Library Speakers Forum Tackles Health Care Issues in 3 Sessions
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NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 5544 SEATTLE, WA *ECRWSS* Postal Customer Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 Vol. 12, No. 1 Bainbridge Public Library, 1270 Madison Ave., Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 Fall 2009 Mark your Library Speakers Forum tackles calendar These events take place in the health care issues in 3 sessions library unless otherwise stated. Health care reform is the hot topic TUESdaY, SEPTEMBER 15 for discussion today: on TV talk shows, • Career Week at KRL: Library open from in newspapers, and in public forums 9-10 a.m. for job seekers & career changers. • Senior Center Book Discussion (370 Brien throughout the country. Dr): The Highest Tide by Tim Lynch 1 The Bainbridge Public Library p.m. Copies available at the Library Speakers Forum brings the debate • Field’s End Writers’ Roundtable: Jennifer Culkin presents “How does the journal feed to the Island with a three-part series the memoir?” 7 p.m. beginning Sunday, September 20. WEDNESdaY, SEPTEMBER 16 Other sessions will follow on October • Career Week at KRL: Library open from 18 and November 15. All programs 9-10 a.m. for job seekers & career changers. will run from 3 to 5 p.m. in the • Travelogue: Running the Iditarod with Laura Daugereau. Co-sponsored by The library’s large meeting room. There Ross Baker Dr. Bob Fortner Dr. Scott Lindquist Traveler Bookstore 7:30 p.m. is no admission charge, but donations THURSdaY, SEPTEMBER 17 are appreciated. • Career Week at KRL: Library open from The opening discussion September 20 Baker, Regence Blue Shield. 12-1 p.m. for job seekers & career changers. presents a panel of medical authorities, On October 18 the topic FRidaY, SEPTEMBER 18 with Bob Fortner, retired physician will be: “Global Pandemics: • Career Week at KRL: Library open from living on Bainbridge, as moderator. The What Can We Expect Next?” 9-10 a.m. for job seekers & career changers. • Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society: question under discussion: “The U. S. The speaker will be Dr. Ira Betty Kay Anderson presents “American Health Care System: Is There a Cure in M. Longini, of the Fred Biographical Genealogical Index (ABGI)” Sight?” Hutchinson Cancer Research 10 a.m.-12 Panelists will include Dr. Michael Center, UW Center for SUNdaY, SEPTEMBER 20 Soman, Group Health; Aaron Katz, Statistics and Quantitative • BPL Speakers Forum: “The U.S. Health Care System – Is There a Cure in Sight?” University of Washington School of Infectious Diseases. Panel discussion. 3-5 p.m. Public Health; Dr. Scott Lindquist, TUESdaY, SEPTEMBER 22 Kitsap County Health District; and Ross continued on Page 3 Dr. Michael Soman Aaron Katz • Friends of the Library Book Sale 10 a.m.-3 • CLICK! Computer Class. Internet 201. 2-3:30 p.m. Pre-register at the Library WEDNESdaY, SEPTEMBER 23 One book, one community • KRL strategic plan public meeting 6:30- 7:30 p.m. BI Library THURSdaY, SEPTEMBER 24 Cannery Row is book of the month • Club Cervantino de Lectores (Spanish Book Club). Soldados de Salamina by Javier Cercas (Spain) 7 p.m. Ihland Way Building By JULIe O’NEILL, write your own sketch of Island life in man who became his close friend and Reference Librarian the style of Steinbeck’s Cannery Row. philosophical inspiration: Ed Ricketts, a SatURdaY, SEPTEMBER 26 • West Sound Reads presents: Philippa Gregory Steinbeck was born and grew up in biologist who ran a marine science lab on 4 p.m. Bremerton High School Auditorium What would happen if all Kitsap Salinas about 30 miles from Monterey. the Monterey waterfront. OCtoBER 1-31 County read the same book? He had a deep attachment to this central Cannery Row is the story of • On exhibit in the meeting room: Cynthia Kitsap Regional Library has chosen the comic (and occasionally tragic) Dice, whimsical animal paintings John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row as the adventures of a group of eccentric, good- • On exhibit in the glass display case: Book Arts & Book Artists of Bainbridge Island 2009 “One Book, One Community” natured bums who inhabit the rough- selection. The “One Book” program and-tumble cannery area. Mack and THURSdaY, OCtoBER 1 • Friends of the Library Book Sale 1-4 p.m. aims to bring people together to read and “the boys” live by bartering, borrowing, discuss a timeless novel, to learn and stealing, and conning Lee Chong, the FRidaY, OCtoBER 2 • Island Theatre at the Library (special event): have some fun. Chinese grocer. Central to the story is A John Steinbeck Evening, works by the During October, “The Month of the Doc, a marine biologist who runs a lab author of Cannery Row 7:30 p.m. Book,” all branches of Kitsap Regional on the waterfront and makes his living SUNdaY, OCtoBER 4 Library will have many copies of collecting marine specimens. Doc was • East of Eden (1955) Free film showing. The Cannery Row available for checkout. clearly based on Steinbeck’s friend, Ed Historic Lynwood Theatre 5 p.m. • Cannery Row Sketch Workshop, Eagle There will be discussion groups and a Ricketts. Doc is a generous and good Harbor Books 3p.m. Steinbeck film festival, featuring, The friend to Mack and the boys. They WEDNESdaY, OCtoBER 7 Grapes of Wrath, Cannery Row, East of decide to throw a birthday party for • Bainbridge Library Book Group: Cannery Eden and Of Mice and Men. Performers him, inviting Dora and the girls from Row by John Steinbeck 7 p.m. Copies from Island Theatre group will give the nearby bordello. The party quickly available at the library. dramatic readings from Steinbeck’s gets out of control with a hilarious SatURdaY, OCtoBER 10 works. Students are invited to enter fight. The book is a series of episodes • Friends of the Library Book Sale 10 a.m.