From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/tast-027-bainbridge-island-fruit-club/

This week Darren Murphy, president of the recently formed Bainbridge Island Fruit Club, comes to the BCB broadcast table at the Farmers’ Market.  Listen as Darren tells BCB host Bob Ross about the newly formed club, its goals and expectations, and the many club activities happening now and planned for the future. 

Darren discusses many of the more typical fruits grown on Bainbridge and some of the challenges of managing them from planting through harvest.  An obvious expert in fruit cultivation and management, he talks about apples, pears, plums, grapes, and many more fruit varieties.  He also has strong thoughts regarding using fruit for food complete with some creative recipe suggestions.

The Bainbridge Island Fruit Club (BIFC) meets once a month throughout the year.  Visit www.bifruitclub.wordpress.com   to learn about upcoming meetings and applications for membership.

Credits: BCB host: Bob Ross; BCB audio editor: Chris Walker; social media publisher: Diane Walker.

From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/wu-293-bainbridge-quilt-festival-september-10/

On Saturday, September 10, the Bainbridge Island Modern Quilt Guild will again sponsor their popular one-day-only Quilt Festival -- their Fourth Annual! From 10 am to 5 pm over 100 quilt entries will line the sidewalks of downtown Winslow  -- and if you're a quilter, It’s not too late to enter!

As you stroll along Winslow Way, admiring this year's quilts, special quilt ambassadors in bright green aprons will be available to watch over the quilts and answer your questions. And then, if you're feeling inspired, you can head over to the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, where there will be a hands-on quilt sew-in. Anyone who's interested can go up to the 2nd floor work room, sit down at a sewing machine, choose some fabric, and be guided to make a contribution to our next Wounded Hero quilt, which will be donated to a veterans’ shelter in Kitsap County.

And you can do more than look: Many of the quilts can be purchased -- or, for just $2, you can purchase a raffle ticket for a chance to win a beautiful 57: x 66” quilt, “Star Struck," made by the Bainbridge Island Modern Quilt Guilders.  Raffle tickets may be purchased at the information booth on Madrone Lane, at Esther’s Fabrics on Winslow Way and during the Bainbridge Art Walk on September 2nd.

For more information about the Guild, the Festival and for entry forms, go to BainbridgeQuiltFestival.com <http://bainbridgequiltfestival.com> .

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

At 7pm on Sept 7th, the Port Townsend Film Festival will be previewing eight short films at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, as a sneak peek at some of the 97 films that will be showing in Port Townsend's celebrated annual festival on the weekend of Sept 23-25.

In this podcast interview, Film Festival executive director Janette Force tells BCB about the special program she has put together for this preview, consisting of eight short films. They range from science fiction to a documentary about the outdoors, and from animation to live actors, including both documentaries and narratives.

The breadth of the preview ranges from a film by a first-time filmmaker (Seattle architectural firm Olson Kundig producing “Welcome to the 5th Facade”) to one that won an Academy Award for Best Short Film (“The Stutterer” directed by Benjamin Cleary).

The films run from 1.5 minutes to 15 minutes. The first half of the program will be 30 minutes, with an intermission with beverages and light snacks, followed by another 33 minutes of films.

Regardless whether you will be able to attend the 17th annual film festival in Port Townsend, you will be delighted by this preview. The two are not mutually exclusive. In fact, if you have been wondering whether to spend a day or two or three in beautiful Port Townsend, attending this sneak peek may just push you over the edge.

The eight short films from the festival that you will see on September 7th are:

"Entre les Lignes": Directed by Emmanuelle Remy, Christelle Alion and Tom Casacoli.

"Simon Beck - Snow Artist": Directed by Sindre Kinnerød.

"Pickle": Directed by Amy Nicholson

"Welcome to the 5th Façade": With Olson Kundig.

"Kick Ass Katy Lee": Directed by George Gage and Beth Gage.

"Sole Mates": Directed by Bryce Dallas Howard.

"Stutterer": Directed by Benjamin Cleary

"Throw": Directed by David Larson, Darren Durlach

Purchase tickets to the BIMA preview at Brown Paper Tickets.

For more information about the Port Townsend Film Festival, see the Festival website.

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

Meet Dale Henderson (described by Yo-Yo Ma as “a very gifted musician, a natural cellist”) on Sept. 4th when he and distinguished pianist William Chapman Nyaho will be performing the three Bach da Gamba Sonatas at Bloedel Reserve.

