Art Market
The Summer Art Market is taking over the plaza outside Bainbridge Island Museum of Art this summer.
Explore vendor booths featuring handmade, locally crafted treasures for sale and listen to live local music. This in-person art market will take place every Sunday through Aug. 15 between 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Each Sunday will feature different vendors and local musicians. This Sunday guitarist, Laura Silverstein, will be playing starting at 12:15 p.m. Then at 3 p.m. Sitar by Sampada will be playing in the courtyard.
BIMA’s Bistro is also open during the Summer Art Market.
Art Walk
The Roost Art Walk will be held Saturday from 3-6 p.m. at the Lynwood Center Art Studios.
Participating artists include Lino Tagliapietra, Patricia Orellana and Theresa Kilgore of Peaceful Spring Designs.
Refreshments will be served. The studios are in the 4565 Flying Goat Avenue area.
Concerts, movies
The Sounds of Summer Concert Series at Battle Point Park on Bainbridge Island is set for Aug. 4 to Sept. 15 at 6 p.m.
The concerts are on Observatory Hill. Food vendors will be on site.
Performers are: Aug. 4, Backstreet Jellyroll; Aug. 11, Navy Band Northwest; Aug. 18, Ian McFeron; Aug. 25, Leroy Bell; Sept. 1, Nate Botsford; Sept. 8, Nearly Dan; and Sept. 15, Eagle Eyes. The concerts are put on by Bainbridge Island Metro Parks & Recreation District.
Meanwhile, Movies in the Park start up Aug. 6 at 9 p.m. with Bill and Ted Face the Music. That will be followed Aug. 13 by Black Panther. At 8:45 p.m. the next two weeks Back to the Future will play Aug. 19 and Raya and the Last Dragon Aug. 20. The Goonies will be shown at 8:30 p.m. Aug. 26 with Captain Marvel ending the series Aug. 27.
Registration is per vehicle. Limit three movies per household. Twenty additional registration spots will open one week before each movie. For details go to biparks.org/special-events/
Down again
During the week of July 4-10 there were 5,488 initial regular unemployment claims (down 7.4% from the prior week) and 340,204 total claims for all unemployment benefit categories (down 0.9%) filed by Washingtonians, according to the Employment Security Department.
• Initial regular claims applications are 86% below weekly new claims applications during the same period last year during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• The four-week moving average for initial claims is at 6,615 (compared pre-pandemic 6,071). That level represents the lowest levels of initial claims for regular benefits since the onset of COVID last year, and the fifth-consecutive week initial claims have reached a pandemic low.
• Initial claims applications for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and continued/ongoing claims for all benefits decreased.
• Initial claims applications for Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation increased slightly.
• Decreases in layoffs in Educational Services and Construction contributed to the decrease in regular initial claims.
ESD has now paid out over $198 million for 253,888 individual claims. Since the crisis began in March 2020, ESD has paid more than $19.8 billion in benefits to over 1.1 million Washingtonians.
Lawn concerts
The Clearwater Casino Resort in Suquamish is starting up a Summer Concert Series called Performances at the Passage.
Unfortunately some are already sold out — New Jersey Jukebox July 29; Mainstreet Aug. 5 and Rumours Aug. 12. Tickets are still available for Feeling Alright, the Joe Cocker Connection, Aug. 19, and Gaslighter, Dixie Chicks Tribute, Aug. 26.
Concerts start at 7 p.m. on the event lawn. Tickets start at $10 each. Purchase tickets online at Ticketmaster.com or in the casino gift shop.
Local scholar
Dean’s list:
Bainbridge: Olivia Wikstrom, University of Northern Colorado.
