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Senior Center recognized for funniest parade performance

The Bainbridge Island Senior Community Center were presented with the first annual Buxton Ellis Humor Award on Friday…

Houston Wade holds a 1-carat Colorado diamond that his crew dug out after working through seven feet of cow dung at one of the “Lost Lakes” in Colorado. The “lake” is more dung than water as cattle daily relieve and refresh themselves at the site.

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The Rock Show: One man’s mission to school the nation on the thrill of discovery

Islander Houston Wade is a gemstone hunter and, by default, an adventurer.

Students of Team Ravine pick huckleberries to snack on while hiking in the woods at IslandWood. It is in stark contrast to the jobs their parents have picking fruit. In IslandWood’s “Voices from the Field” program last week

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For the fruit, not the work: IslandWood welcomes migrant students for week of outdoor education

For Washington migrant students, trees are not so much ecosystems as they are what gives their parents work…

Andy Buffelen as Andrew and islander Keiko Green as Val

Life

Theatre drama hits home on topics of love, life and death

In “life.cycle.,” a new theatre production written by and starring Bainbridge Islanders, caseworkers in the Offices of Reincarnation…

Brad Lewis (far right) with BHS students and his two sons Cole and Quin during a trip to Kenya last year. The group traveled to the country through Nehemiah International for a service learning project. Lewis acted as the trip adviser.

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BHS teacher wins trip to join Earthwatch Africa Expedition

Boys basketball coach and statistics teacher, Brad Lewis, won a grant last month that will send him on…

The crowd applauds during the opening day ceremonies of the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art. The opening of the museum attracted a crowd of hundreds.

Life

A real crowd pleaser: A new monument of Bainbridge community and culture

From a vantage point of the Winslow Way and Highway 305 sidewalk, the island's new museum has become…

Wilkes third grader

Entertainment

‘Les Misérables’: Musical makes first appearance in local theatres

Ovation! premiers their production of Les Misérables this month. It will be the first showing in the Northwest…

Life

SLIDESHOW | Four views of the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art’s first day

The Bainbridge Island Museum of Art opened Friday, June 14 to a massive crowd of art enthusiasts and…

Alfredo Arreguin’s work

Life

Grand opening: Art museum opens with events galore

The grand opening of the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art tomorrow, June 14 promises to be an all-day…

Katherine Pryor’s new children’s book

Entertainment

Taking the ‘bleh!’ out of vegetables: Eagle Harbor Books joins author in honoring school gardens

In addition to a reading of her new book, "Sylvia's Spinach," at this Sunday, Katherine Pryor will join…

By Seattle-based artist Phillip Levine

Life

New art museum hauls in donated pieces from Bainbridge Island

One island family donates life-size sculpture by Seattle-based artist Phillip Levine to the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art.

Steve Oda is a renowned sarode musician. The sarode is a fretless lute of 25 strings. Its lack of frets allows for the constant sliding between notes that gives Indian classical music its striking

Life

The Island Yoga Space presents a concert of Indian classical music

This month, the Island Yoga Space will be offering a unique experience that promises to be a journey…

Ruth Marx celebrated her 100th birthday Saturday with family and friends at the Madison Avenue Retirement Community.  It was one of many celebrations she had that weekend.

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100 years young: How life has taught one woman the power of a positive outlook

Marx celebrated her 100th birthday this past weekend on May 26, surrounded by family and friends. She’s a…