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Today we welcome comedian ERIN INGLE Erin will be performing at Bainbridge Performing Arts in: BEST OF THE SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY COMPETITION   Become part of the Podcastville Community on Patreon!  The B.I.Stander Podcast is a listener supported show, please consider subscribing.  Thank you The B.I.STANDER Podcast is a conversational podcast unique to Bainbridge Island and Seattle Washington, that covers Society &  Human Interest stories, music and arts. The intent is to introduce interesting people, ideas, and conversations. We are not perfect and that's OK! Thank you for your support! Tell them you heard it on: The BISTANDER Podcast! Blue Canary Auto NOW ALSO in Bremerton! Tideland Magazine Sound Reprographics Support the Show on PATREON

Welcome to Heilman & Haver - Episode 33.  We hope you enjoy the show! Please join the conversation - email us with thoughts and ideas and connect with the show on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram. ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE MIX: The Blues Brothers Available now on our YouTube Channel is our tribute to The Blues Brothers.  We're back at the Bay Street Bistro swapping trivia and mixing up “Orange Whips” in honor of cast member John Candy.  Father's Day is this Sunday so tune in, then make reservations for you and Dad for the Bistro's Sunday Supper - Ribeye is on the menu - and of course the Orange Whip.  This Sunday the 20th, celebrating this cult film that debuted 41 years ago, on June 20th, 1980. Movies of the Decade: The Graduate Join us Saturday, June 26th,  when we'll celebrate the 60's with The Graduate, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman.  We hit the stage at 6:30 to get the show started and Jeremy Arnold will be back virtually with another insightful introduction.  Tickets are $11 - visit ROXYBREMERTON.ORG. WWCA Auditions: Pirates of Penzance Saturday, June 26th, at Western Washington Center for the Arts in Port Orchard, auditions will be held for Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.  Call time is 12 Noon at 521 Bay Street, Port Orchard.  More info at WWCA.us. SHOUT: The Mod Musical Playing now at Bremerton Community Theater - five extremely talented local ladies celebrate the song, dance and humor of the 1960s.  Plays Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through June 27th and, with social distancing restrictions, their limited seating goes quickly.  So jump online at BCTSHOWS.COM and reserve tickets for SHOUT, their swinging 60's music sensation.   IN THE LOCAL SPOTLIGHT:  Gary Fetterplace Gary Fetterplace is an active local actor, producer, scenic designer and set builder who grew up and got his start in theater in England and attended The Italian Conti Stage school (previously attended by his professional stage mum).  His first professional stage appearance was at The London Palladium at the tender age of 11 with further appearances In London and on television.  Gary first appeared in the US in Jesus Christ Superstar at Bremerton Community Theater in 2004 and he has since appeared at nearly all the local theatres in over 75 productions either on stage or behind the scenes.   Gary has also acted or been involved in nearly every Shakespeare production in the county since 2007.   His first foray into Producing and Directing was in 2011 during the inauguration performances of BCT's RBS Hall.  Since then he has added his extensive carpentry and design skills to the local theater scene - most frequently at Bremerton Community Theater, Bainbridge Performing Arts, and Western Washington Center for the Arts - assisting with set design and building, including the 5 staircases and wrap around balcony of BCT's Romeo & Juliet which was awarded best set design by The Kitsap Sun newspaper for the 2015/2016 season. He is president of The Lesser Known Players and has served as trustee and treasurer for BCT since 2009.   IN THE MIX Guest Recipe: "Gary's Pink Thingy" 2 oz Vodka 1 oz Chambord Pour Over Ice Top with Sprite COMING UP NEXT WEEK Join us next week, Friday, June 25th, for our conversation with former entertainment writer at the Los Angeles Times, specializing in Classic Hollywood stories Susan King. 

Welcome to Heilman & Haver - Episode 31.  We hope you enjoy the show! Please join the conversation - email us with thoughts and ideas and connect with the show on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram.   ANNOUNCEMENTS New Series: Get to Know Your Theater - Featuring Bremerton Community Theater A behind the scenes look at local theaters, their history, and what the future holds for them post-COVID.  Visit our YouTube channel for our interview with Rana Tan, Production Coordinator for BCT, and learn more about a true local gem.  And follow our channel for more episodes throughout the summer of Get to Know A Theater. SHOUT: The Mod Musical Playing now at Bremerton Community Theater - five extremely talented local ladies celebrate the song, dance and humor of the 1960s.  Plays Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through June 27th and, with social distancing restrictions, their limited seating goes quickly.  So jump online at BCTSHOWS.COM and reserve tickets for SHOUT, their swinging 60's music sensation.   Movies of the Decade: The Graduate Join us Saturday, June 26th,  when we'll celebrate the 60's with The Graduate, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman.  We hit the stage at 6:30 to get the show started and Jeremy Arnold will be back virtually with another insightful introduction.  Tickets are $11 - visit ROXYBREMERTON.ORG. Lebowski Fest Lebowski Fest, rolls into the Roxy tomorrow, Saturday, June 12th.  It's going to be more fun than bowling in the semi's and that's not just, like, our opinion, man.  There will be a costume contest, trivia, photo booth, drink specials and White Russians... ahem, Caucasians, galore.  So grab your marmot and your green nail polish and join us at 7pm.  Tickets are $12 - BUY THEM HERE. West Sound Film Festival 2021 Accepting Submissions Would you like to see your film up on the big screen?  Enter the 2021 West Sound Film Festival.  It will be held August 6th-8th of this year at the Roxy and submissions are open now and will be accepted through the end of June.  For more info and to submit your project visit the West Sound Film Festival on FilmFreeway and stay tuned right here for festival news and interviews.   IN THE LOCAL SPOTLIGHT:  Gary Fetterplace Gary Fetterplace is an active local actor, producer, scenic designer and set builder who grew up and got his start in theater in England and attended The Italian Conti Stage school (previously attended by his professional stage mum).  His first professional stage appearance was at The London Palladium at the tender age of 11 with further appearances In London and on television.  Gary first appeared in the US in Jesus Christ Superstar at Bremerton Community Theater in 2004 and he has since appeared at nearly all the local theatres in over 75 productions either on stage or behind the scenes.   Gary has also acted or been involved in nearly every Shakespeare production in the county since 2007.   His first foray into Producing and Directing was in 2011 during the inauguration performances of BCT's RBS Hall.  Since then he has added his extensive carpentry and design skills to the local theater scene - most frequently at Bremerton Community Theater, Bainbridge Performing Arts, and Western Washington Center for the Arts - assisting with set design and building, including the 5 staircases and wrap around balcony of BCT's Romeo & Juliet which was awarded best set design by The Kitsap Sun newspaper for the 2015/2016 season. He is president of The Lesser Known Players and has served as trustee and treasurer for BCT since 2009.   IN THE MIX Guest Recipe: "Gary's Pink Thingy" 2 oz Vodka 1 oz Chambord Pour Over Ice Top with Sprite COMING UP NEXT WEEK Join us next week, Friday, June 18th, for the second half of our interview with Gary and more on his techniques for stagecraft and design.

Island Theatre cofounders Kate Meyers and Steve Stolee discuss the origins and history of Island Theatre, the company's evolution from a more-or-less conventional community theater, to finding a niche with a small room, on-book performances, and the annual Ten Minute Play Festival. Friends for nearly forty years, Steve and Kate will also share stories of the local theatre scene in the eighties, including their first exposure to the community, the Susie Glass Burdick production of Grease, and how it led to an international musical theatre collaboration with a theatre company in Siberia. ABOUT ISLAND THEATRE Incorporated in 1994, Island Theatre is a 501(c)3 non-profit community theater company in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Specializing in theatrical presentations mainly by and for adults, it has three main performing components: Island Theatre At The Library, a bi-monthly series of on-book performances at the Bainbridge Library; Island Theatre At Your House (YoHo), a bi-monthly series of open play readings hosted in private homes; and Island Theatre Ten-Minute Play Festival, an annual juried short play invitational and presentation of selected plays held at Bainbridge Performing Arts. KATE MEYERS Kate received her B.A. in Theatre from Washington State University and first set foot on BPA’s stage almost 35 years ago. Kate cherishes the many roles she has played at BPA since then, from backstage crew to actor, board member (co-chairing the initial Capital Campaign to build BPA’s playhouse), and Director.  Onstage, Kate has played roles in Grease, Marvin’s Room, Blithe Spirit, The Butler Did It, and You Can’t Take it With You.  Her directing credits at BPA have ranged from the classical (Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing) to comedic (Art; Picasso at the Lapin Agile), dramatic (The Kentucky Cycle, Snow Falling on Cedars, The Grapes of Wrath, Amadeus, Arcadia), and – more recently – to contemporary “dramedies” (The Revolutionists, August: Osage County). Kate’s plays often take deep dives into the human condition, examining history, culture, and the importance of family. Several have contemplated art and the nature of artistic genius, as well as quantum physics, and even time travel.   STEVE STOLEE Steve Stolee is a freelance photographer, videographer, graphic designer, Bainbridge Islander since 1979, and a BFA from U.W. School of Art. He is a cofounder of Island Theatre and managing Director of the I.T. Ten-Minute Play Festival; a 2019 recipient of the Island Treasure Award for Arts and Humanities, cofounder of The Picture Project, and creator of the documentary film, “Another Man’s Treasure,” a story about the biggest rummage sale in the world. An honest man and a hell of a nice guy, he proudly claims to have danced with the great Cloris Leachman at the Port Townsend Film Festival.

