From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/who-026-storyshare-donna-moore/

In this episode of BCB’s StoryShare series, host Jack Armstrong talks with longtime Bainbridge Island resident Donna Moore about her experiences and observations about life on Bainbridge and what makes it such a special place to live.

Like many residents, Donna found her way here without any intention of having it become her home, but she immediately felt an attraction that caused her to move to the island soon thereafter.

During the interview she describes Bainbridge as she experienced it 40 years ago, including businesses and attractions that no longer exist, and she tells a delightful story about the theft of a rhododendron she had planted in front of her first home at the corner of Erickson and Wyatt –  and how it was found and returned to her two days later.

Donna also discusses her earlier career with the State Department (including her first assignment in Benghazi as a young woman in her early 20s) and her fascination with the Suquamish people and their impact on local culture and tradition. She has published a novel, titled Out of the Fog, that takes place on the island and the Suquamish reservation. For more information about the book, visit www.donnamoorebooks.com. 

Credits: BCB host: Jack Armstrong; audio editor: Chris Walker; social media publisher: Diane Walker.

In the first round of the Metro League Playoffs, the Spartans got what they had been lacking over the past 2 months, a home win. Bainbridge won, 68-54, over the Nathan Hale Raiders.

The Spartans used stifling defense, and a 24-7 second quarter, to gain their third Metro League win of the season.

The Spartans were led in points by the triple threat of Brendan Burke, Marcus Clyde and Blake Bieber, all with double figures.

The Raiders had only one player in double digits, Sam Nasralla had 20, leading all scorers.

Credits: BCB-BHS host, editor and publisher: Shaemus Kreider.

On the last regular season home basketball game of the Bainbridge Spartans season, the Spartans started well, but were slowly outlasted by the Bishop Blanchet Braves, 67-52.

After starting 5 of the 6 seniors, Coach Haizlip got a good first quarter performance from his guys, though Blanchet still lead 16-14.

From that point on, the Braves were in control, consistently leading by about ten points throughout the game.

Bainbridge, without junior forward Lyle Terry due to injury, was led in points by Brendan Burke with 21, and Blake Bieber with 11.

Bishop Blanchet had 3 stars on the offensive end. Connor Bennett, Will Merriman, and Keegan Crosby chipped in for 16, 18, and 12, respectively.

Credits: BCB-BHS host, editor and publisher: Shaemus Kreider.

In this Art Museum Encounter podcast, award winning glass sculptor Steve Maslach engages in a fascinating and insightful conversation with Bainbridge Island Museum of Art Curator and Executive Director Greg Robinson.

From this conversation, we learn about Steve’s artistic progression from an award-winning blown glass designer managing a sizable studio with many glass artists in California, to a molten glass sculptor creating very large unique works at his solo studio in the woods on Bainbridge Island.

Steve talks about the unusual process by which he lets light and color into his thick molten glass sculptures. And he talks about his journey of discovery as he works directly with molten glass, which, he believes, is like performance art. His focus on working with the molten glass enables the artist to engage in the creation of the sculpture, requiring countless physical decisions to be made moment by moment with the fluid glass.

This podcast is an episode of BCB's recurring podcast show called Arts and Artists on Bainbridge. It is part of a series of “Art Museum Encounters” in which BIMA’s curator talks with artists and collectors whose works are currently on display at BIMA.

Credits: BCB host: Channie Peters; BCB audio editor and social media publisher: Barry Peters.

From BCB...

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What’s Up?  A party!  Hosted by Bainbridge Island Kitezh, formerly Camp Siberia.

For those of you who remember Camp Siberia, it is alive and well, better than ever, with a new name:  Bainbridge Island - Kitezh.  Still providing BI youth with a unique cultural opportunity to spend a few weeks living in Russia with other kids, they are no longer operating a camp in Siberia for Russian kids.  

In this fascinating interview, BI-Kitezh board president Loretta Stanton describes the Kitezh and the cultural exchange experience to BCB host Channie Peters.  Kitezh is a community of teachers who have created a home for Russian orphans, who are selected to join the community from orphanages all over Russia.   

