page 4 kitsapweek Friday, January 3, 2014
kitsapevents Calendar submissions The Kitsap Week calendar is a free listing of events in Kitsap County. To submit an event, email the name of the involved organization, the event’s date, purpose, cost (if applicable) and contact information to roxley@northkitsapherald.com.
art galleries Bainbridge Arts & Crafts: Through January. Artist reception Jan. 3, 6-8 p.m. at Bainbridge Arts & Crafts, 151 Winslow Way, Bainbridge Island. Phillip Levine, Norman Lundin and Gerard Tsutakawa are featured in the exhibit, “Gentlemen of Northwest Art.” First Friday at the Bainbridge Library: Jan. 3, 5-7 p.m. at the Bainbridge Public Library. This month features “China sketches” by John Wiens. Free. 100 years of photographs: Selections from the Suquamish Tribe Archives, through January, 5-8 p.m. at the Kitsap County Historical Society Museum, 380 Fourth St., Bremerton. Free during First Friday Art Walk. Gayle Bard — A Singular Vision: Bainbridge Island Museum of Art’s first solo retrospective and exhibition. Through Jan. 5. The museum has published an 88-page book in conjunction with the retrospective which celebrates the long and rich career of one of the Northwest’s most respected artists. Ami Raime at ChocMo: Jan. 6 through the end of February, at ChocMo, 19880 Front St., Poulsbo. Artist reception Jan. 23, 6 p.m. Raime’s oil and acrylic paintings feature vibrant colors and often tropical themes. Perfect for escaping the gray of winter. Susan Dinteman at Viridian Gallery: Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Viridian Gallery, 1800 Mile Hill Drive, Port Orchard. Info: 360-871-7900.
Benefits & events Opera preview: Jan. 4, 2-4 p.m. at the Bainbridge Public Library. “Rigoletto” by Giuseppe Verdi has been popular ever since its Venice premiere. The opera will be discussed by aficionado Norm Hollingshead. Partners in Health | Engage: Jan. 16, 7:30 p.m. at Eagle Harbor Book Co., 157 Winslow Way, Bainbridge Island. Part of a grassroots movement to improve the health of poor and marginalized people. With Jon Lascher, Partners in Health program director in Haiti; and founder Paul Farmer. The event will take place in a soup night setting as described in Maggie Stuckey’s book “Soup Night: Recipes for Creating Community Around a Pot of Soup.” Event is free; a $10 donation is suggested.
Law and Justice Council meeting: Jan. 30, 10 a.m. at the Bremerton City Hall, 345 6th St. Bremerton. Agenda topics include the public health response to opiate addiction and treatment for opiate addiction. Tours at The Island School: Tour The Island School on Bainbridge Island weekdays 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For grades K-5. Call ahead, 206-842-0400. Info: www.TheIslandSchool.org. Bainbridge historical museum’s free first Thursday: The prize-winning Bainbridge Island Historical Museum is free on the first Thursdays of each month. Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 215 Ericksen Ave. Featuring “Whales in Our Midst” chronicling Orca whales in Puget Sound, “The Overland Westerners” an epic 20,000 mile trip by horseback 100 years ago, and “A Portrait of Manzanar” by world-famous photographer Ansel Adams. Info: www.bainbridgehistory.org. Bingo: Sundays, early bird at 5 p.m., and Wednesdays, early bird at 6 p.m., at the Bremerton Elks Lodge on Pine Road. Open to the public. Concession stand and bar open. Info: 360-479-1181.