When Amanda Gorman took the inaugural stage on January 20th, she inspired the nation with her dazzling vision of hope. She also made poetry cool again. In this episode, eight young poets share their own hopes, inspiration, and poetry in a series of conversations with Bainbridge High School 9th grader, Evelyn Cantwell. Four of them are from Kitsap County, and four attend New Mexico School for the Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. While the two groups are geographically distant, they are bound by their mutual love of truth-seeking and the interplay of rhythm and words.  “THE GREAT CONJUNCTION” BY MADISON GRANDT “WOULDN’T IT BE NICE TO BE LIKE RAIN” BY CLAIRE ATKINSON “650” BY AUDREY NELSON “PINK” BY ALLIE PAULSON-HOUSER “FOR THE LITTLE GIRL WHO WANTED TO BELIEVE IN GOD, OR FOR FATHERS RAISING CHRISTIAN DAUGHTERS” BY SKYE BOWDON “WORD TO EVERYTHING I LOVE” BY OZ LESHAM “CONFINED” BY NEVE NAKTIN “SPEECH #9/FOR USE ON GOVERNORS AND STATE REPRESENTATIVES” BY ARTEMISIO ROMERO Y CARVER CLAIRE ATKINSON- “WOULDN’T IT BE NICE TO BE LIKE RAIN” Claire, a 16 year-old junior at CKHS, hopes to inspire and connect with others through her poems. In her humble opinion, written language is one of the best tools to connect with others and spark change. She hopes to pursue a career in the sciences, enjoys music, and loves reading.    AUDREY NELSON - “650” Audrey is a 17-year-old writer and optimist. She’s currently a senior at Bainbridge High School, with tentative plans to pursue urban studies and radio journalism in college. When she's not writing, she enjoys gathering entries for her Good Things List, playing amateur guitar, and hanging out with friends.   ALLIE PAULSON-HOUSER - “PINK” Allie is a 7th grader at Hyla Middle School. She likes to write poetry, songs, and books. Allie also plays basketball, water polo, and takes horse riding lessons. She loves a wild game of kick-the-can. And pickles. Allie loves pickles.    SKYE BOWDON - “FOR THE LITTLE GIRL WHO WANTED TO BELIEVE IN GOD, OR FOR FATHERS RAISING CHRISTIAN DAUGHTERS” Skye is a sophomore poet at New Mexico School for the Arts. Her work has been published in Dreams of Montezuma, An Anthology of Poetry and Prose New Mexico School for the Arts, Cathartic Youth Literary Magazine, and Ice lolly Review. Skye was a silver key medalist in the 2020 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Her work is inspired by her home in Santa Fe, her family, and the nature she grew up around.   OZ LESHAM - “WORD TO EVERYTHING I LOVE” Oz is a fifteen year old poet from Taos, New Mexico. He is a Sophomore in the Creative Writing program at New Mexico School for the Arts. Oz was a finalist for the 2020 Santa Fe Youth Poet Laureate and is a national medalist in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. His work has been published in Cathartic Literary Magazine, Ice Lolly Review, Clear Skies Zine, and Dreams of Montezuma: An Anthology of Poetry and Prose, among others. Oz was selected as a 2020 Miller Scholar for excellence in Creative Writing and is the recipient of the New Mexico State New York Life Award.   NEVE NAKTIN - “CONFINED” Born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Neve has lived in both California and Pennsylvania. She eventually ended up back in Santa Fe where she attended 7th and 8th grade at Santa Fe Preparatory School. She was drawn to the creative writing program at New Mexico School for the Arts where she could deepen and expand her writing skills. Neve is currently a freshman.     ARTEMISIO ROMERO Y CARVER - “SPEECH #9/FOR USE ON GOVERNORS AND STATE REPRESENTATIVES” Artemisio is an artist, poet, and grassroots organizer based out of Santa Fe, New Mexico. His writing has appeared in publications that include Rigorous Literary Journal, Inlandia Literary Journal, Tumbleweeds Magazine, and Magma Poetry. Artemisio is Santa Fe’s Youth Poet Laureate. He is a high school senior at the New Mexico School for the Arts. https://www.artemisioromeroycarver.com/   EVELYN CANTWELL Evelyn has grown up on Bainbridge Island, finding her favorite creative outlet at Bainbridge Performing Arts. She loves reading and listening to poetry and has enjoyed interviewing the incredibly talented poets featured on this episode. Evelyn is currently a freshman at Bainbridge High School.

“Sounds of the Silenced” uplifts and weaves together voices that have been oppressed – whether by circumstance of history, internal sentiment, or tragedy. Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges was a Black composer from the 18th century. He was quite successful when he was alive, however, given that Mozart and Haydn were among his contemporaries, history did little justice to his prominence. Dimitri Shostakovich's eight-string quartet was dedicated to the victims of fascism and war. This work is at the center of a very complicated puzzle of Shostakovich’s life. Throughout his life it was believed that Shostakovich was a supporter of the Soviet regime, but to everyone’s surprise a revealing and controversial book – ‘Testimony’ (published four years after his passing) – depicts the composer as a closest dissident. This book revealed that this string quartet was instead a biographical work that expressed the most obscure struggles in the life of the composer. Webster Gadbois’ moving piece was inspired by Tahlequah, the Puget Sound J-pod Orca that publicly grieved for 17 days following the passage of her newborn calf. SEVENTEEN DAYS BY WEBSTER GADBOIS INSTRUMENTATION: 8 CELLOS PERFORMED AND RECORDED BY LASZLO MEZO COMPOSER’S NOTES BY WEBSTER GADBOIS In the summer of 2018, the southern J-pod of orcas residing in Washington states’ Puget Sound gave birth to a calf for the first time in years. 30 minutes later, the calf died of malnutrition. The mother, who has been given the name Tahlequah, proceeded to mourn the dead calf by carrying it around with her for the next seventeen days. This level of mourning is unprecedented in orcas, and the story made international headlines. The J-pod’s primary food source is Chinook salmon, which are endangered due to overfishing. This piece’s primary goal is to catalogue the tour of grief that the J-pod experienced throughout this time, with Tahlequah acting as the centerpiece. The central idea presented at the beginning of the piece initially serves as a beacon of hope for the J-pod, as it represents continued life in the face of starvation. As the calf dies, however, this idea becomes warped into a strained cry of grief, as the pod mourns the loss as a collective. As the music becomes more frantic and primal, the central idea becomes more focused on Tahlequah herself, and her refusal to let go of the calf. After a climax of suffering, the pod delivers one last eulogy, as Tahlequah learns to let go of the calf mentally, as well as physically. The piece concludes as the story concludes: with Tahlequah dropping the calf into oblivion as the pod moves on from mourning to mating with other pods. As a postscript to this tragic tale, Tahlequah is a mother again. The Orca and her calf were documented in September 2020 near the San Juan Islands. WEBSTER GADBOIS – COMPOSER Composer and improviser Webster Gadbois has sought to explore creative methods of communicating the impact climate change has had on the planet. This has led him to write music about wild orcas in his hometown of Bainbridge Island, Washington. In addition to environmental motivation, Gadbois’s work centers around collaboration with artists in visual mediums, such as dancers and filmmakers. Holding a Bachelor of Music degree from Rice University and a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School, he is committed to the creation of work intended to foster a childlike sense of discovery and to increase dialogue around social change.   LASZLO MEZO – CELLO Born in Budapest, Hungary, Laszlo Mezo gained national recognition as one of the top musicians of his generation at the young age of 18. He forged a career as a soloist, recitalist, master teacher, and chamber musician, has performed extensively in Europe, Asia, and North and South America, and is currently a professor in cello at Chapman University and Saddleback College in California. He is a sought after soloist, and an active studio musician in Hollywood, having played in many film scores, including Star Wars, Ice Age, Life of Pi, Wolverine, and The Lone Ranger. His first CD is a recording of Dávid Popper’s works, and his second, “Made in Paris,” includes romantic cello pieces from the 19th century. BAINBRIDGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA QUARTET PATRICIA STRANGE, FIRST VIOLIN Pat is a performer of traditional and contemporary violin literature and has performed throughout the US and Europe. She received a Bachelor of Music degree from Calif. State University Fullerton and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Calif. San Diego. Before moving to Bainbridge Island in 2001 she held the position of Principle Second violin with the San Jose Symphony. She is currently the Concertmaster of the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra, founder and director of Bridges; A String Orchestra and has frequently performed with Ovation! Performing Arts Northwest and BPA’s musical theatre productions. “Being in quarantine as a musician has been difficult. I’ve found it hard to have the motivation to practice alone. I really miss not being able to rehearse in person with my music community here on Bainbridge Island, whether it’s in orchestra, chamber music or musical theater performances. The Bainbridge Pod Accomplice is a wonderful project allowing us to make music again.”   PEGGY BRADY – SECOND VIOLIN Peggy Brady, violinist, studied at the Universität für Musik and darstellende Kunst in Vienna and Arizona State University in the 70’s. She has been a member of the first violin section of the Phoenix Symphony, the violin section of the Göttinger Symphonie Orchester, the Braunschweig Staatsoper Orchestra, Principal Second Violin and Assistant Concertmaster of the Napa Valley Symphony and Principal Second Violin of the Marin Symphony. In 2004 she founded the Eloquence String Quartet and Trio of Napa Valley. The group is now in high demand for weddings and vineyard events throughout Napa and Sonoma. Soon to become a full time resident of Bainbridge Island, Peggy is enjoying a new musical project called “Olympic Serenade” – playing chamber music with other members of the Bainbridge Island Symphony. “A highlight for me during this pandemic has been providing outdoor musical therapy for ourselves, neighbors, and friends. We have been meeting on my large open driveway on Sunday afternoons to play chamber music. The neighbors are invited to come and enjoy the music while they sip a glass of wine. Our conductor Mario has joined us several times on viola. It’s been my favorite part of the summer.”   MARIO ALEJANDRO TORRES – VIOLA Mario Alejandro Torres is a conductor, teacher, and performer native to San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Currently based in Seattle, Washington, Mr. Torres made his Benaroya Hall conducting debut in collaboration with Maestros Ludovic Morlot and David Alexander Rahbee in an exciting concert with the University of Washington Symphony Orchestra. For the past two years, he has served in a conducting fellowship with the Seattle Symphony, assisting Maestro Morlot in collaboration with artists such as Hilary Hahn and John Luther Adams. As the former Music Director of Poulsbo Community Orchestra, he brought a new and exciting sound to the ensemble. Outside of the United States, he has conducted performances with the Eddy Snijders Orchestra in Paramaribo, Suriname, and in his hometown with the professional Chamber Orchestra of San Pedro Sula, and Victoriano Lopez School of Music Choir. “Bainbridge Performing Arts has been a very special place to me by virtue of its unique position to highlight and welcome artists, creators, writers, and more – each coming from different backgrounds and perspectives in life. This key diversity nurtures a very special community, as it does our beautiful Bainbridge Island. As Music Director of the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra it has been an incredible pleasure to follow those steps, and that is why I am very excited to present ‘Sounds of the Silence,’ the first October episode of BPA’s Bainbridge Pod Accomplice!”   ARLAYNE ESEMAN – CELLO Arlayne took her first cello lessons from Marcia Treend in 9th grade. A year later, she began studying with Thaddeus Markiewicz, assistant principal cellist with the Detroit Symphony, and continued with him until earning her Masters in Cello Performance. While in college, she performed in some Motown recordings and played in the pickup orchestras for Paul Anka and Sammy Davis (what an entertainer). In 2013, Arlayne retired as a “computer geek” and moved to Bainbridge Island, where she auditioned for the symphony and made many wonderful friends. In 2015, she started playing in local ensembles as well as musicals performed on the island. “It is not uncommon that I am performing up to 12 nights a month. I think that is a pretty good life. During shelter in place, my biggest accomplishment is not killing my husband. Being a basic introvert (yes, really), I enjoy being home. Typically, I play Sudoku, read about WW2 code breakers, and sew for my family or myself. When the weather permits, I take my cello out on my condo deck and play unaccompanied cello for my neighbors. So far, no one is complaining.”  

