This month's theme: Crossroads

Tell us about a potentially life-altering decision, a turning point, a fork in the road, an impulse decision that went right (or wrong), a time you were stuck between a rock and a hard place, the point of no return, a now or never moment, that tattoo you got, and that wild job opportunity you took (or turned down).

Join us for a participatory storytelling event with true, short stories told by Lopezians. Arrive with a story in mind, get inspired on the spot, or simply join us to listen. All are welcome.

Stories must be 1st-person, oral, with no notes. Please try to keep them to around 10 minutes.

When: Thurs. Feb. 12th at 7 PM
Admission: FREE, by donation (Suggested: $5-10)
Where: 452 Richardson Rd.
Sponsored by: Lopez Island Grange #1060 with Hosts: Jodie Snapp & Grant Carlton.
More Info: lopezislandgrange@gmail.com, -or- text: 360-468-2032

The Lopez Island Grange Winter Market is back for 2026 (Feb-April) with locally produced island farm and food products, plants, coffee, skill sharing, Grange history booth, winter cheer, and live music!

This year's vendors include:

David's BBQ, Dirt Drive Coffee, Lucky Ewe, Heavenly Fudge, Taproot Kitchen, LIFE garden knife sharpening, Marie Luckhurst plants and seeds, Indigo Moon Farm, Good Wool, Brenna's permaculture plants and bamboo poles (outside)...and Master Gardeners. The Grange history booth will have Winter Market posters, stickers, and t-shirts in new colors to support our historic 123-year-old Center School building.

Sat. March 7th - Music by jimmouse (Parlin Shields, Ada Brock, Jesse Stout)

NOTE Knife/Tool Sharpening: Available on a first come first serve basis with limited spots at the market. Please bring only a couple of items for sharpening that day, so as to allow other people to get their items sharpened. If you do bring a larger quantity, you can arrange a later pickup with Brett. Also, please, please travel safely with your items!!!

About Girl Climber:  Professional climber Emily Harrington has summited Everest, 8,000-meter peaks, and dominated the competition circuit, but her greatest challenge extends beyond the physical. To cement her legacy in the male-dominated world of elite rock climbing, she sets her sights on a career-defining 24-hour ascent of Yosemite’s El Capitan.

Caught between the pursuit of personal ambition and the ticking biological clock of life, a near-fatal fall forces Emily to reckon with what she’s willing to risk. Equal parts gripping survival story and intimate portrait, Girl Climber isn’t just about breaking records, it’s about breaking barriers. Amongst Yosemite’s legendary boy’s club, Emily isn’t just proving she is the best *Girl Climber-- she proving she is one of the best. Period.

Trailer: Girl Climber

The Lopez Island Grange Winter Market is back for 2026 (Feb-April) with locally produced island farm and food products, plants, coffee, skill sharing, Grange history booth, winter cheer, and live music!

This year's vendors include:

David's BBQ, Dirt Drive Coffee, Lucky Ewe, Heavenly Fudge, Taproot Kitchen, LIFE garden knife sharpening, Marie Luckhurst plants and seeds, Indigo Moon Farm, Good Wool, Brenna's permaculture plants and bamboo poles (outside)...and Master Gardeners. The Grange history booth will have Winter Market posters, stickers, and t-shirts in new colors to support our historic 123-year-old Center School building.

Sat. Feb. 7th - Music by Arlen Coiley

Lopez Film Series presents: Watmough Wild (2007) by Rowan North
In 2007, a portion of Watmough Head became available for sale. In the face of proposed development, an unlikely coalition of conservation organizations, concerned neighbors, and plucky teenagers came together to raise the necessary funds to purchase the property.

Come and watch the story unfold through the eyes of one of those plucky teenagers, Rowan North, as he interviews and documents his community's fight to save this beloved piece of public land.

When: Friday, Feb. 20th - 7 PM
Admission: $10 suggested admission; no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Where: 452 Richardson Rd.
Popcorn and refreshments available.

