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Greetings from Bainbridge Island!
There are a lot of things to see and do...please view our community calendar for a comprehensive listing of events
Our Favorite Event Picks for February 2012
Feb 3
Bainbridge Business Connection
First Friday Art Walk
Feb 4
The Met Live in HD: Götterdämmerung Great Singers with Norm Hollingshead
Great Decisions: The State of the Oceans
BAC Gallery Demo Kids' Night at the Museum The EDGE Improv
Feb 6
Sustainable First Monday
Open Mic Science
Feb 8
Books: Meyer - Cinder (Poulsbo Library)
Island Film Group: The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Feb 9
The Women Preview
Feb 10
Bainbridge Business Connections
Family Movie Matinee: Winnie the Pooh
Dying for Love: A Murder Mystery
The Women Opening Night
Travelogue: Journey to Rajasthan
Feb 11
Wine & Chocolate Wineries Tour
Ferncliff Village Open House
Valentine Concerts at Bloedel Reserve
The Women
Planetarium - Film: The City Dark Just Dance!
Feb 12
Wine & Chocolate Wineries Tour
Fernclilff Village Open House
Books: Austen - Every Dress a Decision & Deavel - Woodnote
First Sundays at the Commons
The Women
Feb 15 Chamber Luncheon Travelogue: Journey Through Spectacular Landscapes Feb 16
Books: Grivas/Puccio - The Innovative Team
Feb 17
Bainbridge Business Connections
The Women Feb 18
Great Decisions
Dudamel Conducts Mahler 8
Seattle Opera Preview: Orpheus & Euridyce
Island Theatre at the Library
The Women
Feb 19
Books: Ruff - The Mirage
Island Theatre at the Library
The Women
Feb 21
Field's End Writers' Roundtable
Feb 23
Chamber After Hours Books: Auslander - The Accidental Slave Owner
Feb 24
Bainbridge Business Connections
The Women
Feb 25
The Met Live in HD: Ernani
Great Decisions Island Treasure Award Ceremony
The Women
Feb 26
40th Annual Chilly Hill Bike Ride
BPA Social Brunch & Couture Auction
Books: Boudinot - Blueprints of the Afterlife
The Women
Feb 29
Field's End Writers' Workshop
Live Music
Seabold Second Saturdays
Weekly
Pegasus
Coffee House
Stephens House
Four Swallows
Treehouse Cafe
The 122
Recreational Folk Singing
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This is the official newsletter produced by
Bainbridge Island
Chamber of Commerce
395 Winslow Way East
Bainbridge Island, WA
(206) 842-3700
Produced and Edited
By Mickey Molnaire
Disclaimer: All content in this newsletter is screened, but The Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce is not responsible for inaccuracies. Please verify all information by using the websites and links provided.
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Greetings
from your friends at the
Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce! This issue of What's Happening - Bainbridge Island features major events coming up in February.
To find the many other events around the island, please view our online Community Calendar.
The Chamber is your local source for:
- Member Support & Services
- Community Events Calendar
- Visitor Information
- Relocation Information
- WA State Vehicle & Boat Registration (renew your tabs online and pick them up in our office)
We are located at 395 Winslow Way East, between the Streamliner Diner and Johansson Clark Real Estate.
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| Don't Miss These Chamber Events:
February Chamber Luncheon
Wed., Feb. 15, 11:30 AM
Update on the Manor House event venue and other new development at Lynwood Center. Public welcome. At Wing Point Golf & Country Club. Sign up online or call 206-842-3700. More...
February Chamber After Hours
Thurs., Feb. 23, 5:30 - 7 PM
Hosted by Bainbridge Island Historical Museum, 215 Ericksen Ave. NE. Network with business friends and associates, surrounded by photos and artifacts of island history, commerce, and industry. Free Event. Snacks and beverages. Public welcome. No reservations necessary. More...
Bainbridge Business Connection
Fridays, 7:30 - 9 AM
The Bainbridge Business Connection (BBC) is a Creative Strategy Roundtable offering storefront and home-based Bainbridge business owners and managers a focus group for strategy testing, honest detailed critique, and community support. At Flowering Around Sun Room. More...
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This Month's Featured Event
Annual Chilly Hilly Bike Ride
40th Anniversary
Sun., Feb. 26, 8 AM - 3 PM
Named one of the top four rides in the US, Chilly Hilly offers a scenic and challenging route with more than 2,600 feet of elevation gain. In 2010 a record 6,000 cyclists rode the course - from 2 to 84 years old.
