Below, you’ll find our most recent announcements and press releases.
BPA Theatre School is now registering for an enticing array of winter classes for pupils of all ages. Read more and register today online at www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org, or contact Pete Benson by phone at 206.842.4560 x3 with questions.
Read MoreStudents, ages 8 – 14 present Milk Money and B.I. Confidential – two original scripts by Bainbridge playwright Scott Breitbarth in BPA Theatre School’s Fall Play Fest.
Read MoreCelebrate a night out on Bainbridge Island November 2 as The EDGE Improv offers imagination on demand, divined spontaneously from audience suggestions. “The EDGE Improv is friggin amazing,” said audience member Jeanne P. “They take the mundane and turn it into on-the-spot hilarity!”
Read MoreTen great comics from around the country vie for fame and fortune. Join us for the concluding show of the semi-finals, after which this year’s finalists will be announced. The 40th Annual Seattle International Comedy Competition starts November 7 and continues for 20 shows at venues throughout the region until a winner is crowned on Sunday, December 1 at the famed Comedy Underground in Seattle. Track the nightly results at www.facebook.com/seattlecomedycompetition.
Read MoreJoin us in the BPA Gallery November 1 for the First Friday Art Walk, an enjoyable evening of art and friends, and photographs by Paul Brians from the new book, Natural Bainbridge. This new book, published by the Bainbridge Island Land Trust, focuses on protecting, sustaining, and appreciating Bainbridge island’s natural character and special preserved places.
Read MoreJoin beloved EDGE troupe member Cynthia Lair for a sourdough starter making demo and “Sourdough on the Rise” book-signing. Learn how to make delicious whole grain sourdough breads with recipes designed for home cooks—from Danish rye seed bread and English muffins to focaccia and flapjacks.
Read MoreBainbridge Symphony Orchestra launches BPA’s 2019 – 2020 symphonic season in grand fashion with Music Director & Conductor Mario Alejandro Torres and a program that’s “out of this world.” To celebrate the new season, BSO will start the evening with George Chadwick’s buoyant Jubilee from Symphonic Sketches. Then the acclaimed violinist and former concertmaster of the Seattle Symphony, Maria Larionoff, will make a guest appearance by performing one of the most important violin concertos of the 20th century – Distant Light by Pēteris Vasks. In an exciting conclusion to the evening, BSO will perform selections from Gustav Holst’s powerful and haunting The Planets.
Read MoreViolinist and founder Pat Strange leads the 12-member conductor-less ensemble made up of musicians from the Bainbridge Island community. The program features the premier of “Stellar Nebulae” by California composer Brian Belet and music by Respighi, Jenkins, Hovhaness, Corigliano, and Tchaikovsky.
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