by Clara and Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms will be performed. Returning this year will be violinist Zachary DePue and cellist Ani Aznavoorian. The other world class artists performing are as follows: Aloysia Friedmann Jon Kimura Parker Alexandra Preucil violin Antoine Tamestit viola Nathan Olson violin Eric Nowlin viola Lachezar Kostov cello

Contemporary Dance meets Thursdays 5:15-6:45pm at Orcas Oddfellows. 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/

Probation officer Casey Carson could use a change of scenery. Unfortunately, one of Casey’s clients—an escaped murderer— is after one of her charges in a side gig she has taken on at an outdoor adventure camp. Facing wildfire, flash floods and an angry mountain lion are nothing compared to the murderous intentions in store for one of the kids. On a crash course with the killer and with her faithful pup Felony by her side, Casey tries to lead the group to safety. Cindy will read from the book and sign copies available for purchase at Griffin Bay Bookstore.

2026 Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival (all artists and repertoire subject to change) Love Triangle Friday August 21, 7:00pm Saturday August 22, 5:00pm $40 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/200532418) 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)

With Andrea Preiss.