Visitors - make it a weekend! Reserve early for a night or two in one of the island's hotels, inns, guest houses or bed and breakfasts. More...
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 First Friday Art Walk
Fri., Feb. 3, 6-8 PM
Bainbridge Arts & Crafts: Northwest Printmakers and the annual Mixed Nuts student show. BAC TOO: Insights, Work by Artists with Disabilities. Bainbridge Performing Arts Gallery: La Femme - frozen clothing by Pamela Dharamsey Lee. Director's Gallery: Carrie Goller in a solo show, with a valentine-themed artist's reception and Bainbridge treasures in miniature. Island Gallery: Wood sculpture show, The Sculptor's Eye, features the recent work of Nathan Christopher, Brad Davis, Wendy Dunder, Debra Greiner, Cecil Ross and Alan Vogel. Roby King Galleries: Parvin/Traveling the West/Solo Exhibition. Refreshments served at most venues! A number of local restaurants join the monthly event, offering small plates and weekend specials. Easy walk from the ferry. Complete list of venues here...
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 The Met Live in HD:
Götterdämmerung
Sat., Feb. 4, 9:00 AM
With its cataclysmic climax, the Met's new Ring cycle, directed by Robert Lepage, comes to its resolution. Deborah Voigt stars as Brünnhilde and Gary Lehman is Siegfried-the star-crossed lovers doomed by fate. James Levine conducts. More...
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 Great Decisions: The State of the Oceans Sat., Feb. 4, 9:30 AM
Please join the Bainbridge Island Arts & Humanities Council, the Kitsap Regional Library, and IslandWood for a preview screening of the new documentary, "Ocean Frontiers: The Dawn of a New Era in Ocean Stewardship," and a community discussion on this timely issue. The discussion will be moderated by the film's producer, Karen Anspacher-Meyer, and Bainbridge Islander James Brennan, Marine Habitat Specialist at the University of Washington. At IslandWood. More...
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 Gallery Demo:
Susan Wiersema
Sat., Feb. 4, 12:30 PM
BAC Gallery Demo. Susan Wiersema presents a free colored pencil demo, followed by fee-required color pencil workshop. At Bainbridge Arts & Crafts. More...
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 Great Singers with Norm Hollingshead
Sat., Feb. 4, 2 PM
Featured commentary by Norm Hollingshead with musical excerpts from his own collection of rare recordings. Funded by the Bainbridge Island Friends of the Library. Free at the Library
Jussi Bjorling, tenor (1910-1960)
Sat., Jan. 21, 2 PM More...
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 Kids' Nights at the Museum
Sats., Feb. 4 & 18, 5:30 - 9 :30 PM
AKA Parents' Night Out! On the first Saturday of each month, children 3.5-10 years old are invited to KiDiMu for a fun-filled evening of museum playtime, games, movies and a pizza dinner, while their parents get to enjoy a night out! This a drop-off program - registration is required by noon on Friday before the event. More...
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The EDGE Improv
Join The EDGE for an ingeniously improvised evening of on-the-spot comedy, all from audience suggestions. For more than sixteen years, the troupe's riotous antics have inspired rave reviews from audience members. Season Presenting Sponsor: Coates Design Architects. At BPA. More...
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January Readings at Eagle Harbor Books
 Marissa Meyer: Cinder
Sun., Feb. 8, 2:30 PM This West Sound Read event will take place at the Kitsap Regional Library Poulsbo Branch, 700 NE Lincoln Rd., Poulsbo, WA. Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She's a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world's future.  Elizabeth Austen: Every Dress a DecisionSun., Feb. 12, 3 PMPublic radio poetry commentator Elizabeth Austen tests the boundaries between the known and the unknowable in her debut poetry collection. The aftermath of a brother's mysterious death forms a subtle narrative spine, around which other pressing questions revolve. In a voice both lyrical and wry, Austen's poems engage headlong in the contradictions of 21st century social expectations, desires and identity.  Christine Deavel: WoodnoteSun., Feb. 12, 3 PMWOODNOTE is Christine Deavel's debut and winner of the 2011 Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize. Indiana is the backdrop for poems that range through time and lyrically blend poetry, prose, and fragment to deliver their news: "Knowledge comes as a covering snow; below is the old understanding."  Chris Grivas & Gerard J. Puccio: The Innovative Team
In business-fable style, The Innovative Team reveals the impact that our underlying work style preferences have on our teams and their results. This book introduces a uniquely effective set of tools - called FourSight, field-tested by top consultants, but never before presented to a mass audience - that can help anyone from professionals to laymen solve problems and achieve performance breakthroughs.
