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Tween-Teen Book Club
2025-06-24 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Bainbridge Public Library
Each month, we take a different theme, pick out books to read and talk about them the following month. We learn how to think critically about our books, try out new genres, and share our thoughts about what we read. For grades 6th – 8th, who heavily read teen/young adult novels. Registration required due to space limitations.
Age: Grades 6-8
Price: Free (Register)

Poetry Reading & Open Mic
2025-06-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Bainbridge Public Library
Join us for a night of poetry! Tonight’s program will feature reader Julia B. Levine followed by an open mic.
Julia B. Levine is the author of six collections of poetry, including Small Disasters Seen in Sunlight (LSU, 2014), winner of the 2015 Northern California Book Award. Her most recent, Lullaby for the Sixth Extinction, winner of the Wolfson Press Award, will be available in Fall 2025.
Open mic under 4 minutes each. Sign up begins at 6:45 PM. Ages 14+ please.
Hosted by Michele Bombardier, Bainbridge Island’s first poet laureate, author of What We Do. www.michelebombardier.com
Presented in partnership with Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network, Bainbridge Community Foundation, Bainbridge Island Rotary Club, Bainbridge Public Library, The City of Bainbridge Island, Town & Country Markets and the Bainbridge Island Poet Laureate Program www.bainbridgeislandpoetlaureate.org
Age: 14+
Price: Free

Suquamish Tribes Use of Native Plants
2025-06-17 17:30 - 18:45 | Poulsbo Kitsap Regional Library, 700 NE Lincoln Rd, Poulsbo, Washington, 98110
Learn about the Suquamish tribes practical and medicinal use of native plants, including devil’s club, salal, western sword fern, and western red cedar.
This program is in partnership with educators from the Suquamish Museum.
Age: All
Price: Free

Monday Teen Space
2025-06-16 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-06-02 14:00 - 16:00 | Bainbridge Public Library
Hosted by Bainbridge Public Library
“Hang out after school in our main meeting space for fun, festivities, and Fritos. Study or read, kick back with our old-school video game consoles, watch a movie, or join in a tabletop game. Snacks provided.”
Price: Free
Age: Teen

Peace Chalk Party
2025-06-14 14:00 - 15:30 | Poulsbo Kitsap Regional Library, 700 NE Lincoln Rd, Poulsbo, Washington, 98110
Come together with fellow community members to “chalk in” the empty spaces created by the outline of our giant peace sign. Enjoy live music, Kona Ice, and (of course) bubbles.
Our friends from Kitsap Public Health District will also be set up in the Community Room with Glow-Germ, a clever teaching tool that helps kids understand the importance of thorough hand washing.
Get to know someone new, or just come hang out in this restorative space.
Artistic expression will be encouraged. Sidewalk chalk provided.
This event will take place in the lower parking lot.
Age: All
Price: Free

Rainbow Refashion: A Pride Upcycling Workshop
2025-06-12 17:30 - 19:30 | Bainbridge Public Library
Revamp your wardrobe and let your rainbow spirit shine for Pride season! Craft a bracelet and button, bring your favorite items of clothing and add patches, ribbons, sequins and more, all supplies provided.
Age: All
Price: Free

Island Film Group: Pride (2014)
2025-06-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Bainbridge Public Library
The Island Film Group meets on the second Wednesday of the month to watch a movie followed by an informal discussion. Join us this month to celebrate Pride season with a heartwarming British drama about a group of LGBTQ activists who unite with miners during the strike of summer 1984.
Age: All
Price: Free

YA Book Release Party: Rayne Lacko’s The Secret Song of Shelby Rey
2025-06-09 14:30 - 15:30 | Bainbridge Public Library
Local author Rayne Lacko joins us for a conversation about the writing process and her recently-released YA novel, The Secret Song of Shelby Rey with book signing to follow.
Age: Teens
Price: Free

The Edge Improv
2025-06-07 19:30 | Bainbridge Performing Arts, 200 Madison Ave N., Bainbridge Island, 98110
The Edge Improv has been making on-the-spot comedy in the Pacific Northwest for the last 30 years and is one of the longest-running improv groups in the region.
Age: All
Price: $17-$20