The eighth and final episode of Bainbridge Stay at Home Companion, “The Next First Step,” is hosted by Pete Benson and produced by Miranda Feldtman, Liz Ellis, Matt Longmire, Ann Wilkinson-Ellis, and John Ellis. “May I Have Your Attention Please: This is REALLY Your Captain Speaking” Featuring Travis Samson and Tim Koivu Written by Miranda Feldtman and Liz Ellis Edited by Travis Samson “Animal Radio” Written by Layne DeGrow and Liz Ellis Performed (with significant improvements) by Henry Epp, Justin Lynn, JC Figueroa, Jesse Smith, Catherine MacLeod, Cynthia Lair, Layne DeGrow, Ted Dowling, and Kayla Teel “Shakespeare in the Dark: Macbeth” Featuring Maddy Garfunkel in conversation with Miranda Feldtman And the improv stylings of Bhama Roget, Hope Koon, and John Ellis Our theme music is by Adam Prairie. You can learn more about Raising Resilience at their website, raisingresilience.org. This program is a collaboration between Bainbridge Performing Arts, Bainbridge Prepares, and BCB, a community service of BARN.

The eighth and final episode of Bainbridge Stay at Home Companion, “The Next First Step,” is hosted by Pete Benson and produced by Miranda Feldtman, Liz Ellis, Matt Longmire, Ann Wilkinson-Ellis, and John Ellis. “May I Have Your Attention Please: This is REALLY Your Captain Speaking” Featuring Travis Samson and Tim Koivu, written by Miranda Feldtman and Liz Ellis, edited by Travis Samson “Animal Radio” Written by Layne DeGrow and Liz Ellis, performed (with significant improvements) by Henry Epp, Justin Lynn, JC Figueroa, Jesse Smith, Catherine MacLeod, Cynthia Lair, Layne DeGrow, Ted Dowling, and Kayla Teel “Shakespeare in the Dark: Macbeth” Featuring Maddy Garfunkel in conversation with Miranda Feldtman, and the improv stylings of Bhama Roget, Hope Koon, and John Ellis Our theme music is by Adam Prairie. You can learn more about Raising Resilience at their website, raisingresilience.org. This program is a collaboration between Bainbridge Performing Arts, Bainbridge Prepares, and BCB, a community service of BARN.

The seventh episode of Bainbridge Stay At Home Companion, “Through The Grey,” is hosted by Madelaine Figueroa and produced by Miranda Feldtman, Liz Ellis, Matt Longmire, Ann Wilkinson-Ellis, and John Ellis. “May I Have Your Attention Please: The Love Boat” Featuring Ann Wilkinson-Ellis and Ryan O’Donnell Written by Miranda Feldtman and Liz Ellis Edited by Liz Ellis “The Time Capsule” Performed and produced by Dan Rosenberg Written by Dan Rosenberg with Raffi Minasian and Eric Schiemer “BI PI: Finish What You Startered” Written by Miranda Feldtman Featuring Jim Anderson, Liz Ellis, Matt Howe, and Brian Danzig Edited by Miranda Feldtman and Liz Ellis Music includes “Dances and Dames” by Kevin MacLeod (CC-BY, incompetech.com) Our theme music is by Adam Prairie. This program is a collaboration between Bainbridge Performing Arts, Bainbridge Prepares, and BCB, a community service of BARN.

The sixth episode of Bainbridge Stay At Home Companion, “Cultivating Stillness” is hosted by Diane Walker and produced by Miranda Feldtman, Liz Ellis, Matt Longmire, Ann Wilkinson-Ellis, and John Ellis. “May I Have Your Attention Please: Let Me Finish” Featuring Robert Craighead, Jennifer Behrens Pippin-Montanez, and Bob Downing Adapted from “Let Me Finish” by Dan Rosenberg Edited by Liz Ellis   “Bad Advice With Dr. Bhama: Working From Home” Featuring Bhama Roget in conversation with Leigh Noffsinger Produced by Ann Wilkinson-Ellis Edited by Liz Ellis    “In The Drawing Room” Written by Miranda Feldtman Featuring Ali Budge, Sophie Eldridge, Justine Stillwell, Sophie Eldridge, Matt Eldridge, Miranda Feldtman, Sophie Eldridge, Sophie Eldridge, James Sgambati-O'Donnell and John Ellis Our theme music is by Adam Prairie. You can learn more about Bainbridge Youth Services at their website, askbys.org, Yes! Magazine at their website, yesmagazine.org, and Bainbridge Prepares at their website, bainbridgeprepares.org. This program is a collaboration between that organization, Bainbridge Performing Arts, and Bainbridge Community Broadcasting.

This fifth episode of Bainbridge Stay At Home Companion, “The Lonely Guru,” is hosted by Mike Lisagor and produced by Miranda Feldtman, Liz Ellis, Matt Longmire, Ann Wilkinson-Ellis, and John Ellis. “May I Have Your Attention Please: Curtain Speech”Featuring Evelyn Cantwell Written (with love) by Evelyn Cantwell and Miranda Feldtman Edited by Liz Ellis “Are We There Yet? Part II”Featuring the voices of Reece Martine, Ocean Door, Rowan & Lockie Martin, Sera Pryde, and Harlow & Mabel Greene in conversation with Ann Wilkinson-Ellis Edited by Liz Ellis “The Lonely Guru”Written, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Johnny Bregar Our theme music is by Adam Prairie. You can learn more about Helpline House at their website, helplinehouse.org, and about Bainbridge Prepares at their website, bainbridgeprepares.org. This program is a collaboration between Bainbridge Performing Arts, Bainbridge Prepares, and Bainbridge Community Broadcasting.

The fourth episode of Bainbridge Stay At Home Companion, “Fowl-Weather Friends,” is hosted by Dominique Cantwell and produced by Miranda Feldtman, Liz Ellis, Matt Longmire, Ann Wilkinson-Ellis, and John Ellis. “May I Have Your Attention Please: Seagull Edition” Featuring Nathan Whitehouse and Max Levit Edited by Liz Ellis and Travis Samson “Shakespeare in the Dark: Henry IVd” Featuring Bhama Roget, John Ellis, Madelaine Figueroa, and Hope Koon, and Brian Feldtman in conversation with Miranda Feldtman Edited by Brian Feldtman “Of A Feather” Written by Wendy Wallace Featuring Pete Benson, Matty Whitman, George Shannon, and Victoria Brown Edited by Liz Ellis and Travis Samson Our theme music is by Adam Prairie. You can learn more about The Friends of the Farms at their website, friendsofthefarms.org and Bainbridge Prepares at their website, https://bainbridgeprepares.org. This program is a collaboration between that organization, Bainbridge Performing Arts, and Bainbridge Community Broadcasting. The events mentioned in this episode were The Covid Monologues, streaming at 7:30 on Friday evenings through June 5th at https://facebook.com/bpaonline/live, and be sure to join Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra on a virtual trip down memory lane on May 31 with “Remembrances” presenting highlights from last season and featuring guest artists Nathan Chan (cello) and Emily Acri (violin).

It’s time for “It’s All Relative(s),” Episode 3 of the Bainbridge Stay at Home Companion, featuring music by Noah Byrd; excerpts from the upcoming Covid Monologues; conversations with island youngsters; and musings from Dan Rosenberg – along with some more useful missives from the folks at Bainbridge Prepares. This week’s “May I Have Your Attention Please” segment, “My Wife’s Sister,” was written by Miranda Feldtman, and read and riffed on by Chris Soldevilla. These segments are edited by Travis Samson. Our host this week is Dan Rosenberg. You can learn more about him at danrosenberg.com or watch his comedy special on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08526TKC7 , all proceeds from which benefit Bainbridge Performing Arts. “Are We There Yet?” features the voices of Reece Martine, Ocean Door, Rowan & Lockie Martin, Sera Pryde, and Harlow & Mabel Greene in conversation with Ann Wilkinson-Ellis. This segment, which features the song “Dances with Fireflies” by Nathan Moore  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf0rSKiGRyxcuMOyQZUUuIA is part one of an ongoing series; you can hear more by tuning into future episodes of this show. The Covid Monologues https://www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org/events/covid-monologues selections include a parody song by Kate Pippinger and an anonymous poem submission left on our doorstep at BPA and read for you by series producer, Matt Longmire. Don’t miss these and over 20 more original pieces representing life during pandemic and quarantine on Bainbridge Island, to be streamed as a three part series on Fridays May 22nd, 29th, June 5th, at 7:30pm on our Facebook channel https://www.facebook.com/BPAonline/ . They will be available afterwards on our website: https://www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org/events/bpapodcastThis selection featured music by Josh Woodward. The song of the week was written and performed by Noah Byrd. https://www.facebook.com/noahbyrdguitar/ Bainbridge Stay At Home Companion is brought to you by Bainbridge Performing Arts, Bainbridge Prepares, and Bainbridge Community Broadcasting, a community service of BARN, Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network. It is produced by Miranda Feldtman, Matt Longmire, Liz Ellis, Ann-Wilkinson Ellis, and John Ellis.

In “Embracing Chaos,” Episode 2 of the Bainbridge Stay At Home Companion, a private investigator finds herself in hot water when one dangerously hot stranger comes to her for help. In addition, Liz Ellis sits down with Guy Sidora to talk about the power of radio and share the words of Frank Buxton; we hear a song from Baywitch; and you’ll get further tips from our friends at Bainbridge Prepares. Enliven your quarantine experience by listening to this harrowing tale of what happens when the Island’s foremost gumshoe encounters a mystery down at the local speakeasy. Enjoy a sparkling conversation about the golden age of radio and the special kind of listening it engendered. Learn why masks aren’t the key to real estate, and get tips for fitting your edible garden to your home and lifestyle. Segments include “May I Have Your Attention Please” written by Miranda Feldtman, starring Ryan O’Donnell, edited by Travis Samson; a conversation with Guy Sidora edited by Liz Ellis and featuring the words of Frank Buxton; and “B.I. P.I. Part One” written by Miranda Feldtman, starring Jim Anderson, Matt Howe, Liz Ellis, and Jennifer Carillo, edited by Brian Feldtman. The theme song for “B.I. P.I.” is Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. You can learn more about the artist at incompetech.com. All other music by Adam Prairie. You can learn more about the resiliency efforts mentioned in this episode at bainbridgeprepares.com. This episode of the Bainbridge Stay At Home Companion was hosted by Bridget Young and produced by Miranda Feldtman, Matt Longmire, Liz Ellis, John Ellis, and Ann Wilkinson-Ellis. Stay At Home Companion is brought to you by Bainbridge Performing Arts, Bainbridge Prepares, and Bainbridge Community Broadcasting. To hear new episodes as they are released, subscribe to the “What’s Up Bainbridge” podcast from BCB , or keep an eye on social media from Bainbridge Performing Arts.