 Matt Ruff: The Mirage
A mind-bending novel in which an alternate history of 9/11 and its aftermath uncover startling truths about America and the Middle East.
 Mark Auslander: The Accidental Slave Owner
The book explores how a story of a single enslaved woman, whose life was intertwined with some of the most dramatic episodes in Methodist history, has been told, retold and struggled over across 160 years in African American and white families. Part history, part anthropology, and part detective story, The Accidental Slaveowner traces, from the 1850s to the present day, how different groups of people have struggled with one powerful story about slavery.
 Ryan Boudinot: Blueprints of the Afterlife
Ryan Boudinot is one of the most promising young novelists of his generation, called "wickedly talented" (The Boston Globe ) and "darkly funny" (The New York Times Book Review). Blueprints of the Afterlife is a tour de force-part George Saunders, part Philip K. Dick; a novel that marries absurd satire with the high-concept storytelling of slipstream sci-fi.
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 Sustainable First Monday:
West Sound Time Bank
Mon., Feb. 6, 6:30 PM
Join Sustainable Bainbridge for a community conversation about our new West Sound Time Bank - why be part of it, how it works (a live demonstration), how to become a member. Community potluck begins at 6:30 - bring some food and enjoy the conversation! More...
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 Nordic Folkdancing
Mon., Feb. 6, 7 PM
Enjoy Nordic and Scandinavian folk dancing to LIVE MUSIC! Instruction available. Info (206) 780-8036.. 6:00 pm Potluck Supper; 7:00-11:00 pm Dance. $7/Adults; non-dancing children free. At Island Center Hall. More...
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 Open Mic Science
Mon., Feb. 6, 8 PM
Mark Alderson speaks on vaccine safety and effectiveness - facts and fallacy. Open Mic Science hosts leading local scientists the first Monday of every month in in the informal atmosphere of the Treehouse Cafe. Free. More.
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 Island Film Group:
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Wed., Feb. 8, 7 PM
Daring and with a plot line almost unheard of at the time of its release, this slapstick comedy is about a small town girl (Betty Hutton) who attends a wild party during World War II, gets drunk, gets pregnant, and marries a soldier she has only met once. With Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, William Demarest, Diana Lynn. Directed by Preston Sturges, 1944. Free at the Library. More...
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 Family Movie Matinee: Winnie the Pooh Fri., Feb. 10, 3:30 PM
When sad old Eeyore loses his tail, Owl sends the whole gang on a wild journey to help, and to save Christopher Robin as well! Inspired by the stories of A.A. Milne.We'll pop the popcorn! Free at the Library. More...
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 Dying for Love: A Murder Mystery
Fri., Feb. 10, 6-8 PM
You always thought there was something suspicious about those librarians. But now your worst fears have been confirmed - a murder has been committed at the library! You must visit the library for an after-hours lock-in to discover who did the dastardly deed. Impress your sweetheart, your friends, or even yourself with your masterful sleuthing skills. Free at the Library. More...
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 The Women
Opening Night Fri., Feb. 10, 6:30 PM
A "wicked" comedy by Clare Booth Luce. Friends, lovers, gossip, scandal, clothes, divorce, shoes, babies, nails, and amore! All painted JUNGLE RED! Suitable for "PG-13" audiences. Feb. 10-26, Fri-Sat 7:30, Sun 3:00. Pay-what-you-can preview Thurs., Feb. 9. Opening night reception 6:30. More...
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 Travelogue: Journey to Rajasthan
Fri., Feb. 10, 7:30 PM
Join island photographer Chuck Kirchner on a photo journey to the Indian state of Rajasthan. Visit the Pushkar mela, comprising both the famous Pushkar Camel Fair anda major Hindu religious festival. Free and open to the public. At Island Center Hall. More...
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 Wine and Chocolate - Seven Wineries Tasting Tour
Sat. & Sun, Feb 11-12
Noon to 5 PM
Just in time for Valentine's Day! Only on select weekends throughout the year do the 7 artisan wineries of Bainbridge Island open their doors and reveal their secrets. Learn from the winemakers themselves. Taste classic wines from Eastern Washington grapes as well as new favorites from island vines. Visit Washington's newest wine destination, Bainbridge Island! Map & More...