In each of the past three years, about 8-10 Bainbridge Island youth have spent a few weeks living in the Kitezh community. Eating, playing, and working together with the teachers, their families, and the Russian orphans, our students help with the daily work of maintaining the community.  

This year, our BI students will spend one week helping to set up Kitezh community’s annual games, a week of participation in various types of games by orphans from all over Russia; and then our students will join in the games for a second week.

BI-Kitezh will be hosting a party on March 19th at Grace Church from 6 - 9 pm with champagne and vodka to celebrate the name change from Camp Siberia to BI-Kitezh, and to tell interested islanders about the great opportunity for our students to spend a few weeks living in the Kitezh community.  Tickets may be purchased online at http://campsiberia.com/party/ for youth and adults.  Please purchase tickets by March 10.

Credits: BCB host: Channie Peters; audio editor: Chris Walker; social media publisher: Diane Walker.

In this 25-minute podcast interview, we meet Matthew Coates, the local architect of the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, and learn about the passion he developed for nature and green building from his early childhood.

Before “sustainable" was a buzzword; before anyone had thought of "building green," a young Matthew Coates was growing up on a pristine lake in northern Michigan. Over time, as the lake became a popular vacation spot and more people built bigger and bigger houses and brought their motorboats, Matthew saw first-hand the devastating impact of development and pollution on the water and the surrounding woods. Intuitively understanding the fragility of the environment from an early age, he became passionate about protecting the beauty of nature, and embarked upon a career which would allow him to pursue that passion.

He has been winning awards for his sustainable designs since graduate school, achieving international acclaim in 2005 by winning the "Cradle to Cradle (C2C)" Home Design Competition for the most sustainable home design of the future.

In this interview, Matthew describes in moving terms what it was like growing up on Torch Lake and talks about his deliberate, thoughtful choice to make Bainbridge Island his home, his place of work, and his community. He then goes on to explain that sustainability is about balancing growth with sustaining a community and its culture: it's not just what an architect designs, but where and how structures are placed, and how those structures perform in relation to the environment.

Whether designing public buildings or private homes, Matthew¹s commitment to the design of sustainable and responsible architecture in the context of a viable and productive community repeatedly informs his work -- and we can hear his passion for responsible architecture in this podcast.

Credits: BCB host: Channie Peters; BCB audio editor: Barry Peters; BCB social media publishers: Diane Walker and Barry Peters.

This month the library offers tips on taxes, gardening, favorite opera recordings, sustainable apparel companies, avoiding nursing homes, and more: see listings below for more information.

Walk-in tax assistance, February 1-April 15

Mondays & Wednesdays 10:30 am - 1 pm

Monday evening 5:30 - 7:30 pm

Fridays 1:30 - 4 pm

Books on Tap Literary Trivia: Wednesday, March 2, 7:30 - 9 pm

Great fun at the Treehouse on the 1st Wednesday of the month.

First Friday Art Walk: March 4, 5 – 7 pm

See Kelly Johnston’s oil abstracts and landscapes.

Norm's Favorite Recordings for the operas

Saturday, March 5, 2 - 4 pm

Norm's Favorite Recordings from the operas of Mozart

Saturday, March 12, 2 - 4 pm

Norm's Favorite Recordings from the operas of Verdi

Saturday, March 26, 2 - 4 pm

Norm's Favorite Recordings from the operas of Puccini

Island Film Group: Wednesday, March 9, 7 - 9 pm

Come for the film, stay for the discussion around Ride the High Country (Western)(1962) MGM/UA. Directed by Sam Peckinpah, starring Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, Mariette Hartley.

BASE Lecture Series: Friday, March 11, 5:30 - 7 pm

March’s topic: Sustainability and Social Impact in Apparel

Presenters: Mandy Cabot, CEO at Dansko, Letitia Webster, Global Director of Corporate Sustainability at VF Corporation

What Do You Know: Wednesday, March 23, 7 - 9 pm

Gardening w/ Ann Lovejoy

Gerontology: Saturday, March 26, 3 - 4 pm

Seven Actions You Can Take to Avoid Spending the Last Year of Your Life in a Nursing Home: Gerontologist Jeannette Franks offers the latest research on aging and useful information for making wise choices in your (or your aging parent's) final decades.

