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August 2002
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND FARMERS MARKET. Municipal Lot in front of The Playhouse on Madison Ave N. Saturdays, 9am – 1pm.
KINGSTON FARMERS MARKET. Kingston Marina Park. Saturdays, 9am – 2:30pm.
PORT ORCHARD FARMERS MARKET. Port Orchard waterfront. Saturdays, 9am – 3pm.
WEDNESDAY EVENING CONCERTS IN THE PARK (Bainbridge Island). 7 pm Wednesdays in Waterfront Park. Rain stage: Winslow Mall. Information: 206-842-2306, ext. 16.
August 21-25
KITSAP COUNTY FAIR & RODEO (Kitsap County Fairgrounds). One of the county’s most popular events, held at Kitsap County Fairgrounds, the fair offers just about everything one would expect. Along with usual arts and crafts displays, fairgoers can experience a rodeo, a carnival and herds of 4-H Club animals with their young handlers. Top professional cowboys can be seen at the PRCA rodeo where they add to the thrills by their abilities in the arts of bareback bronc riding, steer wrestling and roping and barrel racing. Information: 360.337.4595.
August 25 & 26
KEY PENINSULA FAIR (Key Peninsula). Three day community fair on the Key Peninsula at Volunteer Park in Key Center. Information: 253-884-4FUN or email info@keyfair.com.
August 31 – September 1
BLACKBERRY FESTIVAL (Bremerton). Downtown Bremerton’s annual Blackberry Festival on the waterfront boardwalk will include ethnic food booths, arts and crafts, live entertainment and of course, plenty of blackberry goodies. Information: 360.377.3041.
August 31
TOUR DE KITSAP (Bremerton). West Sound Cycling Club and Bremerton Blackberry Festival bring you the 9th Annual Tour de Kitsap.
26 and 55 miles around north Kitsap Peninsula. Start: 2nd and Washington St, downtown Bremerton.
Registration provides tickets for free bike drawing, secure bike corral and souvenirs.
Visit Blackberry Festival after the ride. Cost $15. Information: 360.698.3876, or, email
JohnPalmer64@hotmail.com.
September 2002
On-going Events
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND FARMERS MARKET. Municipal Lot in front of The Playhouse on Madison Ave N. Saturdays, 9am – 1pm.
KINGSTON FARMERS MARKET. Kingston Marina Park. Saturdays, 9am – 2:30pm.
PORT ORCHARD FARMERS MARKET. Port Orchard waterfront. Saturdays, 9am – 3pm.
BREMERTON GALLERY WALK. 1st Friday each month. 5 pm to 8 pm. Entertainment and refreshments.
FIRST SATURDAY ART WALK (Gig Harbor). 1st Saturday of each month. Enjoy the fall foliage and the late summer sun in Gig Harbor.
August 31 - September 1
BLACKBERRY FESTIVAL (Bremerton). Downtown Bremerton’s annual Blackberry Festival on the waterfront boardwalk will include ethnic food booths, arts and crafts, live entertainment and of course, plenty of blackberry goodies. Information: (360) 377-3041.
September 7
WASHINGTON WATER WEEKS AT THE NAVAL UNDERSEA MUSEUM WATER CELEBRATION DAY (Keyport). 10 am to 2 pm. Come join us for a day filled with fun and adventure. There will be divers from Sound Dive Center demonstrating their skills and playing tic tac toe with kids on the glass tank wall. Dive into the activity center to make undersea art.
There will be an interesting display about fish development. You can also visit our Ocean Environment Exhibit and see our new weather station. This event is suitable for all ages. Admission is free. Information: (360) 396-4148.
September 8
EARLY IRON CAR SHOW (Port Gamble).
September 20-22
POULSBO RENDEZVOUS. This year marks the fifth annual gathering of classic yachts. The historic Poulsbo waterfront is the ideal setting for this gathering of beautiful classic yachts hosted by the Classic Yacht Association.
Relive the days of elegant yachting while touring these classic beauties from around the Puget Sound region.
Enter your vote Saturday for the People’s Choice Award and don’t miss the waterfront parade of boats on Sunday. Information:
360-779-4848.
SEPTEMBERFEST (Poulsbo). Anderson Parkway and Liberty Bay Park Septemberfest breathes life into the late-summer calendar of events and raises money for local charities and causes. Information:
360-697-3366.
September 21
NORTHWEST FLY CASTING EXPOSITION (Trophy Lake Golf & Casting, Port Orchard). Public invited 10 am to 5 pm. $10 entry and participation fee. The art of casting a line one hundred or more feet or consistently hitting a target at forty or sixty feet is a skill few people ever master. Some of the Northwest’s best fly casters will be demonstrating and teaching these skills at this event. They will also compete for prizes and awards. Lay people are invited to participate in fun casting games for beginners and can win valuable prizes just by participating. Information: www.washingtoncoulcilfff.org or
253-265-6162.
