It's March!
Here's what's happening at the
Lopez Library!

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Calling All Teens!
 
 
The Lopez Island Library is soliciting applications for paid Summer Internships. These positions run through the duration of Summer Break. 
 
What this job is about
You will have the unique opportunity to make a positive impact on the Lopez Island community while gaining valuable experience in library science, developing programs, and working with the public. Your role as a Teen Intern will be instrumental in creating and promoting programs and activities that engage and inspire other teens. You will work alongside a dedicated team of library professionals who are committed to providing exceptional service to the community. This is a chance to not only enhance your own skills and knowledge but also to inspire others to pursue their passions and make a difference in their own lives and the lives of those around them.
 
You will be focused on working closely with library staff and the community to deliver excellence in a wide variety of library activities, including:
  • Assist with daily library operations, including checking items in and out, shelving materials, and other circulation desk responsibilities
  • Contribute to the creation and promotion of public programs and activities
  • Provide excellent customer service to library patrons
  • Support the design and installation of displays and other activities to promote library materials and events
  • Other duties as assigned
Who you are
  • Must be a high-school student living on Lopez Island and at least 14 years old
  • Dependable and punctual
  • Detail oriented
  • Tech savvy
  • Optimistic
  • Inquisitive
  • Inspirer of self and others
  • Able to laugh often
Are you ready for this?
Submit a cover letter and resume to darren@lopezlibrary.org by 5pm on March 16, 2026. Salary range is $14.56 to $17.13 per hour. Each position may include up to 10 hours a week.  A limited number of Summer Interns may be invited to continue into the 2026/2027 school year.

Join the Friends of the Lopez Island Library Board of Directors!
 
        
 
The Friends of the Lopez Island Library is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to raising funds and visibility for the Lopez Library.  We love them! Their activities include:
  • Producing the annual Lopez 4th of July Used Book Sale
  • Sharing information and selling merchandise at the Farmers Market booth
  • Raising funds through appeal letters to Lopezians
  • Holding year-round book sales at the ferry terminal, library and Lopez Bookshop
  • Creating special events to raise funds, such as concerts and screenings
  • Promoting awareness through an online newsletter, website and social media
  • Raising funds and visibility by creating and selling Library merchandise
The Friends are running a major fundraising campaign, Project Little Red, a $2 million, five-year campaign to make needed repairs and improvements to the library building. They also spearhead fundraising efforts that support special library programs such as StoryTime, teen internships, access to Seattle Arts and Lectures, and book purchases.  
 
The Friends are an incredible, all-volunteer organization that do amazing things for the library and community! Please fill out the form below and someone from the Friends will contact you. Thanks!
 
Link to apply: https://bit.ly/46JeInt

AROUND THE LIBRARY & ON DISPLAY
Book Displays
Something for every age throughout the library!
  
 GARDENING
Spring Rain: A Life Lived in Gardens by Marc Hamer How Can I Help?: Saving Nature with Your Yard by Douglas W. Tallamy Jane Austen's Garden: A Botanical Tour of the Classic Novels by Molly Williams 
SPRING
 Spring Is Here by Will Hillenbrand I Begin with Spring: The Life and Seasons of Henry David Thoreau by Julie Dunlap 
 
WOMEN'S HEALTH THROUGH THE AGES
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot No Woman Left Behind: A Journey of Hope to Heal Every Woman Injured in Childbirth by Kate Grant It's Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know about Your Reproductive Health (But Were Never Told) by Karen Tang 

ART and THE LIBRARY
 First Saturday Art Walk: Saturday, March 7 @ 4:30pm
 
As the name says, the First Saturday Art Walk takes place the first Saturday of each month beginning at 4:30 pm and is a free, self-guided event located in places around the Village. Depending on the month, FSAW could include artist exhibitions and talks, live entertainment, food trucks, and specials at participating restaurants and businesses. 
 
This month, join us at 4:30pm in the library for an opening celebration featuring two photographers with roots on Lopez Island. Pamela Pulver and Michael Sobel will talk about the stories, people, and community behind their work.
 

"The Resilience of Empty Space" Photography by Pamela Pulver 
 
Drawn by color, light, and movement in the natural world, Pam Pulver’s work explores moments of quiet harmony between landscape and wildlife. Her photographs capture fleeting encounters — a frog sheltered within a garden, herons mirrored in still water, a deer emerging seamlessly from the curve of the land, or a paddle-boarder illuminated by golden evening light. Each image reveals how environment and living beings complete one another.

 
Both photographer and poet, Pulver approaches photography as an act of refinement and attention. Inspired by the creative power of absence — the blank canvas, the empty page — her work embraces simplicity and restraint. Through an economy of form, she invites viewers to slow down, notice what remains when clutter falls away, and discover meaning in stillness, openness, and light.

"Take It Or Leave It" Photography by Michael Sobel
 
Through striking black-and-white portraits and vivid color studies of objects, Michael Sobel documents a place where reuse becomes ritual, generosity becomes community practice, and everyday belongings tell unexpected stories. Created over more than five years, the project captures the spirit of Lopez Island’s shared commitment to sustainability, cooperation, and care for the world we inhabit together.
 