Credits: BCB host and audio editor: Joanna Pyle; social media publisher: Diane Walker.

In February 2016, the Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council conferred one of the two 2016 Island Treasure Awards on Denise Harris.

Growing up with a big family in the Pacific Palisades, the multi-talented Denise Harris and her five siblings were encouraged to pursue whatever interested them in arts and music. At one point Denise even decided she'd learn to play every instrument in the orchestra! But after mastering several instruments she began branching out, expanding her artistic scope to become a sculptor, set designer, singer, actress, and much, much more.

Nothing seems to be beyond her: from her Gypsy Wagon at the annual Harvest Fair to her iconic signs at Lynwood Center (for island institutions such as Heyday Farm, Village Music, Pane d’Amore, O’Connor Architects, and the Treehouse Cafe) to her acting, her singing, and the fabulous sets she's designed for Bainbridge Performing Arts, Denise's range of talents and their impact on our community have proved to be extraordinary.

As a featured artist at Bainbridge Arts & Crafts, Denise is known for her enchantingly detailed miniature sculptures, several of which have become part of the permanent collection at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art. She also sings with a musical group on Saturdays and with the choral group Amabile, and she has performed in numerous plays at BPA. Clearly Denise's childhood freedom to explore has stood her in good stead; if she determines to create or do it, she does. Even building a ukelele and a concertina with scrap wood were not beyond her perseverance and tenacity.

In this interview, Denise describes those early years with her family, and speaks fondly of her enduring close connection with her five siblings, most of whom now live on Bainbridge Island. Raised to delve into whatever caught her fancy, she continues to expand her artistic repertoire with the same joyful anticipation and fearless abandon she experienced as a child -- and we can't wait to see what she tackles next! Though she admits to being surprised and honored by the 2016 Island Treasure Award, it's no surprise to the rest of us: clearly this award is richly deserved!

Credits: BCB host: Channie Peters; BCB audio editor: Barry Peters; BCB social media publishers: Diane Walker and Barry Peters.

There’s a Swing Dance coming up this Friday, Feb 26th at 7pm at the Bainbridge High School Commons. And it’s a fun way to provide a fundraising benefit for the BHS band program.

In this podcast, BHS Radio Club member Finn Mander interviews Chris Thomas who is the Director of Bands at BHS.

As further described in this BCB podcast, there will be refreshments, two live jazz band performances (composed entirely of BHS students), and dance lessons provided by a professional, namely, popular local dance instructor Sheila Phillips.

Imagine going back to the 1920s to the “roaring twenties” and the “Swing Era.” They were jazz eras like no others. The Bainbridge High School band program is hosting this swing dance evening featuring music from those eras.

Swing dancing is a popular dance form that developed along with the jazz musical style of the same name between the 1920s and 1940s. The swing style is based on the focus of the off-beat, meaning that if there were four beats (1,2,3,4), it would focus on every second beat (1, TWO, 3, FOUR) rather than the first and third (ONE, 2, THREE, 4).

Instrumentally, the band is based on a strong low section including low brass such as Trombones, and rhythm sections such as Drums, Piano, and Auxiliary, and a featured melodic group made up of reed instruments such as Saxophones and Clarinets and high brass instruments such as Trumpets. Soloists almost always perform during these musical pieces and when they do, it is often improvised meaning that they are coming up with their solo as they are playing it, rather than reading off of music.

Swing music and big band music are incredibly fun to dance to, and if you’re not into dancing, it’s also fun to sit and listen to.

Tickets are available for $12.00 online at the BHS Band website, or at the door for $15.00. Students with ASB cards can purchase tickets for $8.00 online, or at the door for $10.00.