Announcing the Bainbridge Stay At Home Companion! A weekly podcast in the What’s Up Bainbridge Feed from Bainbridge Performing Arts, Bainbridge Prepares, and BCB. Every week starting this Tuesday we’ll bring you updates, comedy, music, and conversation with your fellow islanders. In the first episode, listen to Dr. Bhama Roget dispensing terrible advice, what happens when eligible bachelor Mr. Inslee visits the ladies of Bunchington Park, plus a song from Alex Fermanis.

Episode 296 | In this week's Bainbridge Island Review, REVIEWED we discuss School building delays, Tears for Tirman, Mummified Goats, Parks Board Pick, BPA’s Fun Home Musical and Chamber Banquet for $100 a Seat and the Chilly Hilly that we never saw. Richard and Sal are eager to see the new BPA mainstage production Fun Home https://www.bainbridgeperformingarts.or… an intriguing, fun looking musical coming in March at Bainbridge Performing Arts. Dominique Cantwell says it is one of their best things ever!Episode 296 is brought to you by Outcome Athletics at its new home at The Pavilion and the best person trainer on Bainbridge Island, Bethanee Randles.

Alison Bechdel’s incredible graphic memoir, Fun Home, described what it was like to grow up gay in a family funeral home business. Turned into a musical by Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori, Fun Home won 5 Tony Awards in  2015, and will open on the BPA stage March 13th. In this podcast, Director Kate Meyers (Carruthers) introduces the three women who play Alison at various stages of her life. Evelyn Cantwell, 13, plays Small Alison, growing up in the 70’s. Emily Jo Bryant plays Medium Alison, coming of age in the 80’s, and Natalie Moe plays present day Alison, reflecting back over her life. Together they discuss the play and what it’s like to be playing the same – real – person at different ages in her life, sharing their thoughts on how their acting choices, mannerisms, voices, and even musical themes echo back and forth between characters. For humor, heart, hope, and some glorious soaring harmonies, you won’t want to miss Fun Home. The play opens Friday, March 13th, 7:30 pm at Bainbridge Performing Arts and runs through March 29th, with shows Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 and matinee performances at 3 pm on Sundays. There will also be a pay-what-you-can preview on Thursday, March 12th, $5 teen tickets for the first Saturday, and some special post show talk backs. For more information, and to purchase tickets, visit Bainbridgeperformingarts.org. Credits: BCB host and audio editor: Diane Walker; publisher: Chris Walker.

Stephanie Harris, Executive Director of Bainbridge Chorale and Ginny Hawkins join us in this edition of What’s Up Bainbridge to discuss the exciting news about the upcoming performance of ‘Awakening’.  The winter concert, a joint production by Constellation Choir and Bridges, a string orchestra, is the inspiration of Harris and Hawkins, collaborating to form a presentation of a mixed-voice ensemble dedicated to exploring the unique repertoire of voice and strings.  ‘Awakening' will be presented, Saturday, February 15 at 7:30 pm at Bainbridge Performing Arts.  Suggested donations will be gladly accepted at the door at 200 Madison Avenue North, Bainbridge Island. Children and students, ages 18 and under may attend free.  Proceeds will benefit the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra. Find out more about BPA at www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org. Credits: BCB Host: Robert Ross; Audio Editor: Keith Doughty; Publisher: Chris Walker

Matt Glenn, one of the proprietors of Highside Distilling, joins BCB host Bob Ross on Tastes of Bainbridge to discuss his family’s decision to move full time into the craft beverage industry.   Inspired by a trip to the Highlands region of Scotland, the idea for starting this new business with his parents Helen and Jeff was born.  Subsequent trips to Scotland clarified their vision, and a firm commitment was made to open their establishment on Bainbridge Island. A new addition to the Bainbridge Island Farmers Market, Matt discusses their unique approach to making gin, the various aromatics used, their venture into Amaro’s, and plans to eventually make quality whiskies. For further information, surf to https://www.highsidedistilling.com/  or visit 8895 Three Tree Lane NE during their business hours.  See the website for hours. The Bainbridge Island Farmers market is located between City Hall and Bainbridge Performing Arts on Saturdays 9am to 1pm. Credits: BCB host: Bob Ross; audio tech: Chris Walker; audio editor: Chris Walker; social media publisher, Chris Walker.

Matt Glenn, one of the proprietors of Highside Distilling, joins BCB host Bob Ross on Tastes of Bainbridge to discuss his family’s decision to move full time into the craft beverage industry.   Inspired by a trip to the Highlands region of Scotland, the idea for starting this new business with his parents Helen and Jeff was born.  Subsequent trips to Scotland clarified their vision, and a firm commitment was made to open their establishment on Bainbridge Island. A new addition to the Bainbridge Island Farmers Market, Matt discusses their unique approach to making gin, the various aromatics used, their venture into Amaro’s, and plans to eventually make quality whiskies. For further information, surf to https://www.highsidedistilling.com/  or visit 8895 Three Tree Lane NE during their business hours.  See the website for hours. The Bainbridge Island Farmers market is located between City Hall and Bainbridge Performing Arts on Saturdays 9am to 1pm. Credits: BCB host: Bob Ross; audio tech: Chris Walker; audio editor: Chris Walker; social media publisher, Chris Walker.

A Greek island, a mother, a daughter, a wedding, three possible dads, and the music of ABBA: Mamma Mia opens May 3 at Bainbridge Performing Arts -- don't miss the fun! In this podcast, BCB host and BPA veteran Justin Lynn talks with Mamma Mia stars Hannah Knap-Jenkins, who plays daughter Sophie, and Wayne Purves, Matt Eldridge, and Timothy Glynn, who play her three possible dads. Listen here and learn about their characters, their director, their sets and costumes and what to expect from BPA's new production of this iconic show. Performances run Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays May 3-19 with a Pay-What-You-Can Preview Thursday evening May 2. Friday and Saturday shows start at 7:30; Sunday matinees start at 3, and First Saturday $5 Teen Tickets are available for Saturday evening, May 4. Purchase your tickets online at BainbridgePerformingArts.org.

A sinister scientist, a faithful robot, an uncontrollable monster, and classic rock tunes:  everything you need for a fabulous evening of fun and frolic! Buckle up and blast off for adventure with Return to the Forbidden Planet at Bainbridge Performing Arts, October 12th-28th. Listen here as we talk with cast member Jennifer Carrillo and long time BPA collaborator and Forbidden Planet director Ryan O’Donnell about the thrills, romance, and classic tunes in this throwback musical for all ages. ... and if you love these golden oldies -- Born to be Wild, Wipeout, Good Vibrations,Great Balls of Fire, and The Monster Mash -- then get ready to bop, rock, and roll into interplanetary space! Don't miss Return to the Forbidden Planet at Bainbridge Performing Arts, October 12th-28th with a pay-what-you-can preview on Thursday the 11th. For tickets or more information, call the BPA box office at 842-8569 or visit the BPA website, bainbridgeperformingarts.org Credits: BCB host, Justin Lynn; audio editor and publisher, Diane Walker; social media: Jen St. Louis.

Swashbuckling adventure, a mustachio'd villain, a maiden on a mission -- all these and more fill the stage in BPA's newest musical, "Peter and the Starcatcher." opening March 9 at Bainbridge Performing Arts. Listen in as BCB host Carolyn Goad takes us backstage at BPA to talk with assistant director Ryan O'Donnell and two of the leads in the musical, Sophie Eldridge (Molly Aster) and Jason Gingold  (Black Stache). Despite some of the technical difficulties we encountered with this podcast, we think you'll be enchanted by the characters and their fascinating story, which is based the popular series of Peter and the Starcatchers novels by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson -- plus, you'll get to hear what it's like for fathers and daughters to share a stage! Who is Peter, and what is a Starcatcher?  Find out as this magical show unfolds March 9-25, with a pay-what-you-can show on March 8. Shows start at 7:30, with a 3:00 pm matinee on Sundays; for tickets or more information, visit bainbridgeperformingarts.org. " Credits:  BCB host: Carolyn Goad; audio tech: Chris Walker; audio editor and social media publisher Diane Walker.

Actor, artist, entrepreneur, philanthropist and Edge co-founder John Ellis has just been named an Island Treasure. In this podcast interview, John talks with his daughter Liz about his lifelong interest in art and theater. On the Island John is perhaps best known as co-founder (with the late Frank Buxton) of the Edge Improv troupe, which has been performing monthly at BPA for over 22 years. But he has a number of other talents as well:    • As an actor, he has delighted audiences in numerous roles at BPA, such as Nick Bottom in Midsummer Night's Dream and, most recently, as Sir John Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor.    • He co-wrote Harry Tracy, a Bainbridge Bandit with fellow Edge troupe member Andrew Shields.    • As an artist, he had a brief career as a cartoonist in high school and, more recently, an exhibit of his elephant drawings helped raise money for the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. Currently his ravens and monoprints, made under the mentorship of Wendy Orville at BARN, are popular items at Bainbridge Arts and Crafts.    • As a devoted community member, John has served on the boards of both the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art and Bainbridge Performing Arts as well as hosting a variety of events for other organizations on the island. But John is also a father, and this podcast gives us a charming glimpse into his relationship with his daughter Liz, who currently serves as Education Director of Bainbridge Performing Arts. Listen here as they reminisce together about John's lifelong contributions to the arts. Credits: BCB guest host: Liz Ellis; audio tech: Chris Walker; audio editor and social media publisher, Diane Walker.

Actor, artist, entrepreneur, philanthropist and Edge co-founder John Ellis has just been named an Island Treasure. In this podcast interview, John talks with his daughter Liz about his lifelong interest in art and theater. On the Island John is perhaps best known as co-founder (with the late Frank Buxton) of the Edge Improv troupe, which has been performing monthly at BPA for over 22 years. But he has a number of other talents as well:    • As an actor, he has delighted audiences in numerous roles at BPA, such as Nick Bottom in Midsummer Night's Dream and, most recently, as Sir John Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor.    • He co-wrote Harry Tracy, a Bainbridge Bandit with fellow Edge troupe member Andrew Shields.    • As an artist, he had a brief career as a cartoonist in high school and, more recently, an exhibit of his elephant drawings helped raise money for the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. Currently his ravens and monoprints, made under the mentorship of Wendy Orville at BARN, are popular items at Bainbridge Arts and Crafts.    • As a devoted community member, John has served on the boards of both the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art and Bainbridge Performing Arts as well as hosting a variety of events for other organizations on the island. But John is also a father, and this podcast gives us a charming glimpse into his relationship with his daughter Liz, who currently serves as Education Director of Bainbridge Performing Arts. Listen here as they reminisce together about John's lifelong contributions to the arts. Credits: BCB guest host: Liz Ellis; audio tech: Chris Walker; audio editor and social media publisher, Diane Walker.

