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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

Cascade Creek Trail – Easy to Challenging

One of the best paths through the wooded southern section of Moran State Park runs along Cascade Creek, the stream that helps feed Cascade Falls. Traditionally starting at the South Campground of Cascade Lake, the Creek Trail winds through some of the oldest growth on Orcas and brings hikers past many man-made and natural landmarks including the south entrance bridge and the Lower Falls. Hikers can opt to enjoy themselves by the Falls, or continue the trail into the woods and meadows that hem the Creek up to the spillway at Mountain Lake. This trail features some switchbacks, but otherwise is quite easy to handle and a wonderful chance to see undisturbed natural growth and wildlife in the heart of Moran State Park.

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A Bite Of Orcas

New Leaf Cafe – By Simon

On the 40th floor of Heron Tower in London, England, there’s a restaurant called Duck and Waffle. I find the symbolism of being so high up as to be above the competition apt in this situation. As one can imagine there is really only one thing that you can order when dining at Duck and Waffle, and regardless of the time of day it’s always on the menu, the Duck and Waffle. In reviewing the meals of my life I find few that can compare to the meal I had on my visit there. That experience redefined my understanding of sweet-and-savory and began my obsession with the perfect duck confit. Beyond the food, the company (a friend of my cousin who I had not met before and have not seen since), the views, and the moment in time when it took place has burned this experience in my mind and has since become one of the highest numbers on my critical-review-yardstick to which all future meals must be measured against. This however is not the meal I will be discussing in this review. The following review will mark the first non-dinner meal we have reviewed. Since this restaurant doesn’t serve dinner and instead has opted—for whatever reason—to serve…

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