Here’s the Friday preview: Bainbridge edition for March 8. Feel free to give your own events a plug in the comment section below.
Weather: We’ll
catch a fleeting glimpse of spring today and Saturday, with
sunshine and temperatures in the low 50s. The
National Weather Service expects skies to cloud up Sunday and
rain to return in earnest Monday.
Sports: Spring is already here, at least as far as sports are concerned. Bainbridge boys lacrosse opens its season with a 5:30 p.m. JV game and 7:30 p.m. varsity game this evening at home against Bellevue. Track hosts the Pat Logan Relays at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Boys and girls water polo teams take to the pool Monday with away games. Baseball, fastpitch, boys soccer, tennis all open their seasons next week. You can get updates on the crew team here, and sailing team here.
See a full Spartans schedule here and follow the Sun’s Prepzone on Facebook for updates.
What’s Happening:
- “Distracted” opens at Bainbridge Performing Arts tonight. It’s a show about the life of a 9-year-old boy in an increasingly frenetic and pill popping world. Showtimes are… wait, what were we talking about? Oh, right: 7:30 p.m. on Fridays Saturdays, and 3 p.m. Sundays, from March 8-24. Attendees can stick around for post-show discussions on March 10, 17 & 24.
- Meteors and comets are the topic of a Saturday planetarium show at the Battle Point Park Ritchie Observatory. The show runs from 7-8:30 p.m. If the sky is clear, attendees will get a look at the comet Pan-STARRS through provided telescopes. Cost is $2 for non-Astronomical Society members and $5 for families.
- Bainbridge Island Youth Orchestra will present a winter concert at 4 p.m. Sunday at Island Church, 9624 Sportsman Club Road. The orchestra will play a diverse sampling of music, ranging from Beethoven to fiddle tunes.
- Pick up this week’s Islander for more event listings and tell us about your events in the comment section below.
Inside the Islander: A look back at the grassroots Waypoint Park project.
The week in review:
- Debate over Commodore Options School’s Spanish immersion program continued at a language forum Thursday.
- A small Bainbridge company is smelling success in the commercial composting industry.
- A head-on collision just south of the Agate Pass Bridge on Monday afternoon hospitalized two drivers and closed the highway for nearly four hours. The drivers remained in serious condition Tuesday. We broke down the response to the collision in a Wednesday blog post.
- A 21-year-old Silverdale man was charged with assaulting an officer following a Sunday confrontation at the ferry terminal.
- A judge dismissed defamation claims against the school district.
- A scathing peer assessment of the Bainbridge Island Police Department was released by the city Wednesday.
- A Bainbridge Island man was charged Thursday with voyeurism.
Coming Up: A peek inside the emerging Bainbridge Museum of Art.
