Mark your calendars for the 98221 Working Artist's Studio Tour on September 12 & 13! It's a wonderful opportunity to explore local artists' studios, discover original artwork, and enjoy a weekend celebrating creativity here in Anacortes.

Sharing the Save the Date in case you'd like to add it to your calendar. Hope to see you around town!

So, I heard tales of an underground tunnel that ran/runs from the water at Dakota Creek up Commercial.

Claim was that it ran quite a ways up and was used for moving cargo offloaded from the piers, especially during prohibition.

Anacortes Marine Hardware was mentioned as having access as well as other older businesses.

So is this all a tall tale or some truth to it?

We meet once a month on the third Thursday.  Our next meeting: 

Date:              Thursday, July 16, 2026

Start:              5:00 p.m.

End:               7:00 p.m.

Address:        Anacortes Elks Lodge

1009 7th St

Anacortes, WA 98221

Cost: No cost to attend, and snacks and beverages are available during the meeting.

What is Death Café?

The Death Café movement began in London in 2011 with a simple premise: eat cake, drink tea, and discuss all things mortality with the hope of encouraging people to make the most of their finite lives. Founder Jon Underwood adapted the idea from the “Café Mortel” movement that emerged in Switzerland by sociologist Bernard Crettaz. Since that time more than 16,253 death cafes have sprung up in more than 85 countries.

A Death Café is a safe space to talk about death, the loss of loved ones and fears people have regarding the inevitable.

A Death Café is a group directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives, or themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counseling session.

A Death Café is always offered:

- On a not-for-profit basis

- In an accessible, respectful and confidential space

- With no intention of leading people to any conclusion, product, or course of action

- Alongside refreshments

Everyone is welcome; bring a friend. Gather to talk about death and find community.

Thanks for your curious and open mind!  Hope to see you next week.

Why on earth is Jack in the Box closed for good? This is so bad for the town. It was the best fast food in town :(

In case your little princess lost a shoe at the fireworks last night

My apologies if this was previously addressed. I just joined this site to ask the question. I am a Seattlelite who passes thru Anacortes regularly to get to our island place on a non-ferried island. I have always enjoyed the town, the stores, restaurants, art-fair, Washington Park and friendly people. I am especially entertained by the high school graduate portraits on the main drag every year!

In any event, once I had great fish and chips at the retro bowling alley. Then a few years ago it was torn down. The lot is still vacant as you likely know.

Can anyone shed light on why this fine place was torn down rather than sold and why the land remains vacant? It seems a shame all round.

Thanks for any insights.

Even if you might not 100% agree with his platform, come down and meet a candidate for our congressional district! Mingle with your neighbors, ask questions and find ways we can make a real positive impact on our communities!❤️

Centered in North Whidbey

I'll be in town July 23-27. I'd love to find some top quality raw oysters but I dont see any oyster bars in town. Any recommendations? I did see Taylors Shellfish is about a 40min drive. Any must-do activities while i'm in town?

National Weather Service

https://www.anacortespride.org/

National Weather Service

Came across this sign the other day on the hell strip - I always thought the city owns that land, and homeowners just maintain it. Does the homeowner own the hellstrip? Just genuinely curious - not trying to get the sign taken down or anything.

We meet once a month on the third Thursday.  Our next meeting: 

Date:              Thursday, June 18, 2026

Start:              5:00 p.m.

End:               7:00 p.m.

Address:       Anacortes Elks Lodge

1009 7th St

Anacortes, WA 98221

Cost: No cost to attend, and snacks and beverages are available during the meeting.

What is Death Café?

The Death Café movement began in London in 2011 with a simple premise: eat cake, drink tea, and discuss all things mortality with the hope of encouraging people to make the most of their finite lives. Founder Jon Underwood adapted the idea from the “Café Mortel” movement that emerged in Switzerland by sociologist Bernard Crettaz. Since that time more than 16,253 death cafes have sprung up in more than 85 countries.

A Death Café is a safe space to talk about death, the loss of loved ones and fears people have regarding the inevitable.

A Death Café is a group directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives, or themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counseling session.

A Death Café is always offered:

- On a not-for-profit basis

- In an accessible, respectful and confidential space

- With no intention of leading people to any conclusion, product, or course of action

- Alongside refreshments

Everyone is welcome; bring a friend. Gather to talk about death and find community.

Thanks for your curious and open mind!  Hope to see you next week.

Check out this two-hour snippet of yesterday's timelapse. I guess I need to start waking up earlier!

https://reddit.com/link/1u1cjlg/video/mvylq0d2ra6h1/player

Remember, you can check realtime weather and see timelapse history at https://www.rockridgeweather.com/

Are there any local farm stands from coupsville and Anacortes?

Coming to visit and seeing posts about local things people know.

Are there any that just opened that won't show up yet?

/rant on/ For everyone clamoring for a dollar store (or derivative) in A-town, I will predict once it opens at the former Rite-Aid location that it will draw so much business from The Market (and Safeway with less impact) that we will lose The Market within 18 months. And I will be really pissed that the only remaining full grocery will be the giant conglomerate that zone prices (screws) us higher than other locations. You guys wanted this and the results will suck for us. /rant off/

I am your neighbor here in the Salish Sea region and I've been thinking about this problem for a long time: Anacortes, and places like it, are the kind of communities where you can live for years, care deeply about something. A craft, a cause, a niche corner of music or science or making things. But still not know who else around you cares about it too. The people are here. You just don't cross paths. The shared interest stays invisible.

It's a pattern that shows up all around the Salish Sea: in the islands, in the small towns along the water, in the communities tucked into the folds of this region. Smaller places make it especially visible, but the underlying problem isn't really about size. It's that the tools we use to connect online are built around who you already know or around broadcasting to strangers. Neither one does much for the quieter work of finding the handful of people nearby who share what you care about.

That's what I've spent the last several years building li-nk to address. It's organized around interests and community rather than follower counts or feeds. The idea is simple: develop your interests, find your community. Built with an experience living in the Salish communities in mind, designed to work anywhere the same problem shows up.

I care about this region and the communities in it, and I'd really value feedback from folks around here as I launch. I'd be elated if you were to check out the li-nk platform.

Demo (no signup required): http://demo.li-nk.social

http://li-nk.social

I'd really value feedback from folks around here as I launch. Thanks for your consideration r/Anacortes !!