If you enjoyed Robert Schenkkan's Kentucky Cycle, directed by Kate Carruthers at Bainbridge Performing Arts in the spring of 2014, you won't want to miss his newest play, Building the Wall, which will be presented at BPA for one weekend only, February 9-11. In the context of a riveting prison interview between a historian and the former warden of an immigration detention facility, Building the Wall explores the potential consequences of our current administration's immigration policies. The results are deeply disturbing. Listen here as BCB's Diane Walker talks with directors Kate Carruthers and Barbara Deering and actors Elena Flory-Barnes and Chip Wood about their motivations for tackling this play, and about the challenges and opportunities involved in producing a play that explores the dark side of complicity. Building the Wall will be shown at BPA for three performances only: Friday & Saturday, February 9th and 10th @ 7:30 pm, and Sunday, February 11th @ 3 pm, with a Pay-What-You-Can Preview Thursday, February 8 @ 7:30 pm. Post-performance talk-backs with the play's cast and directors will also feature commentary from Althea Paulson, a retired attorney, now accredited by the Department of Justice to provide legal representation to immigrants through KIAC, and Dr. Jacqueline Helfgott (Sunday only), a criminologist and chair of the Seattle University Criminal Justice Department. For tickets and information about this and other BPA productions, please visit BainbridgePerformingArts.org. Credits:  BCB host and publisher: Diane Walker; Audio tech provided by Chris Walker.

What better way to entertain your budding actors and dancers over the mid-winter and spring breaks than with combined acting, dancing, and costume classes, now offered in a groundbreaking new collaboration by Bainbridge Performing Arts and the Bainbridge Dance Center! Grouped by age and rotated through classes through the day, children from kindergarten through tenth grade now have an unprecedented opportunity to learn, not only acting and dance, but also costume design -- taught by the entertaining and award winning costume expert, Barbara Klingberg, whose recent efforts for Priscilla, Queen of the Desert were truly mindblowing. As BPA Education Director Liz Ellis and Dance Center Director Christiana Axelsen explain, the children will be learning skills that will not only improve their stage performances but also encourage a level of fitness and discipline that will have lifelong benefits, both in their academic environments and beyond. To learn more or to register for these mid-winter and spring break sessions, visit BainbridgePerformingArts.org or BainbridgeDanceCenter.com. Credits:  BCB host,  audio editor and social media publisher: Diane Walker.

A flying car, a dastardly baron, a secret grotto, a lovable toymaker and a brave brother and sister who surmount all obstacles -- can you name that fantastical adventure? Yes! It's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, which opens at Bainbridge Performing Arts on Friday December 1st and runs through Sunday, December 17th. Listen here as actors Ryan Patrick O'Donnell, Evelyn Cantwell, and Gracie Payne take time out of their busy rehearsal schedule to tell us about their adventures with this fabulous production, the friendships they're forming, and the lessons they're learning as they embark on this incredibly ambitious new show. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang will open at BPA on Friday December 1st and run through December 17th, with a pay-what-you-can preview on Thursday November 30th at 7:30. Tickets are on sale now at Bainbridge Performing Arts.org, but they're going fast, so get yours soon so you, too, can experience the magic of the holidays at Bainbridge Performing Arts! Credits: BCB host, audio editor and publisher: Diane Walker.  

What have we here? Meet Sir John Falstaff (John Ellis), Mistress Ford (Jennifer Hodges), and her jealous husband Master Ford (Pete Benson), stars of one of  Shakespeare's funniest comedies! In this hilarious 12-minute podcast, John, Jennifer and Pete have a great time telling us what the Merry Wives of Windsor is about -- and they also share their insights about Shakespeare's (always ahead of his time) underlying feminist messages. As our visitors talk about the significance and interpretation of their roles you'll get a delicious foretaste of how fun and entertaining the performances of Merry Wives of Windsor will be. This cast is clearly having a blast, and this is a great opportunity to join them in the merriment.  Performances begin Thursday, July 6th and will run Thursdays - Sundays through July 23rd.  Bring your family, friends and a picnic to enjoy in the Sheep Meadow at 6 pm; the play will begin at 7.  Wine and beer will be available for purchase (proceeds benefit Bloedel Reserve).  No outside alcohol, please. Tickets for these fabulous summer Shakespeare events sell out quickly, so visit the Bainbridge Performing Arts website (https://www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org/collections/bpa-presents/products/the-merry-wives-of-windsor) and order yours today! Credits: BCB host: Channie Peters; BCB audio editor: Chris Walker; social media publisher: Diane Walker.

From birth through high school, children on Bainbridge Island are presented with an unusually wide variety of fun programs and activities. Learn more about some of those exciting possibilities as Susie Burdick, Executive Director of Kidimu, Liam McEvilly, Program Director of Boys and Girls Club, and Kate Drummond, Teaching Artist at Bainbridge Performing Arts, describe  what their organizations have to offer the younger set. In this podcast Susie, Liam and Kate talk, not only about what each of their respective organizations has to offer for our little ones, but how those programs are designed to expand with the children as they age. What fun, to learn that the older children are staying within the familiar programs and spaces and mentoring the younger ones, thus learning new useful skills along the way. Take the Boys and Girls Club, for example: their robust after school program -- now offered at the Coppertop -- covers everything from help with homework to learning yoga in a safe and nurturing environment which serves about 120 children every weekday.   Bainbridge Performing Arts' theatre school teaches much more than theatre arts and skills, offering opportunities for role play, teamwork and imaginative play from the ages of 4 to 18 and beyond.   And Kidimu is not just a museum for youngsters, but also a varied learning environment for parents, siblings and even brand new babies! Kidimu's website also offers additional resources for the very youngest Islanders. Be sure to watch (and listen) for future periodic BCB podcasts of What's Up Bainbridge for Wee Ones. Credits: BCB host: Channie Peters; BCB audio editor: Chris Walker; social media publisher: Diane Walker.

Listen in on Kate Carruthers' fascinating conversation with BCB host Channie Peters. You'll hear about Kate's love for theatre, which has been a strong thread throughout her life, even during her very successful career as an attorney and Bainbridge Island's municipal judge. Theatre has been Kate's first love since her first high school play and her years majoring in theatre in college. Her intention to continue theatre arts in graduate school was sidetracked by the need to embark on a career that would support herself and two young daughters. She describes her choice of a legal career, and how she found legal practice to be similar, and yet complementary, to her love for staging plays. How does an aspiring actor/director decide to make a career as an attorney, partner in a prestigious Seattle law firm, lead a private practice here on Bainbridge, and later serve as our municipal judge? Throughout it all, Kate found time to raise two daughters, start a theatre company, and direct many noteworthy plays for Bainbridge Performing Arts. Her credits are many and varied. A few are: "The Kentucky Cycle", "Philadelphia Story", "Snow Falling on Cedars", "Amadeus", and "Much Ado About Nothing" (performed outdoors at the Bloedel Reserve). This podcast will enable you to hear how, in Kate's life, theater has provided deep meaning and a vehicle for artistic expression. No wonder she is being honored by Arts and Humanities Bainbridge as one of this year's two Island Treasures. The annual tradition of recognizing two exceptional contributors to local arts are humanities dates back to the year 2000. The Island Treasure Award ceremony will be Saturday February 18 at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art. It begins with wine and hors d'oeuvres at 6:15 pm, with the awards ceremony at 6:40 and a reception at 7:30. Tickets can be purchased at Brown Paper Tickets online here. Seating is very limited. For further information or to reserve by phone, call 206-842-1246. Credits: BCB host: Channie Peters; BCB audio editor and social media publisher: Barry Peters. Photo credit: Cynthia Sears.

Listen in on Kate Carruthers' fascinating conversation with BCB host Channie Peters. You'll hear about Kate’s love for theatre, which has been a strong thread throughout her life, even during her very successful career as an attorney and Bainbridge Island's municipal judge. Theatre has been Kate’s first love since her first high school play and her years majoring in theatre in college. Her intention to continue theatre arts in graduate school was sidetracked by the need to embark on a career that would support herself and two young daughters. She describes her choice of a legal career, and how she found legal practice to be similar, and yet complementary, to her love for staging plays. How does an aspiring actor/director decide to make a career as an attorney, partner in a prestigious Seattle law firm, lead a private practice here on Bainbridge, and later serve as our municipal judge? Throughout it all, Kate found time to raise two daughters, start a theatre company, and direct many noteworthy plays for Bainbridge Performing Arts. Her credits are many and varied. A few are: "The Kentucky Cycle", "Philadelphia Story", "Snow Falling on Cedars", "Amadeus", and "Much Ado About Nothing" (performed outdoors at the Bloedel Reserve). This podcast will enable you to hear how, in Kate's life, theater has provided deep meaning and a vehicle for artistic expression. No wonder she is being honored by Arts and Humanities Bainbridge as one of this year's two Island Treasures. The annual tradition of recognizing two exceptional contributors to local arts are humanities dates back to the year 2000. The Island Treasure Award ceremony will be Saturday February 18 at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art. It begins with wine and hors d’oeuvres at 6:15 pm, with the awards ceremony at 6:40 and a reception at 7:30. Tickets can be purchased at Brown Paper Tickets online here. Seating is very limited. For further information or to reserve by phone, call 206-842-1246. Credits: BCB host: Channie Peters; BCB audio editor and social media publisher: Barry Peters. Photo credit: Cynthia Sears.

In this 15-minute podcast, we learn what's special about the musical that will be on stage at our local Bainbridge Performing Arts theater from February 10th to 19th. The show has the unusual title: "[title of show]". and it's about the experience of creating a musical. BCB's Christina Hulet interviews the show's Director Philip Lacey and its Musical Director Joel Kurzynski. As BPA's website describes the story: "Jeff and Hunter, two struggling writers, hear about a new musical theater festival. However, the deadline for submissions is a mere three weeks away." Thus begins the mirrors-within-mirrors creation of a musical within a musical. As Philip and Joel explain to Christina in this podcast, the result is a 90-minute show that reveals how creative people with big dreams learn about themselves as people, and grow their friendships with one another. This podcast conversation was recorded backstage at BPA in mid-January, just before the evening's rehearsal for the show. Tickets are available through the BPA website page for performances from the 10th through 17th of February at 7:30pm, plus a 3pm Sunday Feb 12th matinee. There will be a 6:30pm reception at BPA on opening night, Friday Feb 10th. And there will be a "pay-what-you-can" preview of the musical on Thursday, February 9th at 7:30pm. Credits: BCB host: Christina Hulet; BCB audio editor and social media publisher: Barry Peters.