Credits: BCB host and audio editor: Finn Mander; BCB social media publisher: Barry Peters.

Director Kate Carruthers has brought some extraordinary productions to the BPA stage in recent years, most notably her ambitious undertaking of the nine plays of The Kentucky Cycle and last year's Snow Falling on Cedars.

But this year she's outdone herself; together with Music Director Josh Anderson she is staging Peter Shaffer's magnificent Amadeus, complete with period costumes, a live chamber group, and a choral ensemble.

First written in 1979 by Peter Shaffer, Amadeus was revised six times over the following 21 years, including a version for the 1984 movie. Over these six revisions, the play moved from a simple melodrama to become the heart-wrenching tragedy of Antonio Salieri.

The established composer in the court of the Austrian Emperor Josef, Salieri has given himself to God so that he might realize his sole ambition to be a great composer. Enter Mozart -- a foul-mouthed, graceless oaf who composes rapturously beautiful music with a genius far beyond Salieri's envious grasp. For Salieri, the realization of his own relative mediocrity despite his sacrifices becomes more than he can bear, and he hatches a complex plot to gain ultimate revenge over Mozart and God.

The final revision of Amadeus has been performed many times in the US and Europe, but only rarely with the music of Mozart -- which Shaffer considers to be the third character in this play -- performed live by a chamber group and choral ensemble. In this podcast, Kate Carruthers and Josh Anderson explain to BCB host Channie Peters how they are working together to weave the passionate words of this extraordinary play with the sublime music of Mozart.

This special BPA production, they tell us, has become possible only because of the exceptional musical talent and skill of Jon Brenner, who has arranged the music to accommodate the smaller number of musicians and singers who will be part of the performance. The production is also considerably enhanced by the period costume designs of Barbara Klingberg, a successful architect who has designed costumes for Broadway shows and movies.

Because this production is not a musical, but a play with music, the challenge of directing the acting, singing and orchestration will be complex. But if anyone can pull that off, we're sure Kate and Josh are up to the task -- and their vision of the end result in this podcast sounds exhilarating!

You won't want to miss this extraordinary show: Amadeus opens Friday, March 11 and will run Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through March 26th at Bainbridge Performing Arts. Tickets are on sale now at the BPA website or by visiting or calling (206-842-8569) the BPA box office.

Credits: BCB host: Channie Peters; BCB audio editor: Barry Peters; social media publishers: Diane Walker and Barry Peters.

In this 42-minute conversation about the birth of the home-rule Bainbridge Island city in the 1990s, we hear stories from former officials from the old days.

You'll hear: Andy Maron of the Home Rule Committee and the ensuing City Council of the 1990s, former council member and mayor Dwight Sutton, and Lynn Nordby who served as City Administrator from 1991 to 2003.

Stories like these will be shared at City Hall at 5:30pm on Tuesday March 1st, at the public commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the all-island city.

Hear the anecdotes and amusing stories that these three city founders share about:

• how it felt to start up an all-island City for 15,000 in place of the Winslow city for 2,500
• creating the first Comprehensive Plan in 1991-94
• life at the City prior to having a City Hall
• what it was like to apply for a top City job
• staffing a larger city, and the first-ever union contract of 1991
• 3 major road projects in 1991-94: High School Rd, Ferncliff, Brien/Bjune
• the challenges of an early Public Works site next to a vineyard in Winslow
• creating a public square and building a City Hall
• the start of the ongoing search for a home for the police and court
• responding to concerns of harbor users and liveaboards
• starting the clean-up of the Wykoff creosote plant
• the novel approach to cleaning-up the Vincent Rd landfill
• expansion of the Winslow sewer plant
• handling the controversial issues of the day

Credits: BCB host, audio editor and social media publisher: Barry Peters.

From BCB... wu-236-open-mic-science-march-7

2015 was the warmest year on record.  Are you worried about climate change yet?  If so, you might want to attend Dr. Gary Lagerloef's upcoming presentation “Climate Science in the Space Age – an Update” for Open Mic Science Night at the Treehouse Cafe, Monday March 7 at 8 PM. Listen here as Dr. Lagerloef, senior scientist at Earth and Space Research, talks with BCB host Sonia Scaer about his climate research.