Weather permitting, the concert will be outside at the Visitor’s Center. This is the grand finale of the Bloedel summer concert series. Admission will be at 6 pm (not earlier). Picnicking will be allowed, and alcoholic beverages may be purchased at Bloedel only (please do not bring your own).

In 2010, acclaimed cellist Dale Henderson took his passion for Bach’s music to the masses by playing Bach’s cello suites in the New York City subways, believing that this might re-energize widespread love for Bach and classical music.

He did this again, year after year, just for the love of Bach. For Bach’s 326th birthday on March 21, 2011, Dale invited other musicians to join him - and the “Bach in the Subways movement” was born. “In 2015 thousands of musicians in 150 cities in 40 countries offered Bach’s music freely to the public in subway stations, train stations, on moving trains, on street corners, in cafés, malls, restaurants, zoos, and concerts open to all. More Bach was played and heard in a single day than ever before in history.”

In this podcast, Dale tells BCB about what compelled him to play the Bach cello suites in the subway, and how he continues to be fueled by his passion for bringing Bach to the public. The da Gamba Sonatas, while less well known than the cello suites, inspire him with the nuanced and sensitive interplay between cello and piano.

Dale has performed as a chamber musician, soloist, and orchestra cellist, and made his professional solo debut at the age of 13 with the Buffalo Philharmonic. He is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, and attended the International Menuhin Music Academy in Gstaad, Switzerland.

Nyaho is a Ghanaian American who has studied music at Oxford University (UK), Conservatoire de Musique de Geneve, Switzerland, the Eastman School of Music, and University of Texas where he received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree. He performs as soloist with various orchestras, including the Moscow Chamber Orchestra and the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra.

Dale and Nyaho began collaborating last year, sharing their passion for performing Bach.

Also joining us for this BCB podcast is Bloedel's Programs and Events Manager, Shayla Miles, who chose this Bach program for the culmination of the summer concert series.

Tickets can be purchased at the Bloedel Reserve website.

BCB apologizes for some background noise on this skype recording.

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

From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/wu-290-kindred-spaces-performance-at-bima/

In this episode of What’s Up Bainbridge, artist Amy D’Apice returns to the BCB Studio to tell us about her upcoming presentation, “Kindred Spaces: The Performance." This Bainbridge Arts and Crafts event is scheduled for September 8th at 7:00pm. It will be held at Bainbridge Island Museum of Art.

Amy lives and makes art in Thailand. She has a great fan base in the US and has been on Bainbridge Island this summer offering workshops and showing her art. As a traveler she is always on the lookout for scenes that may be common across cultures and she says part of her creative process is taking something that is messy and try to make it into something that is beautiful.

In “Kindred Spaces: The Performance”, Amy has created a multimedia presentation to talk about the “creative process,”melding music, art, and storytelling to cover lots of topics in the process of creating art.

This presentation was inspired by her blog, Art Conspiracy, [http://artconspiracy.net/blog/] where she shares with her audience not only what she is working on but also the process toward completing, or not, the art work.  To her surprise, Amy learned that her fans love to hear about that process. Amy says “It’s a messy process and it’s not perfect” but having insight into what an artist goes through is apparently fulfilling to artists and non-artists alike.

Not only will Amy's presentation entertain and teach us about the creative process, but in removing the mystery from the artist's experience she helps bring us to a new understanding of the work itself. 

For more information on this event and how to get tickets, please visit

http://bacart.org/exhibitions/future-exhibitions/

http://bacart.org/kindred-spaces-the-performance/

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

In this 12-minute podcast, we connect to the Alaska home of Susan Marie Conrad -- a photographer, kayaker and author -- to hear about her upcoming slide show and talk about her courageous solo 66-day kayaking journey of more than 1,000 miles in the Inside Passage to Alaska.

She will speak and show slides at Eagle Harbor Books on Thursday, Sept. 1st at 7:30pm.

Her newly published memoir is titled: "Inside: One Woman’s Journey Through the Inside Passage". The book describes the perils and uplifting experiences of her solo trip. It includes the details of planning a journey like this, as well as the greater, personal impact it had on her life afterwards.

In this short podcast interview with BCB's Wendy Wallace, Susan shares with us the ups and downs of traveling alone in the wilderness and the amazing natural beauty she encountered in the coastal landscape.

