Inside Bainbridge

by K.L. Hallis You’ll be dazzled and amazed by the passions and theories presented at Ignite Bainbridge2! Speakers share their insights, life lessons, stories, and wisdom in succinct 5-minute performance art presentations. Ignite2 embodies the quirky, thoughtful, and unusual nature of Bainbridge Island and beyond. Save the date for Tuesday May 14 at the Bainbridge…

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1:50 p.m. Ignite Bainbridge 2 is coming up Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at the Bainbridge Pavilion, and they currently have openings for new speakers. So, if you have a story you want to tell, if you just made a New Year’s resolution to overcome your fear of public speaking, or if you love the slightly…

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12:50 p.m. When Ovation! Musical Theatre decided to put on a production of My Fair Lady at BHS, they faced a number of challenges: creating a new version of what numerous critics have called “the perfect musical”; fitting a cast of 42, an orchestra, lots of dancing, and stage sets on the medium-sized BHS Theater…

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Knowing that Hyla sixth graders were tackling a production of Shakespeare this winter was enough to grab my interest. But the fact that they selected arguably his finest, most complex work—The Tempest—made my heart sing. What I didn’t know is that Hyla Middle School’s sixth grade Humanities curriculum includes a full production of a Shakespeare…

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by Julie Hall Story posted January 8, 7:00 p.m.; updated with video January 9, 9:35 a.m. The Mochi Tsuki Festival at IslandWood marked the 23rd year of this Bainbridge Island Japanese American community tradition. Japanese Americans, friends, and curious newcomers gathered from near and far to celebrate the Japanese New Year on Sunday, January 8,…

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1. Winterfest at Seattle Center. This month-long festival features Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, and Interfaith celebrations. It includes an indoor ice skating rink, an outdoor carousel, a miniature Winter Village with a Vintage Train, Saturday bonfire singalongs, ice carvings, and free daily concerts. Learn more at http://www.seattlecenter.com/winterfest/. 2. Holiday Concerts at Benaroya Hall. The…

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Yeah, we know you’ve been waiting for this. Here are the dancing zombies in all their gruesome glory. This is the official Island Fitness video of the Halloween 2011 Thriller Flash Mob. The dancing starts about 3:20 minutes in, so go wash some dishes if you don’t want to watch a long segment of people…

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We all need to get off the Island sometimes, and fall is a fun time to venture forth. A worthwhile outing for families with younger kids is heading across the pond and up to Woodinville to Molbak’s. Why go that far for a garden and home center, you reasonably ask? The main answer is their…

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Kenna Moser, mother of “Charlie” from last weekend’s Willy Wonka Junior BPA production, said she had no idea what her family was getting into when they enrolled their daughter Abigail in Bainbridge Performing Arts’ summer theater program. When Abigail announced she had landed the part of Charlie, Moser said she and her husband Chuck Curtis…

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This 1961 musical, which was revived by Ovation! Musical Theater, tells the story of a carnival whose members grasp at old shreds of lost glory. At the forefront of the story is Lili, a recently orphaned but optimistic girl who arrives at the carnival hoping for a job. As she is immersed in the carnival life, she falls for…

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