 
Michael Sobel is a Seattle-based photographer with over 50 years of experience and longtime connections to Lopez Island. A member of the Lopez Island Artists Guild, his work has been exhibited in regional galleries and recently earned second place in a national competition at Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle. Join Michael on March 7 in the library at 4:30pm to learn his story.

BOOK CLUBS
Never Too Old:
Celebrating Youth Books
Wednesday, March 4 @ 4:30pm
Read any book in the 000s, 100s, 200s, or 300s of YA or Juvenile nonfiction. For suggestions, email Beth@lopezlibrary.org or Ingrid@lopezlibrary.org
Literary Salon
Wed, March 18th @ 4:30pm
 

Literary Salon is a no-rules book club where you bring whatever you're reading to a round of interested listeners. You are welcome to come and be a listener, too.
NOTE date change for March only.
To sign up for any of our informative Book Club newsletters,  
CLICK HERE!
DID YOU KNOW?
Featuring a different section or material of the library each month.
Kanopy
 
Enjoy our newest e-resource: Kanopy.
 
Stream movies, documentaries, TV shows and more free with your library card and the Kanopy app.
 
Step 1: Install Kanopy on your device or visit Kanopy.com. Then follow the prompts to find your library, enter your library card and create an account.
 
Step 2: Search. View curated lists of films on the home tab, browse by category or search for specific titles.
 
Step 3: Watch. Tap play to begin streaming. Things you watch use Tickets. Each month you receive 25 tickets from your library. You will need 2 tickets for most movies, 1 for short films; TV series need varying numbers of tickets. Typically access is for 72 hours for movies, 5 days per season for TV series. Streaming is unlimited for Kanopy Kids (no tickets, no time limits).
 
Step 4: Enjoy!  Unfinished movies appear in My Lists alongside titles you add to your Watchlist.
 
For more help with Kanopy, watch this video, talk to library staff, or visit help.kanopy.com

YOUTH PROGRAMS

 
 


 

 

MARCH PROGRAMS
Mindful Birding
 
 

James McBride : Seattle Arts & Lectures - Tuesday, March 3, 7:30-9pm
 
James McBride is a New York Times bestselling author, musician and screenwriter. His latest novel, The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, has soared to a global phenomenon with over a million copies sold in the US alone. Winner of the 2024 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction and named a best book of the year by NPR Fresh Air, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker and more, this is a vibrant novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them.
 
Pre-registration for this live streamed event is required. You must have a valid Lopez Library account to register.
 
REGISTER HERE by March 1.
 
This series is brought to the community through the support of Friends of the Lopez Island Library.

Weaving Wednesdays
 Every Wednesday in March
 

Needlecraft Night
 
Bring your own project to work on and join other fiber enthusiasts for a lovely evening of needle crafting!

A Concert to Remember
 
The Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival presents one of the most vibrant and innovative chamber ensembles of the current generation of classical musicians. From Poland, Iwo Jedynecki, accordion, and Karolina Mikolajczyk, violin, will perform at the Lopez Library on Wednesday, March 11 at 4pm. Admission is free, supported, in part, by a grant from the Washington State Arts Commission and the Driftwood Fund. Don’t miss this virtuoso performance!

 
 
 
 

JP and the OK Rhythm Boys

 
Settle in for an afternoon of warm, easygoing music as JP and the OK Rhythm Boys bring their blend of classic American roots music to the library.
 
Known for smooth harmonies, toe-tapping rhythms, and a relaxed, good-humored style, the band delivers songs that feel both timeless and comfortably familiar.
 
Expect an inviting, living-room-style performance full of rich melodies and feel-good tunes, perfect for a cozy community gathering by the fireside.
 
Music ranges from many genres & decades (swing, hoedown, cowboy tunes [both domestic & Canadian], jazz standards, waltzes, originals, and more), always focusing on the instruments, the harmonies and the lyrics that will move you to laughter or tears…or both!

Digital Photography Workshop
 

FHFF: The Ramba Effect (at LCCA)

 
Our partnership with the Friday Harbor Film Festival’s Best of the Fest Series continues with another powerful, audience-selected documentary.
The Ramba Effect follows the powerful and inspiring journey of Ramba, the last circus elephant in Chile, as she travels 2,550 miles to her new home at Elephant Sanctuary Brazil, guided by compassionate experts and a devoted team of volunteers. Learn more on the film's website here:
https://www.therambaeffect.com/

LIHHS Open House
 
 

Poet's Pen
 
 

Stephen Graham Jones : Seattle Arts & Lectures - Monday, Mar 30, 7:30-9pm
 
Stephen Graham Jones is the author of bone-chilling novels that include The Only Good Indians, My Heart Is a Chainsaw, I Was a Teenage Slasher, and most recently, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, an instant bestselling historical horror novel tracing the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice.
 
Q&A with Sadie Hartmann.
 
Pre-registration for this live streamed event is required. You must have a valid Lopez Library account to register.
 
REGISTER HERE by March 27.
 
This series is brought to the community through the support of Friends of the Lopez Island Library.

COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS
This section highlights a few events which are managed and hosted by community members and other organizations.
 
 



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360-468-2265
Librarian@LopezLibrary.org
http://lopezlibrary.org/
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2225 Fisherman Bay Rd
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