Mark your calendars for Girlfriends’ Day Out on Friday, May 3rd! This will be a festive all-day event, from 10am-8pm, with shops offering lots of special promotions! Purchase a $10 wristband at any sponsoring business to participate (see list on …
Winslow Way, Downtown Bainbridge Island
First Friday of every month, 6-8 PM
Produced by Bainbridge Island Downtown Association
Sponsored by the City of Bainbridge Island
Once a month, Bainbridge Island Downtown Association and the City of Bainbridge Island present the …
Bainbridge Island is home to many passionate and talented artisans of all mediums, and the art of wine-making is no exception. Wine-making began with grapes grown right here on the island and expanded to include world-class grapes from eastern Washington. …
Mike Lempriere began his winemaking hobby in 1997 out of his basement in his Seattle area home. His first vintage was so successful, having garnered several awards in amateur competitions at the Puyallup Fair, that Mike joined forces with some …
The Bainbridge Public Library is dedicated to spreading the joy of reading and the discovery of ideas with not just our local community, but visitors from near and afar. In addition, the library is fortunate to house beautiful local works …
In 2008, long-time Bainbridge Island residents, Jim and Sharon Wilford began making wine as a hobby out of their garage in their Fletcher Bay neighborhood home. Two years later, their hobby and hard work turned into several award winning vintages …
In honor of Earth Day, IslandWood presents Afternoon on the Trails. Explore the woods and interact with the all the beauty the forest has to offer. While hiking the trails, allow your eyes to wander from the tree canopies …
Bicycle racing, science, winemaking and the number eleven…most of us wouldn’t know where to begin connecting these things to each other, but then, we’re not Matt Albee, founder and winemaker of Eleven Winery on Bainbridge Island.
It was the …
Humanity Within War – Stories from WW II
by Chris Demarest
“I wouldn’t do it again. I wouldn’t miss it for the world.” – Griffin Holland, P-47 fighter pilot, Pacific Theatre, WWII.
In 2011 on a wall of a Bethesda, …
Drafted into the Army during the Vietnam War, Gerard Bentryn’s exposure working on Satellite Technology landed him a post in Germany working on guided missiles. While there, Gerard and his wife, JoAnn, fell in love with the crisp and delicate …