MOSQUITO FLEET MARITIME FESTIVAL (Port Orchard). Information:
www.portorchard.com/chamber, or, 800-982-8139, or, pochamber@hurricane.net.
SINCLAIR INLET YACHT RACE (Port Orchard). Information:
www.portorchard.com/chamber, or, 800-982-8139, or, pochamber@hurricane.net.
19TH WILDLIFE EDUCATION FAIR (Wild Birds Unlimited, Gig Harbor). 9 am to 4 pm. Point Defiance Zoo will join Wild Birds Unlimited with their live birds, reptiles, and animals. Scott Conner host of KOMO 1000’s “Gardening in the Northwest”, 11 am to 4 pm, plus a presentation on how to plant for wildlife from 12 noon to 1 pm. Booths include: live eagles, hawks and laughing kooiabara; arts & crafts. Cast of wonderful characters, plus Cisco Morris of KIRO 710’s “Gardening with Cisco”. Information: jimandsuzanne@wbugigharbor.com or (800) 851-2575.
September 21 & 22
CULTURAL CELEBRATION - KOREAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL (Gig Harbor). Come celebrate the traditional holiday of Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving). Spectacular events scheduled throughout the month of September with the main festival September 21st, from 12 noon to 5 pm. Sounds, sights and smells to tantalize the senses of young and old alike. The main festival site hosts various performances and vendors.
Tea services – formal, friend-to-friend, family; Sumi brush painting demonstration and a trade mission lecture scheduled throughout Gig Harbor area. Artists of Korean heritage in person exhibiting at local galleries and shops.
Tickets and reservations available July 1, 2002. Saturday, September 21 Chuseok dinner at 5 pm and/or performance at 7 pm. Tea service – choose your favorite, various seatings. Sumi brush painting and trade mission lecture. Free to public/reservation required.
Sunday, September 22 Chuseok luncheon at 12 noon. Information: Paula Lane at
253- 857-4658, or, pjlane@ce!
nturytel.net.
OPEN STUDIO TOUR 2002 (Gig Harbor). Visit artist studios. Free of charge. Maps available at Gallery Row, Harborview Drive. Information: Sandra Erikson at (253) 265-6025 or sandraerickson@yahoo.com.
September 28- October 19
ANTIQUE QUILT SHOW (Gig Harbor Peninsula Historical Society, Gig Harbor). Exhibit is part of the annual Gig Harbor Quilt Festival (October 3, 4 & 5). Tuesday – Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm; Sunday 10 am to 4 pm. Admission is free. Information: (253) 858-6722 or info@gigharbormuseum.org.
September 28 - October 31
PUMPKIN PATCH OPEN (Peninsula Gardens, Gig Harbor). Information: (253) 851-8115.
October 2002
October 5 & 6
OYSTERFEST (Shelton). The Mason County Fairgrounds host the annual Washington State Seafood Festival and West Coast Oystershucking Championship as well as a juried art and photography show, live touch tank, entertainment and seafood cooked 101 ways. Information: (360) 426-2021.
October 6
10TH ANNUAL KITSAP COLOR CLASSIC (Kingston-Hansville-Indianola-Port Gamble). Autumn has arrived. The morning air is crisp and the leaves are turning shades of gold and scarlet. Some of you are thinking of calling it a bicycling season and staring at the tube until next spring. NO WAY! On Sunday, October 6, Cascade Bicycle Club presents the 28th Annual Kitsap Color Classic, our season finale. Pedal along gorgeous Kitsap Peninsula and check out our three loops through some of the best riding country in the State! Friendly communities and terrific fall scenery make this a fun, must do event. Information: www.cascade.org or (206) 522-BIKE.
PERFORMING ARTS IN SEPTEMBER
Bainbridge Performing Arts. The Playhouse (Bainbridge Island):
"HA! Comedy Improv", September 14; "More Fun Than Bowling", September 20, 21 & 22; 26, 27, 28 & 29;
"Against the Grain/Men in Dance"; October 5. Information: www.bpa-playhouse.org or (206) 842-8569 or info@theplayhouse.org
Bremerton Symphony (Bremerton). Information: www.symphonic.org,
or, 360-373-1722, or, symphony@symphonic.org.
Centrum (Port Townsend). Information:
www.centrum.org, or, 800-733-3608, or,
lizzy@centrum.org.
Peninsula Dance Theatre (Bremerton). Information:
www.orgsites.com/wa/pdt, or,
360-377-6214.
Performing Arts Guild of South Kitsap - The Bay Street Playhouse (Port Orchard).
"Drop Dead", September 20 & 21; 27 & 28; October 4 & 5; 11 & 12.