In Gary’s presentation he will explain the many aspects of climate research based on satellite measurements and some new findings since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2013. IPCC reports cover "the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human-induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.”

Dr. Lagerloef began his career in oceanography as an undergraduate, completed a Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography at the University of Washington in 1984, and later worked in private sector marine science. From 1988-1990, he served as Physical Oceanography Program Manager at NASA in Washington DC in the ocean science remote sensing program. In 1995, he co-founded Earth and Space Research, a non-profit scientific research institute in Seattle where he has developed several research projects devoted to studies of the upper ocean dynamics and climate variability using satellites. For more details about Earth & Space Research visit the website at https://www.esr.org/aquarius_index.html.

The pub at the Treehouse Café in Lynwood Center is the venue for monthly first Monday “Open Mic Science” conversations. The public is invited to grab a beverage and explore ideas in various aspects of science and technology in an informal, social setting. Inspired by Café Scientifique, the gatherings are committed to public understanding of science. For more details about the Science Café program on Bainbridge Island, Open Mic Science, please check out

http://openmicscience.weebly.com

Credits: BCB host: Sonia Scaer; BCB audio editor: Chris Walker; social media publishers: Chris and Diane Walker.

In this podcast, three of the leading members of the 1991 "home rule" movement to form a Bainbridge island-wide city - Darlene Kordonowy, Vicki Johnson and Charles Schmid - reminisce about that transformative event on its 25th anniversary.

Darlene describes the 1988 to 1991 home rule movement and recalls her role as its co-chair. She discusses the resilience of the 21-member home rule group as they persevered despite initial rejections by certain officials. Darlene also discusses her transition, after the victory on the November 1990 island-wide ballot, to the 7-member group that drafted the new city's first comprehensive plan.

Vicki Johnson shares personal anecdotes from her vantage point as the chair of publicity and citizen education for the local home rule group. She reminisces about the talents of the small group, and how they continued to bounce back when a tactic or strategy seemed thwarted.

Charles Schmid talks about his views of the process from the vantage point of being the pragmatic professional engineer on the home rule team, and the environmental leader of the Association of Bainbridge Communities (ABC). Charles tells an anecdote about driving to the Port Orchard county offices to oversee the recount of the close vote, and its triumphant outcome, with a return to the island accompanied by a musical overture.

The podcast follows this chronology of the home rule movement:

• Nov 1988: Home Rule Committee formed
• April 1989: Winslow City Council initially rejects annexation idea
• Jan 1990: Boundary Review Board rejects island-city proposal
• Jan 1990: crucial "Fight or Quit" meeting; the Committee decides to fight on
• March 1990: Incoming mayor of Winslow (population: 2,800) invites resolution to annex the rest of the island (population: 12,200)
• March 1990: new State legislation gives Bainbridge citizens a vote
• Sept 1990: Winslow residents vote to approve annexing the rest of the island
• Nov 1990: A 51.1% majority of voters outside Winslow say "yes" to all-island city
• March 1, 1991: First day of new all-island City

You are invited to the 7pm Tuesday March 1st City Hall celebration and public commemoration of the 25th anniversary of all-island home rule, highlighting our community's accomplishments over the past 25 years.

Credits: BCB host, audio editor and social media publisher: Barry Peters.

From BCB...

http://bestofbcb.org/wu-235-sundae-and-mr-goessl-feb-20/

Sundae & Mr. Goessl will be bringing their delightful musical style of vintage pop to Eleven Winery on Saturday, February 20^th.  Come hear this husband/wife duo play original tunes and favorites from the 1930’s through the 60’s in the intimate tasting room of Eleven Winery on Day Road.

Kate Voss, known as Sundae on stage, has been nominated for 2015 Vocalist of the Year by Earshot Magazine.  She and husband Jason Goessl formed a deep connection through their love of music and became a couple.  In this podcast they perform “Makes My Heart Sway”, an original composition from their album to be released this spring.