Lopez Film Series is a collaboration between Lopez Museum and Lopez Island Grange #1060 showcasing films shot on, inspired by, or featuring people from Lopez Island. Stay tuned for more films!

This month's theme: Fire

Fire - one of the four classical elements, along with earth, water, and air, in ancient Greek philosophy and science. We use fire for fuel, warmth, industry, and ceremony. Fire as metaphor. What fuels your creative passion, generates your life force, flames the fire of your desire? How do you keep the hearth and the heart flames burning? Have you ever had to put fires out literally and figuratively? Bring us your stories of fire. We’re stoked to hear them.

Join us for a participatory storytelling event with true, short stories told by Lopezians. Arrive with a story in mind, get inspired on the spot, or simply join us to listen. All are welcome.

Stories must be 1st-person, oral, with no notes. Please try to keep them to around 10 minutes.

When: Thurs. Feb. 12th at 7 PM
Admission: FREE, by donation (Suggested: $5-10)
Where: 452 Richardson Rd.
Sponsored by: Lopez Island Grange #1060 with Hosts: Jodie Snapp & Grant Carlton.
More Info: lopezislandgrange@gmail.com, -or- text: 360-468-2032

The Lopez Island Grange Winter Market is back for 2026 (Feb-April) with locally produced island farm and food products, plants, coffee, skill sharing, Grange history booth, winter cheer, and live music!

This year's vendors include:

David's BBQ, Dirt Drive Coffee, Lucky Ewe, Heavenly Fudge, Taproot Kitchen, LIFE garden knife sharpening, Marie Luckhurst plants and seeds, Indigo Moon Farm, Good Wool, Brenna's permaculture plants and bamboo poles (outside)...and Master Gardeners. The Grange history booth will have Winter Market posters, stickers, and t-shirts in new colors to support our historic 123-year-old Center School building.

Sat. Feb. 7th - Music by Unusual Suspects (Susie, Nick, Gretchen, Heather, Todd, Shari, and Justin)

About Lina (short film): With a warm, strong and confident voice forty-one-year-old mother Alyona tells the story of her beautiful youngest daughter Lina who together with her family flees the brutal grip of Russian occupation in Kherson. With the help of courageous volunteers, the family travels thousands of miles through hostile Russian territory before finally finding refuge and the idea of peace in a charming village in Ukraine. Yet, the sense of normalcy is deceiving, and the audience witnesses the cruel scars that this war has left on Lina and the emotional breakdown of Alyona as she is confronted with the reality that Lina faces.
Trailer: LinaAbout Checkpoint Zoo (feature film): A gripping documentary set during the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, when Kharkiv's beloved Feldman Ecopark Zoo found itself caught in the crossfire between advancing Russian forces and Ukrainian defenders. Home to over 5,000 animals, the approaching front line left the zoo's creatures trapped in their cages with little food and water, facing starvation and increasing danger as the Russian army approached.

Drawing from first-hand footage, Award-winning filmmaker Joshua Zeman’s Checkpoint Zoo showcases a story of human compassion, bravery, and sacrifice during Ukraine’s darkest hours. shining a light on the best of humanity when it is all too easy to focus on the worst.

Trailer: Checkpoint Zoo

This month's theme: Animal Encounters

Bring us your tales of your close encounters of the animal kind.... furry, winged, prickly, slimy, scaly or !?!

Join us for a participatory storytelling event with true, short stories told by Lopezians.

Arrive with a story in mind or get inspired on the spot, or simply join us to listen. All are welcome.

When: Thurs. Nov. 13th at 7 PM
Admission: FREE, by donation (Suggested: $5-10)
Where: 452 Richardson Rd.

Sponsored by: Lopez Island Grange #1060 with Hosts: Jodie Snapp & Grant Carlton.

More Info: lopezislandgrange@gmail.com, -or- text: 360-468-2032

Lopez Island Grange Presents - Shipwreck: The Mysterious Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Documentary & talk about the mysterious sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald 50 years ago.

