Book Arts Festival

Bainbridge Island Museum of Art’s DogEar Festival returns April 4-6.

The event will bring together artists, community members, curators, scholars and creatives for lectures, hands-on printmaking and demonstrations in the galleries, a whimsical Edible Book “Chompetition,” a pop-up print market, a concert with the Bushwick Book Club, and other live activations and music to keep art-lovers of all ages occupied, a news release states.

This year’s festival centerpiece is BIMA’s Artists’ Books exhibition, Power of the Presses, a sweeping survey of contemporary works that examines the creative potency of printing as a hallowed art form. Festival goers will have the opportunity to engage with the many facets of bookmaking and witness how artists use the printed page as both a medium and a canvas.

Festival hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. April 4, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 5-6.

Environmental Conference

The Bainbridge Island Environmental Conference takes place April 13 from 1-4 p.m. at IslandWood.

This year’s conference is a celebration of community science that engages, informs and helps the community prepare for the City Nature Challenge (April 25-28). Connect with organizations dedicated to conservation, education and stewardship, and learn tools, techniques and scientific methods that will support your involvement with community science projects in the area, a news release says.

Megan Rohrssen of the Bainbridge Island Land Trust and Christina Woolf from IslandWood will present local projects that rely on community engagement to identify and monitor natural ecosystems and resources. The event will celebrate the community activism of a local couple receiving this year’s Environmentalist of the Year award, a 20-year tradition. There will also be displays and walking tours of IslandWood.

Cleats for a Cause

Through March 31, Good Play America and BI Flashdrive are launching a cleat collection initiative to provide new and gently used soccer cleats (and soccer balls) to underserved youth players in Colombia.

Founded by Bainbridge Island resident and Colombian-born Alejandro Henao, GPA has helped hundreds of young soccer players by supplying gear and team support, per a news release. BI Flashdrive, a community-driven initiative that organizes short, high-impact donation drives, is supporting the effort.

Drop-off locations are at Island Fitness (190 Madison Ave. N.) and BI Recreation Center (11700 Meadowmeer Circle NE).

New coffee roaster

Pegasus Coffee recently announced the appointment of Ryan Rabaca as its new head of coffee & roasting operation.

Rabaca has 15 years of coffee industry experience, including the past 10 as head roaster, green buyer and barista educator for Seattle’s Caffe Ladro, per a news release. He also brings a track record of award-winning roasts, including two prestigious Good Food Awards (2019-20), as well as the MistoBox Golden Mug Award for Best Blend (2019).

“Having spent years developing my craft, I’m looking forward to blending tradition with innovation and contributing to the rich legacy that Pegasus has built,” Rabaca said.

Protest against Trump

Bainbridge Island Indivisible is having a Hands-Off rally against President Trump from noon to 2 p.m. April 5.

The rally will begin at Winslow Way and Highway 305 and march to an undetermined location.

A news release says participants will tell the presidents to keep his Hands Off our: democracy, health care, social security, data, public schools, bodies, wallets and public lands.

Concert set

Ranger and the “Re-Arrangers” with Hugh Sutton will perform a pay-what-you-can concert from 7-9 p.m. April 11 at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, 550 Winslow Way E.

Sutton, who plays French accordion, will perform with the group that performs Hot Club Swing music.

Passport changes

Starting this week, the Kitsap County County Clerk’s Office has made some major changes regarding passports.

Walk-in services have been reduced from four days a week to only Wednesdays, Rebecca Wildes, chief deputy clerk, wrote in an email. Also, the office is requiring some applicants to book appointments to complete passport applications.

Police log

3-17: Malicious mischief, 13200 block NE Teem Loop Road

3-17: Domestic violence, 200 block High School Road

3-18: Domestic dispute, 10600 block N. Madison Ave.

3-18: Malicious mischief, 100 block Madison Ave. N

3-18: Theft, 6300 NE Hidden Cove Road

3-19: Death, 900 block Curtis Loop NE

3-20: Domestic dispute, 200 block Wyatt Way NE

3-20: Fraud, 6400 block Marshall Road

3-20: Domestic violence, 10300 block NE Sasquatch Lane

3-23: Domestic dispute, 800 block High School Road NE