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    Articles by Bill Mickelson
    Anything is possible when everything is improvised — the Portable Reality Show hosts its improvised Christmas Musical Saturday.
    Spending the holidays with the Portable Reality Show
    By Bill Mickelson • December 9, 2008 3:14 am

    Jewel Box Theater’s resident improv troupe offers pay-what-you-can ‘Improvised Christmas Musical’ Dec. 13.

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    Someone painted gray over my “breathtaking views” of the Olympics.
    KITSAP EXCURSIONS: In search of something breathtaking
    By Bill Mickelson • December 1, 2008 11:07 pm

    In addition to procuring and protecting land throughout the Kitsap Peninsula, The Great Peninsula Conservancy knows how to enjoy the outdoors.

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    With emotions traveling from despair to solace all in one show
    Capturing memories of comfort, tranquility and solace
    By Bill Mickelson • December 1, 2008 11:05 pm

    Richard Badger is a modest photographer.

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    The RockIt Roost combines the tattoo/pin-up/rockabilly culture with fashion in a unique way in a new retail shop in Silverdale.
    Opening up shop in an economic recession
    By Bill Mickelson • December 1, 2008 11:05 pm

    The economy has a funny effect on people. It’s something of a strangle hold.

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    The forces of Suquamish Championship Wrestling will be bringing the November Pain Nov. 29 in Suquamish.
    ‘The occasional elbow drop off the jungle gym’
    By Bill Mickelson • November 25, 2008 12:00 pm

    What’s Up looks into the alternative lifestyle of backyard wrestling and a local semi-pro promoter who’d like to put a stop to it.

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    Poulsbo’s Brittney Brown plays Clara in Dance Arts Theatre’s 21st annual “Nutcracker Ballet” Nov. 28-30 in Bremerton. Tickets are $10 general
    The Ultimate Holiday Tradition
    By Bill Mickelson • November 24, 2008 10:57 pm

    Does it make me a Scrooge that I’ve never been to a performance of ‘The Nutcracker?’

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    The Bainbridge farmers market is open through early winter this year to feed the need for eating locally for Thanksgiving and beyond.
    So … is that turkey local?
    By Bill Mickelson • November 24, 2008 10:57 pm

    At that time of year when the same meal is on nearly everyone’s mind, What’s Up wonders what does ‘eating local’ really mean?

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    Kitsap band brings old school reference in new, unique package
    Kitsap band brings old school reference in new,...
    By Bill Mickelson • November 24, 2008 10:56 pm

    All the while, Alligators jam outside the box on their debut album ‘Piggy and Cups.’

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    Dastardly cinema gives reason for thanks this weekend
    Dastardly cinema gives reason for thanks this weekend
    By Bill Mickelson • November 24, 2008 10:56 pm

    Local indie film-houses feature the new Baz Luhrmann film and ‘The Boy in Striped Pajamas,’ providing thanksgiving through escapism.

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    Seattle Comedy Competition gears up for Bremerton,  again
    Seattle Comedy Competition gears up for Bremerton, again
    By Bill Mickelson • November 24, 2008 10:56 pm

    And the field has been whittled to five.

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    The Count calling on Susanna for “favors
    ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ = some kind of...
    By Bill Mickelson • November 19, 2008 10:00 pm

    This opera, a centuries old tale of love and lust and the comedy of mistaken identity, is rife with marriage and the carnal desire thereof.

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    Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart play Edward and Bella in the upcoming “Twilight” movie set in Forks and the LaPush Indian Reservation on the Olympic Peninsula.
    ‘Twilight’ fans flock to Forks
    By Bill Mickelson • November 18, 2008 12:00 am

    Joker’s Peace takes the ‘Twilight Tour’ and finds the

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    From left: Rod Gray
    All wrapped up in a big red bow
    By Bill Mickelson • November 17, 2008 7:48 pm

    What’s Up’s holiday coverage kicks off with the boys from

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    ‘FROM THE ISLAND’ A new album from Bainbridge-based stinger/songwriter blues guitarist Peter Spencer featuring IMG director/pianist Dave Bristow and bassist Liam Graham will have its release with Bristow and Spencer in concert at 8 p.m. Nov. 22 at the IMG
    East-coaster-turned-islander set to release new album:
    By Bill Mickelson • November 17, 2008 7:47 pm

    Blues picker/singer Pete Spencer has been making music on Bainbridge Island for a little more than five years now — ever since he made his way here from a life of music on the East Coast.

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    In three separate expeditions
    Author recounts journey across the world, tonight
    By Bill Mickelson • November 17, 2008 7:47 pm

    Author/explorer/historian Harry Rutstein presents his new adventure memoir, chronicling the his trek in the footsteps of Marco Polo.

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    Currently Bremerton-based cellist Jami Sieber has been playing since age 7
    The evolution of eclectic, electric cellist Jami Sieber
    By Bill Mickelson • November 17, 2008 7:47 pm

    Sieber returns to the Collective Visions

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    Sixteen good reasons to quit your job and move to the mountains
    Sixteen good reasons to quit your job and...
    By Bill Mickelson • November 10, 2008 11:25 pm

    Looking for a reason to look forward to winter?

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    Susan Sweetwater’s poetry-inspired encaustic painting “Broken Pieces.”
    The unifying agent of art, on display at...
    By Bill Mickelson • November 10, 2008 11:25 pm

    Collaboration abounds in an exhibit of installations, sculpture, encaustic painting and poetry.

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    Photographer and conservationist Paul Bannick strives to let the birds tell the story of the importance of protecting their habitats in “The Owl and the Woodpecker.”
    Reflection and activism through photography
    By Bill Mickelson • November 10, 2008 11:24 pm

    Northwest icons — the owl, the woodpecker and the Washington State Ferry — inhabit Eagle Harbor Books through two new photographers’ books this week.

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    What’s Up haunted Weekend Wrock
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    By Bill Mickelson • November 4, 2008 12:00 am

    HALLOWEEN NIGHT

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