Things To Do on Bainbridge Island This Week – November 13-19, 2015
It’s time for BILA’s regular list of Things To Do on Bainbridge Island This Week. With everything to see and do, we think you’ll want to spend a few nights on our Bainbridge Island! For a full list of our Bainbridge Island vacation rentals, go here.
Friday, November 13
Bainbridge Island Public Library
Meet the Author: Nancy Horan
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm @ Bainbridge Public Library (1270 Madison Avenue North)
Have a little fun with Nancy Horan (“Loving Frank”) as we celebrate her latest book, Under a Wide and Starry Sky, a novel about Robert Louis Stevenson and his intrepid American wife, Fanny. It’s Robert Louis Stevenson Day – black mustaches for everyone! Books will be for sale on site. Admission: Free
This year, the Bainbridge Island Farmers’ Market runs through December 19, 2015.
Saturday, November 14
Bainbridge Island Farmers’ Market
9:00 am – 1:00 pm @ Town Square / City Hall Park (280 Madison Avenue North)
Featuring farm-fresh produce, local arts and crafts, flowers, seafood, pastry, bread, plants, fine art, live music, and fun friendly folk, the Bainbridge Island Farmers’ Market is where our community grows. Spend a bit of your Saturday at the Market while you still can! Admission: Free
Sunday, November 15
Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra presents Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4
7:30 pm @ Bainbridge Performing Arts (200 Madison Avenue North)
The BSO kicks off the season with “Luminosity,” a new work by young composer Christopher Rogerson. Pulsating with energy and orchestral color, this piece lends the perfect opening to the orchestra’s new season. Rick Rowley, piano, will be showcased in Beethoven’s “Fourth Piano Concerto,” of which the opening measures are some of the most beautiful music Beethoven ever wrote. The concert concludes with Carl Nielsen’s “Symphony No. 3.” Maestro Schulz, a passionate advocate of Denmark’s most-famous composer, is delighted to once again bring Nielsen’s music to Bainbridge. Admission: $19 adults, $16 seniors, students, military and teachers;
Monday, November 16
Thought Patterns at the Rachel Feferman Gallery
10:00 am – 6:00 pm @ Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (550 Winslow Way East)
Thought Patterns is a group exhibition featuring artists and craftspersons working in diverse media. The common thread is how these regional artists construct their ideas in patterned and repetitive ways. The show includes more traditional forms of fiber art (textiles, quilts and baskets) and expands on the notion of “woven constructions” – combining diverse ideas and materials through drawing, painting, artist’s books, metalsmithing, woodworking, construction, digital prints and video. Admission: Free
Tuesday, November 17
Theodore Roosevelt Visits Bainbridge Island!
6:30 pm @ Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (550 Winslow Way East)
Clay Jenkinson, one of the most sought-after humanities scholars in the U.S., will portray Teddy Roosevelt in an entertaining and thought-provoking program performed in the Chautauqua method.Best known for his award-winning historical impersonation of Thomas Jefferson, and his National Public Radio Jefferson Hour, he performed as Jefferson last year in a sold-out Historical Museum event. Admission: $125/person
Wednesday, November 18
Ethan J. Perry and The Remedy Band Host Weekly Open Band Jam
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm @ Bainbridge Island Brewing (9415 Coppertop Loop)
The Remedy Band, playing Americana Indie Technicolor Jazz, first opens up two hours of great local live music at the Brewery. Afterwards, local and visiting musicians are invited to sit in with the band and/or play solo. Come see for yourself – the local musical talent is amazing! Admission: Free
Thursday, November 19
Image courtesy of Erik Peterson
Looking + Drawing at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm @ Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (550 Winslow Way East)
It’s your last chance to participate in BIMA’s class that focuses on developing the act and process of looking in order to cultivate awareness and skills through mark making. Fostering a firm grasp of seeing and drawing through structured exercises will help participants begin to draw with ease. Admission: $25 for an individual session;
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