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake, they called Gitche Gumee
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy
With a load of iron ore, twenty-six thousand tons more
Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty
That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
When the gales of November came early....Gordon Lightfoot

When. Sun. Nov. 9th, 6 PM
Where: Lopez Island Grange 452 Richardson Rd.
Shown on our HUGE movie screen, popcorn served.
FREE by donation. Donations added to the Grange's, (our historic 1903 Center School)

We meet every 1st Thursday at 7 PM at Lopez Grange 452 Richardson Rd from Feb - June, Sept, October and November. 

We're busy planning activities, grant writing, fundraising, and restoring our historic 122-year-old Center School/Grange building so that it can continue to be a vital gathering spot on the island for generations to come. We could use a few more hands on deck! Come to a meeting and see what we're up to. All are welcome!

The annual Enchanted Quilters quilt show is back and will showcase colorful quilts created by its membership. See what the Enchanted Quilters have stitched up since last year's show!

As always, the Enchanted Quilters will be raffling off TWO barn quilts for a 1 in 300 chance to WIN! Pictured are this year’s quilts, “Ruby Roads” and “Stormy Seas.”

Barn quilts measure 4' X 4' and are lovingly painted by The Enchanted Quilters on exterior plywood. They can be displayed on barns, houses, shops, etc.

Raffle tickets are one for $5 or three for $10. Purchase raffle tickets here: https://tinyurl.com/barnquiltraffle2025

**WINNERS DRAWN** at Story Story Story on Thurs. Nov. 13th at 7 PM. Story prompt: TBA (more details soon)

The quilt show is FREE by donation. All donations and raffle proceeds go to the Grange building and maintenance fund.

Date: Sat. Oct. 25th
Time: 10-2 PM
Location: Lopez Island Grange #1060, 452 Richardson Rd, Lopez Island, WA 98261.
More info: lopezislandgrange@gmail.com

When: Fri. Oct. 24th, 7 PM
Where: 452 Richardson Rd.

FREE by donation. All donations added to the Grange (our historic 1903 Center School) building maintenance & restoration fund.

About: “Among my works, the one I like best is the home that I have built in Milan for accommodating old singers not favored by fortune...the poor dear companions of my lifetime! Believe me, my friend, that home is truly my most beautiful work.” Giuseppe Verdi

VIVA VERDI! Giuseppe Verdi, Italy’s most notable composer -La Traviata, Aïda, Falstaff, Rigoletto, willed his vast fortune to build a distinctive retirement home for musicians and artists in Milan, Italy. VIVA VERDI! is an intimate journey uncovering the rich and diverse stories of these living treasures who call Casa Verdi home and the international music students who are mentored by and live among them. With stories of romance, tragedy and triumph abounding from these living treasures, it’s easy to see Verdi's vision thriving---a life-affirming reminder of how music moves us at a fundamental level; how nurturing artistic expression can be life-enhancing and nourishing to the spirit at any age; and how one distinctive retirement home saved thousands of lives.

Lopez Island Grange Presents: A Grateful Dead Dance Party!

Bellingham-based Grateful Dead tribute band, Wild Geese of the West, makes its fall return to the Lopez Island Grange for two sets of music for a night of jamming and dancing.

When: Fri. Oct. 10th, 7 PM
Where: 452 Richardson Rd.
Cost: $10-20 Sliding scale at the door

This month's theme: Summer Jobs

Summer jobs, summer projects, side hustles….bring us your stories of summer labor & livelihood. Perhaps it led to a new outlook, adventure, or unexpected opportunity.

Join us for a participatory storytelling event with true, short stories told by Lopezians.

Arrive with a story in mind or get inspired on the spot, or simply join us to listen. All are welcome.

When: Thurs. Oct. 9th at 7 PM
Admission: FREE, by donation (Suggested: $5-10)
Where: 452 Richardson Rd.

Sponsored by: Lopez Island Grange #1060 with Hosts: Jodie Snapp & Grant Carlton.