As a person with over 25 years' experience in the paddle sports industry, Susan has guided numerous kayak tours and instructed students in beginning and advanced techniques of ocean kayaking.

Her articles and photographs have appeared in "Sea Kayaker", "Canoe and Kayak", "Adventures Northwest", magazines and countless newspapers, guidebooks and historical journals. Susan is always thrilled to share her passion for water travels and hopes to inspire others to take on new adventures in their own lives at any age.

More information can be found at Susan’s website.

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

From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/wu-288-barbara-earl-thomas-at-bima/

Award-winning, acclaimed Seattle artist, Barbara Earl Thomas, whose solo show, "Heaven on Fire" is currently exhibiting at the BI Museum of Art, will speak at the museum's Eye on Artist event on August 27th. 

In this podcast , Barbara gives BCB a preview of her talk, sharing what inspires her, her choice of materials and her methods.  Her widely acclaimed show, favorably reviewed by numerous critics, spans over 30 years of her lively works in egg tempera, linocuts, blown glass, and expansive paper cuts in a site-specific installation, and includes some of her thought provoking writings. 

Bainbridge Island Art Museum's Eye on Artist series is part of the museum's mission and focus on education, providing the public with an opportunity to hear featured artists speak about their work.  The talks are in BIMA's Frank Buxton auditorium and are followed by a reception with the artist.

This will be a particularly auspicious Eye on Artist event because it will be the launch of BIMA's new book about Thomas' show, "Heaven on Fire". 

Tickets for the Eye on Artist event can be purchased here. (http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2579870).

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

On the evening of this year's Earth Day, scientists gathered to read poems of lament -- or "keening" -- with poetry speaking for endangered species. The poems were written by local Island poet Bobbie Morgan. 

The word “keening” comes from the Irish and Scottish Gaelic term caoineadh ("to cry, to weep"). It is a lament for the dead customarily for women to wail or keen at a funereal (source: Wikipedia).

In this 10-minute video podcast, we see an excerpt from the event, including the readings of four poems for four endangered animal species. During the program on that Earth Day evening in April, twenty poems were read by 20 current (and future) locally-resident scientists, depicting threatened animals from 20 biological regions (“biomes”) of the world.

Bobbie hopes that this poetry will enhance our experience of science and bring us to a stronger vision of a healthy future for our natural environment and earthly home.

This event was publicized by Earth Art Bainbridge -- a project of Sustainable Bainbridge -- which sponsored a series of explorations of climate change by artists and writers in our community, which were presented prior to, and on, Earth Day weekend.

The evening was made possible by Bobbie and the scientists who volunteered to read her poetry. John McKenzie, who is the volunteer cinematographer and executive editor of this video podcast, also voluntarily created a slideshow that played during the readings. Marcus Lang and Dusty Collings performed music that enhanced the experience of the evening.

Sue Steindorff and Jeny Vidal made the Dayaalu Center available for the event, in the heart of Winslow. Additional partners and sponsors included: Artopia Creative, OfficeXpats, Arts and Humanities Bainbridge, Sound Repro and Sustainable Bainbridge.

The 66-minute video of the full event can be viewed on the Art for Climate Change website. You can also visit Art for Climate Change on Facebook.

Credits: BCB volunteer cinematographer and executive video editor: John McKenzie; BCB social media publisher: Barry Peters.

In this 15-minute podcast, we meet the filmmaker and film festival organizer, local resident Matt Longmire, who is working with Arts and Humanities Bainbridge to make the Celluloid Bainbridge Film Festival newly exciting for 2016.

Matt explains that the two-day festival, on November 5th and 6th at the historic Lynwood Theater, will be focusing more than before on bringing the best of filmmaking from throughout the Northwest.

As you can tell from the name "celluloid", the Bainbridge event has a long history, dating back to the days when films were typically distributed in the good old analog way, rather than in today's typically digital format. And the series used to be limited solely to films that had a direct connection to Bainbridge -- either through the residence of the filmmaker or an actor, or because of its locale or subject matter.

In addition to this 2016 Bainbridge film festival, Matt is currently also the successful organizer of the Seattle Web Fest -- which screens web-based fiction and nonfiction video series that are sourced from Seattle and around the world.

Matt explains in this podcast conversation the many categories of filmmaking that are available in this year's bigger-than-ever festival, and how filmmakers can submit their work to the juried review process.