Sundae & Mr. Goessl perform at Eleven Winery, 7671 NE Day Rd, on Saturday, February 20^th from 1-4pm; there's no charge for admission.

For more information about Sundae & Mr. Goessl visit http://www.sundaeandmrgoessl.com.

For more information about Eleven Winery’s regularly scheduled concerts visit www.elevenwinery.com or call 206-780-0905.

Credits: BCB host: Sandy Schubach; BCB audio editor: Chris Walker; social media publisher: Diane Walker.

From lBCB... http://bestofbcb.org/wu-233-voice-improv-feb-20/

Explore your voice and all its possibilities through the techniques of vocal improvisation. In this podcast, Rebekka Goldsmith, Certified Master Vocal Improv leader, talks with Channie Peters and Jennifer Waldron about this engaging and creative workshop on Saturday, February 20th.

Vocal Improvisation is a way to experience how our voice can connect us to deep levels of ourselves and to the healing world of sound.   Learn to listen intuitively, make sounds, take risks, be silly and come away refreshed and vocally free.  

Listen as Rebekka describes how she guides our voices and the magic we co-create. This is a workshop for beginners and seasoned singers.   Curious?   

This February 20th workshop will be held at the Bainbridge Bodhi Center from 1PM-4PM. Cost is a sliding scale from $65-$45.  The center is located at 6717 Marshall Road.  A map and directions are also available on the website.

For more information and registration, visit the Bainbridge Bodhi Center website or Rebekka Goldsmith’s website.

Credits:   BCB hosts: Channie Peters and Jennifer Waldron; BCB audio editor: Chris Walker; social media publisher: Diane Walker.

In this 36-minute podcast, BCB interviews the proponents of the four proposals for the use of the City's 14-acre Suzuki property in Winslow, and we hear an overview of the property, the zoning and our Comprehensive Plan priorities from the City's Interim Planning Director Joe Tovar.

The City purchased the 14-acre Winslow property more than 15 years ago to potentially serve as a location for a police building and court. Now that the City has determined that the Suzuki neighborhood is too residential and too close to several schools to be well-suited for a police building, the City proposes to sell the property to help raise funds for public projects such as police and court buildings elsewhere.

In 2014, our City Council invited proposals that it could judge for both community priorities and purchase price. Four proposals emerged from four sets of partnering organizations - a combination of local nonprofits, a County housing agency, and local property investers, architects and designers.

On the timeline of this podcast, you'll hear:

0:25 Joe Tovar: COBI's Interim Planning Director: Overview of Suzuki property

5:15 Introduction to the four proposals

6:10 John Rose of Olympic Property Group, Jonathan Davis of Davis Studio Architecture + Design, and Rick Skelton (co-founder Boys & Girls Club of Bainbridge). 52 homes, of which 15 would be affordable, with open space, farm garden (based on discussions with the local Friends of the Farms nonprofit) and a site for a Boys & Girls Club within walking distance of schools. Offering $2.4 million to the City's public funds. They will hold a public meeting on February 18th at 7pm at the Grange. Suzuki Farm proposal.

13:15 Mark Blatter of nonprofit Housing Resources Bainbridge (HRB) and Stuart Grogan of the County's public agency called Housing Kitsap. Partnering architects would be Pyatok Architecture, and Wenzlau Architects of Bainbridge. Sustainability consulting by O'Brien and Co. 45% of site would have 75 homes of which 60 would be affordable, with the remainder being open space with the existing pond and a site for a child care center and perhaps a community gardening site. Offering $2.4 million to the City's public funds. New Brooklyn Glen proposal.

19:55 Bob Guyt, an architect with Blue Architecture + Interiors of Bremerton, partnering with Housing Kitsap and AKA Investors. About 25% of the site would have 60 clustered homes of which all would be affordable, emphasizing net-zero green-built homes, shareable zip cars and minimal space for car parking. There would be a community center and interpretive center. The remainder would be undisturbed open space and pond. Offering $2.6 million to the City's public funds. Proposal.