More Info: lopezislandgrange@gmail.com, -or- text: 360-468-2032

When: Sat. August 23rd, 9 PM (dusk)
Where: South lawn of the Lopez Grange on the Grange's BIG outdoor movie screen. * Bring friends, family, a chair, blanket, picnic, and dress warmly and be prepared to laugh heartily.*

FREE by donation. All donations added to the Grange (our historic 1903 Center School) building maintenance & restoration fund.

About: Master mockumentarian Christopher Guest turns his cameras on the neurotic contestants vying for top honors in a highly competitive dog show. The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives -- the Mayflower Dog Show. The canine contestants and their owners are as wondrously diverse as the great country that has bred them.

When: Sat. August 9th, 9 PM (dusk)

Where: South lawn of the Lopez Grange on the Grange's BIG outdoor movie screen. * Bring friends, family, a chair, blanket, picnic, and dress warmly and be prepared to laugh heartily.*

FREE by donation. All donations added to the Grange (our historic 1903 Center School) building maintenance & restoration fund.

About: In this 1980s sci-fi classic, small-town California teen Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is thrown back into the '50s when an experiment by his eccentric scientist friend Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) goes awry. Traveling through time in a modified DeLorean car, Marty encounters young versions of his parents (Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson), and must make sure that they fall in love or he'll cease to exist. Even more dauntingly, Marty has to return to his own time and save the life of Doc Brown.

On Independence Day, 2005, the Lopez Village was shut down for hours by a suspicious looking “device”…

Lopez police and fire personnel were joined by off-island SWAT teams and bomb sniffing dogs who descended on the friendly isle. Mother and daughter team, Sorrel and Callie North, risked their lives—entering the "Frappucino Zone” to capture live footage as the great drama unfolded.

Come and watch the long-overdue premiere public screening on the 20th anniversary of this momentous event. We’ll follow the screening with a story share about that day and other memorable 4th of Julys.

When: Friday, June 27th - 7 PM
Admission: $10 suggested admission, no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Where: 452 Richardson Rd.
Popcorn and refreshments available.

Lopez Film Series is a collaboration between Lopez Museum and Lopez Island Grange #1060 showcasing films shot on, inspired by, or featuring people from Lopez Island. Stay tuned for more films!

Join us for the 4th annual traditional Maypole Dance at Lopez Island Grange, the historic 1903 Center School, on Sunday, May 4th.

4PM - Traditional Maypole Dance with The Southend Stringband and caller Aimee Nassoiy

5PM - Snacks & Refreshments

Rain or shine. All ages welcome.

Free, donations graciously accepted and added to the Grange's building maintenance & restoration fund.

The Lopez Island Grange #1060 Winter Market is back for 2025 (Jan.-April) with locally produced island farm and food products, Grange history booth, and music! ~ Poster by Brenna Jael & available for sale at the market.

Music by: The Southend Stringband
Come & shop locally, listen to music & visit with neighbors!

This month's theme: Adventure
Join us for a participatory storytelling event with true, short stories told by Lopezians.

Arrive with a story in mind or get inspired on the spot, or simply join us to listen. All are welcome.

When: Thurs. April 10th at 7 PM
Admission: Donation (Suggested $5-10)
Where:452 Richardson Rd.

Sponsored by: Lopez Island Grange #1060 with Hosts: Jodie Snapp & Grant Carlton.

More Info:lopezislandgrange@gmail.com, -or-text: 360-468-2032

Orkney (Scotland) born fiddler Louise Bichan and Indiana (USA) mandolinist Ethan Setiawan present a collaboration and meeting of their musical worlds in Hildaland. A path steeped in the fiddle traditions of their respective sides of the Atlantic, the journey taken wends through Scottish, oldtime, and Swedish inspired music intertwined with contemporary compositions. Bichan’s fiddle is a melodic foil to Setiawan’s counterpoint and harmonic depth, and the two weave in and out seamlessly.

Setiawan has won such accolades as the 2014 National Mandolin Championship, the 2017 RockyGrass Mandolin Championship and has shared the stage with the likes of Julian Lage, Darrell Scott, Bryan Sutton, Mike Marshall, Tony Trischka, Darol Anger, Casey Driessen, the Steel Wheels, Don Stiernberg, Matt Flinner, and Jacob Jolliff.

