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Orcas Today: April 19th-21st

Ladies Intermediate Tennis
Monday/Wednesday/Friday from 9:00-11:00am at Buck Park
Free, drop-in, ages 16 and older.

Orcas Library Storytime
April 19th from 11:00am-11:30pm

Orcas Viking Sports
Girls Varsity Softball vs. Friday Harbor April 19th at 4:30pm
Boys Varsity Baseball vs. Friday Harbor April 19th at 4:30pm
Girls Varsity Softball vs. Quilcene April 20th at 2:00pm

Poetry Reading with Award Winning Authors
April 19th at 6:30pm at the Emmanuel Parish Hall
This free event features Jill McCabe Johnson, Quinn Baliey, and Derek Sheffield, each an award-winning published author whose works reflect their Washington home and universal calls of the wild.

On Screen at Seaview Theater: Godzilla X Kong
April 19th & 20th at 7:30pm
Rated PG-13.

Live Music at the Emmanuel Episcopal Parish Hall
April 19th at 7:30pm
Come hear the poignant repertoire and musical stylings of renowned folk artist David Roth.  Suggested donation at the door is $20, but no music fan will be turned away!

Adult Intermediate Tennis
Saturdays from 8:00am-12:00pm at Buck Park
Free, ages 18 and older.

The Great Islands Clean-up
April 20th at 10:00am at the Village Green
Pick up bags, vests and grabbers will be available the day of. Collected trash can be dropped off the day of the event between 2:00-3:00pm pm at the Village Green. Participants can stop by Island Hoppin’ Brewery for a free pint starting at 4pm!

Earth Day Parade
April 20th at 11:00am in Eastsound
Join us at the Orcas Island Library to join the parade at 10:30am, enjoy ecology stories, and then the procession will head down North Beach. All ages welcome!

Baby Saturdays at Lum Farm
April 20th from 12:00-5:00pm
Lum Farm invites you to celebrate Spring with their newest crop of farm babies with a free baby-viewing and petting zoo event (donations gratefully accepted).  The farm stand is also open during this time.

Camp Orkila ROAR
April 20th at 1:00pm
ROAR is a Rogue Obstacle Adventure Race that combines the elements of mud, water, color and obstacles – including a cargo net crawl and at least one massive mud pit! Stick around after the races for camp activities, cocoa and cookies. Join us in donating and help support our amazing camp and community. There is a 1 mile and a 5k option.

The Ecopoetry of Cascadia
April 20th at 5:00pm at the Orcas Library
Cascadia Field Guide brings together art, poetry, and stories holding scientific, sensory, and cultural knowledge to celebrate and illuminate Cascadia, the bioregion stretching from Alaska’s Prince William Sound to Northern California and from the Pacific Coast to the Continental Divide. Both well-established and new writers are included, representing a diverse spectrum of voices, with poems that range from comic to serious, colloquial to scientific, urban to off-the-grid, narrative to postmodern.

Indoor Pickleball
Sundays from 10:00am-12:00pm in the Old Gym
$2 drop in enrollment.

Feral Mary & The Mother Electrix Album Listening Party
April 21st at 6:00pm at The Sea View Lounge
The bar will be open and The Kitchen will be catering! Born from the salty winds of change that made for stormy seas in these
past few years, this all female electric combo started as a garage band in 2020. The vibe is soulful psychedelic rock spattered with Americana highlights, dutiful harmonies, and ripping leads. Pre-order the album and get ready to rock!

Indoor Volleyball
Wednesday/Sunday from 7:30-9:30pm in the Old Gym
Ages 16+, $2 drop in fee.

Get out and Hike

Cold Springs Trail – Difficult

4.3 miles. 2058 feet elevation gain. Cold Springs Trail connects the Cascade Lake Day Use Area with Mount Constitution Rd. and is the trail most often used for training by prospective mountaineers. The trail climbs up the west side of the mountain with numerous switchbacks, creeks, and vistas looking out towards East Sound. Start at the trailhead on top of the mountain beside a picnic shelter and head down for an easier route, or commence your hike from the Day Use Area for a rigorous journey that locals use to prep for hiking in the Cascade Mountain Range. This hike can take a few hours going up or down, and several flat promontories are great for snack breaks and picnics. Hikers can travel from the trailhead across Mt. Constitution Rd. to the Little Summit/Mount Constitution trail for further mountaintop adventures. Biking is permitted during the offseason.

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A Bite Of Orcas

Matthew’s Smokehouse & Deli – By Howie

‘Tis a tale as old as time (or at least two hundred and fifty years, give or take): Man put meat, butter, and oil together, cooked it, and the best food in the world was made! Okay, maybe a bit of an exaggeration; what you need to know is this: I love southern cuisine. Yes, I do realize most of it is likely not the healthiest option out there (heck, even the greens are usually slathered in butter and salt), but southern food is still one of the most beloved edible styles out there. Which is quite a bit of preamble to get to my point: Matthew’s Smokehouse & Deli nailed it down easily and left me excited for the opportunity to grace its halls with my gluttonous presence another time. Also, I must be forthcoming with you, dear readers, that though our first foray into the culinary world of Orcas Island was quite the side of the finer things in life, Matthew’s Smokehouse elects for a more stripped-down feel. Seating is open, food is ordered at a counter (as are drinks), and the only service you receive from the staff besides ordering and payment is being given your meal. Patrons collect their own silverware, fill their own water glasses, and retrieve…

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