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Catherine MacLeod courtesy photos Catherine MacLeod as a child in a BPA play.

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Award winner got start at BPA Theater School

Catherine MacLeod has been named the 2024 Amy Award winner by the Bainbridge Performing Arts.

Damon Williams/Kitsap News Group photos Christian Bell casts his line into Hood Canal.

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Rain, rain go away; we want to enjoy camping day

Even though many campgrounds were booked solid in Kitsap County for Memorial Day weekend, the gloomy weather cut…

BI Studio Tour courtesy images Olivia Memkes work of art.

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4 BHS students honored for works of art

The Bainbridge Island Youth Art Awards were presented May 16 at the Bainbridge High School annual Arts Festival.

Peter Gammell/Kitsap News Group photos Model Colleen Diessner wears a recycled dress designed by Brooke Fotheringham at the Refashion event at Islandwood May 19.

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Fashionable refashions

The 8th Annual Refashion Show took place May 15 at IslandWood.

School courtesy photo Island School fourth- and fifth-grade students use a weed wrench at their Day of Service May 10 to pull invasive Scotch broom out of the ground at Fay Bainbridge Park. Students at the independent school for grades K through 5 have years of experience working in gardens and forests. They partner with Friends of the Farm at the BI Native Food Forest near their campus on Day Road.

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Cleaning up the island

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Peter Gammell/Kitsap News Group photos The Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network had its first Spring Bazaar over the weekend, where participants in the makerspace had their pieces for sale. The event took the place of its annual Open House. Over 50 vendors sold items at the event.

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Artisans spring into action

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Wendy Tyner courtesy photo The Rev. Kate E. Wesch talks to the group at Grace Church on Bainbridge Island.

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BI church hosts regional event to pick new bishop

Grace Episcopal Church on Bainbridge Island hosted a regional gathering May 1 to hear from four candidates in…

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BI library has lots going on this month

The Bainbridge Island Public Library is always offering programs for residents, and May is no exception.

BARN courtesy photo Colorful glass sculptures and table art from Mud Flats Studio, a resident artist group at BARN.

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BARN to host expanded spring vendor market

The Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network is hosting its first Spring Bazaar May 11 at 10 a.m.

Molly Hetherwick/Kitsap News Group photos Cellists Olive Leiss, left, May Smaus, Barbara Deppe and Christine Edwards practice at rehearsal April 12.

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Young Kitsap musicians perform with Seattle Symphony

How do you tell an ancient story — would you use words, or can you capture the meaning…

Nancy Treder courtesy photo Spring daffodils spell out ‘smile’ near the intersection of Highway 305 and Sportsman Club Road. Planting the flowers by roads is a Bainbridge Island tradition started by Mary Sam, a healer and granddaughter of Suquamish’s Chief Sealth, for whom Seattle was named.

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‘Smile’ this spring

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Peter Gammell/Kitsap News Group photos The first Farmers Market of the season near City Hall on Bainbridge Island took place last weekend. The market is open every Saturday through fall. A variety of vendors sell local products each week. The crowd was sparse for the opening due to less-than-ideal weather.

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1st BI Farmers Market of season

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Molly Hetherwick/Kitsap News Group The Woodward Middle School Choir and the Evergreen Singers team up to sing during the Music for All Generations concert March 27.

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Young, old unite to sing together at concert

“Music is the sport you never age out of,” said Laurie de Leonne, choir director for the Evergreen…