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 Valentine Concerts at Bloedel Reserve
Sat., Feb. 11
4:30 & 7:30 PM
"Musica de amor" with the brilliant Brazilian pianist Jovino Santos Neto & the beautiful vocalist Flora McGill. A concert of new, old and original love songs with a distinctly Latin American flavor. More...
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 Ferncliff Village "Welcome Home" Celebration
Sat., Feb. 11, 11 AM - 2 PM
Sun., Feb. 12, 1-4 PM
Everyone is invited! "Welcome Home" our new residents and check out the first 3 homes completed at Ferncliff Village. All three home models will be available to tour. Come and see what a green, affordable and sustainable commununuty looks like and learn more about the Housing Resources Board's Community Land Trust program. More...
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 Planetarium - Film Screening
Sat., Feb. 11, 7:00 PM
The City Dark, an award-winning feature documentary about light pollution and the disappearing night sky includes the effects of light pollution on breast cancer, and wildlife. Features stunning astrophotography. Free at Ritchie Observatory, Battle Point Park. More...
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 Just Dance!
Sat., Feb. 11, 7:30 PM
Cross-Step Waltz Workshop with Sheila. Dancing to a DJ mix of Waltz, Blues, Swing, West Coast Swing, Ballroom, and Latin music.
Songs for lovers included. Happy Valentines Day! Dressy casual. Be kind to wood floor - wear shoes with clean soles, no black marks. Doors open 7:15 PM. At Island Center Hall. More...
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 The Great War
Tues., Feb. 14, 7 PM
This free film and lecture series continues at the Bainbridge Public Library.
Session 2 Tonight: Film - All Quiet on the Western Front
Session 3. Tues., February 28 - Life in the Trenches, Gallipoli, and Tannenburg
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 Travelogue: Namibia - Journey Through Spectacular Landscapes
Wed., Feb. 15, 7:30 PM
Join us as we explore Namibia's great mountains of sand, windswept gravel plains, uninterrupted landscapes, and ephemeral water sources in search of wildlife and remote cultures. We will visit the fragile, pristine Skeleton Coast. To walk along its lonely beaches scattered with whalebones, shipwrecks, and enormous seal colonies is truly a humbling experience. The Namib Desert, Damaraland, Etosha, and Kunene regions will also be highlighted.Co-sponsored by the Bainbridge Public Library and the Traveler. Free at the Library. More...
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 Great Decisions at the Library
Drop by the Bainbridge Public Library for coffee, a short film, and a discussion of a timely foreign affairs topic. Co-sponsored by Kitsap Regional Library and the Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council. Free at the Library. More Sat., Feb. 18, 9:30 AM Topic: Cybersecurity Sat., Feb. 26, 9:30 AM Exiting Afghanistan & Iraq
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 Seattle Opera Preview: Orpheus & Euridice
Sat., Feb. 18, 1 PM
Gluck's sumptuous and exhilarating account of the legendary Greek hero's descent into the underworld to rescue his true love changed the course of musical storytelling forever. With its perfectly crafted libretto and generous helping of exceptional music - evocative choral passages, imaginative ballets, dramatic duets, and the hero's famous lament - Orpheus conveys a timeless message of love's power to triumph over all. Presented by opera aficionado Norm Hollingshead. Funded by the Bainbridge Island Friends of the Library. Free at the Library More...
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 Dudamel Conducts Mahler 8
Sat., Feb. 18, 2 PM
Dudamel will lead the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Simón Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, combined with multiple choirs and soloists in Mahler's "Symphony of a Thousand" (No. 8), the apotheosis of the Romantic symphony. This live performance will put more than 1,000 musicians on the stage in Caracas, Venezuela, giving North American audiences a chance to witness Dudamel making music on his home turf. Audiences will experience enhanced behind-the-scenes content which will include special footage from Caracas. This exceptional presentation is the climactic performance of The Mahler Project - one of the pinnacles of the LA Phil's 2011/12 season - which features the complete symphonic cycle presented in both Los Angeles and Caracas. At Bainbridge Cinemas. More...
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 Island Theatre at the Library
Sat. & Sun., Feb. 18 & 19
7:30 PM
Island Theatre at the Library presents "If We are Women" by Joanne McClelland Glass. Directed by Rozzella Kolbegger. Free at the library. More...
