For more than three decades, the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (BIJAC) has hosted Mochi Tsuki, a Japanese festival aimed at ringing in the New Year in a traditional way. The fun family event – open to people of …
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Tonight: Inaugural First Friday Art Walk of 2026, Meet Artist Ingrid Amirault at the Bainbridge Library, On Saturday, Planetarium Show at Battle Point Park
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health Expands Emergency, Specialty Care Services in Kitsap County – at St. Michaels in Silverdale and in Port Orchard
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (VMFH) has added two significant expansion projects to its menu of services designed to increase access to essential health care in Kitsap County and beyond. A new patient tower at St. Michael Medical Center (SMMC) in …
Commentary: The Yin and Yang of the Growth Debate on Bainbridge Island. Do We Want to Become the next Vail, Co., or Create Housing Equity and Balance?
By Dr. Howard Frumkin
The recent election on Bainbridge Island featured a lot of anti-development and anti-growth talk. Some of it was overt, and some was more subtle, framed as “maintaining the island’s character.”
I get it. I’m among locals …
Last Weekend of 2025: Ranger and the Re-Arrangers Holding Two Holiday Concerts, Chorale Performing Messiah Sing-a-long, Plus, Spend a New York New Year’s Eve at The Sip in Poulsbo
If you’re looking for some fun entertainment this weekend, be sure and checkout Bainbridge’s favorite Django/Gypsy Jazz Band, Ranger and the Re-Arrangers. They are playing two Jazzy Holiday Concerts the weekend of Dec. 27 and 28th — on Bainbridge
Make Your Own Christmas and Holiday Memories With a Tour of Island (and Off-Island) Homes with Festive Light Displays. It Will Brighten Up the Darkness!
When I was kid growing up in Upstate New York, the Christmas season was a truly magical time of year. Normally, we’d have snow. Lots of snow. Sometimes it resembled a Winter Wonderland outside and it felt like …
Enjoy Two Holiday Concerts This Coming Weekend Featuring Ranger and the Re-Arrangers on Bainbridge and Kingston, plus Messiah Sing-along with Bainbridge Chorale
Bainbridge’s favorite Django/Gypsy Jazz Band, Ranger and the Re-Arrangers are playing two Jazzy Holiday Concerts the weekend of Dec. 27 and 28th — on Bainbridge Island and in Kingston.
The band’s Saturday Dec. 27 date will be held from 7 …
Last Weekend Before Christmas: Winter Solstice Events, Meals and Gingerbread Experience at Pleasant Beach, Last Chance to see the Hunchback of Notre Dame!
Potpourri: Affordable Housing SEPA Hearing Put Off, Want to Manage Farmland? Lodging Tax Committee, Reimaging City Art, AHB’s Christmas Living Room Concert Tonight!
The City of Bainbridge Island’s Hearing Examiner has denied the City’s request for dismissal in the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) appeal filed in relation to the affordable housing project at the corner of Winslow Way and Highway 305 and …
A Once-in-a-Lifetime Celebration of American Craft is Bringing Accomplished Artisans from Across the Country to Bainbridge Island in the Spring of 2026
“Creating a physical work by hand from raw materials is magic!” declares Alisa Banks, a visual artist from Dallas whose fiber-based books and collages explore her Louisiana Creole heritage and the African diaspora. It’s this sense …





