Calendar

Apr
22
Fri
Under the Sun @ Eagle Harbor Books
Apr 22 all-day

Kathryn Keve will present her book, Under the Sun, a book about how beautiful and precious the Earth is and ends with the question: what can we do to stop the plunder?

Sun

The book will be available at Eagle Harbor Books from April 22-25. Kathryn will be at Eagle Harbor Books from 5-7 pm on Friday April 22.

A Dozen Artists Portray The Many Faces and Forms of Gaia @ Willow Tree Market
Apr 22 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
A Dozen Artists Portray The Many Faces and Forms of Gaia @ Willow Tree Market | Bainbridge Island | Washington | United States

Images and Words of Love for the Planet in her Cosmos

Willow Tree Market, 169 Winslow Way East

The show opens on Friday April 22nd, Earth Day, at 10 a.m., with an Artists’ Opening Reception that evening from 5 pm to 8 pm. Come early and stay late because many of the artists will speak about their process and perspectives.

Willow Tree hours: Mon – Friday 10 a.m. to 6 pm, Saturday 10 a.m. to 5:30, Sunday noon to 4 pm. Show ends April 30th.

Reuse: Because you can’t recycle the planet @ Bainbridge Public Library
Apr 22 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Come and see great stories of reuse at the Zero Waste sponsored movie, April 22 at 7pm at the Bainbridge Public Library.

Apr
23
Sat
Trees: The Best Technology for Fighting Climate Change! @ Strawberry Hill Center
Apr 23 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

By Olaf Ribeiro

Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District

When people talk about technologies that might offset climate change, they often evoke complex and expensive methods that are just too expensive for most cities, or individuals to implement. However, there is a comparatively low cost method with little risk that can effect climate change –one that all of us can easily participate in. It is called Trees! Planting trees remains one of the cheapest and most effective means of removing excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere (Carbon sequestration).

One tree shading a home in the city will save fossil fuel and cut carbon dioxide reducing the “Greenhouse Effect”. A single mature tree can absorb carbon dioxide @ 48 lbs/year and release enough oxygen into the atmosphere to support 2 human beings. If every American family planted just one tree, the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere would be reduced by one billion lbs. annually.

These are just some of the effects of planting trees that will be discussed in this talk as well as what efforts are taking place globally to save trees – and to plant more trees to mitigate climate change.

Keening, Cries for Creatures at Risk of Extinction @ Dayaalu Center
Apr 23 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

20 poems honoring 20 endangered species representing 20 biomes of the world read aloud by 20 local scientists.

We believe that the merging of science and art creates a more powerful message about the impact humans are having on the world.

Apr
24
Sun
Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story @ Bainbridge Public Library
Apr 24 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

This is a terrific film documenting a couple’s efforts to eat only food that’s been thrown away. It turns out to be surprisingly easy, which is a sad statement about how much food we throw away.

I highly recommend this movie.

This is a Zero Waste sponsored film at the Bainbridge Public Library, April 24 at 1:30pm.

Apr
25
Mon
Messy Mondays: Earth Art Bainbridge @ KiDiMu
Apr 25 @ 10:30 pm – 11:30 pm

Messy-Monday

On Monday mornings in April, KiDiMu invites families to celebrate Earth through art. Children and their grown-ups will enjoy a new eco-themed art project each week. Messy experimentation and sensory exploration will not only be allowed but also encouraged. Drop by anytime between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m.

This program is presented in partnership with the island-wide Earth Art Bainbridge event. No registration necessary. Free with admission or membership. Info: (206)855-4650 or www.kidimu.org.

Mondays, April 4, 11, 18, 25, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

KiDiMu Logo Color Web

Apr
27
Wed
The Salt of the Earth @ Bainbridge Island Community Center
Apr 27 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

The Bainbridge Island Photo Club presents The Salt of the Earth: The Photo Work of Brazilian Sabastiao Selgado. An Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary shows Selgado’s work in documenting the human condition around the world. His high contrast black and white images are rich in the powerful stories they tell, their textural qualities and their composition. This is “A Must See” film. This film will be shown in support of Earth Art Bainbridge, an April 2016 arts festival raising awareness about climate change through art.

The Photo Club will also be showing 16 photos of Selgado’s photography in the main hall of the BI Community Center during the month of April. The club will discuss how this photographer has helped get the ideas across, in his art, of man’s impact on the environment, the raw beauty of our planet, and his personal journey in support of healing the planet.

Trailer:

Apr
28
Thu
Poetry Corners Live! @ Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
Apr 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

This year, Arts & Humanities Bainbridge has partnered with Earth Art Bainbridge to explore themes of ecology and change through the power of verse.

The works of more than 40 island poets are now arrayed in local storefronts, bringing the beauty of verse to passersby — pause and enjoy these “Poetry Corners” as you visit local merchants and services around town.

See the complete list of winning poets and where to find their works at http://ahbainbridge.org/poetry-corners/.

POETRY CORNERS LIVE: Join us at 7 p.m. April 28 for Poetry Corners LIVE! at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art. Contributing poets will share their works from the auditorium stage.

Apr
30
Sat
Artifact Pattern: A performance prose poem @ Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
Apr 30 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Janet Norman Knox’s performance prose poem, Artifact Pattern, examines the Alaskan Way Viaduct as a way to observe humanity’s take on climate change. In collaboration with musician Tom McDonald, Knox uses the humor and heaviness of a viaduct and climate in flux to weigh in on what both tell us about ourselves. Built on giant carbon feet, the viaduct’s very cement is a massive carbon sink. The viaduct is our Roman aqueduct, sending carbon like water to quench the empire’s power thirst. The viaduct is lodged in geologic history like a receding glacier. It occupies the same footprint as the fingers of glaciers that retreated, dropping their erratics, sands, and gravels. There are many facts to connect and our very human brains want to recognize the patterns in poetry, in music, in the quandaries of a society speeding headlong into an uncertainty where we may find ourselves.

Artifact Pattern