If your work week has left you feeling run down, and like having a night in this weekend, be sure to swing by Silver Screen Video to take advantage of their going-out-of-business sale.
All movies are being discounted 25 percent off the marked price now, and will be 50 percent off starting next Saturday, May 27. There is also a large section of $2 DVDs in the store’s annex section. Hours are noon to 8 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and noon to 9 p.m. Saturday. Call 206-842-0261 for more information.
On Friday, Ranger and the Re-Arrangers will bring their perennially popular brand of Gypsy jazz back to the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art auditorium for a concert featuring special guest guitarist Kevin Connor at 7 p.m.
Connor is a member of Gypsy jazz ensemble Hot Club Sandwich. His arrangements can be heard on all five of their albums, and his composition “Gaucho” was featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered.”
He also leads the SuperSones, a Cuban Septet.
The concert will feature music from Ranger and the Re-Arrangers repertoire of swing standards and traditional Gypsy melodies.
Admission is free, though reservations are recommended. Email info@RangerSwings.com to save your seats.
On Saturday take part in a special class for people who want to “upcycle” T-shirts, held at 2 p.m. at the Bainbridge Public Library. Bring three to four T-shirts in coordinating colors and go home with new Earthfriendly home goods. Space is limited for this free program; register at KRL.org.
Things will get dirty this weekend at Eagle Harbor Book Company.
At 3 p.m. Sunday, MacArthur Fellow David R. Montgomery will come to discuss his new title “Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life.”
The problem of agriculture is as old as civilization. Throughout history, great societies that abused their land withered into poverty or disappeared entirely. Now, according to Montgomery, we risk repeating this ancient story on a global scale due to ongoing soil degradation, a changing climate and a rising population.
But there is reason for hope.
Montgomery introduces readers to farmers around the world at the heart of a brewing soil health revolution that could bring humanity’s ailing soil back to life remarkably fast. “Growing a Revolution” draws on visits to farms in the industrialized world and developing world to show that a new combination of farming practices can deliver innovative, cost-effective solutions to problems farmers face today.
Montgomery will be joined by Anne Biklé, a biologist whose wide ranging interests have led her into watershed restoration, environmental planning and public health.
Then it’s time to kiss your two days of freedom goodbye because they ain’t coming back – hopefully they were spent well.
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