A long time ago, a quarter of a century has sped by as fast as humming birds in a summer flower field. The Amy Burnett Art Gallery has closed its retail operation in downtown Bremerton. From the beginning, a question was always asked, the most asked question in fact, “Why Bremerton?” I was stunned in […]
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West Sound Quilters’ Annual Quilt Show Brings Theme of ‘Tradition with a Twist’
West Sound Quilters’ annual show features around 300 quilts made by members, plus wearable art, vendors, demonstrations, quilt turning, a raffle quilt, a treasure chest, auction blocks, community quilts, a café and more. The show has the theme “Tradition with a Twist” this year and runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, […]
Farm Tour and Fiber Arts Fest a Key Pen Destination
Every first weekend in October, the Key Peninsula is the place to be if you like to hang around a bucolic place away from the city buzz. The Key Peninsula Farm Tour and the Fiber Arts Festival are two longtime events that have become an annual destination. It’s a weekend to celebrate the rural lifestyle, […]
Smash-Hit Musical Based on Smash-Hit Movie Comes to Bainbridge
Based on an Oscar-winning movie, “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert — the Musical” is an iconic hit musical that has won various awards. The musical recounts the heartwarming, uplifting adventure of three friends — Tick, Bernadette and Adam, a glamorous Sydney-based performing trio who take their show to the middle of the Australian outback. They […]
New Arts Event to Support Art-In-Residence School Program
Two Waters Arts Alliance will host a new fundraising event, Colors of Autumn, to benefit its Artist in Schools programs. This new event replaces Two Waters’ popular Spring Fling, which for many years celebrated the art, arts education and artists of the Key Peninsula community. Colors of Autumn, taking place on Sept. 30, 6-9 p.m. […]
Open Studio Tour
Self-taught artist Jane Henson is a Seattle native who has lived creatively her entire life. Drawing and painting are fairly new to her repertoire. In 2014, on her 60th birthday, she stopped telling herself she couldn’t draw, bought paper and pencils and began drawing. What emerged is her creative expression that brings to life the […]
Living with Treasures
Come with me for an adventure beyond the heights of the moon, a journey where time and space captivate the airways of imagination. I can’t give a name or a specific place but the story is true. Come with me as I take you where color is a sparkling porcelain rabbit and small rooms accept […]
Grandma’s House — Part of a New Beginning
A few years ago, Deb Ross decided it was time to begin a new chapter in her life. Her husband had died, leaving her with a home on acreage that she lovingly dubs “the farmhouse.” That home was filled with memories of a long and happy marriage but now the children were grown, establishing lives […]
A Forest for the Grandkids
“We kind of built this whole place around the grandkids,” said Sam Johnson, speaking about the 30 acres of mostly forested land near Kingston that he and his wife, Debi, purchased in 2001. The Johnsons had been living in Edmonds and were both getting ready to retire from the construction business. They wanted a place […]