Teen Art Saturdays: Turkish Fold Maps
2025-06-07 10:30 - 12:30 | Bainbridge Public Library
Calling all teens who LOVE art and want to hang out and learn about new techniques. Join us every month to learn about different mediums and create projects guided by a Bainbridge Island Museum of Art Educator.
Inspired by BIMA’s Power of the Presses exhibition.
Grades 7-12.
Price: Free

Power of the Presses Printmaking Studio
2025-06-06 16:30 - 2025-06-08 15:30 | Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, 550 Winslow Way E, Bainbridge Island, WA, 98110
Visitors to the Power of the Press exhibition will have the unique opportunity to engage with the art-making process themselves. A working printing press will be on display in the gallery, where guests can participate in live demonstrations and create their own works alongside special guests.

FIRST FRIDAYS, March – June 2025
4:30 pm – 7:30 pm
WEEKENDS, March – June 2025
Saturdays – 11:30 am – 4:30 pm
Sundays – 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Life Drawing Studio
2025-06-03 18:00 - 20:30 | Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, 550 Winslow Way E, Bainbridge Island, WA, 98110
BIMA’s weekly Life Drawing Studio features rotating unclothed art models in short gesture, and longer timed sessions. All levels are welcome! Participants explore variations in technique, mediums, lighting, poses, and settings.
No instruction or drawing materials are supplied, though easels, drawing boards, and tabletop work surfaces are provided.
This series meets Tuesdays from 6:00-8:30 pm in the 2nd-floor classroom at BIMA; the after-hours entrance to the building is at the side door marked 100 Ravine Lane.
We meet every Tuesday EXCEPT FOR THIRD TUESDAYS. Join us for Drink & Draw at the Bainbridge Brewing Alehouse on Thursday evenings during the third week of each month instead.
$20 dollar drop-in fee per session
Facilitated by Jenna d’Anna, Senior Manager of Museum Education & Community Engagement
Age: All
Price: $20

Monday Teen Space
2025-06-02 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-19 14:00 - 16:00 | Bainbridge Public Library
Hang out after school in our main meeting space for fun, festivities, and Fritos. Study or read, kick back with our old-school video game consoles, watch a movie, or join in a tabletop game. Snacks provided.
Age: Teens

Space for All
2025-05-30 16:00 - 18:00 | Bremerton, Bremerton, Washington
High school students – You’re invited to “Space for All” on Friday, May 30th, 4-6 pm in Bremerton! We’ll enjoy a meal, get to know each other, have conversation about the activities that support our wellbeing, and make art. This is an event organized by the Kitsap Strong Youth Leadership Team, which includes students from seven local high schools, to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month. Seating is limited and we are serving dinner and giving gift bags to everyone, so we are asking for RSVPs here: https://forms.gle/XzirW1e7QGGtJz466. Please RSVP and share with friends.

Age: Highschool Students

Price: Free

Teen Dungeons & Dragons: Virtual Tabletop
2025-05-29 15:30 - 17:00, 2025-05-22 15:30 - 17:00, 2025-05-15 15:30 - 17:00 | Bainbridge Public Library
Join other teens in this online group to discover the action and intrigue that awaits in fantasy worlds full of mystery. A free D&D Beyond account is required. For more information, email ksmith@krl.org.
Age: Teens

Tween-Teen Book Club
2025-05-27 16:00 - 18:00 | WA
Each month, we take a different theme, pick out books to read and talk about them the following month. We learn how to think critically about our books, try out new genres, and share our thoughts about what we read. For grades 6th – 8th, who heavily read teen/young adult novels. Registration required due to space limitations.
Age: Tweens/Teens

The Ravine Art Fair
2025-05-24 09:00 - 18:00 | The Ravine, 444 Winslow Way East, Bainbridge Island, WA, 98110
Discover artisan vendors offering fine art, jewelry, unique gifts, and the shops at The Ravine
Age: All
Price: Free

BHS Spring Musical
2025-05-16 - 2025-05-17, 2025-05-09 - 2025-05-10 | BHS Theater, 9330 NE High School Road, Bainbridge Island, Washington, 98110
Bainbridge High School Spring Musical: Grease
Times:
Friday: 7:00pm
Saturday: 3:00pm
Saturday: 7:00pm
Age: All
Price: $12 (Tickets)

