It Will be a Dark and Stormy Night
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There’s still time to reserve your seat for the Writers’ Studio’s annual Dark and Stormy Night event 7-9 pm Oct. 28. This 21-plus event is sure to be a spooktacular evening with cocktails, wine, yummy treats, and short readings by esteemed local authors in the spirit of the season. The event will include original stories from:
- Lynn Brunelle, a four-time Emmy Award-winning writer for the television series Bill Nye the Science Guy
- Jon Mooallem, a journalist, author, and contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and This American Life
- Luciano Marano, a photojournalist, reporter and author
- Jennifer Longo, author of several books including “What I Carry”
- Rafe Posey, an author of “The Stars We Share,” a teacher at a maximum security prison, and bookseller at Eagle Harbor Books
- Megan Chance, a best-selling, critically acclaimed author of several novels as well as a popular workshop speaker
- Anna Quinn, author and founder of The Writers’ Workshop in Port Townsend, will read a scary scene from her new book, “Angeline.”
Eagle Harbor Book Co. will be on hand with a selection of titles for sale. Wear a costume, if you like, bring a friend, and be ready to be frightened and delighted. Tickets are $30.
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Sign Up Today for November Youth Programs!
Youth Maker Mondays
Classes start Nov. 6
Makers age 8 to 18 will enjoy BARN’s after-school youth classes on everything from welding and cooking to sewing and glass work. Classes run for three weeks from 2:30 to 5 pm, lining up with the Bainbridge Island School District’s early release days.
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Fiber Arts
Crochet Techniques – Mosaic Crochet
Tuesdays, Oct. 17 & 24,
6 – 8 pm
Learn how to do overlay mosaic crochet, one of the most straight-forward crochet colorwork techniques. You’ll learn the stitches first, and then practice your new skills while creating a colorwork coaster.
More Fiber Classes
Fiber Community: Kitsap Cosplay Guild: Cosplay and Costuming Interest Group
October 10, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Fiber Arts Studio Orientation- Activate Your Fob
October 11, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Better Together: Fitting Your Clothes
October 11, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Knit-Along: Holiday Projects
October 12, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Knitting: Beginnings and Ends
October 16, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Crochet Techniques – Mosaic Crochet
2 meetings, October 17 and 24, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Weaving Lab: Plan Your Next Weaving Project
October 18, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Weaving: Beginning Tapestry Watch Party
4 meetings, class starts October 18, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Sewing: Roman Shade Construction Workshop
5 meetings, class starts October 19, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Fiber Dye Lab Orientation
October 20, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Basketry: Willow Bark Bowl
2 meetings, October 21 and 22, 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Glass Arts
Autumn Leaves Glass Wreath
Sundays, Oct. 22 & 29
10 am – 1:30 pm
Learn how to construct a wreath that can be a table centerpiece or a suncatcher on your wall or window. In this two-day class, you’ll cut 30 pieces of glass into four different leaf shapes using templates that will be provided. Some grinding will be necessary prior to placing the leaves into the kiln for a contour fuse.
On day two, you’ll cut the wreath base and assemble the leaves, which are then tack-fused.
CrystalBlast Elite Training
Friday, October 6, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Glass Studio Orientation
Saturday, October 7, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Frit & Foliage
3 meetings, class starts Monday, October 16, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Introduction to Lampworked Sculpture – Stir Sticks
October 21, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Autumn Leaves Glass Wreath
2 meetings, Sunday, October 22 and Sunday, October 29, 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM
Glass Studio Cleanup
October 22, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Try It! Glass Cutting
October 25, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Drilling Rocks, Sea Glass, Shells, and Pearls
October 26, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Jewelry & Fine Metals
Introduction to Lost Wax Casting
Saturdays, Oct. 28, 10 am – 4 pm & Nov. 4, 10 am – 3 pm
This introduction uses an assortment of waxes and materials. You’ll learn general information and some of the history of different methods of lost wax casting — from creating a model to completing the metal casting. Some hands-on time is included to make a model, then you will sprue and invest your model.
Stone Setting 1 – Basic Bezels – Ring
3 meeting, class starts Tuesday, October 10, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Hydraulic Press Skills: Forming Cuff Bracelets
2 meetings, October 12 and October 19, 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Try It! Porcelain Pendants
October 17, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Introduction to Enameling: Opaques
3 meetings, October 17, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Introduction to the Jeweler’s Torch
October 21, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Stone Setting – Introduction To Tube Setting
October 22, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Introduction to Lapidary: Cutting and Carving Stones
2 sessions, October 23 and 25, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Drilling Rocks, Sea Glass, Shells, and Pearls
October 26, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Pearl and Gemstone Knotting
October 26, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Introduction to Lost Wax Casting
2 meetings, October 28 and November 4, class starts at 10:00 AM
Kitchen Arts
Pizza with Elisa
Thursday, Oct. 26
6:30 – 8:30 pm
Learn how to make dough and a simple sauce from scratch along with some helpful kneading techniques. You’ll even take a field trip out to BARN’s culinary garden to harvest some fresh herbs for your pizza.
You’ll take home the recipe, any leftovers, and new skills to impress your friends and family.