Classes Basic Mountaineering course: Starting Jan. 4. A five-month course provided by the Kitsap branch of the Mountaineers, a nonprofit. Students are prepared to climb on rock, snow, ice and glaciers. Two evening and weekend courses a month. No prerequisites, but a strong commitment and high degree of physical fitness required. Course fee is $300. Club membership is $73 plus one-time initiation fee of $35. Info: mikeraymond55@ gmail.com, 360-204-2111. Health exchange assistance: Jan. 7, 1:30-4:30 p.m. at the Bainbridge Public Library. Certified assisters from Peninsula Community Health Services will answer questions about the new health care exchange and walk through the sign up process. No appointments necessary. Firstcome, first-served. Using GPS: Jan. 11, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Poulsbo Yacht Club. Learn how your GPS works and how to use it to help you get to your destinations. Info: jacqui. apsps@gmail.com. Business Start up workshop and orientation: Jan. 14, 6-8:30 p.m. at the Kitsap Community Resource Building, 1201 Park Ave., Bremerton. Designed for those interested in mastering skills for starting and expanding their business. Also an entry
point into the professionally taught eight-week class beginning on Jan. 21. Info: swalton@ krc.org, 360-473-2141. Photography class: Jan. 14 through March 4. Sponsored by the Bremerton Housing Authority, this eight week class is in basic photography and offered to lower income people. Each class is three hours long from 12:303:30 p.m. on Tuesday afternoons. Info/sign up: 360-473-0324, bhaphoto10@gmail.com. Pet portrait workshop with Susan Wiersema: Two Sundays, Jan. 26 and Feb. 2, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Bainbridge Arts & Crafts, 151 Winslow Way, Bainbridge Island. Tuition $120, members $110, students $100. Register at the gallery or call 206-842-3132. National Alliance on Mental Illness family-to-family education program: Feb. 1 through April 19, Saturday mornings, in Silverdale. A free 12-week class taught by trained family members who have lived with this experience and offer education and support for families and friends with mental illness. Info/ registration: jcerecich@yahoo. com, 360-697-5531. Ballroom/Swing Class: Jan. 8 through Feb. 12, Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. Central Kitsap Community Schools presents this five-class course. No class on Jan. 22. Learn basic and intermediate steps in swing and put them together into a routine. Cost: $75 per couple, $40 per single. Seniors are $65 per couple, and $35 per single. Info/register: 360662-1638, 360-779-4686. SQUARE DANCE LESSONS: Paws and Taws Square Dance Club host lessons beginning Jan. 6. Open for new dancers on Jan. 13 and 20, from 7:30-9:30 p.m., at Kitsap Square Dance Center, 6800 Belfair Valley Road, Bremerton. Cost: $3 adult, $1.50 youth, first night free. Singles, couples, and families welcome. Info: 360-930-5277 or 360-373-2567 or www.pawsandtaws.net. BPA Juggling: First Sundays, 7-8:30 p.m., Bainbridge Performing Arts, 200 Madison Ave. For experienced jugglers, beginning jugglers, and closet jugglers. Free. Info: 206-842-8569, www. bainbridgeperformingarts.org, email tchallinor@bainbridgeperformingarts.org.
Meetings, support groups & lectures Islamic awakening: Jan. 4, 9:30-11 a.m. at the Bainbridge Public Library. Great Decisions at the Library presents Islamic Awakening, a program about the aftermath of the Arab Spring. Moderated by John Thorne, North African correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor.
Artist Frank Ferrante will visit Bainbridge Performing Arts this month for a one-day show on Jan. 18. Ferrante brings to life the legendary Groucho Marx with wit, song and audience participation.
LaRae Lobdell / Contributed Olympic Astronomical Society: Jan. 6, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Olympic College Room Art 103, Bremerton. How to observe double stars, and current comets. Visitors welcome. Info: 360-2655418. Island Film Group “Leave Her to Heaven”: Jan. 8, 7-9 p.m. at the Bainbridge Public Library. Every second Wednesday of the month. This month’s film is “Leave Her to Heaven,” a 1945 thriller starring Gene Tierney and Cornel Wilde. 110 minutes.
