We always hear about the well-known and touristy Greek islands such as Crete, Corfu, Santorini, Mykonos and Rhodes. All of these islands have an abundance of beauty but also an abundance of tourists. Some, an overabundance. And then there is Antiparos. Where, you say? Antiparos, the little sister island to Paros, one of the Cyclades […]
People & Places
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Historic Waterfront Mercantiles — The Heart of Their Communities
It’s the kind of business where the same regulars hold court each morning over coffee — a place where you can drop by to pick up a carton of milk and check out the community bulletin board, and find a water bowl pit stop for neighborhood dogs. The area’s small, historical general stores were built […]
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Master Potter Dan Barnett — Blending Beauty and Durability through Clay Art
Entering a clay artist’s workspace can be an experience in sensory overload, with so much to see, absorb and understand. There are bags and buckets of clay, buckets and pots of glaze, bowls of slip and stains, work tables, large pieces of mechanical equipment and assortments of hand tools. Shelves of work in various stages […]
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The CVG Showcases Juried Art from Around the State
One of the most prestigious juried art shows in Washington takes place right in West Sound. Bremerton’s Collective Visions Gallery organizes the CVG Show every year, attracting hundreds of submissions as well as visitors to the exhibit. The 2018 show had nearly 900 works of art submitted by 283 artists from 83 locations throughout the […]
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Seabeck — A Touch of New England
The Seabeck community has one of the most interesting histories in the state of Washington. Marshall Blinn and William Adams founded the community around 1856, when they sailed into the harbor after a trip from Maine that took them 196 days to complete. (Some say that Seabeck is named after a town in Maine called […]
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Historic Bainbridge Schoolhouse Lives on as Museum
In the building’s 110-year existence, it has been poked and prodded, repainted, rewired, moved from one end of the island to the other, retrofitted with an annex and lifted to dig a basement to provide climate-controlled storage and more research space. Fittingly, the little red schoolhouse containing the artifacts of Bainbridge Island’s colorful history is, […]
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Find Your Way to Enchanting Brugge, Belgium
The medieval village of Brugge, Belgium, is a major tourist destination in Europe. But it only feels that way between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. That’s when the Market Square is bustling with day visitors, via bus from Brussels and off the cruise ships in Zeebrugge. Still others breezing through on a […]
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Celebrate the Holiday Season on the Kitsap Peninsula
The skies may be gray this time of year, but the cities and towns around the Kitsap Peninsula region are glowing with bright-colored lights, festive window displays and lots of holiday cheer to share with visiting family and friends. November events kick off the holiday shopping season with annual art-studio tours, hay-wagon and carriage rides, […]
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Brad Stave — Artist in Wood
Brad Stave was perhaps born to be a woodworker. First off, there’s his name, “stave,” which means a vertical wooden plank that’s attached side-by-side to similar planks to make a barrel, bucket or other container. Then there’s the fact that he received his first toolbox when he was just 5 years old. He scrounged wood […]