In this podcast, we meet the Bainbridge Performing Arts professional team that is readying a local cast and instrumentalists for December 2 to 18 performances of the popular holiday classic set in the early 1940s: "A Christmas Story, The Musical". Speaking with BCB podcast host Channie Peters are BPA theater director Joanna Hardie; music director Elizabeth Faye; and choreographer Debbie Pierce. BCB took its recording equipment to meet them backstage at BPA while the cast started their Monday evening rehearsal of dance routines on stage. This musical show had rave reviews on Broadway and it plays on TV every Christmas. BPA's version is based on the 1983 American comedy Christmas movie "A Christmas Story", from Jean Shepherd's book "In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash". For this theater production, BPA will prominently feature a large band of instrumentalists playing the swing and big-band sounds of the 1940s. And the cast will rise to the occasion with a combination of song and dance numbers. As BPA says, this show offers "sweet nostalgia for adults and great fun for the kids." It's set in the 1940s in a fictional town called Hohman Indiana, and its main character is 9-year-old Ralph Parker who is preoccupied in pursuit of a particular Christmas gift he can't get off his young male mind. BPA will have a special "pay-what-you-can" preview at 7:30pm on December 1st. Then, the show runs with matinees and evening performances each day of each weekend from Friday Dec 2nd through Sunday the 18th (with only a matinee show on Saturday Dec 3rd). BPA is hosting an "ugly sweater contest" with a winner and prize at every performance, so, as BPA says, come dressed "in your holiday finest (or worst)". Tickets are on sale at the Bainbridge Performing Arts (BPA) website. Credits: BCB host: Channie Peters; BCB audio editor and social media publisher: Barry Peters.

Learn about the quarterly theater school offered by Bainbridge Performing Arts for community members of all ages, and hear about the upcoming November 3rd and 4th shows in the Fall Play Festival that will feature this Fall's theater school graduates. On Thursday and Friday, Nov 3rd and 4th, the Festival consists of a double bill. See the 2nd to 5th graders perform the tall tales attributed to Baron Munchausen. And then see the 5th to 8th graders perform three of the celebrated myths of ancient Greece where a legendary huntress named Atalanta plays a major role: Tales of the Heroine Atalanta. Shows start at 7pm. Our podcast guests are BPA's new Education Director Liz Ellis, and one of this Fall's theater school graduates Red Scheetz who performs in one of the upcoming shows. Liz spent much of her young life around theater, and specifically at BPA. She explains the advantages of attending theater school. Students learn a combination of theater skills -- like acting, singing and dancing -- along with life skills such as listening, participation and teamwork. Liz points out that our community is rich with experienced theater teachers -- such as a stand-up comedienne and a Tony Award winner to name just two. Our teenage guest, Red, says she's been attending 8 or 9 rounds of the BPA theater school during the past 5 to 6 years, and that's resulted in performing in 8 to 10 productions. For tickets, visit the Fall Play Festival page of the BPA website. There's special pricing for kids at only $5, with adults at $10. Credits: BCB host: Channie Peters; BCB audio editor: Chris Walker; and BCB social media publisher: Barry Peters.

Conductor and Music Director Wes Schulz talks about the four upcoming concerts in our local orchestra's new 2016-17 season, its 44th. Each concert will be totally unique to Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra, and never before performed here. The season kicks off on the evenings of November 12th and 13th with “The British are Coming.” The music comes from three great English composers - William Walton, Vaughan Williams, and Elgar - with “resplendent orchestration, grandeur, and pomp” (as only the British can do it). Particularly unique and special will be the second concert, Mahler's Symphony #1, which will be performed in March by Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra together with the orchestra of the University of Puget Sound. The performance of that symphony requires a large number of instruments and musicians, so the combining of these two orchestras will bring us a spectacular performance. Each of the two Mahler performances will be off-site - at the Bainbridge High School on March 4th, and at the University of Puget Sound campus on March 5th. In this podcast, Wes also provides some insight into the creative process of how a symphony concert comes together. See further details about the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra and its season of classical performances at the website of Bainbridge Performing Arts. Credits: BCB host: Channie Peters; BCB audio editor: Tim Bird; BCB social media publisher: Barry Peters.

In this 12-minute podcast, BCB's Channie Peters interviews three BPA mainstays about an upcoming one-night June 11th extravaganza honoring departing Resident Music Director Josh Anderson. Josh reflects on nearly four years of BPA musical productions. He is joined in this backstage recording session by BPA's Executive Director Dominique Cantwell and Production Manager Deirdre Hadlock. In honor of Josh's impending move to the Minneapolis community theater scene, the June 11th show -- "Mr. Anderson and Friends: A Going Away Spectacular" -- will feature a host of BPA favorites. The cast will include: Joanna Hardie, Jasmine Joshua, Kylee Gano, Rebecca Lane, Colleen Gillon, James Sgambati-O'Donnell, Ryan Sgambati-O'Donnell, Michelle Abad, Jalyn Green, Emily Kight, Shannon Dowling, Ellen Dessler, Gregory Conn, Luke Walker, Justin Lynn, Jesse Smith, Ryan Bohannon, Kayla Teel, Olivia Lee, Brian Pucheu, Paula Elliot, and Ken Michels. In this podcast conversation, Josh reflects and laughs out loud about the host of varied musical productions -- from "Shreck" to "Hair" --in which he played a leading creative role during his Bainbridge Performing Arts tenure. Dominique and Deirdre add their thoughts about the uplifting collaboration that Josh brought to each production. You can read Josh's farewell letter. On Saturday June 11th at 7:30pm, expect music, merriment and memories, including hits from the shows of Josh's last 4 years. Backed by the BPA Mainstage Band, many of BPA's finest performers will "tug at your heartstrings, celebrate our talented BPA community, and make you laugh." Tickets for the one-night show are "pay-what-you-can" and will benefit Josh's move to Minneapolis. Credits: BCB host: Channie Peters; BCB audio editor and social media publisher: Barry Peters.

From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/podcast-whats-bainbridge-paraguays-recycled-orchestra-june-1-bpa/ Ten members of the globally renowned Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, Paraguay will come to Bainbridge to meet with area students on May 31 and give a free concert Wednesday, June 1, 2:00 at Bainbridge Performing Arts. These ten students are representatives of Paraguayan youth orchestra of about 100 musicians that live next to a giant landfill, playing music from instruments made entirely out of garbage. The vision of Favio Chávez, music director of the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, is to provide access to hope and a better life for his pupils. Now known globally, the orchestra's music is the portal to a life beyond the intergenerational cycle of extreme poverty. Listen here as Reed Price interviews Dr. Gloria Burgess, the founder of Lift Every Voice Foundation, who has been instrumental in bringing these young people and their director to Bainbridge Island, where they will meet with music students at area schools and members of the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra. In addition to their free concert on Wednesday, June 1 at 2 pm at BPA, there will be a 7 p.m. showing of "Landfill Harmonic," the documentary about their journey, at Bainbridge Cinemas at the Pavilion. Following that showing the musicians will be on hand to answer questions. The visit to Bainbridge Island is organized by the Charter for Compassion and is sponsored by Bainbridge Performing Arts (BPA), BI/NK Interfaith Council, Eagle Harbor Congregational UCC, Jennifer Saez and Susan Lorenz—BainbridgeIslandLife.com, Perry Foundation, Town and Country Markets and Winslow Cohousing. Donations will be accepted at each event, and online here: http://www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org/collections/special-events/products/recycled-orchestra Credits: BCB host Reed Price: publisher: Diane Walker.

Director Kate Carruthers has brought some extraordinary productions to the BPA stage in recent years, most notably her ambitious undertaking of the nine plays of The Kentucky Cycle and last year's Snow Falling on Cedars. But this year she's outdone herself; together with Music Director Josh Anderson she is staging Peter Shaffer's magnificent Amadeus, complete with period costumes, a live chamber group, and a choral ensemble. First written in 1979 by Peter Shaffer, Amadeus was revised six times over the following 21 years, including a version for the 1984 movie. Over these six revisions, the play moved from a simple melodrama to become the heart-wrenching tragedy of Antonio Salieri. The established composer in the court of the Austrian Emperor Josef, Salieri has given himself to God so that he might realize his sole ambition to be a great composer. Enter Mozart -- a foul-mouthed, graceless oaf who composes rapturously beautiful music with a genius far beyond Salieri's envious grasp. For Salieri, the realization of his own relative mediocrity despite his sacrifices becomes more than he can bear, and he hatches a complex plot to gain ultimate revenge over Mozart and God. The final revision of Amadeus has been performed many times in the US and Europe, but only rarely with the music of Mozart -- which Shaffer considers to be the third character in this play -- performed live by a chamber group and choral ensemble. In this podcast, Kate Carruthers and Josh Anderson explain to BCB host Channie Peters how they are working together to weave the passionate words of this extraordinary play with the sublime music of Mozart. This special BPA production, they tell us, has become possible only because of the exceptional musical talent and skill of Jon Brenner, who has arranged the music to accommodate the smaller number of musicians and singers who will be part of the performance. The production is also considerably enhanced by the period costume designs of Barbara Klingberg, a successful architect who has designed costumes for Broadway shows and movies. Because this production is not a musical, but a play with music, the challenge of directing the acting, singing and orchestration will be complex. But if anyone can pull that off, we're sure Kate and Josh are up to the task -- and their vision of the end result in this podcast sounds exhilarating! You won't want to miss this extraordinary show: Amadeus opens Friday, March 11 and will run Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through March 26th at Bainbridge Performing Arts. Tickets are on sale now at the BPA website or by visiting or calling (206-842-8569) the BPA box office. Credits: BCB host: Channie Peters; BCB audio editor: Barry Peters; social media publishers: Diane Walker and Barry Peters.

In February 2016, the Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council conferred one of the two 2016 Island Treasure Awards on Denise Harris. Growing up with a big family in the Pacific Palisades, the multi-talented Denise Harris and her five siblings were encouraged to pursue whatever interested them in arts and music. At one point Denise even decided she'd learn to play every instrument in the orchestra! But after mastering several instruments she began branching out, expanding her artistic scope to become a sculptor, set designer, singer, actress, and much, much more. Nothing seems to be beyond her: from her Gypsy Wagon at the annual Harvest Fair to her iconic signs at Lynwood Center (for island institutions such as Heyday Farm, Village Music, Pane d'Amore, O'Connor Architects, and the Treehouse Cafe) to her acting, her singing, and the fabulous sets she's designed for Bainbridge Performing Arts, Denise's range of talents and their impact on our community have proved to be extraordinary. As a featured artist at Bainbridge Arts & Crafts, Denise is known for her enchantingly detailed miniature sculptures, several of which have become part of the permanent collection at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art. She also sings with a musical group on Saturdays and with the choral group Amabile, and she has performed in numerous plays at BPA. Clearly Denise's childhood freedom to explore has stood her in good stead; if she determines to create or do it, she does. Even building a ukelele and a concertina with scrap wood were not beyond her perseverance and tenacity. In this interview, Denise describes those early years with her family, and speaks fondly of her enduring close connection with her five siblings, most of whom now live on Bainbridge Island. Raised to delve into whatever caught her fancy, she continues to expand her artistic repertoire with the same joyful anticipation and fearless abandon she experienced as a child -- and we can't wait to see what she tackles next! Though she admits to being surprised and honored by the 2016 Island Treasure Award, it's no surprise to the rest of us: clearly this award is richly deserved! Credits: BCB host: Channie Peters; BCB audio editor: Barry Peters; BCB social media publishers: Diane Walker and Barry Peters.

