Welcome back, weekend.
We missed you. Oh, how we missed you, weekend.
If you’re looking to make the most out of your upcoming 48 hours of freedom, here are our Best Bets, Bainbridge.
Enjoy!
First up: A hard-rocking revival of a beloved bygone tradition.
Bainbridge Island is a small but undeniably important chapter in the larger story of Northwest music.
Even a cursory glance at the island’s Wikipedia entry will reveal the names of several residents, noteworthy sonic scholars all. Maybe there’s something about life in the suburbs that inspires a certain kind of kid to reach for rock. Maybe it’s the island’s proximity to the creative mecca of Seattle. Maybe it’s something in the water.
Whatever the reason, the long-running Teen Center concerts were historically a big part of the island’s once-renowned youth music scene. And, though that particular tradition has lapsed somewhat in recent years, the renamed Teen Program, a division of the Bainbridge Island Metropolitan Park & Recreation District, is set to return the beloved venture in all its wailing, shredding, stage-ruling glory at the first of two concert events at Strawberry Hill Park from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, April 27 (the second is slated for June 1).
The inaugural lineup is led by the teen group Cherry Picker (5 to 5:30 p.m.), who are followed by the veteran rockers Howling Gods (5:45 to 6:15 p.m.) and Supercult (6:30 to 7 p.m.).
Next, for slightly quieter but no less indie-centric, fare, get yourself into Winslow for Indie Bookstore Day on Saturday, April 28. It’s an annual national celebration of independent bookstores and the customers that support them.
In the Seattle region, 19 bookstores are set to celebrate together as partners, giving customers more ways to love local.
Visit all 19 and become a “Bookstore Champion,” including the prize of 25 percent off at all participating bookstores for a year.
If you visit just three, you’ll get a coupon for 30 percent off a purchase at any of the participating stores.
Bainbridge’s own Eagle Harbor Book Company will open at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, with muffins and coffee for the earliest guests and sales aplenty for all.
Visit www.eagleharborbooks.com to learn more.
Finally, on Sunday, let’s get political (Wait a sec, just hear me out, OK?).
Iconic Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei will live-stream a Q&A session following a free screenings of “Human Flow,” a documentary film about the global refugee crisis that he directed, at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 29 at the Lynwood Theatre.
The film begins at 11:30 a.m.
“Human Flow” is a sprawling exploration of the global refugee crisis. Captured over the span of one year, in 23 different countries, the film follows a chain of urgent stories that stretches through Afghanistan, Greece, Iraq, Kenya, Mexico, Turkey and beyond.
The subjects of “Human Flow” undertake a desperate search for safety, shelter and justice: from teeming refugee camps to perilous ocean crossings to barbed-wire borders; from dislocation and disillusionment to courage, endurance and adaptation; from the haunting lure of lives left behind to the unknown potential of the future.
Sunday also marks your last day to check out “State of the Union” at The Art Project (formerly Bainbridge Arts & Crafts).
The new mixed-media series “State of the Union,” by Seattle-based artist Holly Ballard Martz, is on display at The Art Project (formerly Bainbridge Arts & Crafts) through Sunday, April 29.
From flags to bullet casings to shredded currency, Martz’s series uses found materials that have been put through the wringer to produce exquisitely constructed, wickedly witty, and utterly arresting works that shy away from nothing.
For more information, visit www.theartproject.org.
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