-3 • Seattle Opera Preview with Norm an essay contest on the responsibilities rather than a tightly plotted novel, and Hollingshead: “La Traviata” by Verdi. of friendship, a theme that Steinbeck Steinbeck incorporated “interchapters” of 2:30 p.m. developed in Cannery Row with great John Steinbeck philosophical musings about the people, SUNdaY, OCtoBER 11 insight and humor. You can attend a talk the community, even the sea life near • The Island’s Cannery Row: a history of by Susan Shillinglaw, who is a scholar- California area where he set many of Cannery Row. strawberry canning on Bainbridge Island with Jerry Elfendahl. 3 p.m. in-residence at the Steinbeck Center in his novels. As an adult, he lived in To Steinbeck, Cannery Row was an Salinas, CA or learn about the history of Pacific Grove a few miles from Cannery ecosystem just like the great Monterey MONdaY, OCtoBER 12 • Library Closed for Columbus Day the original Cannery Row from Michael Row, and got to know fish-packing tide pool where Doc collected his K Hemp, who will be visiting from workers, roughnecks, and other colorful TUESdaY, OCtoBER 13 • CLICK! Computer Class. Internet 101. Monterey, CA. Just for fun, you can waterfront characters. There he met the Continued on Page 12 2-3:30 p.m. Pre-register at the Library, 842-4162 WEDNESdaY, OCtoBER 14 • Low Vision Support Group 1-3 p.m. Also in this issue: • Island Film Group: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) Film & Discussion 7 p.m. People: The life of a serial writer ................................................. Page 8 THURSdaY, OCtoBER 15 • Cannery Row Poetry Connections: poetry History: Stories of Puget Sound Croatians ................................. Page 10 evocative of the life of John Steinbeck. 7 p.m. Continued on page 3 Children & families: Books and more ...................................... Pages 6-7 People, Events page 2 Fall 2009 West Sound Reads notes 10th Anniversary By MARY GLEYSTEEN called Kitsap Reads, the group has Harbor Books, Bainbridge Island; Liberty donations to Helpline House. celebrated books and reading through free Bay Books, Poulsbo; Mostly Books, Gig Upcoming WestSound Reads Events: West Sounds Reads—a events staged throughout the county with Harbor; Olympic College Bookstore, (All events are free. Reserved seating collaboration among area independent authors including Ursula LeGuinn, Jean Bremerton; Sage Books, Shelton; and available with advance book purchase booksellers, Kitsap Regional Library Auel, Nuala O’Faolin, Rick Bragg, Andre The Traveler, Bainbridge Island. The from participating bookstores.) and the Kitsap Regional Library DuBus III, Sherman Alexie, Lemony programs are free, with a portion of the • Philippa Gregory - The White Queen Foundation, celebrates its 10th Snickett, Patricia Polacco, Jane Smiley, proceeds of books sold at each event Bremerton High School - anniversary this fall with upcoming Lisa See, and Princess Martha Louise of donated to area literacy groups. Saturday, September 26, 4pm readings by Philippa Gregory and Norway. These very successful programs West Sound Reads kicked off its 10th • Barbara Kingsolver -The Lacuna Barbara Kingsolver. have become a model for similar anniversary series with a reading by best- Bainbridge High School - Friday, This partnership began in 1998 with collaborations around the country. selling Island author Rebecca Wells from November 20, 7:30pm a reading in Port Orchard by Ivan Doig, Participating book stores include her latest novel The Crowning Glory of For more information contact a sponsored by two independent bookstores Bethel Avenue Books in Port Orchard; Calla Lily Ponder. Bainbridge Performing participating bookstore or visit Kitsap and the Port Orchard library. Initially The Dauntless of Port Gamble; Eagle Arts provided the venue for this event, with Regional Library’s website: www.krl.org. Field’s End offers fall Roundtables By MARGARET TRENT In October Anjali Banerjee will help describing it as “a romantic comedy What is a Roundtable? answer that daunting question: ‘When is equal to Bend it Like Beckham.” The monthly Field’s End Roundtable, The final Roundtables in 2009 Your Novel Ready for an Agent?’ Anjali Back by popular demand is Jennifer free and open to writers of all levels and should provide plenty of inspiration and has written four novels for young adults Louden with “Can You Write Naked interests, takes place the third Tuesday of information to keep your writing muse and two novels for adults.