Awards will be given for the best film in each of the following categories: Narrative Feature, Documentary Feature, Narrative Short, Documentary Short, Student Film, Web Series, Music Video, and Local Bainbridge Film.

Tune into this podcast for interesting behind-the-scenes stories about what it takes to organize a local film festival these days.

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

In this 30-minute podcast conversation, we learn about ideas and strategies to enable participants of all ages to make the most of the remarkable new creative space for artisanry, learning, making and doing, called Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network (BARN).

We meet Catherine Camp, the board member and vice president for operations at BARN, who introduces us to the new BARN project for engaging local youth in the activities and programs of BARN.

With her in the studio are three local high school and college students who share their thoughts on the great value of having an all-ages creative space for learning and mentoring. Those podcast participants are:

• Maya Nathan: a Bainbridge High School senior, who is this summer's BARN intern;
• Finn Mander: a Bainbridge High School senior who is a long-time volunteer at BCB (which is soon to be part of BARN), and who is also a leader of the 2-year-old BHS Radio Club. In the coming school year, Finn will be a leader of the new student club for video news production, called Spartan News.
• Madeline Corbin: who is going into her junior year at Seattle University, having graduated from Bainbridge High School two years ago. As a BHS senior, Madeline had served as editor in chief of the Spartan Standard newspaper at BHS.

The podcast conversation explains some of the activities being pursued with BARN Youth Engagement project funds granted by Bainbridge Community Foundation. For example, we hear explanations of the upcoming Teen Camp and the fledgling Youth Council.

The Teen Camp is scheduled for August 15th to 19th (six hours per day), and is open to teens age 14 to 18 who would like to experiment with glass, fiber, metal, wood and food. It's an exciting week of activities designed to explore the breadth of hands-on crafts available at BARN. It meets at the 2,500 square foot interim BARN facility in Rolling Bay.

Meanwhile, construction is underway on a 25,000 square foot two-story BARN center for craft and invention, just 10 minutes walk from Bainbridge High School, which is expected to open before next Spring.

Credits: BCB host: Barry Peters; BCB audio editing: Madeline Corbin and Barry Peters.

In this heartwarming podcast, Finn Mander introduces Liam, Eimon, Eli, and Zachari who are all active participants in the programs offered by the Bainbridge Island Boys and Girls Club. In this eclectic podcast, they share their stories, favorite moments, and advice for other kids interested in joining the club. The underlying theme of the discussion is how important community really is.

BCB was introduced to the Boys and Girls Club in the spring of this past year when they hosted the club for a four week audio engineering course. Within those four weeks, the kids learned about podcast making, live sound recording, sound editing and mixing, working in a professional environment, and how to conduct interviews. At the end of the course, they tested their knowledge by taking part in the creation of this podcast with the help of their teacher, Finn Mander.

The Boys and Girls Club is currently working on a project called the “BGC Radio,” which is an online community radio station run by the kids of the Boys and Girls Club. It is an amazing opportunity for the kids to learn about how streaming works, how sound is edited and recorded, about music as a whole, and about being a part of a community project.

The Boys and Girls Club offers many different activities for the kids of Bainbridge Island to learn about different aspects of their community and society as a whole. Their ultimate goal is helping prepare students for high school graduation and college by exploring career paths, developing leadership skills, caring for their community, engaging in positive behaviors, expanding their creativity, and learning how to live a healthy lifestyle and make the right choices. Through taking part in these activities, the kids learn a large amount, have fun, and make friends. Outside of these activities, the kids also have time to work on homework, play with friends, and learn from staff at the facility in the Coppertop area of Bainbridge Island.

You can learn more about the Boys and Girls Club at: http://positiveplace.org/locations/bainbridgeisland

The BGC Radio can be listened to at:

http://tunein.com/radio/Boys--Girls-Clubs-Radio-s266762/

Credits: BCB host, audio editor and publisher: Finn Mander. Dogfish Bay Studios; music splash: Dave Bristow.

From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/tast-026-joe-pulicicchio-chili-roast/

T&C's Joe Pulicicchio returns to the Taste of Bainbridge series as we further explore how a major local grocery business can constantly make top quality fresh produce available on a regular basis through the changing seasons of the year.