Information: www.pagsk.org or 360-876-6610.
The Mountaineers Forest Theater (Bremerton). "Twelfth Night", September 1 & 2; 7 & 8; 14 & 15.
Information: www.foresttheater.com,
or, 206-284-6310.
The Roving Players (Kingston-Indianola). "Goodbye Charlie", September 20 & 21; 27, 28 & 29 (matinee); October 4 & 5.
Information: www.rovingplayers.org or (360) 297-4751
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS IN SEPTEMBER
NEW EXHIBIT IN HONOR OF BREMERTON SYMPHONY’S 60TH SEASON
In honor of the Bremerton Symphony’s 60th anniversary, the Kitsap County Historical Society Museum is pleased to present “60 NOTE-ABLE YEARS OF THE BREMERTON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION” on First Friday, September 6th, 2002 from 5 pm to 8 pm. This exhibition is from the museum’s extensive Bremerton Symphony collection, which includes programs, handbills, posters and music.
Rhonda Jaramillo, harpist with the Bremerton Symphony Orchestra, will provide music from 5 pm to 6 pm. David Durfee, Raleigh McVicker and Dr. Robert Dietz, contributing authors to the Bremerton Symphony League’s new publication, “Symphony Notes, 60 Years of the Bremerton Symphony”, will officially open the exhibit at 6 pm with a talk about the history of the Bremerton Symphony.
Refreshments will be served. The public is encouraged to attend this event as a part of the FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK. For more information on the exhibit, contact the Symphony office at (360) 373-1722 or Pamela Kruse-Buckingham at KCHS Museum at (360) 479-6226.
The Bremerton Symphony Association will open its 60th season, Musical Milestones, with Music Director/Orchestra Conductor Robert Wingert on Saturday, October 5. For ticket information, contact the Bremerton Symphony Association office at (360) 373-1722 or email symphony@symphonic.org.
"FALL" INTO GIG HARBOR FOR THE SEPTEMBER ART WALK
September 7, 2002
Enjoy the fall foliage and the late summer sun in Gig Harbor. The first weekend in September will be a great time to visit Gig Harbor and follow the feet for the FIRST SATURDAY ART WALK SEPTEMBER 7th.
Look for the:
* Red, white & blue footprints helping to guide visitors to each gallery
* "Shoe Art" displayed outside of each participating gallery
* Art Walk Passports will be available. Visitors will have their passports stamped at each gallery and prizes will be available!
* September Host Gallery "Ebb Tide Gallery" will supply this month’s price, valued at $100!!!
* New Art Walk Brochure available with updated information about all the Gig Harbor galleries and more!
Lots of new reasons to visit the First Saturday Art Walk in Gig Harbor!!! Special artist demonstrations will be conducted at selected galleries. For a Gig Harbor Art Walk Brochure, Gig Harbor Visitors Guide or Gig Harbor Accommodations Guide call (253) 851-8136 or toll free at (888) 553-5438. While in Gig Harbor the first weekend in September, don’t miss the Gig Harbor Farmers Market. For additional information, call (253) 884-2496.
October 6, 2002
10TH ANNUAL KITSAP COLOR CLASSIC: Kitsap Color Classic (KCC) is Cascade Bicycle Club’s second oldest ride, after Chilly Hilly. This legacy clearly means something to Cascade members because, in 2001, 52% of registered KCC riders were club members.
This year’s event does not break with tradition. Riders will enjoy many loop options, ranging from 14 to 64 miles around Kitsap Peninsula. Each fall, riders return to this event to enjoy spectacular colors of autumn foliage, not always as vibrant around Seattle’s coniferous landscape.
The Edmonds Bicycle Group is sponsoring its popular all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast at the Masonic Lodge start line in Edmonds. Riders who choose not to ferry to the Peninsula from Edmonds may also leaver directly from a Kingston start line.
Pre-registration before September 27 is $20 for Edmonds departure and $15 for Kingston departure. $5 discounts are available for Cascade members, and kids 6-12 can ride for $5 (under 6 ride free). You can register today online from www.cascade.org, or pick up a registration form at one of your local bike retailers.
Sponsors for this year’s KCC include: NewsRadio 710 KIRO, Clif Bar, Gateway Telecom, Northwest Federal Credit Union, and Propel Fitness Water. For additional information, call (206) 522-BIKE or (206) 522-3222.
Kitsap Peninsula Visitor & Convention Bureau
PO Box 270 2 Rainier Ave
Port Gamble, WA 98364
Phone: 360.297.8200 Toll Free: 800.416.5615
Fax: 360.297.8208 E-mail: info@visitkitsap.com
http://www.visitkitsap.com
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June 1998, Paperback, 6th edition, (non-fiction)
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