The downtown core of Bremerton is filled with history, preserved in its tradition and memory as well as its buildings. And in the midst of a surge toward revitalization, the Kitsap County Historical Society wants to make sure that the past is not forgotten in the ambition of the future.
Behold. The mullet.
No hairstyle since a bunch of 18th century Euro-fops were running rampant in gigantic wigs like uber-rich nancies has held such prestige. Such arrogance and dare I say (sure, why not?) flair for fashion.
When thinking of non-fiction, most people likely conjure a somewhat dull read in the form of biography, historical account, textbook or otherwise.
Bainbridge Island-based author Jim Whiting has written at least one book in each of those veins in the past five years, yet he still isn’t bored with the genre. That’s because for him non-fiction, fact finding and learning overall are essential.
When looking for a change of pace in one’s typical weekend entertainment buffet of movies, TV, concerts and special dinners, there’s a family-friendly dish of destruction being served up at the Kitsap Fairgrounds.
From April through September, members of the Kitsap Destruction Derby Association are regularly racing and knocking fenders at the track on Saturday nights. The next installment is slated for this weekend, starting at 4:30 p.m. July 14.
Despite what the hit theme song may allude to, prancing along gayly — “Oooo … klaaaa … homa, where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain / and the wavin’ wheat can sure smell sweet,” and so on — the musical “Oklahoma!” is seminal in American musical theater for its serious and gritty nature.
The quaint and quiet grounds of the Bloedel Reserve are about to be infused with an annual series of summer concerts. This year, more than ever before, filling up the month of July.
Series organizer and Bloedel program director Kate Gromley said she has scheduled more performances than any in previous years, and tried to provide a mix in genres “for all musical tastes and ages,” she said.
MxPx’s upcoming CD — the 10th full-length of its discography — is reaching back to the punkish roots that the band planted in Bremerton more than a decade ago. Unfortunately for those MxPx-sters still in Kitsap, there will be no live release shows for “Secret Weapon” anywhere on the peninsula.
Though it is likely to cause an overload of wit or an assured split side for anyone who attends both, the Edge Improv troupe is putting on back-to-back shows at Bainbridge Performing Arts this weekend.
The line between illusion and illustration will be blurred at Gallery Fraga this summer as it aims to deceive and play games with the eye in a cleverly sophisticated setting — a group fine art exhibit of trompe l’oeil.
Trompe l’oeil, (pronounced trawmp-loi) is a French term, meaning literally “trick the eye.”
It’s an art form — a cross between illusionism and realism — which creates the illusion of reality.
Situated behind the Walker-Ames House and the General Store in Port Gamble, overlooking Gamble Bay, fans of outdoor cinema will be set to take in the views along with a free, family-friendly movie as part of the town’s Sunset Cinema on the lawn.
Nothing says summer better than a free concert on the waterfront.
Cities around the county have hidden gems of outdoor concert venues that have either not been fully realized. However, annually during the hottest days of summer Port Orchard, Silverdale, Poulsbo and Bainbridge each open their waterfront shoreline to the music for free summer concert series.
Though in real life Port Orchard artist Michele Sleight is a detailed-oriented, middle-aged mother of four, in the world which she creates with pen and ink, she is a more spontaneous, still extensively detail-oriented illustrator of imagination
And while they are meticulously defined, the concepts of her work are often as whimsical as a child’s dreams.
It’s time to party for America.
The Fourth of July, of course, is the celebration of the incredibly impressive and strategic struggle which led the United States to becoming an independent nation on July 4, 1776. Most all of what we enjoy, detest, accomplish and fight for as Americans should be represented in each colorful fireball that rockets into the air that night.
The beauty of improv theatre is that anything can happen. Therefore, one could quite rationally deduce that at the final show for the Jewel Box’s improv troupe — the Portable Reality Show — this Saturday, it might very well be raining cats and dogs.
Now imagine, in the midst of that furry storm, a slow-motion riot breaks out which can only be resolved by a beacon fashioned in the form of Mel Gibson’s posterior dancing to a rousing acoustic guitar-driven-camp-song ballad.
The House of Soul-stice, a cozy fledgling 21+ music venue on the shores of Sinclair Inlet in Port Orchard, will be doing the Fourth of July up right with a batch of country, rock, blues and barbecue all wrapped up in a jam session that starts that day around 2 p.m.
From then on, the music will continue, segueing from a come-one, come-all open mic-style jam into an evening concert featuring the venue’s namesake band Soul-stice.
Lovers of American film noir may want to shack up at the library on Sidney Street in Port Orchard starting tomorrow through the month of July.
The Kitsap Regional Libary branch is making use of its massive movie archives in creating a new classic film series targeted at adults. Its first installment — “The Maltese Falcon” (1941) — will light the screen at 6 p.m. Thursday as the initial five-part series leaves the gates focused on the dark and anxious style of film noir.
Amidst a host of fund raisers that have dotted the county already in 2007, there’s a new event in Kitsap with its monetary crosshairs fixed on finding a cure for, or at least contributing to the research in the fields of cancer and juvenile diabetes and Alzheimer’s.
Tomorrow, summer will officially be upon us, according to the Gregorian calendar. But Saturday night, inline with centuries of tradition, Poulsbo will be kicking off its celebration Scandinavian style on the waterfront.
As the maistang rises, the Sons of Norway Leikarringen kids will lead the dance into Midsummer Fest.
With an immense set of ‘70s reminiscent, originally crafted rock in its cadre and an astute ability to ad lib as the music takes a path of its own, Mos Generator isn’t a band typically in need of openers in their hometown.
They were the movies that everyone just “had” to see. Not necessarily the creme de la creme, to quote my good friend who taught me French in grade school — Mr. Pepe le Pew — but shows that if you didn’t see them, you were basically left out of every conversation for months on end. Possibly years. Although that could have been your breath.
Red onions. The bane of your existence.