Bichan has won awards for her compositions and playing, and has travelled far and wide to perform in various line ups since a young age. She has appeared at the likes of the BBC TV's Hogmanay Live show, Edinburgh Castle, Reading Festival, Cambridge Folk Festival, Lorient Interceltique Festival, Milwaukee Irish Festival and Sligo Live festival. In 2016 she released her first solo album, Out of My Own Light, to great acclaim.

Tix: $20 Adults, $10 Youth 12-17 (Tix at door).
Hildaland Website: https://www.hildaland.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ4erybrV4E

The Lopez Island Grange #1060 Winter Market is back for 2025 (Jan.-April) with locally produced island farm and food products, Grange history booth, and music! ~ Poster by Brenna Jael & available for sale at the market.

Music by: Music by Island Raven Band

Patrick O’Neil and James Lucal will be joined by Todd Goldsmith and Justin Jones for a fun romp through the American songbook. Special guest from Bellingham Mitzi Moore will round out this raucous flock.

Come & shop locally, listen to music & visit with neighbors!

Ruth Neslund, in the basement, with a meat grinder...Or at least that's how the story gets told.

A disgraced sea captain, famous for unceremoniously running a freighter into the West Seattle bridge, disappeared in 1980. After a missing persons report is filed, and a series of drunken confessions, Ruth Neslund is charged for her husband's murder in 1983.

Come learn about the murder trial that shocked the Friendly Isle in 1985.

Lopez Film Series presents:
Foul Play on the Friendly Isle

Friday, March 21, 2025
7:00 - 9:00 PM

Lopez Island Grange #1060
452 Richardson Rd

$10 suggested admission, no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Popcorn and refreshments available.

Lopez Film Series is a collaboration between Lopez Museum and Lopez Island Grange #1060 showcasing films shot on, inspired by, or featuring people from Lopez Island. Stay tuned for more films!

Join us for a participatory storytelling event with true, short stories told by Lopezians. March’s theme is: Revolution
Arrive with a story in mind, get inspired on the spot, or simply join us to listen. All are welcome.

When: Thurs. March 13th at 7 PM
Admission: Donation

Sponsored by: Lopez Island Grange #1060 with Hosts: Jodie Snapp & Grant Carlton.

Celebrating International Women's Day on March 8th, the Lopez Island Grange Presents: Singing for Justice.

Singing for Justice tells the story of Faith Petric (1915-2013), a political radical, community organizer, and charismatic performer who united folk music and progressive causes through almost a century of American social movements. Narrated largely by Faith herself, the film weaves together her musical and political journeys to showcase the central role of folk music in the transformational social movements of the 20th century.

When: Sat. March 8th at 7 PM
Admission: FREE, by donation (Suggested $5-10)
Where: 452 Richardson Rd.
Film link: https://singingforjustice.com/
More Info: lopezislandgrange@gmail.com

The Lopez Island Grange #1060 Winter Market is back for 2025 (Jan.-April) with locally produced island farm and food products, Grange history booth, and music! ~ Poster by Brenna Jael & available for sale at the market.

Music by: Hawk Arps
Come & shop locally, listen to music & visit with neighbors!

Join us for a participatory storytelling event with true, short stories told by Lopezians. January’s theme is: Hot Mess.
Arrive with a story in mind or get inspired on the spot, or simply join us to listen. All are welcome.

When: Thurs. Feb. 13th at 7 PM
Admission: Donation

Sponsored by: Lopez Island Grange #1060 with Hosts: Jodie Snapp & Grant Carlton.

The Lopez Island Grange #1060 Winter Market is back for 2025 (Jan.-April) with locally produced island farm and food products, Grange history booth, and music! ~ Poster by Brenna Jael & available for sale at the market.

Music by: Carolyn Cruso
Come & shop locally, listen to music & visit with neighbors!