Expert knitter, creative artist, and local business owner Katie Gaible is hosting FREE knit nights for folks 12+. Some materials will be provided. If you’ve ever wanted to learn to knit or need an excuse to get out of the house Tuesday evenings, join a friendly group of folks at the library.

Join us for free food and coffee to THANK and CELEBRATE our remarkable, dedicated volunteers!

Join us for an interactive community talk on the PEERS Methodology: Fostering Positive and Collaborative Conversations. This one-hour session with Kevin Carter (founder of Inclusion Innovates) will introduce a practical approach to navigating polarizing topics like race, politics, and housing. Through group activities, personal reflection, and open discussions, we’ll explore how the five phases of PEERS—Pause, Engage, Encourage, Reflect, and Summarize—can help foster understanding, reduce anxiety, and build a more inclusive and collaborative environment. This is a unique opportunity to share your experiences, learn from others, and strengthen our community's capacity for constructive dialogue. We welcome your participation and insights. Tuesday, November 12th @ 6:30 at the Orcas Island Public Library.

Expert knitter, creative artist, and local business owner Katie Gaible is hosting FREE knit nights for folks 12+. Some materials will be provided. If you’ve ever wanted to learn to knit or need an excuse to get out of the house Tuesday evenings, join a friendly group of folks at the library.

Friends of the Orcas Island Library is a nonprofit supporting our library through fundraising, events, and community resources. The Board meets the second Tuesday of each month. Members of the public are welcome.

Join a group of Magic the Gathering players - great for first-timers or anyone interested in joining.

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You are welcome to join us in conversation with Navajo Ranger, Stanley Milford, Jr. as he chats about the chilling and clear-eyed memoir of his investigations into bizarre cases of the paranormal and the unexplained in Navajoland.

As a Native American with parents of both Navajo and Cherokee descent, Stanley Milford, Jr. grew up in a world where the supernatural was both expected and taboo, where shapeshifters roamed, witchcraft was a thing to be feared, and children were taught not to whistle at night. In his youth, Milford never went looking for the paranormal, but it always seemed to find him. When he joined the fabled Navajo Rangers—a law enforcement branch of the Navajo Nation who are equal parts police officers, archeological conservationists, and historians—the paranormal became part of his job. Alongside addressing the mundane duties of overseeing the massive 27,000-square-mile reservation, Milford was assigned to utterly bizarre and shockingly frequent cases involving mysterious livestock mutilations, skinwalker and Bigfoot sightings, UFOs, and malicious hauntings.

In The Paranormal Ranger, Milford recounts the stories of these cases from the clinical and deductive perspective of a law enforcement officer. Milford’s Native American worldview and investigative training collide to provide an eerie account of what logic dictates should not be possible. Register now to expand your own worldview and be ready for a chill to run down your spine!  

About the Author: Stanley Milford, Jr., graduated from the United States Indian Police Academy at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, New Mexico, and worked continuously as a sworn law enforcement officer for over twenty-three years. He served as the delegated Chief Navajo Ranger for over two years through March of 2019. While with the Navajo Rangers, Stan oversaw a section called the Special Projects Unit (SPU), whose responsibilities included the investigation of cases that did not fit within everyday parameters of law enforcement or criminal investigation, many of which involved reports of the paranormal or supernatural. After leaving the Navajo Rangers, Stan served as the senior investigator for the Navajo Nation’s White Collar Crime Unit. 

Expert knitter, creative artist, and local business owner Katie Gaible is hosting FREE knit nights for folks 12+. Some materials will be provided. If you’ve ever wanted to learn to knit or need an excuse to get out of the house Tuesday evenings, join a friendly group of folks at the library.

National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing. Kick off November with other writers here on Orcas Island and get your novel started. There will be writing coaches, food, prizes, and a safe, creative space to write!

Expert knitter, creative artist, and local business owner Katie Gaible is hosting FREE knit nights for folks 12+. Some materials will be provided. If you’ve ever wanted to learn to knit or need an excuse to get out of the house Tuesday evenings, join a friendly group of folks at the library.

The Orcas Island Library is presenting the 2nd Annual Adult Spelling Bee Friday, October 25th from 6-8 PM at Orcas Center Main Stage. If you would love to enter, sign up by emailing Sam Gailey at sgailey@orcaslibrary.org. If you don’t want to participate, come out to be part of the audience to cheer (or jeer) the contestants. Prizes and refreshments will follow.

Join Hugh Grant, Suzette Lamb, and Erin O’Dell to learn about the root causes of instability and how they can be addressed here on Orcas Island.