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Our Community Past to Present – Bainbridge Island Historical Museum

Our Community Past to Present – Bainbridge Island Historical Museum

Bainbridge Island has been home to many diverse communities of people and industries over its long history. For the Suquamish and other Coast Salish tribes, the island and the Puget Sound region was a center for trade. In the late …

Reaching for the Stars: The Ritchie Observatory at Battle Point Park – Built for and by Bainbridge Islanders

Reaching for the Stars: The Ritchie Observatory at Battle Point Park – Built for and by Bainbridge Islanders

In 1992, three not-so-amateurish astronomers, Edwin E. Ritchie, John H. Rudolph and Mac Gardiner founded the Battle Point Astronomical Association (BPAA), named for the location in which the group met at Battle Point Park. Although we definitely have our share …

Love Birds? Check out the Rookery of Blue Herons on Bainbridge

Love Birds? Check out the Rookery of Blue Herons on Bainbridge

Great Blue Heron’s are almost as common on Bainbridge Island as the Majestic Eagle – which is their archenemy – and less so than Seagulls and other recognizable shore birds, such as Canadian Geese and Mallards, among others.

What’s cool …

Bainbridge’s First-ever Juneteenth Celebration Happens this Sunday

Bainbridge’s First-ever Juneteenth Celebration Happens this Sunday

The public is invited to attend and participate in the inaugural Bainbridge Juneteenth Community Celebration at the Bainbridge Island Senior Community Center at Waterfront Park on Sunday, June 19 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Juneteenth is an official Federal,

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Uniquely Bainbridge – Our Curiously Creative Mailboxes

Uniquely Bainbridge – Our Curiously Creative Mailboxes

We’ve all seen them, incredibly creative, often whimsical, always fun – the mailboxes of Bainbridge Island, and as a writer and lover of this artistic community, I’ve always thought it would be great fun to write about them. Clearly, I …

How One Bainbridge Family Biked the Globe in Support of Asthma

How One Bainbridge Family Biked the Globe in Support of Asthma

For most people, biking around the island on any given day can be challenging enough. But for Paula Holmes-Eber and Lorenz Eber that ride’s a piece of cake. Try biking around the world!

The Bainbridge couple, along with their then …

Join the artists at ROOST for their Pop-Up Studios this Saturday, June 18th from 11am to 4pm

ROOST is located in the historic Lynwood Center/Pleasant Beach neighborhood and is the home to the Flying Goat Art Studios at ROOST: Patricia Orellana (fine art) and Theresa Killgore’s Peaceful Spring Designs (contemporary jewelry and unique art).

Orellana Studio and …

Explore Bainbridge Island history as you cruise around the island on the Virginia V – Sponsored by the Bainbridge Island Historical Museum

Explore Bainbridge Island history as you cruise around the island on the Virginia V – Sponsored by the Bainbridge Island Historical Museum

The Bainbridge Island Historical Museum (BIHM) invites you to join them aboard the beautifully restored steam-powered ferry Virginia V, the last of the “Mosquito Fleet” boats. The tour departs from the City Dock at Waterfront Park at 1pm on …

BPA Brings Back Shakespeare to the Bloedel Reserve

BPA Brings Back Shakespeare to the Bloedel Reserve

The Bard is back! The partnership between Bainbridge Performing Arts and Bloedel Reserve is back indeed – and better than ever – with William Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors” playing from June 16th through July 3rd, Thursdays through Sundays at …

Looking for a fun Volunteer Experience? Try the Rotary Auction.

Looking for a fun Volunteer Experience? Try the Rotary Auction.

What’s one of the most fun volunteer activities you can do on the island? Many would contend that it’s spending time “working” at the Bainbridge Island Rotary Auction.

Tonight (June 6) kicks off the start – and return to live …

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