Poetry Reading & Open Mic
2025-05-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Bainbridge Public Library
Join us for a night of poetry! Tonight’s program will feature a guest reader followed by an open mic.
Open mic sign up begins at 6:45 PM. Open mic under 4 minutes each! Ages 14+ please.
Hosted by Michele Bombardier, Bainbridge Island’s first poet laureate, author of What We Do. www.michelebombardier.com
Presented in partnership with Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network, Bainbridge Community Foundation, Bainbridge Island Rotary Club, Bainbridge Public Library, The City of Bainbridge Island, Town & Country Markets and the Bainbridge Island Poet Laureate Program www.bainbridgeislandpoetlaureate.org

Island Film Group: Gattaca (1997)
2025-05-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Bainbridge Public Library
The Island Film Group meets on the second Wednesday of the month to watch a movie followed by an informal discussion. Join us this month for an underrated 90s gem, the science-fiction flick Gattaca.
Hosted By Bainbridge Public Library
Age: All

BHS Fastpitch Softball
2025-05-12 16:00 | Bainbridge High School, 9330 NE High School Road, Bainbridge Island, WA, 98110
BHS vs. North Kitsap
Age: All
Price: Tickets

Mindful Doodling with Cara Bean
2025-05-12 14:30 - 15:30 | Bainbridge Public Library
Join cartoonist Cara Bean in this hands-on, visual thinking, mindfulness workshop. Cara walks participants through creative exercises to lessen anxiety, build confidence, and grow creativity. Together, you’ll go over the basics of communicative drawing (stick figures allowed!) and develop the skills needed to doodle as a form of play and problem-solving.
By the end of the workshop, the group will create an interconnected doodle to be displayed in the library.
Attendees will also receive a FREE COPY of Cara’s book, Here I Am, I Am Me
Grades 7-12.
HOW TO REGISTER
To confirm your registration after online signup, please email Gem Seddon, the Bainbridge Island Teen Services Librarian, at gseddon@krl.org with the following details:

Name and age of registrants
Any special requirements

Thank you!

Teen Mindful Drawing Workshop with Cara Bean
2025-05-12 14:30 - 15:30 | Bainbridge Public Library
Join cartoonist Cara Bean in this hands-on, visual thinking, mindfulness workshop. Cara walks participants through creative exercises to lessen anxiety, build confidence, and grow creativity. Together, you’ll go over the basics of communicative drawing (stick figures allowed!) and develop the skills needed to doodle as a form of play and problem-solving.
By the end of the workshop, the group will create an interconnected doodle to be displayed in the library.
Attendees will also receive a FREE COPY of Cara’s book, Here I Am, I Am Me
Grades 7-12.
HOW TO REGISTER

To confirm your registration after online signup, please email Gem Seddon, the Bainbridge Island Teen Services Librarian, at gseddon@krl.org with the following details:

Name and age of registrants
Any special requirements

Thank you!
Hosted by Bainbridge Public Library

Teen Art Saturdays: Drawing & Painting on Location
2025-05-10 10:30 - 12:30 | Bainbridge Public Library
Calling all teens who LOVE art and want to hang out and learn about new techniques. Join us every month to learn about different mediums and create projects guided by a Bainbridge Island Museum of Art Educator.
This month’s workshop is inspired by the Bainbridge Urban Sketchers exhibition at BIMA. Urban Sketchers tell the story of their surroundings, the places they live, and where they travel.
Hosted by Bainbridge Public Library
Grades 7-12.

Finding Peace: 1st Annual Korean Heritage Night
2025-05-08 18:30 - 20:00 | Woodward Middle School, 9125 Sportsman Club Rd NE, BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WA, 98110
For the first time in the history of the Kitsap County and Bainbridge Island, we are proud to present the 1st Annual Korean Heritage Night in partnership with Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA), Arts Humanities Bainbridge (AHB), and SolJoy.
Tickets are free. Must register to attend.
Suggested donation of $25. 100% of donations fund leadership wellness scholarships
Age: All (Under 14 must be accompanied by a legal guardian)
