Vying for your leisure time this weekend: True crime, marimbas and potato-stamping.
Anzanga African Marimba returns to Bainbridge Performing Arts Friday for a 7:30 p.m. performance and a 4 p.m. hands-on workshop for ages 8 and up. Call the BPA box office at 206-842-8569 to register for the workshop. Tickets for the performance, $12 for adults and $10 for children, are available at www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org/products/anzanga-1.
Bid adieu to your work week and David Bowie with BIMA’s special screening of “Labyrinth,” Jim Henson’s 1986 cult classic. Jennifer Connelly is 15 again as she takes on a still-alive Bowie (Goblin King Jareth) and his goblin-puppet army in an attempt to rescue her infant brother. The show, free with a non-perishable food donation, starts at 7:30 p.m. Reserve your seat in advance at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2490533.
Pressed for a little creative energy? Maybe Ellie Mathews and Carl Youngmann, the artists behind North Press, can inspire you. They’ll offer perspective on the basics of relief printing as part of Bainbridge Arts & Crafts Pressing West exhibit at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday.
“Bluesy, surf psychedelia” or roots-rockabilly? Live music options on Saturday night are two-fold: Spacecraft presents Low Hums + a spunky, soulful Mindie Lind (of Inly) from 8 p.m at Rolling Bay Hall. Same time down south, Treehouse Cafe will be roaring with trumpets, harmonica and upright bass, courtesy of the Dusty 45s. Tickets, $10 and $15, at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2468126 and www.tickets.treehousebainbridge.com/orderticketsarea.asp?p=137&a=66 respectively.
Relive the bad@s$ prosecutor takedown that was Christopher T. Bayley’s life at Eagle Harbor Book Company from 3 to 4 p.m. on Sunday. The former lawyer will talk about his new book, “Seattle Justice: The Rise and Fall of the Police Payoff System in Seattle,” and how he put away corrupt cops and cleaned up the city.
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