Featured Events in Winslow in November, 2024 (August Updated)

In Reel Reading, your favorite literary classics will leap off the page and onto the screen in breathtaking, action-packed adaptations full of emotion, drama, and adventure. Curated and hosted by tj Faddis. Series Description: Curated and hosted by tj Faddis, this electrifying series takes your favorite literary classics and transforms them into breathtaking movies. Each film bursts with stunning visuals and captivating performances, turning beloved stories into cinematic spectacles brimming with emotion, drama, and adventure. Dive into a world where the magic of the page leaps onto the screen, offering an unforgettable experience that will excite both book lovers and movie fans alike! Nov 5 - THE BLACK STALLION - 1979 - G - 2 hours Traveling with his father on a ship off the northern coast of Africa, 10-year-old Alec is intrigued by a black Arabian stallion also making the crossing. After the ship sinks during a storm, Alec and the horse are marooned together on an island, where the two will have to trust and depend upon each other before the next phase of their lives begins. Directed by Carol Ballard, who also directs NEVER CRY WOLF / Cinematography by Caleb Deschanel Nov 12 - SECONDS - 1966 - R - 1h 46m An unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity - one that comes with its own price. Wonderful performance by Rock Hudson. Cinematographer is James Wong Howe / based on the 1962 novel by Donald Ely Nov 19 - 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD - 1987 - PG - 100 minutes From the 1970 book by freelance writer Helene Hanff about her 20-year correspondence with Frank Doehl, chief buyer at a used bookstore at this London address. New York City bibliophile Helene Hanff writes to a London antiquarian bookshop in search of titles she has not been able to turn up locally. The store manager responds politely to her chatty letter, and over the course of 20 years, a deep long-distance friendship evolves. Funny & poignant, this classic is ultimately a charming love story based on their common love for books. Nov 26-THE SENSE OF AN ENDING - 2017 - PG 13 - 108 minutes An aging Londoner and vintage camera shop owner whittles down the solitude of his isolated existence by keeping an affectionate relationship with his ex-wife and by accompanying his nearly full-term pregnant daughter to antenatal courses. The unexpected arrival of an unsettling letter will disrupt the delicate balance of Tony's orderly life, reconnecting him with his first love from college and the nostalgic yet clouded memories of a distant past. Now as Tony scavenges for bits and pieces through flashbacks, the out-of-focus picture of his youth sharpens. But can he face the truth? Dec 3- ANNA KARENINA - 2012- R - 129 minutes This is a visually stunning, ambitious, and beautifully acted adaptation. Filmmakers have been making adaptations of Tolstoy’s novel since Garbo and the silent era. In this one, we can feel the intense sexuality, terror, and grief of the classic novel while it forces us to face its questions about love and marriage, only to discover that we still can’t answer them. Information Source: Bainbridge Island Museum of Art | eventbrite

Take this highly personal journey into the international world of the Cynthia Sears Artists’ Books Collection. Hosted by Catherine Alice Michaelis or Babette Mayor, you are invited to participate in close-up demonstrations and conversations about this unique art form. Explore how artists use diverse media, materials, and structures to create expressions blending visual art and language. This event takes place on third Wednesdays and third Saturdays of the month, 11am to 12pm Dates available: October 16th October 19th November 16th November 20th December 18th December 21st January 15th January 18th Information Source: Bainbridge Island Museum of Art | eventbrite

