Not even a full year after following his dreams from Bainbridge to Los Angeles, the 20-year-old choreographer and creator of 2005’s “This is Now,” Vince Palazzolo is returning to the island with a new show and a new dancing addiction — contortion.
His latest work is an ode to that fixation which Palazzolo has been forging along with some professionally trained circus acrobats and gymnasts. “Toys and Dreams,” a collaborative circus style show without words, premieres at 7:30 p.m. March 15 at Bainbridge Performing Arts.

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He may be categorized as a Christian artist, but that hasn’t stopped John Reuben from thinking outside the box when it comes to spreading his message.
Reuben, once called Christian radio’s answer to Eminem, is out in support of his new release, “Word of Mouth,” and is making a stop at the Roxy Theatre, 270 4th St., in downtown Bremerton. Indie rockers Deas Vail from Russellville, Ark., and Lexington, Ohio’s Jonathan Hape, a singer/songwriter, open the show starting at 7 p.m. March 10.

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From a flurry of composition that’s included charting the scores for several full musicals as well as recording, producing and arranging Nordstrom’s holiday disc in the past three years, Dehner Franks returns to Bainbridge Island.
A classically jazzed and accomplished gem on the keys, Franks departed from the intimate concert circuit of the Pacific Northwest for the commercial music hub of Las Vegas, but he’s kept strong ties to his formative stomping grounds.

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Sometimes a car crash or six just doesn’t seem to cut it and the need to see bullets flying fast and furious comes over me quicker than Jack Bauer can order a cornered terrorist to “Stand down!”

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During the first weekend in March, the Bainbridge Performing Arts stage will host a trip to early 14th century Japan for a look into the beginnings of the Eastern Noh and Kyogen theatre followed by a somewhat apathetic look at the current state of western performance.
A troupe from the San Francisco based Theatre of Yugen will be making a stop on its national tour on Bainbridge, while Marya Sea Kaminski’s sequel to the one-woman show “In DisDress” will take the stage with the BPA’s After Dark series.

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ARTS & CRAFTS
PAINT IN: Kitsap Artist Association will host a Paint In from 9 a.m. to noon March 10 at the Clear Creek Community Club, 12641 Clear Creek Rd NW, Silverdale. Challenge is painting with white and crystal obects. Info: kitsapartists@kitsapartists.com or Sandy Ramsey (360) 698-5991….

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Olalla author Gregg Olsen’s first novel has the same tone and subject matter as his eight true crime books, but the ability to control the plot allowed him a new freedom.
“Real life is messy,” Olsen said. “Writing true crime forces me to stick to what actually happened. Writing fiction allows me to tie up all the loose ends.”

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Going off the theme that the is no theme, natural landscape artist Jackie Bush-Turner renderings of birds, barns, sunsets, wetlands and waterways are taking over the walls of Collective Visions Art Gallery for the month of March.

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The unspoken elegance of a swan is a fitting compliment to the old-fashion sophisticated speak of author Howard Norman.
The two join hands in his latest novel “Devotion,” a love story that revolves around a main character who is a Canadian swanherd.

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The call for unity between artists of all ages has been vocalized. Its resonance is beginning at an old gallery hall on Callow Avenue.
The Artists for Freedom and Unity, a new non-profit visual and performing arts promoting union, is laying down its roots at 318 N. Callow Ave., in the space that used to house Metropolis the Gallery.

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To call the Turtle Island String Quartet a classical music act is akin to calling Jackson Pollack a painter. Sure the label fits, but like Pollack, Turtle Island are revolutionaries of their craft, taking classical elements and splattering them all over the wall along with elements of folk, funk, rock, hip-hop, be-bop, bluegrass, swing, Latin American and rhythm and blues.

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The language of sexuality is often shunned by society but will be spoken openly and fluidly starting tomorrow on Bainbridge Island as Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues” takes the stage at Bainbridge Performing Arts.
Its return is due to the vision and determination of Island resident Mary Granfors.
“I know that this is an important social piece that needs to be happening,” said Granfors, who is directing the play.

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The second installment of the Island Soundscape Chamber Players series of cross-over compositions adds local writer Bill Branley’s contemporary twist to Igor Stravinsky’s “L’Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier’s Tale).
Set in contemporary time, the story centers around a soldier returning from war. Much like the original first produced in 1918, the protagonist is a war surviving violinist who sells his musical instrument to the devil.

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ARTS & CRAFTS CALL TO ARTISTS: Bainbridge Island Summer Studio Tour issuing a call to artists through March 23. Applications…

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For nearly 60 years, The Four Freshmen have been an influence in pop music.
Formed in 1948, in Indianapolis by brothers Ross and Don Barbour as a vocal group they specialized in improvised harmonies and sheer musical talent. Adding two new voices in Bob Flanigan and Hal Kratzsch and the band began to attract the attention of the legendary Stan Kenton who got them signed to Capitol Records.

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It’s Valentine’s Day and whether you’re a lover or a loser, a night out on the town can make or break you (pocketbook included). Forgot which president’s picture is on the $20 bill? Maybe a fancy dinner, champagne and truffles are still on the menu — just not one you or your beloved will see tonight.

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Ken Kesey’s immortal character, con-man turned convict Randle Patrick McMurphy is a portrait of rebellion and individuality.
In the 1962 novel “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” McMurphy claims insanity in order to be transfered to a mental institution, in search of creature comforts. What he finds is a rallying ground for a group of stark individuals which he bolsters, and supports in taking a stance against authority — more specifically Nurse Mildred Ratched head of the asylum.
Hailed as a literary masterpiece, the book was an inspiration to a generation that began to challenge the authority and social norms of the late 1950s and early ‘60s.
Now, the adapted stage version of the story is challenging the norm at the Western Washington Center for the Arts.

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Eclectic entertainment or one-man variety act?
Whatever you want to call it, that’s what The Great Kaplan is bringing for a one-night-only show at 7 p.m. Feb. 17 to the Admiral Theatre stage.
Part juggling master, magician, inventor, musician and deadpan comedian in the vein of Peter Sellers, Victor Borge and Buster Keaton, multi-talented David Kaplan lets the audience in on the humor.

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Ed Metzger, along with his wife, Laya Geiff, took on one of the 20th century’s greatest minds when they wrote the one-man play “Albert Einstein: The Practical Bohemian” back in 1978.
Debuting in Los Angeles. Metzger, a former medical student, has continued to perform his role as the iconic scientist ever since. And he’s coming to Bremerton at 7 p.m. Feb. 15 at the Admiral Theatre.

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