Join us this Sunday and every Sunday in November for our Library Makerspace from 2-3pm! We will have crafter kits and equipment available for use in the Library Meeting Room. Our focus for November will be about learning how to use a Cricut machine. Made possible thanks to a grant from the San Juan Island […]
Google Sheets is Google's answer to Mircrosoft's Excel. You can build simple or complicated spreadsheets to make lists, budgets, charts and graphs, and do just about any thing with numbers. We'll cover the basics.
"The body needs movement, and the mind needs rest." - TY Pang. In class, we will settle down, find our center of gravity, engage our legs, and hold our body upright while we gently and slowly move through the long form of Classical Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan. Tai chi is suitable for practitioners of all […]
Join us this Sunday and every Sunday in November for our Library Makerspace from 2-3pm! We will have crafter kits and equipment available for use in the Library Meeting Room. Our focus for November will be about learning how to use a Cricut machine. Made possible thanks to a grant from the San Juan Island […]
Thor Hanson Author Talk & Music with Musical Accompaniment by Sasha von Dassow & Friends Enjoy a discussion, reading, and music related to Thor Hanson’s newest illustrated book about Mozart and his beloved pet starling. All ages are welcome for this intergenerational presentation and performance. Books will be available for purchase by Griffin Bay Bookstore
Learn to use Google calendar on your smartphone or computer. Keep track of appointments, events and planned visits from guests. Set up reminders to help you get there on time, and don't be double-booked again! Did you know you can use Apple's calendar app to display events in your Google calendar?
Get to know the Pacific Northwest’s most beloved bivalve: the oyster. In this talk, author David George Gordon discusses three species— the Olympia, Eastern, and Pacific oysters— along with the people who have cultivated these delicacies for many generations. Learn about the Native American sea gardens and clam beds that existed 11,500 years ago, as […]
Griffin Bay Bookstore, along with the San Juan Island Library, is sponsoring an author talk with the gardener Jennifer Jewell in the main salon of the Library Thursday, August 22 at 7:00 pm. In her presentation, Jennifer Jewell will explore the philosophy of “Cultivating Place,” her national, award winning-public radio program and international podcast, based […]
The San Juan Island Library and Griffin Bay Bookstore are sponsoring an author meet and greet with Rosanne Parry at the public library on Tuesday, June 4 at 4:00 pm in Friday Harbor. Rosanne Parry is a renowned children’s author and is touring with her brand new book, The Wolf Effect: A Wilderness Revival Story. […]
Stop by the San Juan Island Library to meet Rosanne Parry, New York Time’s best selling author of the Voice of the Wilderness series and “Whale of the Wild” about a young orca’s survival navigating the delicate ecosystems of the Salish Sea. Her latest book, “The Wolf Effect: A Wilderness Revival Story,”tells the true story […]
Griffin Bay Bookstore and the San Juan Island Library are proud to present educator and author Kirk Hanson on Saturday, June 1 at 6:00 pm at the Library. Kirk is the co-author, with Seth Zuckerman, of the new book A Forest of Your Own: A Handbook of Ecological Forestry. He works promoting ecological forestry – […]
