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Get the latest Doe Bay news - read the January Newsletter! Check out the Doe Bay events calendar to see what's happening at Doe Bay. We offer a variety of retreats and workshops throughout the year and have lots of great live music planned for the fall and winter! Doe Bay Resort and Retreat is a unique alternative to the traditional destination resort. On over thirty-three acres of pristine waterfront property, we have a variety of accommodations in a rustic, down-to-earth environment. You can start the day with yoga practice in our studio and a trip to the soaking tubs and sauna, take a guided kayak trip in the afternoon and have a delicious meal in our waterfront café, hike in nearby Moran State Park and then read about the things you've seen in Otter Lodge, our guest lounge and library, or surf with our free Wi-Fi. The Artsmith Writer's Salon Series is coming to the Doe Bay Café! See the upcoming schedule of events at the bottom of this page. Doe Bay is a highlight of the new Washington State Scenic Byway Route on Orcas Island. To see more about the Scenic Byway on Orcas, play this video from sanjuanislandstv.com – it includes some spectacular footage of Doe Bay starting at the 4 minute mark. Video is great, but it’s nothing like the real thing. Come see for yourself how amazing Doe Bay is!!!
Doe Bay is making the news! The nonprofit Artsmith and Doe Bay Resort have collaborated to bring a weekly salon for writers and thinkers to meet and read each other their work. Check out this news write-up about the weekly writer’s salon at Doe Bay! The Artsmith Salon Series continues every Monday night at 7pm at the Doe Bay Café. The weekly salon hosts featured writers working in a variety of genres from poetry to screenwriting who come to Orcas from all over the western United States.
Writers’ Open Mic The salon is FREE to attend and the Doe Bay Café serves a special menu on Monday nights featuring tapas and small plates. Information is also available at www.orcasartsmith.org or by email: salonseries@orcasartsmith.org. If you’d like to rideshare to Doe Bay for the Salon, see the Facebook page at Artsmith Salon Series or call 206-376-2025. Featured writers in February:
Amalio Madueño lives in Taos, New Mexico. Madueño has been published widely in journals across the United States and Europe. Anthologies featuring his work include Border Senses, Mezcla, New Mexico Poetry Tangents, Venus in the Badlands, The 315 Experiment, Wandering Hermit Review, Muse6, Askew, and Saludos: Poets of New Mexico. His chapbooks include "August," "Cuyamungue," "The Kozer Variations," and the recently released "August Again." His feature-length book of poems is "Lost In The Chamiso." Madueño received an M.F.A. in poetry from the University of California, Irvine, and has prepared and delivered numerous poetry seminars and workshops over the last 15 years. As a mental patient, Julie Greene has survived over 50 hospitalizations. “I was plagued by an evil being who eventually revealed himself to me as ‘The Thing.’ On my 40th birthday, The Thing left me, and has never returned.” Julie returned to college at the age of 40, earning a BFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College and an MFA from Goddard College. Julie’s titles include "Breakdown Lane Traveled," "This Hunger Is Secret: My Journeys Through Mental Illness and Wellness," "Summer," and "After the Funeral." Julie’s writing has appeared in Swamp Magazine, Quay Journal, Breath and Shadow, Pitkin Review, and Fresh! Literary Magazine. Julie would prefer a bio of her dog, Puzzle, because he is well-dressed and has been published on every lawn in the neighborhood. Suzanne Olson is a storyteller by trade and writer at heart who lives on Orcas Island. She earned a B.A. in Literature and Writing from Prescott College and has some poems and stories published in Alligator Juniper, The Sonoran Review and various Fishtrap anthologies. Suzanne is an unashamed eavesdropper and a pretty good soccer player.
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