As the Director of Produce and Floral for Town & Country Markets, Inc., Joe provides new insights about the challenges that need to be addressed as various fruits and vegetables reach peak flavor and ripeness and make it to the shelves at just the right time.  In this interview he discusses the end of berry season and the excellent melons of all types and flavors that are just becoming available. 

A highlight of the discussion is the fast approaching chili roasting season and Joe explains what dates in August the roasting will take place and at what stores.  Roasting chilies in late summer is time-honored tradition with wonderful aromatic benefits and making the chilies more accessible for exceptional recipes.

Credits: BCB host: Bob Ross BCB audio editor: Chris Walker; social media publisher: Diane Walker

From BCB...

http://bestofbcb.org/tast-025-heyday-farm-creamery/

Heyday Farm Creamery proprietors Vicky and John McGarrity visited the BCB Tastes of Bainbridge booth at the July 30 Farmers’ Market.

Listen here as the McGarritys explain why they have moved their entire operation to Bainbridge Island from Hansville to join the Heyday Team. Now producing their signature goats milk cheeses on Bainbridge, they'll soon be offering cows' milk cheeses, and by next spring they plan to bring out sheep milk cheeses. 

Vicky and John are committed to achieving the highest level of quality in the food they produce.  Here they discuss some of the processes that are required to produce their cheese varieties, including the unique pasturing system that allows them to grass feed their animals and use a barley fodder process when fresh grass is hard to find.

And did you know you could hear taste?  We decided to try: there was an on-air tasting that explored the various and subtle differences in the cheeses. Listen and see if you can feel the flavor!

Credits: BCB host: Bob Ross; BCB audio editor: Chris Walker; social media publisher: Diane Walker.

In this 13-minute podcast, Deb Rudnick -- an environmental scientist and the longtime chair of the Bainbridge Island Watershed Council -- describes the upcoming Bainbridge Island Beach Cleanup, on Saturday September 17th.

On that day, volunteers around the country will be making a difference on their local shorelines, working for both natural beauty and the health of shore birds and marine creatures.

Deb explains that this first-of-a-kind cleanup day for the island's 56 miles of shoreline is being made possible by a wide range of local organizations:

• Sustainable Bainbridge, and component groups:
  • BI Watershed Council
  • Bainbridge Beach Naturalists
  • Zero Waste Bainbridge
• BI Land Trust
• Islandwood
• BI Parks and Recreation District
• Bainbridge Parks Foundation
• City of Bainbridge Island
• Bainbridge Island Harbormaster

Some marine creatures have died from ingesting large amounts of small plastic debris and waste. There's been a huge response by concerned citizens, as nearly 800,000 volunteers removed more than 18 million pounds of trash during the 2015 International Coastal Cleanup one year ago.

Volunteers are encouraged to register in advance of the Saturday event by emailing Sustainable Bainbridge. Advance registration allows you to express an interest in the preferred stretch of beach where you'd like to help, and it will result in your obtaining advice and support in your efforts.

Deb explains that you're welcome whether you're an individual, family or group. It's an all-ages event, so long as you're safely able to get down to the beach of your choice. Children should be under the supervision of an adult.

The main effort is focused from 10am to 2pm that Saturday, but your help is appreciated even if for only part of that time. Further information can be found at the Sustainable Bainbridge web page for the event. There's also a Facebook page.

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

From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/wu-285-womens-leadership-retreat/

Are you leading authentically? Are you living from your values and with a sense of purpose? What would that look like?

In this podcast, BCB host Christina Hulet explores these questions with Brooke Rufo-Hill and Penny Koch-Patterson, organizers of an upcoming two-day retreat on Authentic Leadership for Women. Brooke and Penny talk about their own journey as women leaders, and their efforts to create a retreat that speaks to our highest callings.  

The retreat will bring together a dynamic group of courageous and curious women looking to transform the way they live, work, and lead. It is designed to be highly personalized, experiential, and interactive. The retreat will draw on many contemporary resources and thought leaders, including the work of Tara Mohr and Amy Cuddy. It will also provide various leadership assessment and visioning tools, and include personalized coaching sessions.

The Authentic Leadership for Women retreat will be on Thursday and Friday, October 6th and 7th at IslandWood. Space is still available! For more information, please visit: www.authenticleadershipforwomen.com.

Bainbridge Community Broadcast listeners can take advantage of a $200 retreat discount (use discount code: BCB).

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