In February 2016, the Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council conferred one of the two 2016 Island Treasure Awards on Denise Harris. Growing up with a big family in the Pacific Palisades, the multi-talented Denise Harris and her five siblings were encouraged to pursue whatever interested them in arts and music. At one point Denise even decided she'd learn to play every instrument in the orchestra! But after mastering several instruments she began branching out, expanding her artistic scope to become a sculptor, set designer, singer, actress, and much, much more. Nothing seems to be beyond her: from her Gypsy Wagon at the annual Harvest Fair to her iconic signs at Lynwood Center (for island institutions such as Heyday Farm, Village Music, Pane d’Amore, O’Connor Architects, and the Treehouse Cafe) to her acting, her singing, and the fabulous sets she's designed for Bainbridge Performing Arts, Denise's range of talents and their impact on our community have proved to be extraordinary. As a featured artist at Bainbridge Arts & Crafts, Denise is known for her enchantingly detailed miniature sculptures, several of which have become part of the permanent collection at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art. She also sings with a musical group on Saturdays and with the choral group Amabile, and she has performed in numerous plays at BPA. Clearly Denise's childhood freedom to explore has stood her in good stead; if she determines to create or do it, she does. Even building a ukelele and a concertina with scrap wood were not beyond her perseverance and tenacity. In this interview, Denise describes those early years with her family, and speaks fondly of her enduring close connection with her five siblings, most of whom now live on Bainbridge Island. Raised to delve into whatever caught her fancy, she continues to expand her artistic repertoire with the same joyful anticipation and fearless abandon she experienced as a child -- and we can't wait to see what she tackles next! Though she admits to being surprised and honored by the 2016 Island Treasure Award, it's no surprise to the rest of us: clearly this award is richly deserved! Credits: BCB host: Channie Peters; BCB audio editor: Barry Peters; BCB social media publishers: Diane Walker and Barry Peters.

Swinging Hammer Productions presents “All in the Timing,” one-act plays by David Ives, produced by Tom Challinor with performances Thursday to Sunday January 21-24, 2016 at Bainbridge Performing Arts. Renowned local actors such as John Ellis and Barbara Deering, and local directors will be joined by professional talent from Kitsap and Seattle. We remember the annual One Act Festivals in the last five years that featured multiple new, local playwrights, directors and actors. This year's one-acts will depart from that format, though still featuring some of Bainbridge's best actors and directors. Tom Challinor, formerly Director of Bainbridge Performing Arts' Shakespeare Society, tells BCB host Channie Peters about this year's winter one-act plays - all six in the performance by award-winning playwright, David Ives. David Ives' plays have been described as fast-paced humor with surprises and witty dialogue. "Like sketches for some hilarious, celestially conceived revue. The writing is not only very funny, it has density of thought and precision of poetry…ALL IN THE TIMING is by a master of fun. David Ives spins hilarity out of words." —NY Times "Theatre that aerobicizes the brain and tickles the heart. Ives is a mordant comic who has put the play back in playwright…A wondrous wordmaster." —Time Magazine Find out about Tom Challinor's latest project, Swinging Hammer Productions, which most recently produced David Mamet's "American Buffalo". Tickets for all performances are on sale now at Swinging Hammer, and at Bainbridge Performing Arts or at the box office. The Thursday, January 21st performance is a “pay-what-you-can” preview. All performances start at 7:30 pm. Credits: BCB host: Channie Peters; BCB audio editor: Tim Bird; BCB social media publisher: Barry Peters.

In this podcast, Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra conductor Wes Schulz gives BCB a preview of the first concert on November 14th to kick off the new 4-concert season. The first concert will begin the season with vibrant, joyous pieces by Christopher Rogerson, and Carl Nielson, Denmark's most famous composer, sandwiching in between, Beethoven's 4th piano concerto. Wes also tells BCB about the coming season and why he chose these composers, pieces and collaborations (including with the BI Ballet on stage). The season includes three other concerts after this first one - in February, April and June. Check out the exciting programs here. Maestro Schulz is beginning his fifth season with BSO. Under his leadership, the orchestra has commissioned new works, reinvigorated the Young Artist Competition, brought top soloists to the stage, and collaborated with many Bainbridge arts groups including the Bainbridge Chorale, the Shakespeare Society, and the Edge Improv. Wes enjoys working creatively with all of this community's many talented individuals and groups to produce sold out concerts. Tickets for the November 14 & 15 concerts, as well as the season, are on sale now at the Bainbridge Performing Arts website. Credits: BCB host: Channie Peters; BCB audio editor: Tim Bird; BCB social media publisher: Barry Peters.

Helene Smart will be singing cabaret-style over dinner at the Manor House, in Lynwood Center, on Nov. 9-10. Helene has always loved to sing since she was small.  She sang with her family around campfires, in musical comedies during school and community theater but has hit upon a type of music she resonates with and she loves to share it with her audiences. It's Cabaret! She got her start in Cabaret on the island at Bainbridge Performing Arts.  Dennis Faust, the director, asked her to extend the play he was directing and fill out the evening by singing songs that related to that play. While she researched songs for the play, she realized how much she liked songs that told a story, hence her start with cabaret music.   Cabaret songs are sung in an intimate setting with words that portray stories. Helene chooses her songs very carefully thinking about her audience; will they appeal to a wide range of people? Will they portray the story she wants to tell and which songs can be strung together that deepen the impact of the story?  Choosing music is a past time Helene loves for she rediscovers music she hasn't heard for a while or she discovers new songs that were recorded long ago by a different artist or she remembers favorite songs she sang as a child with her family. She tries to find songs that are whimsical and humorous because they get the point across in a fun way. Does she write her own songs?  In one case, yes.  She collaborated with a friend and wrote the song “The Name Song” which is about the pronunciation of her name.  It is a humorous, clever and light song about an irritating situation for her. On November 9th and 10th, the Manor House at Pleasant Beach will feature Helene and their grand piano.  The show on November 9th is sold out but folks have another opportunity to hear this talented artist on Tuesday, November 10th.   Dinner reservations are for 6pm only and are accepted by calling the Manor House at 206-842-8439.  You won't want to miss it! http://www.manorhouseatpleasantbeach.com/    

This podcast interview features Felix Narte, Jr., who, along with Lilly Kitamoto Kodama and Kay Sakai Naka, will be participating in a post-show discussion as part of a Seattle Opera presentation Thursday, Aug. 13 at Bainbridge Performing Arts of a new work of opera: "An American Dream". "An American Dream" is set during World War II and explores the lives of two Puget Sound women: a Japanese American facing internment and a German Jewish immigrant preoccupied with those she left behind. A Japanese American family burns precious belongings from Japan in an attempt to avoid arrest during World War II. Young Setsuko manages to hide her beloved doll before her family is forced out of their home. A new couple moves in: Jim, a U.S. veteran, and Eva, a Jewish immigrant preoccupied by her family's situation in Germany. When Eva finds the doll, she discovers the truth—both about Setsuko's family and her own. "An American Dream" was borne from the Seattle Opera's Belonging(s) Project. The project asked people to respond to the question: “If you had to leave your home today and couldn't return, what would you want to take with you? Why is that object, that memory, or that connection to your past so important?” Dozens of responses were filmed and posted to a digital quilt, which you can find online. Seattle Opera then commissioned librettist Jessica Murphy Moo and composer Jack Perla to weave threads from this digital quilt into a new opera. The World War II experiences of two Seattle women, one Japanese-American and the other German- American, inspired the fictional tale of two families in "An American Dream". "An American Dream" appears at BPA one night only on August 13 at 7:30 p.m. Admission to BPA's working community preview is by donation only. Tickets for the Seattle Opera performances at McCaw Hall on August 21 & 23 range from $50 to $125. Learn more at the BPA website, by phone at 206.842.8569 or in person at BPA, 200 Madison Avenue North, Bainbridge Island. BPA Box Office hours are 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, and one hour prior to each performance. This community preview is made possible through a special partnership with Seattle Opera (www.seattleopera.org) and is appropriate for ages 10 and older. Credits: BCB host and audio editor: Reed Price; BCB social media publisher: Barry Peters.

In this podcast, we meet organizers and participants in the ambitious Bainbridge Island arts community project called "Earth Art Bainbridge." They talk with BCB host Reed Price about their goals and plans and the many opportunities for community members to join in. Earth Art Bainbridge is the brainchild of local activist, computer scientist, and author Beth Robson. She hopes that people will start thinking now about how to explore their response to our changing climate using art – whether the medium is music, theater, poetry, photography, painting or performance. Barbara Sacerdote, the Executive Director of Arts & Humanities Bainbridge says her organization is fully supportive, saying “if any community can do this, Bainbridge Island can.” Also part of this discussion are: Kathleen Thorne of Bainbridge Performing Arts and Island Theater; both groups have plans to support the project; Leslie Schneider of OfficeXpats, who will be organizing a speed-lecture show, “Ignite Bainbridge,” as part of Earth Art Bainbridge; Joel Sackett, accomplished photographer, who is the project's lead artist; and Janet Knox, poet and scientist, who is among the project's early announced participants. For more information and to indicate your possible interest in participating, visit the Earth Art Bainbridge website. Or, contact the organizers through their website. This project is sponsored and supported by: Sustainable Bainbridge, Arts & Humanities Bainbridge, Artopia Creative, OfficeXpats, Island Theater, Bainbridge Performing Arts, Ignite Bainbridge, Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District, Bainbridge Public Library, the Bloedel Reserve, and the Bainbridge Community Foundation. Credits: BCB host and audio editor: Reed Price; BCB social media publisher: Barry Peters.

In this podcast, we meet organizers and participants in the ambitious Bainbridge Island arts community project called "Earth Art Bainbridge." They talk with BCB host Reed Price about their goals and plans and the many opportunities for community members to join in. Earth Art Bainbridge is the brainchild of local activist, computer scientist, and author Beth Robson. She hopes that people will start thinking now about how to explore their response to our changing climate using art – whether the medium is music, theater, poetry, photography, painting or performance. Barbara Sacerdote, the Executive Director of Arts & Humanities Bainbridge says her organization is fully supportive, saying “if any community can do this, Bainbridge Island can.” Also part of this discussion are: Kathleen Thorne of Bainbridge Performing Arts and Island Theater; both groups have plans to support the project; Leslie Schneider of OfficeXpats, who will be organizing a speed-lecture show, “Ignite Bainbridge,” as part of Earth Art Bainbridge; Joel Sackett, accomplished photographer, who is the project’s lead artist; and Janet Knox, poet and scientist, who is among the project’s early announced participants. For more information and to indicate your possible interest in participating, visit the Earth Art Bainbridge website. Or, contact the organizers through their website. This project is sponsored and supported by: Sustainable Bainbridge, Arts & Humanities Bainbridge, Artopia Creative, OfficeXpats, Island Theater, Bainbridge Performing Arts, Ignite Bainbridge, Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District, Bainbridge Public Library, the Bloedel Reserve, and the Bainbridge Community Foundation. Credits: BCB host and audio editor: Reed Price; BCB social media publisher: Barry Peters.

