A community service of BARN: the Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network
Odyssey Program Co-founder Peggy Koivu and Kate Pippinger Tired of power struggles with your children? Raising Resilience can help! This Bainbridge Island non-profit is offering a workshop on Positive Discipline with Peggy Koivu on Monday, February 11, from 6:30-8 pm at the high school library. …
Rotarians Tom Lindsley and Jack Sutherland installing an AED at Ace Hardware Over 40 defibrillators have been installed around our island since Islander Jack Sutherland’s cardiac arrest at a Rotary meeting. Listen here as BIFD Fire Chief Hank Teran, Rotary president Robin Goldston, and Jack …
Kathy McGowan, Jim Corsetti, and Elizabeth Vroom with Sakai students Genna Albrecht, Taylor Mass and Rowan Meek You can recycle your plastic bags! Sakai students are collecting, weighing and shipping plastic film to be recycled into TREX composite decking. Listen here as 5th graders, Genna …
Support Group Facilitator Lori Gordon The Alzheimer’s Association is offering a new support group for caregivers of those with memory loss. Meeting 2nd Wednesdays from 2:30 – 4pm at BARN, the group offers a safe place for unpaid family caregivers to talk through issues and …
BIFD’s Commissioner Tim Carey, Fire Chief Hank Teran and Finance Manager Ed Kaufman Curious about our upcoming EMS levy? For this podcast we invited Fire Chief Hank Teran, BIFD Finance Manager Ed Kaufman and Fire Commissioner Tim Carey to explain why the levy is needed, …
Reed Price, John McKenzie, Nancy Lewars and Ann Lovejoy The population of older adults is growing at an unprecedented pace here on Bainbridge Island. Approximately 1/4 of the people living on Bainbridge Island are 65 or older. Recognizing this, it was decided that the next …
Calling all readers, book group members and lovers of books. Here’s a great way to meet like-minded folks while supporting one of the Island’s most appreciated institutions. Listen here as Bainbridge Public Library Board members Rachelle Castleberry and Caryl Grosch tell us about the upcoming …
Climate change experts Lara Hansen and Michael Cox How do we make sense of the recent climate change news? And what can we do? On Saturday, January 26 at 10am at Eagle Harbor Congregational Church, the Climate & Energy Forum will host a discussion about …
“Splendor in the Grass” by Susan Wiersema Bainbridge Island artist Susan Wiersema uses photography, watercolor, and colored pencil to reveal the soulful nature of animals. Her new show, My Pet Project: Portraits of Cats and Dogs opens at the Bainbridge Library as part of the …
Carla Sias, Loren Bast, Anne Blair, and Kaylie Chinn Curious about how our police department works? Participate in the Bainbridge Island Police Department (BIPD) Citizens’ Academy, beginning this February. This free 12-week program lets you meet police officers and see their work first-hand; listen here …