Give Island Experiences and Memories
HOLIDAY EVENTS (in chronological order)
Home for the Holidays Downtown Festival. Holiday music, treats, free horse-drawn carriage rides from 10am – 7pm on Nov. 28 in downtown Winslow. Tree lighting at American Marine Bank Plaza at 5:30pm. www.bainbridgedowntown.org
Bloedel Reserve Holiday Concert. Grammy Award-winners Tingstad & Rumbel perform at 4:30pm on Nov. 29 at the Bloedel Reserve. Tickets: $30. Reservations: 206-842-7631. www.bloedelreserve.org
Bainbridge Library December Delights. Wednesdays, Dec. 2, 9, 16, 10:30am: Wintery crafts and stories for preschoolers and their families. Free! Bainbridge Public Library, 1270 Madison Ave. N. 206-842-4162. www.bainbridgepubliclibrary.org
Holidays on The EDGE. Dec. 4, 7:30pm. BPA’s 4th annual holiday FUNdraiser presents an engaging evening with The EDGE Improv group. The evening's festivities include dessert and champagne plus a raffle for myriad enticements. 206-842-8569. www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org
St. Nicholas Festival. Dec. 5, 9am-noon in Conger Hall at St Cecilia Catholic Church, 1310 Madison Ave. N. Feast on a pancake breakfast. Kids will enjoy crafts and games. Back again this year is the Three Kings Gift Shop, The Goodie Shop, and visits or pictures with Santa. $10/person or $35/family at the door. 206.842-1172.
Bainbridge Chorale Holiday Concert. “Rejoice.” Dec. 5, 7:30pm & Dec. 6, 3pm, with Rolling Bay Presbyterian Church. www.bainbridgechorale.org
Holiday Carnival at the Pool. Dec. 9, 6-8pm. Games, prizes, and activities at the Aquatic Center. 206-842-2302. www.biparks.org
Bainbridge Performing Arts presents Peter Pan. Dec. 11 – 20. 206-842-8569. www.BainbridgePerformingArts.org
Home for the Holidays Caroling Party. Dec. 12, 4 - 5pm, Eagle Harbor Congregational Church. Ovation! Musical Theatre Bainbridge and Bainbridge Chorale co-present free, old-fashioned community caroling sing-a-long. Songsheets provided. Donations of cash or non-perishable food items benefit Helpline House. www.ovationmtb.com
Chanukkah Party. Congregation Kol Shalom. Dec. 12, 6pm at 9010 Miller Rd. www.kolshalom.net
Home Alone Film Screening to Benefit Toys for Tots and Helpline House. Bring your family to this Holiday classic in which an 8-year old boy is mistakenly left at home when the rest of his family departs for Paris for the holidays. Dec. 12, 11 am, at Bainbridge Cinemas at the Pavilion, 403 N. Madison Ave. Admission is either a financial or food donation. 206.855-8173.
Evensong. Dec. 13, 5pm. St. Barnabas Church, 1187 Wyatt Way NW. 206-842-5601. www.stbbi.org
Lighted Parade of Boats. Music, holiday carols, hot chocolate/cider, view boats, plus Argosy Christmas Ship. Dec. 13, 6pm, Waterfront Park.
Bainbridge Island Youth Orchestra. Dec. 13, 7pm. Music by Mendelssohn and Handel. Island Church, Sportsman Club Road. Free. www.biyo.us
Ovation! Musical Theatre Bainbridge presents Fiddler on the Roof. Dec. 14 - 20 at Bainbridge High School Theatre (9330 NE High School Road). www.ovationmtb.com
Squeaky Wheels Annual Light Up the Night Ride. Dec.17. Decorate yourselves and your bikes with lights, music and costumes, and ride around Winslow to help publicize lighting and safety. Begins at 5:30 p.m. the Marge Williams Center, 221 Winslow Way W. www.squeakywheels.org
Winter Concert and Sing Along at The Island School. Dec.17, 7 – 8pm. Concert by student choral groups followed by audience sing-along and refreshments. Free. Webster Hall at The Island School, 8553 NE Day Road. 206-842-0400. www.theislandschool.org
Island Theatre at the Library: Greetings by Tom Dudzick, directed by Fred Saas. A young man brings home his Jewish atheist fiancé to meet his very Catholic parents on Christmas Eve. Dec. 19 & 20.7:30pm. Free, donations appreciated. Bainbridge Public Library, 1270 Madison Ave N. 206-842-4162. www.islandtheatre.org
Handel’s Messiah Sing-A-Long. Hosted by the Bainbridge Chorale, Dec. 29, 7pm at Rolling Bay Presbyterian Church, 11042 Sunrise Drive. NE. Open to everyone, including those who want to sing and those who just want to listen, to benefit the Chorale Young Singers Program. Suggested donation of $10, with children under 13 free. www.bainbridgechorale.org. 206-780-2467.
Mochi Tsuki Festival. Jan. 3 , 11am – 3 pm. Traditional Japanese sweet rice-making festival at IslandWood. www.bijac.org
Sing Out 2009: Tickets to the 11th anniversary Sing Out on Jan. 30 make great gifts: a day of song, soul-food dinner, and black-gospel-style choral music at the Filipino-American Hall with the Total Experience Gospel Choir. Info: 206-842-4164.
Give Experiences as Gifts (arranged alphabetically)
Bainbridge Island Aquatic Center punch card: www.biparks.org
Bainbridge Performing Arts Theatre School classes: www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org
Fields’ End writing workshops. www.fieldsend.org
Island Music Guild classes: www.islandmusic.org
IslandWood. Sign up for a docent-led site tour with your out-of-town visitors, or an Enviro-Exploration on a Sunday afternoon. www.islandwood.org
Oil & Water art classes: www.oilandwaterarts.com.