Listen to this in-depth 30-minute interview with Bainbridge resident and world-renown author, David Korten, at BCB's studio. David discusses his just-published book: “Change the Story, Change the Future: A Living Economy for a Living Earth,” available from Eagle Harbor Books. The interview also reveals David’s passionate commitment to local community. David expresses the many ways in which Bainbridge Island is, and could increasingly be, an outstanding example of a community seeking to achieve social and economic well-being -- with locally owned main street businesses and city policies that preserve a healthy natural environment -- rather than succombing to outside pressures for big-money exploits. And David explains how one local Bainbridge nonprofit business, Yes! Magazine, is telling the stories of people and places that offer hope for change amidst the challenges of our times. David Korten, an internationally-published author and engaged citizen, is co-founder and board chair of YES! Magazine, co-founder and co-chair of the New Economy Working Group, president of the Living Economies Forum. A 20th anniversary edition of his classic best seller When Corporations Rule the World will launch in June 2015. In 2010, inspired by the Occupy movement, he published Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth. David’s April 2006 talk to a standing-room audience at the Bainbridge Performing Arts playhouse, on his then-newest book: The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community, was the first event hosted by the then-new nonprofit, Sustainable Bainbridge. David has MBA and Ph.D. degrees from the Stanford Business School, and in his earlier career served as a captain in the US Air Force, a Harvard Business School professor, a Ford Foundation project specialist, and has decades of fieldwork seeking economic development in countries such as Ethiopia, Nicaragua, Philippines, and Indonesia. Credits: BCB host, editor and publisher: Barry Peters

Listen to this in-depth 30-minute interview with Bainbridge resident and world-renown author, David Korten, at BCB's studio. David discusses his just-published book: “Change the Story, Change the Future: A Living Economy for a Living Earth,” available from Eagle Harbor Books. The interview also reveals David's passionate commitment to local community. David expresses the many ways in which Bainbridge Island is, and could increasingly be, an outstanding example of a community seeking to achieve social and economic well-being -- with locally owned main street businesses and city policies that preserve a healthy natural environment -- rather than succombing to outside pressures for big-money exploits. And David explains how one local Bainbridge nonprofit business, Yes! Magazine, is telling the stories of people and places that offer hope for change amidst the challenges of our times. David Korten, an internationally-published author and engaged citizen, is co-founder and board chair of YES! Magazine, co-founder and co-chair of the New Economy Working Group, president of the Living Economies Forum. A 20th anniversary edition of his classic best seller When Corporations Rule the World will launch in June 2015. In 2010, inspired by the Occupy movement, he published Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth. David's April 2006 talk to a standing-room audience at the Bainbridge Performing Arts playhouse, on his then-newest book: The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community, was the first event hosted by the then-new nonprofit, Sustainable Bainbridge. David has MBA and Ph.D. degrees from the Stanford Business School, and in his earlier career served as a captain in the US Air Force, a Harvard Business School professor, a Ford Foundation project specialist, and has decades of fieldwork seeking economic development in countries such as Ethiopia, Nicaragua, Philippines, and Indonesia. Credits: BCB host, editor and publisher: Barry Peters

From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/spec-003-david-gutersons-march-2015-address/ In this podcast, the third in our new series of BCB Bainbridge Island specials, we offer award-winning local author David Guterson's reflections on the writing of Snow Falling on Cedars, from a talk delivered at Bainbridge Performing Arts on March 22nd, 2015. This talk is introduced by Kate Carruthers, Director of BPA's Book-It Theater production of Snow Falling on Cedars. As part of their March presentation of Snow Falling on Cedars, Bainbridge Performing Arts invited Guterson to give a special presentation prior to a matinee performance of the play. Reading Snow Falling on Cedars twenty years later, its author encountered an unexpected mixture of emotions. In this talk he shared these, along with his thoughts on the influences, ideals, and ambitions that led to its writing and what the book means to him now. It took Guterson five years to write Snow Falling on Cedars, in part because he was teaching full time at Bainbridge High School, and in part because of the extensive research he did on salmon fishing, strawberry farming and the internment. To describe the anti-Japanese hysteria that prevailed in the 1940's, he steeped himself in about 600 pages of oral histories compiled by elderly internees for the Bainbridge Island Japanese-American Community Association.  And while the fictitious San Piedro Island of Snow Falling on Cedars drifts at some distance from Bainbridge -- on a real map of Puget Sound it would lie in the San Juan Islands -- it is populated by some authentic Bainbridge characters. The literary model for the book, however, was more remote -- Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, the 1960 novel Guterson regularly assigned to his high school English classes.  Guterson, then 39, received the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award for Snow Falling on Cedars – a remarkable achievement for a first novel. Even more remarkable was the fact that it went on to be not only a critical but also a commercial success: with over four millions copies sold, it has generated a Hollywood film, a stage play, and countless high school student essays. Ironically, it is his novel that is now showing up in high school curricula – if it hasn’t been banned. Listen here to hear Guterson's reflections as he looks back 20-30 years at the young man who wrote his book and how it all came to be.   Credits:  BPA audio tech Alex King; BCB audio tech and audio editor Lyssa Danehy de Hart; BCB publisher Diane Walker.

From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/spec-003-david-gutersons-march-2015-address/ In this podcast, the third in our new series of BCB Bainbridge Island specials, we offer award-winning local author David Guterson's reflections on the writing of Snow Falling on Cedars, from a talk delivered at Bainbridge Performing Arts on March 22nd, 2015. This talk is introduced by Kate Carruthers, Director of BPA's Book-It Theater production of Snow Falling on Cedars. As part of their March presentation of Snow Falling on Cedars, Bainbridge Performing Arts invited Guterson to give a special presentation prior to a matinee performance of the play. Reading Snow Falling on Cedars twenty years later, its author encountered an unexpected mixture of emotions. In this talk he shared these, along with his thoughts on the influences, ideals, and ambitions that led to its writing and what the book means to him now. It took Guterson five years to write Snow Falling on Cedars, in part because he was teaching full time at Bainbridge High School, and in part because of the extensive research he did on salmon fishing, strawberry farming and the internment. To describe the anti-Japanese hysteria that prevailed in the 1940's, he steeped himself in about 600 pages of oral histories compiled by elderly internees for the Bainbridge Island Japanese-American Community Association.  And while the fictitious San Piedro Island of Snow Falling on Cedars drifts at some distance from Bainbridge -- on a real map of Puget Sound it would lie in the San Juan Islands -- it is populated by some authentic Bainbridge characters. The literary model for the book, however, was more remote -- Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, the 1960 novel Guterson regularly assigned to his high school English classes.  Guterson, then 39, received the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award for Snow Falling on Cedars – a remarkable achievement for a first novel. Even more remarkable was the fact that it went on to be not only a critical but also a commercial success: with over four millions copies sold, it has generated a Hollywood film, a stage play, and countless high school student essays. Ironically, it is his novel that is now showing up in high school curricula – if it hasn't been banned. Listen here to hear Guterson's reflections as he looks back 20-30 years at the young man who wrote his book and how it all came to be.   Credits:  BPA audio tech Alex King; BCB audio tech and audio editor Lyssa Danehy de Hart; BCB publisher Diane Walker.

The 1994 best-selling novel by Bainbridge author, David Guterson, about the beginning of the Japanese exclusion in 1942 on Bainbridge Island, has been adapted for theatre. (It had previously been adapted to film in the 1990s.) The theatre production will be performed at Bainbridge Performing Arts from March 13 to March 29. In this podcast, director Kate Carruthers talks about the challenges and excitement in bringing this historically based novel to the stage. The story takes place on Bainbridge Island, with characters that actually lived through this period in our community's history. In this interview, Kate tells us about how many community organizations and schools are using  this production as an opportunity to learn more about Bainbridge Island's unique history during this period through numerous events before and during the production's three-week run. David Guterson will be speaking informally before the Sunday, March 22nd matinee performance. After the Sunday matinee performances, cast members and Bainbridge Islanders who lived through this period on Bainbridge and in interment camps will also speak informally. Tickets are on sale now at the Bainbridge Performing Arts (BPA) website. Credits: BCB post: Channie Peters; BCB audio editor, Tim Bird; BCB social media publisher, Barry Peters.

From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/wu-110-history-of-english-feb-17/ Why are “knight” and “night” pronounced as if they were spelled the same?  How did the English language take on the international prominence it has today?  Why is it the most widely used language on the Internet?   Former high school English teacher Tom Challinor will answer these and other questions as he shares his passion for the history of the English language at the Fields End Speaker Series, February 17 from 7 to 8:30 pm at the Bainbridge Public Library. Challinor is currently the Director of Bainbridge Performing Arts' Shakespeare Society, and his enthusiasm for and knowledge of the evolution of the English language informs not only his teaching, but also his acting and directing.  For his Fields End Lecture he will be explaining how the changes undergone by the English language up to Shakespearean times in the 16th century affect the way English is spoken and used today.   Admission to this and other Fields End Lectures in this series is free.  For more information, go to fieldsend.org.   Credits:  BCB host Channie Peters; BCB audio editor: Tim Bird; BCB social media publishers: Diane and Chris Walker.

On Saturday, August 16th, an all-star cast of local actors will bring six Raymond Carver stories to life at Bainbridge Performing Arts.  Directed by Dinah Manoff of the Northwest Actors Lab, the performance will be a benefit for Fields End.  Carver's widow, renowned poet and prose writer Tess Gallagher, will be a special guest for the evening. Doors will open at 6pm; show starts at 7.  In this interview with BCB host Barbara Golden, Dinah Manoff talks about the importance of Raymond Carver to the artistic world and to the Pacific Northwest. Born in Yakima, Washington, Carver made his mark writing about colorful characters who often inhabited dark places. A colorful character himself— an alcoholic who married his first wife when she was sixteen and only found sobriety after partnering with poet Tess Gallagher 12 years before his death -- Carver is credited with almost singlehandedly resurrecting the short story as an art form. Whether you are already familiar with the short stories of Raymond Carver, or are new to his work, this event promises to be every bit as entertaining as the writer was in his day.  Go to www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org for tickets.  See www.fieldsend.org for  more information about the event. Credits: BCB host: Barbara Golden; BCB studio tech and audio editor: Lyssa Danehy deHart; What's Up music splash: Tim Bird; ferry music: Dogfish Bay Studios; podcast art: artopia creative.