Podcast: What’s Up Bainbridge:
Author Bruce Barcott on Weed April 16 at the Treehouse Cafe

“Pot is really not my thing,” says award-winning science author and Bainbridge Islander Bruce Barcott. As the father of two teenagers, he had serious reservations about the wisdom of legalizing marijuana, and in 2012 he almost voted against it. When the vote passed he began to 

Podcast: What’s Up Bainbridge:
Shakespeare Concert April 18-19 at Bainbridge Performing Arts

Shakespeare: Comedy and Tragedy with the BPA Shakespeare Society, to be performed at 7:30 pm Saturday April 18 and 3:00 pm Sunday April 19 at BPA, will feature the Bainbridge Symphony and Youth Orchestras and members of the BPA Shakespeare Society. In this podcast, BSO 

<i>Podcast: What’s Up Bainbridge:</i> <br>Hakomi workshop April 11-12 at Bodhi Center

Podcast: What’s Up Bainbridge:
Hakomi workshop April 11-12 at Bodhi Center

What is Hakomi and how can it help me? In this podcast, Lynn Morrison, therapist, teacher and senior certified trainer of Hakomi, answers those questions and provides enticing information about the upcoming Hakomi workshop on the weekend of April 11-12. Hakomi body-centered psychotherapy, an experiential 

Podcast: What’s Up Bainbridge:
New Exhibits for Spring at the Bainbridge Island Art Museum

In this podcast, Greg Robinson, Executive Director and Curator of the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, tells us about the new spring 2015 rotation that recently opened. There are over 10 exhibits, more than usual, featuring Rosalyn Gale Powell, furniture craftsmen, Raymond Gendreau photography, a 

<i>Podcast: What’s Up Bainbridge:</i> <br>Distinguished travel writer is teaching weekend seminar at BIMA

Podcast: What’s Up Bainbridge:
Distinguished travel writer is teaching weekend seminar at BIMA

Whether you want to publish your travel journals or improve your travel writing for family and friends, this May 15-17 weekend workshop conducted by professional writer Perry Garfinkel will certainly hone your skills. In this interview, Garfinkel and Alex Edvardsen of the local Fields End 

<i>Podcast: What’s Up Bainbridge:</i> <br>BPA stages “Snow Falling on Cedars” this March

Podcast: What’s Up Bainbridge:
BPA stages “Snow Falling on Cedars” this March

The 1994 best-selling novel by Bainbridge author, David Guterson, about the beginning of the Japanese exclusion in 1942 on Bainbridge Island, has been adapted for theatre. (It had previously been adapted to film in the 1990s.) The theatre production will be performed at Bainbridge Performing Arts 

Podcast: What’s Up Bainbridge:
Bainbridge Symphony at BPA February 28 and March 1

Ever heard a timpani concerto?  Probably not – they are rare.  But on February 28th and March 1st, the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra will be performing a rare and rousing timpani concerto to celebrate their new timpani.  The energy and percussion will, indeed, raise the roof! 

Podcast: What’s Up Bainbridge:
Tom Challinor on the History of English

Why are “knight” and “night” pronounced as if they were spelled the same?  How did the English language take on the international prominence it has today?  Why is it the most widely used language on the Internet? Former high school English teacher Tom Challinor will 

Podcast: What’s Up Bainbridge:
Spicy One Act Festival at BPA Playhouse Jan 15-18

Bainbridge Island’s very talented actors and writers are showcased in the Fifth Annual One Act Festival – “Fifty Shades of Funny.” In this podcast, director Dinah Manoff tells us about the origin of this popular festival of short plays written by well-known playwrights as well 

<i>Podcast: What’s Up Bainbridge:</i> <br>Mindfulness for Kids taught at Bodhi Center on January 14

Podcast: What’s Up Bainbridge:
Mindfulness for Kids taught at Bodhi Center on January 14

What are “mindful kids? How is mindfulness cultivated and what are the benefits to kids being mindful? In this interview, Debby Haase, former Waldorf teacher and co-founder of the Madrona School, answers those questions. Debby will be teaching, for the seventh time, a 5-class workshop