Kitsap Audubon meeting:
Jan. 9, 7-9 p.m. at the Poulsbo Library. Constance Sidles began birding in the Montlake Fill in 1986 and has seen 186 different species of birds there. She has written five books and more than 500 articles in 65 different publications. In her newest collection of 32 essays “Fill of Joy’” she describes in luminous prose the natural beauty and wonder she finds at Montlake Fill. Helping those with AD/HD achieve their goals: Jan. 14, 7-8:30 p.m. at Group Health Cooperative, 10452 Silverdale Way, Silverdale. Dr. Steven Curtis will discuss how to achieve goals with AD/HD. Free. Info: www. chadd.org. Evergreen Bonsai Club meeting: Jan. 17, 7 p.m. at the Crossroads Neighborhood Church, 7555 Old Military Road, Bremerton. Info: 360-626-1264, rutha33@msn.com. Beta Zeta Master Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi: Jan. 23, 6:30 p.m. at 6337 SE Heather Lane, Port Orchard. Info: rjjensen@wavecable.com, 360-9083373.
Cracking the Code: Alternating Thursdays, Jan. 26, Feb. 6 and 20, and March 6, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Eagle Harbor Congregational Church. Using videos, articles, exercises and discussions, participants will explore racism, its impacts, and our role to unto it. Participants will look at types of racism, racial identity, stereotypes, white privilege, and institutional racism. Info: 360842-2232. North Kitsap Parent Support Group: Do you want to be part of a support group for families of gifted children? Call 360-6382919 or email northkitsapgifted@gmail.com. Quaker silent worship: 1011 a.m., Sundays at Seabold Hall, 14450 Komedal Road, Bainbridge Island. Agate Passage Friends Meeting. Info: 877-235-4712. 12-Step Biblical-based Recovery Group: Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m., Cornerstone Christian Fellowship, 901 N. Wycoff, Bremerton. “Honu Life in Christ”: a support group for addictions/ compulsions, alcohol, drugs and general life issues recovery. Info: David, 360-509-4932. Alzheimer’s caregivers support group: Fourth Wednesday of the month, 1-2:30 p.m. as Harrison Medical Center Annex, 750 Lebo Blvd., Bremerton. A free support group for unpaid care partners, family members and friends of individuals with memory loss. Info: 206-402-9857. ABUSE RECOVERY MINISTRY & SERVICES: Free faith-based domestic abuse victim recovery classes for women. These weekly classes are designed to help women heal from domestic abuse. Participants may begin attending at any
time. Info: 866-262-9284 for confidential time and place. American Legion Veterans Assistance Office: Open every Thursday (except holidays), 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 19068 Jensen Way, Suite 3A, Poulsbo. Free services to assist veterans and widows with VA claims. Info: 360779-5456. At Ease Toastmasters: Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m., Subway meeting room, 3850 Kitsap Way, Bremerton. Learn valuable public speaking, evaluation and leadership skills in a friendly, supportive atmosphere. Info: Dave Harris, 360-478-7089 or harriscd.wa@ comcast.net. Bainbridge Island Republican Women: Second Wednesday, 11 a.m., Wing Point Golf and Country Club, 811 Cherry Ave., Bainbridge Island. Lunch: $17. Guests welcome. RSVP: 206-3375543. Bremerton Northern Model Railroad Club: First Mondays, 7-8 p.m., All Star Bowling Lanes, 10710 Silverdale Way NW, Silverdale. New members and guests. Info: Reed Cranmore, bremertonnorthern@comcast.net. Bridge Group: Tuesdays, 8 a.m., Stafford Suites, 1761 Pottery Ave., Port Orchard. Free to play, $4 for lunch. Info: Denise Hoyt, dhoyt@ staffordcare.com, 360-874-1212. Caregivers Support Group: Tuesdays, 2 p.m., Rolling Bay Presbyterian Church, 11042 Sunrise Drive NE, Bainbridge Island. Sponsored by Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers. Info: Karen, karen.carson@comcast.net, 206842-3539. See Calendar, Page 5