Since celebrated Seattle artist Barbara Earl Thomas had her career survey exhibition (Heaven On Fire) at BIMA in 2016, she has gone on to have major shows at the Claire Oliver Gallery in NY, and solo exhibitions at Seattle Art Museum, Henry Art Museum, Witchita Art Museum, and Chrysler Art Museum. Hear all about her journey and dive into her latest body of work, The Illuminated Body, a portrait series that weaves an exquisite tapestry of light and color to depict individuals illuminated in moments of creativity. The evening will conclude with a performance by cellist Gretchen Yanover, one of Thomas’ portrait subjects. Seattle’s Yanover creates string atmospheres woven with warm melodies. She performs as a soloist with her electric cello and lopping pedal, along with her classical music life on acoustic cello. Gretchen is a member of NW Sinfonietta orchestra and also serves on their DEI task force. She has performed for TEDx Seattle and Earshot Jazz Festival, has created music for and performed with LeVar Burton, and has had compositions commissioned by Seattle University, Seattle Pacific University, and University of Oregon. Reception following. Guest bioBarbara Earl Thomas is a Seattle-based visual artist with numerous national exhibits to her credit and an active art-making career that spans more than 30 years. A skilled painter who now builds tension-filled narratives through papercuts and prints, placing silhouetted figures in social and political landscapes, she pulls from mythology and history to create a contemporary visual narrative that challenges the stories we tell as Americans about who we are. Thomas is also known for her large-scale installations that use light as the animating force and invites her viewers to step inside her world of illuminated scenography. Thomas’s works are included in the collections of the Seattle, Tacoma and Portland Art Museums, Chrysler Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Microsoft, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Washington State and Seattle City public collections. Thomas recently completed commissioned work at Yale University’s Hopper College as well as two major exhibitions, Geography of Innocence, Seattle Art Museum (November 2020 – November 2021), and Packaged Black, a collaboration with New York based artist Derrick Adams at the Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington (October 2021 – May 2022). Upcoming solo exhibits include Claire Oliver Gallery (November 2022), and Chrysler Museum of Art (February 2023). In 2022 Thomas was appointed as an Associate Fellow at Yale University. In 2016, she received the Seattle Mayor’s Arts Award and, the Washington State Governor’s Arts award, the Artist Trust Irving and Yvonne Twining Humber Award and the Seattle Stranger Genius Award for excellence in the arts. She was also nationally noted for her exhibition “Heaven On Fire,” a major career survey with the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art. Her work has been widely featured nationally; with the John Braseth Gallery at the Seattle Art Fair (2016), and at EXPO Chicago (2017, 2018) and Pulse Contemporary Art Fair (2018-21) with Claire Oliver Gallery (New York) Thomas is a graduate of the School of Art, University of Washington, where she received her Master of Arts in 1977. She counts herself most fortunate to have had mentorships with Michael Spafford and Jacob Lawrence who have both influenced her work. She will tell you that these two men were not only supportive but crucial friends in her life. Cellist Gretchen Yanover wears two musical hats: one as a composer, primarily for her electric cello with looping pedal—and one as a classical cellist. Gretchen went through Seattle public schools, falling in love with the cello’s deep sound in 6th grade. She pursued performance and music education at University of Washington, embracing an interwoven path of teaching and performing. Ms Yanover guided students in music for 17 years, while at the same time growing her own solo performing career. Gretchen started playing with a loop sampler around 2001 and it changed her musical life, inspiring her to improvise and compose spacious string atmospheres woven with warm melodies. . Yanover performs throughout the Pacific Northwest as a soloist on her electric cello, and has also been a member of Northwest Sinfonietta orchestra since 1998. She sits on NW Sinfonietta’s DEI task force, working to make meaningful changes in the classical music culture, along with creating connections in the community.. NW Sinfonietta has featured Gretchen as a soloist on her electric cello on several occasions. Gretchen has been a Visiting Artist at Icicle Creek Center for the Arts, appeared as a soloist for the Earshot Jazz Festival, and presented at TEDx Seattle. She created music for and performed with LeVar Burton for LeVar Burton Reads live, and has had compositions commissioned by Seattle Symphony, Seattle Pacific University, and University of Oregon. Gretchen was the recipient of a Shunpike Artist residency, and was the Town Hall Seattle 2021 Fall Artist in Residence. She is the recipient of a 2023 CityArtist grant from the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture. Yanover has 5 solo albums to date. Guest website/socialhttps://gretchenyanover.com/bio & https://barbaraearlthomas.com/ Information Source: Bainbridge Island Museum of Art | eventbrite

Nikki Jabbora-Barber is a gay Seattle-based printmaker and teaching artist, known for large-scale woodcuts, printed by hand. She was born in Bellingham, WA to a Lebanese-German mother and Anglo-Swedish father. Her work focuses on her mixed race identity, centuries of storytelling, and womanhood through symbolic depictions of herself, flora, and fauna. Join us Saturday, November 23, 5-8 PM, for an opening reception. Nikki Jabbora-Barber, Shahrazad (detail), 2021, Courtesy of the Artist This exhibition of works by Nikki Jabbora-Barber will be open from November 23, 2024 through February 23, 2025. Information Source: Bainbridge Island Museum of Art | eventbrite