27:35 Tom Swolgaard, one of 5 commissioners of the BI Parks & Recreation District, which responded to a citizen request to propose to use the land for park and/or recreation uses, which would be determined by a subsequent public process (similar to the current public process for the Park District's 23-acre Sakai property). This proposal would call for a transfer of the property at no charge to the Parks District, rather than a payment to the City's public funds. Proposal.

32:02 Joe Tovar, COBI Planning Director, with a 4-minute wrap-up and summary of priorities of the City Comprehensive Plan that potentially apply to this project. He also summarizes next steps for the Council and public.

The next public comment opportunity on the Suzuki property will be the open City Council meeting of Tuesday evening February 23rd.

Credits: BCB host, audio editor and social media publisher: Barry Peters.

In February 2016, the Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Association conferred one of its two 2016 Island Treasure Awards on Cameron Snow.

Since she picked up her first camcorder in 2000, painter, sculptor, world traveler and now filmmaker Cameron Snow has produced over a dozen films documenting the life and environment of Bainbridge Island. 

Newly designated as one of this year's Island Treasures, Cameron and her diplomat husband, Chris Snow, have lived in many interesting countries, but it wasn't until they chose to retire on Bainbridge Island that she turned her artistic eye as a painter and sculptor to filmmaking.  In the 16 years since she began filming, she has honed her creative talents by producing and directing over a dozen films about the island, including Return of the Plankton, Forest in the City, The Geological Formation of Bainbridge Island, BIMA, Here we go!, Offerings (Exhibition at BIMA), Inner Zoo Outer Orbit (Exhibition at BIMA), the Sakai Family of Bainbridge Island, Leaving our Island Forum Day, and Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra Performs Peter & the Wolf.

Listen here as Cameron describes how she first became interested in filmmaking and gives us some insight into the complex process of turning an idea into a full-length film (or three, in the case of the Geological Formation of Bainbridge Island).  

Like her first full-length film, Return of the Plankton, and her current work on geological formation, many of her films have contributed to our understanding of our local ecology, and have been used by educators and researchers to study our environment. But she's also made several films about artists and music on Bainbridge Island, sharing her appreciation of this island community’s richness in the arts.

Despite her new career as a filmmaker, Cameron continues to find time for her painting and sculpture -- and she doesn't see her filmmaking as a departure from the other art forms that have long been part of her life. As she says, everything we've ever done informs whatever we do next.  Fortunately for us on Bainbridge Island, Cameron’s curiosity about the environment around her and her artistic skill in representing what she learns will continue to inform, educate and entertain this community for generations.

Credits: BCB host and audio tech: Channie Peters; audio editor: Tim Bird; BCB social media publisher: Diane Walker.

From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/wu-234-readers-theatre-fridays-at-wpcc/

Interested in theater? Listen here as BCB host Joanna Pyle talks with Sue Barrington and Anne Murphy about an exciting new offering at the Community Center.

Anne has a passion for theater, and has been involved in theater for over 50 years in various countries around the world. Now that she's living in our area she's offered to facilitate a reader’s theatre group at Waterfront Park Community Center.

The group is still in the formation stage, so now is the perfect time to get involved!  They're tentatively considering their name to be Waterfront Reader’s Theatre, and all comers are welcome. Stop by the Community Center any Friday at 1pm; the troupe is meeting in Huney Hall.

Also in this podcast, Sue describes many new offerings in 2016 from Bainbridge Island Parks&Rec (www.biparks.org) and invites anyone interested in sharing their interest/passion/talent to consider offering a class or workshop at our Community Center. If you have a skill or a passion to share, give them a call! Dial 842-1616 and ask for the center’s program coordinator, Eileen Magnuson.

Credits: BCB host, audio tech and editor: Joanna Pyle; BCB social media publisher: Diane Walker.

In this sequel of BARN's monthly BCB podcast, Catherine Camp of the BARN board highlights upcoming events, arts workshops and learning experiences at the Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network (BARN).

