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Screening Room | The coolest movie you're not watching
Jamin Winans Dec 29 2009, 9:16 AM You probably haven’t seen “Ink.”

If you have, I assume two things about you.

One: You are now privy to a film that rivals Peter Jackson in mind-bending scope, that challenges the visual prowess of a Guillermo del Toro creation.

A Year in Review: The best of What's Up 2009 (Part two)
‘Zombies of Mass Destruction,’  billed as a political comedy, was filmed in the North Kitsap community of Port Gamble. Pictured above is Doug Fahl as Tom Hunt, fighting off a zombie attack.  - Courtesy photo Dec 30 2009, 9:18 AM What’s Up rocked the second half of ’09 starting with good, old fashioned gluttony. We paid a visit to downtown Bremerton’s Coffee Club Diner, where we demanded to take part in its 10-pound Burger Challenge.

Art and the Economy: A gallery's hope for survival
Founding member Susan VanderWey and owner Jessica Osborn in A is for Artists Gallery, an artist alliance they began in late 2007. The gallery closed after the 2009 holidays, and is now looking for a new home. - Jennifer Morris/Staff Photo Jan 04 2010, 1:17 PM They say timing is everything. In the case of A is for Artists Gallery, timing didn't work out so well.

Five Things | Calling all green-thumbs
Seattle-based children Jan 05 2010, 8:29 AM First Friday Art Walk (held late, because of the holidays) will present encaustic beeswax and mixed media paintings by Susan Najarian today, Jan. 8, at the Bainbridge Public Library. Najarian combines vintage Puget Sound-area photographs, found objects and encaustic beeswax to created an altered appearance of suspension.

"This creates an ethereal and romantic feeling. The intertwined imagery appears to float, as if in a dream," Najarian said in a press release. The event will be held from 6-8 p.m. It is free, refreshments will be served. Info: bainbridgepubliclibrary.org.

Brrringing in the New Year | 2010 Polar Bear Plunge
More than 100 swimmers braved the cold waters off Bainbridge Jan 06 2010, 10:19 AM The whitecaps breaking on Bainbridge Island’s Pleasant Beach were none too inviting. The rocky shoreline along the island’s southern coast does not live up to its name in the winter months. And yet there I was, ready to celebrate the new year by running half-naked into those icy waves.

Five Things | Get your dancing shoes on
Carving artist Duane Pasco will speak twice in Kitsap next week, first at the Bainbridge Island Library from 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16. Next, the native-style desiger will speak at the Silverdale Library from 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20. For more information, visit www.krl.org. - Courtesy photo Jan 11 2010, 10:31 AM See who Coco was before Chanel in "Coco avant Chanel," a film about Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, who began as a headstrong orphan and became a success symbol for the modern woman. The film, showing at The Admiral Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 15, portrays Chanel's formative years as she discovered and shaped herself into a legendary couturier. It stars Audrey Tautou, Benoit Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivoia and Marie Gillain. (Rated PG-13, runtime 105 min., English subtitles.) Admission: $7. For more information, call (360) 373-6810 or visit AdmiralTheatre.org.

Poulsbo author touts 'stellar' debut novel 'Lake Magic'
Jan 12 2010, 2:03 PM Kimberly Fisk remembers the yellow and white dress her mother made her for the special occasion. She wore a matching tan velvet coat and brand new shoes with heels to Seattle's Young Authors Convention where, a third-grader at the time, she had her first brush with a real-life author.

Kitsap literary news roundup | Local author goes opera
Local author Megan Chance will sign copies of her new novel, Prima Donna, at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13 at Liberty Bay Books, 18881 Front St., Poulsbo.  - Courtesy photo Jan 13 2010, 9:17 AM Local author goes Opera

Kitsap Pumas sign all-league defender Daniel Scott
All-league defender Daniel Scott was introduced as the newest member of the Kitsap Pumas at a press conference Tuesday at Old Town Bistro in Silverdale. - Wesley Remmer/staff photo Jan 14 2010, 2:00 PM Kitsap Pumas goalkeeper Dustyn Brim strode to the front of the room and shook hands with his new teammate, letting out a stadium-sized grin.

Pete Spencer brings Songwriters' Conversations to Poulsbo's Jewel Box
Guitarist Peter Spencer will host a new live music series at the Jewel Box Theatre, Songwriters Jan 14 2010, 11:56 AM The stage in Poulsbo's Jewel Box Theatre has seen a parade of characters. It has held the weight of a thousand of props and heard a cacophony of musical numbers. But tonight will be a first: Two guys and two guitars will take the stage for the first show of a new series — and the first time the Jewel Box has live music of the sort.