Annie she ain’t. Precocious 8-year-old Tina Denmark knows she was born to be a star and she’s letting nothing, I repeat, nothing, stand in her way. She is, in a word, ruthless. And that’s what “Ruthless — The Musical†is about, basically.
The musical comedy opens Nov. 10 at The Jewel Box Theatre, directed by Trina Williamson.
Back-stabbing friends, philandering spouses, copious amounts of alcohol and lots of singing and dancing. More than just another night out on the town, those are the winning ingredients for a classic opera, Johann Strauss’ “Die Fledermaus.â€
Kitsap Opera Company stages three performances of “The Bat†Nov. 10, 12 and 18 at the Admiral Theatre in Bremerton.
POULSBO — A weekend sewage leak has closed Liberty Bay for the third time in the past 14 months as Poulsbo public works crews responded to a cracked pipe Saturday night.
“It was 3,000 gallons, and it was not caused by a defect in the pipe,†city Public Works Director Jeff Bauman said Monday morning.
Neon artist Laurie Lewis patiently coaches a newbie in the art of bending glass rods. Fingers of flame shoot from a crossfire propane torch, converging on a spot on a hollow glass rod. Lewis instructs the newbie to hold the rod at both ends and rotate it in the flames while maintaining steady air pressure inside the tube by blowing through a rubber hose connected to one end of the tube. It’s a bit like patting your head while rubbing your stomach.
POULSBO — North Kitsap High School’s Holiday Fest is becoming part of holiday lore for many. But as the student-run festival continues to ring its bells each November in the halls of NKHS, new shoppers discover its cheer every year.
25-year-old tops Hamilton by 58 percent to 42 percent margin
When the initial results of the Nov. 7 general election were released, the letter D was at the first letter of all the winners.
Democrats Sherry Appleton and Christine Rolfes had commanding early leads in the Washington State House of Representatives 23rd District races and the downtown city hall location had a 3-to-2 advantage over the 10th Avenue location.
POULSBO — With the receipt of a $263,000 grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology, the city of Poulsbo took another step forward in its low-impact development efforts.
The grant, which was announced Nov. 2, was the largest awarded in Kitsap County, and will allow the city to demonstrate LID practices for road and sidewalk improvements.
POULSBO — Few teams in the state — other than the champions of each division — are able to end their season with a win. North Kitsap was fortunate enough to have the opportunity as it hosted Shelton in the final game of the year Friday.
After losing to Lincoln in poor fashion in a Narrows League crossover playoff the week before, the Vikings were back with a vengeance that was apparent early against the Highclimbers.
PORT GAMBLE — Port Gamble General Store co-owners Pat and Susan Wright got quite a fright on Halloween and as a result will be closing their three-year-old business before New Year’s Day.
Olympic Resource Management, which owns the historic building, decided not to renew the Wright’s lease, opting instead to close the space temporarily for repairs before opening with new tenants.
All are subject to the whims of fashion
My daughter told me recently that Thursday is her favorite day of the week because that’s when the New York Times Styles section is delivered to her inbox. Through the miracle of the Internet, without leaving her Seattle studio apartment she can keep up with all the latest fashion trends in New York, and pass them on to me.
Bring a friend, pull up a chair and settle in for a cozy afternoon of poetry at Eagle Harbor Books Nov. 12.
The slate of Northwest poets set to read are Tom Jay, from Chimacum, Jenifer Browne Lawrence, from Poulsbo, Roger Midgett, from Bainbridge Island and Stan Sanvel Rubin, from Port Townsend.
Borat
Rated R
You gotta see this if: You aren’t horrified at the idea of a man in a neon green thong. …
HANSVILLE — On the edge of the holiday season, the Hansville Arts and Crafts Guild is ready to wrap with gusto as it prepares to host its 18th annual arts bazaar Friday and Saturday. Members are decorating the Hansville Community Center with lights and art, looking to entice residents into that special holiday frame of mind.
With his long, flowing hair and energetic rock ‘n’ roll playing style, Portland violinist Aaron Meyer is anything but traditional.
His music qualifies for the Grammy category of “classical crossover,†a melange of classical elements, pop, rock and world music. He’s not the first violinist to defect from the classical camp, but he is one of the most successful, and prolific.
POULSBO — The nipping and tucking will continue in June as North Kitsap High School’s halls and walls will undergo a facelift marking the final phase of a lengthy campus modernization project.
In 2002, the first half of the project renovated the gymnasium as well as the school’s H building. The next phase will complete the makeover as it targets the library, commons and administrative spaces.
INDIANOLA — The Roving Players actors will be delivering lines in a place that normally elicits children’s laughter and arts and crafts, drawing winter audiences to a place that it typically reserved for summer use only.
Camp Indianola will be putting on its holiday best as it plays host to the Roving Players’ “A Christmas Carol in Kingston.â€
POULSBO — In the final game of the season, the Poulsbo Junior High Panthers were determined.
Not determined in the traditional playoff sense of win-at-all-cost, but rather determined to have a good time in their final match together at Poulsbo Junior High. Grabbing third place in the Olympic Junior High League was purely a bonus.
POULSBO — After listening to developers, environmentalists and residents, the message to the Poulsbo City Council was clear: keep it as short as possible.
The council enacted a pair of moratoriums on Sept. 13 aimed at giving the city time to adopt its new Critical Areas Ordinance and revise its Planned Unit Development ordinance without an onslaught of permit applications attempting to beat those new guidelines.
“I don’t see this lasting more than six months,†said Councilman Ed Stern.
KINGSTON — On a dark night, that could very possibly be stormy, the mysteries of a few special local residents will be unveiled to the public. Not much is known about them, they only come out at night, and many myths have grown to supplement their cryptic lives.
Wildlife biologist Dan Hannafious hopes to put all those myths to rest during his talk about the ever elusive Chiroptera, also known as the bat, on Nov. 8 at the annual Friends of Miller Bay meeting.