Among the upcoming classes and events described by Catherine in this podcast are:

- Glass Studio: Carol Baker will offer tips and tricks for finding supplies and sources of glass online. Wednesday, Feb 10th at 10am.

- Doll Making: Sue Van Duine offers a 5-session class on the full-range of doll-making skills. Starting Thursday Feb 18th.

- Malas and Mantras: This mala bead-making class will be Friday, Feb 19th, 10am to 1pm.

- Electro-Etching: This technique makes flat-metal designs visually stunning. Beginners are welcome on Saturday, Feb 20th at 10am.

- Teneriffe Lace Making: This 3-session course starts Feb 24th in the evening.

- Linocut Block Prints: Leigh Metteer, a long-time printmaker, teaches on Saturday, Feb 27th.

- Electronic and Technical Arts: See a demo of a drone watercraft on Sunday Feb 28th at 4:30.

- Glass Artist: Michael Dupille teaches how to paint with "frit" (crushed glass) on Wednesday March 2nd.

- Wire Crochet: Learn the basics on Saturday, March 5th from 9am to 1pm.

For a calendar of events and further details, visit the BARN website.

Credits: BCB host: Joanna Pyle; BCB audio editor and social media publisher: Barry Peters.

At 7:30pm on Thursday February 18, Eagle Harbor Books welcomes Nick Licata, who was elected to Seattle City Council five times, and served 18 years through December 2015.

Nick will present stories and anecdotes from his new book: "Becoming a Citizen Activist: Stories, Strategies, and Advice for Changing Our World." He will be at the store on Thursday, Feb. 18th, at 7:30pm.

As noted on the Eagle Harbor website: "Recent waves of social activism like the Occupy movement and Black Lives Matter show that you can fight city hall -- or any other powerful entity for that matter. Now comes the playbook for citizen activists wanting to improve the world around them."

Nick Licata was a political activist as long ago as the 1960s, and his very readable book offers examples of activism from the student anti-war protests of the 1960s to the present day.

Examples of sections of his book include: The Minimum Wage Story; Women Reshape Local Government; Out of the Closet; Immigrant Rights; Passing Paid Sick Leave; Tracking Hate Crimes and Legalizing Marijuana; and Housing Is Not a Commodity.

In this podcast, BCB asks Nick, after 18 years as an elected official in City Hall, how he kept a positive attitude toward citizen action, and an open mind, leading to a book chapter titled: "You Can Fight City Hall".

Credits: BCB host, audio editor and social media publisher: Barry Peters.

from BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/wu-230-green-buildings-lecture-feb-12/

Join Jill Bamburg, President and Co-Founder of Pinchot University (formerly Bainbridge Graduate Institute) and BCB host Christina Hulet as they discuss this month’s Building a Sustainable Economy lecture: Green Building - Success Through Financing, Entrepreneurship and Community Engagement.

The buildings in which we live, work and play protect us from nature’s extremes, yet they also affect our health and environment in countless ways. Patterns of development, transportation infrastructure, building location and design have direct and indirect influences on human health, solid waste, water and air quality.

As an alternative, green buildings are gaining momentum as environmentally responsible and resource efficient structures, finding the balance between homebuilding and the sustainable environment. However, successful green building implementation and management depends on the cooperation of engineers, architects, designers, contractors, entrepreneurs, clients, community, and financing agents.

Join us for a conversation with three leading experts in the sector and learn about local and national initiatives, technologies, and market trends: Molly McCabe of HaydenTanner, Kimberly Lewis of the U.S. Green Building Council, and Tadashi Shiga of Evergreen Certified. The event is on Friday, February 12, 5:30 - 7 PM at Bainbridge Public Library.

The BASE Lecture Series is developed in partnership with several local organizations, including the Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce, Sustainable Bainbridge, Yes Magazine, Kitsap Regional Library and the Bainbridge Public Library.

Credits: BCB host: Christina Hulet; audio tech and editor: Chris Walker; BCB social media publisher: Diane Walker.