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 Field's End Writers' Roundtable
Tues., Feb. 21, 7 PM
Reading, Living, and Writing Cross-Culturally with Margaret Chang. How do writers shape and inform stories depicting a culture other than their own? Margaret Chang, who married into a Chinese family, offers insights based on her experience as a writer, teacher, critic, librarian, and member of a supportive community that advocates for cross-cultural understanding. Free at the Library. More...
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 The Met Live in HD: Ernani
Sat., Feb. 25, 9:55 AM
Angela Meade takes center stage in Verdi's thrilling early gem. Salvatore Licitra is her mismatched lover, and all-star Verdians Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ferruccio Furlanetto round out the cast. At Bainbridge Cinemas. More...
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 Island Treasure Award Ceremony
Sat., Feb. 25, 5 PM
The Arts & Humanities Council presents the 13th annual Island Treasure Awards, celebrating two Bainbridge Islanders who have made a lasting impact on our island's culture. This year's honorees are childrens' author George Shannon and sculptor Michele Van Slyke. At IslandWood. More...
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Field's End Writers' Roundtable
Tues., Feb. 29, 7 PM (Rescheduled from "Snow-mageddon")
Know Yourself to Know Your Characters
with Marcia Rudoff. Writing your life story is a journey of self-discovery that will help you create realistic characters for whatever writing you do. Add the people who helped shape you along the way and you have a great glimpse into human nature and the dynamics that move our stories-real or fictional. Free at the Library. More...
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 Social Brunch & Couture Auction Sun., Feb. 26, 12 PM
Be among the first to hear BPA's 2012 - 2013 Season announcement at this very special social brunch on the set of THE WOMEN! Join the cast for a champagne toast and an exclusive chance to win your favorite gowns from the show. Free at BPA. RSVP...
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 Live Music on Bainbridge
122 Winslow
Thursdays, Karaoke 9 PM
Fridays, Live Music 9 PM
Saturdays, DJ & Dancing 9 PM
Sundays, Jazz Night 9 PM
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BI Metro Park & Rec
Camp Yeomalt Song Circle
Every 4th Friday, 7:30 PM
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First Sundays at the Commons
Feb 12 Randy Porter, John Wiitala & Alan Jones More...
Island Music Center Feb 4 - Jazz Canvas
Feb 10 - Valerie Markell Gallagher & Lynne Ferguson
Feb 12 - Electric Open Mic
Feb 18 - Bertram Levy
Recreational singing - traditional American folk songs Tuesdays, 7:30 - 9 PM More...
Pegasus Coffee House Most Fridays & Saturdays 7:30-9:30 PM
Feb 4 Jim Page
Feb 18 Stephen Baker
Seabold Second Saturdays
2nd Saturday of every month
Sign-up 6:30 PM, Show at 7:30 PM
All-acoustic open mic.
Feb 11 Time and Tides
Treehouse Cafe
Saturdays, 8 PM
Featuring local artists ranging from acoustic sets to funk & soul dance music.
Feb 4 Lucas Field
Feb 11 Massy Ferguson
Feb 12 Gretchen Peters
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Upcoming Events...
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 Check out our new downtown sidewalks and landscaping! There is plenty to do and see on Bainbridge Island. Hop on a ferry and get away to it all!
Watch the video "Bainbridge Island in Winter" Mar 2 First Friday Art Walk
Mar 3 Pinewood Derby
The EDGE Improv
Bainbridge Symphony: Once Upon a Time
Trees for Global Benefits LORAX Fundraiser
Mar 4 Books: Dalsanders - Everyday Heaven
Bainbridge Symphony: Once Upon a Time
Mar 4 Student Art Contest
Books: C.J. Silas - No Girls Allowed
First Sundays at the Commons: Gail Petits
Mar 5 Open Mic Science
Mar 8 Books: Corbitt/McCaffrey - Politics of the Possible
Mar 10 Just Dance!
Mar 11 Books: Okimoto - Walter's Muse
Mar 14 Island Film Group: The Man Who Shot Liberty
Valance
Mar 15 Books: Sarah Jio - The Bungalow
Mar 16 opening night Private Eyes
Mar 17 Winery Tour Weekend
Mar 18 Winery Tour Weekend
Mar 19 Books: Martin & Bromberg-Shadows of a Fleeting
World
Mar 20 Field's End Writers' Roundtable
Mar 23 Books: Schaumburg - Her Last Race
Mar 26 Books: Sidles - Second Nature
May 31 Bainbridge Island Home & Garden Show
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Bainbridge Island 98110 P: (206) 842-3700
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