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Homemade Gnocchi with Giovanni
Saturday, October 7, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Cookbook Club
October 8, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Culinary Class Assistant Orientation
October 11, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
DIY: Japanese Curry Blocks
Wednesday, October 18, 12:00 PM – 2:30 PM
DIY: Japanese Curry Blocks
October 22, 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Pizza With Elisa
October 26, 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Wine Sensory Experience: Sonoma Pinots
October 27, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Understanding Beer — Tasting Tour of US and Europe
October 30, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Metal Fabrication
Introduction to Brazing in the Welding Shop
Sunday, Nov. 5
2 – 4:30 pm
Brazing is ideally suited for joining dissimilar metals and is performed at relatively low temperatures. There are six fundamentals of brazing that every brazer should follow to ensure consistent and repeatable joint quality, strength, and reliability. The class will focus on “manual brazing,” that is, brazing with a hand-held torch and hand-fed filler metal. Oxy/Acetylene will be used.
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Lay Out and Cut Numbers with the CNC Plasma Cutter
Monday, October 9, 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Make Your Own Nut (Intro to the Mill)
October 12, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Metal Casting in the Foundry
October 19, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Welding: TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas) #1
October 22, 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Machine Shop Orientation
October 23, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
MIG (Metal Inert Gas) Welding #2
October 25, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Make Your Own Bolt (Intro to the Lathe)
October 26, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Finishing a Metal Casting
October 26, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Print & Book Arts
Paper Plate Printmaking
Monday, Oct. 23
and Tuesday, Oct. 24
5 – 8:30 pm
Have some fun experimenting and exploring printmaking.
You’ll use paper plates, collage techniques, and your own designs to make prints after reviewing the basics of printmaking and how to use the printing press. Your instructor will demonstrate various techniques and processes for creating prints on paper in this hands-on class. And you’ll take home art prints and Halloween cards (if you choose to make them).
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Print & Book Studio Orientation – Member Fob Activation
October 12, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Paper Lithography
October 21, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Print & Book Studio Orientation – Member Fob Activation
October 22, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Paper Plate Printmaking
2 meetings, October 23 and 24, 5:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Folded Star Ornaments
November 11, 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM
Tech Lab
Free Tech Talk: DittoForm – 3D Body Scans to Custom Dress Forms
Sunday, Oct. 29
1 – 3 pm
See a demonstration of Artec Eva scanning equipment and learn how DittoForm Michigan LLC uses it to capture 3D digital images of real people. Those images are used to create foam models of the subjects. In the sewing world, these models are called custom dress forms and are used in the process of clothing and costume design.
Hear from Carol Huls, DittoForm’s president and CEO, about the small company’s history and her own unexpected journey into entrepreneurship.
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Tech Lab Show and Tell
October 10, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Recording and Analyzing Marine Mammal Sounds (Free SIG)
October 15, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
CNC 101: Make a Sign
2 meetings, October 17 and 19, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Introduction to 3D Printing
October 21, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Introduction to Electrical Soldering
October 28, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Tech Lab Orientation
November 4, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Youth Maker Mondays: Creative Robotics Goes to the Movies (Ages 10-14)
Mondays, November 6, 13 and 20, 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Woodworking
CNC 101: Make a Sign
Tuesday, Oct. 17
and Thursday, Oct. 19
6 – 8 pm
Learn the basic features of VCarve Pro, a popular program used to make signs, engravings, intricate inlays and imported 3D shapes and models on computer-controlled routers. Please note: To take this class, you need a laptop computer with a mouse and a working copy of VCarve Pro 11 already downloaded to that computer (you can download a free trial at www.vectric.com)
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Woodworkers’ Monthly Presentation: Adventures in Woodworking
October 7, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Woodworking Basics Certificate Open House
October 7, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Orientation to the Woodshop
October 8, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Carving Afternoon (Free)
October 8, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Wood Stains & Finishes
5 meetings, class starts October 9, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Create a Custom Cutting Board
3 meetings, class starts October 10, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Woodshop Tool Safety Checkout 1
October 10, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Woodshop Tool Safety Checkout 2
October 15, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Orientation to the Woodshop
October 16, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Woodworking Basics: Project Planning
2 meetings, October 16 and 23, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
CNC 101: Make a Sign
2 meetings, October 17 and 19, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Woodworking Basics: Understanding Wood
October 18, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Woodworking Basics: Sanding & Abrasives
October 19, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Wood for Turners
October 21, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Build a Modern 4-Board Bench
5 meetings, class starts October 22, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Writers
Writing the Interior – with Victoria Adukwei Bulley
Wednesday, Oct. 25
2 – 4 pm
Victoria Adukwei Bulley is a poet, a writer, and an artist. Her book QUIET, was winner of the Rathbones Folio Prize for Poetry, the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize and shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize. In this workshop you’ll explore how to write poems that speak with the intimate, idiosyncratic voice of our innermost beings, with all of its poetic strangeness and freedom. Participants will be guided to generate new writing and receive feedback within the session. Scholarships are available for BIPOC writers.
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The Plot Thickens: Incorporating the Elements of Mystery Into Any Genre With A.C. Fuller
October 21, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Writing the Interior – with Victoria Adukwei Bulley
October 25, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Story Slam
October 26, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night…
Saturday, October 28, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Open Mic with the Writers’ Studio (Free Event)
November 14, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
