Program Videos

Doug Pagitt, an author, social activist, pastor, and executive director of Vote Common Good talks about how the political scene, Christian Nationalism, and the importance of reclaiming the establishment clause of the First Amendment.
Related links: https://votecommongood.com
Goodness, a journal: https://www.votecommongood.com/goodness/

Dana Lyons, most famous for his novelty hit “Cows With Guns,” actually has an amazing career of environmental justice and social activism. He’ll be headlining a gathering at the Historic Lynwood Theatre on May 16 at noon. We learn about Dana’s life’s work, and what to expect in the upcoming get-together with Standing Together B.I. organizer Kathryn Lafond.
Related links
https://www.youtube.com/@cowswithgunsguy
https://standingtogetherbi.org

April is National Poetry Month, and the Bainbridge Island Photo Club is celebrating by participating in Ars Poetica Washington. Poems and accompanying photographs are on display during April and May in the Senior Center lobby. In this podcast we hear from some of the poets and photographers. (Part Two is coming May 20). Related link to online gallery: https://biseniorcenter.org/art-gallery/bi-photo-april-2026/

Amy Brooks of the Kitsap chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) talks about the group and its project to restore the Seabeck Cemetery.
If you would like to follow the Seabeck Cemetery page, search for "Seabeck Cemetery Restoration Project" on Facebook.
Here is the DAR commercial on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RfZGhhBtiQI?si=SJQpI5rwwZgsW0KE

The Islander Mobile Home Park is a resident-owned co-op tucked behind City Hall and Bainbridge Performing Arts. The “Trailer Park” is a group of longtime locals, fixed-income seniors, and working families. Learn about the park, and about its current funding challenge, in this podcast.
Related link: https://savethetrailerpark.com

Doug Pagitt, an author, social activist, pastor, and executive director of Vote Common Good talks about how the political scene, Christian Nationalism, and the importance of reclaiming the establishment clause of the First Amendment.
Related links: https://votecommongood.com
Goodness, a journal: https://www.votecommongood.com/goodness/

The Islander Mobile Home Park is a resident-owned co-op tucked behind City Hall and Bainbridge Performing Arts. The “Trailer Park” is a group of longtime locals, fixed-income seniors, and working families. Learn about the park, and about its current funding challenge, in this podcast.
Related link: https://savethetrailerpark.com

Mira Rosenkotz joins us to talk about her two-year-old community dream: a pay-what-you-can farm-to-table meal in downtown Winslow.

Bainbridge Islander Lance Garland is a firefighter, climber, and outdoorsperson. He talks about his book "Out There: Dispatches from my personal wilderness" about the challenges and gifts of coming out as an openly gay man -- first in the Navy and then at a Seattle firehouse.
For more: https://www.lancegarland.com/

Retired history educator Peggy Muir and current educational leader Chasity Malatesta discuss with BISCC director Reed Price how Black American history is American history.

Multifaceted performer and philanthropic producer Stephanie Reese, vice president of Bainbridge Arts & Humanities, shares stories of her career, her interest in stepping beyond culturally limiting roles, and her charitable work. Her annual Gift of Giving is coming up Dec. 19. Register here: https://givebutter.com/c/74PvVU

April is National Poetry Month, and the Bainbridge Island Photo Club is celebrating by participating in Ars Poetica Washington. Poems and accompanying photographs are on display during April and May in the Senior Center lobby. In this podcast we hear from some of the poets and photographers. (Part Two is coming May 20). Related link to online gallery: https://biseniorcenter.org/art-gallery/bi-photo-april-2026/

Tom Hansen joins us to show images and videos from a recent trip to Ireland. Our monthly featured presentation from the BI Photo Club!

The Bainbridge Island Photo Club (a BISCC activity) has had a banner year in the regional competitions sponsored by the Northwest Council of Photo Clubs. Photographers describe their images, which are posted online here:
https://biseniorcenter.org/art-gallery/bi-photo-january-2026/. Don't miss the video compilations at the end of the program!

Paul Brians shares close-up photographs of the smaller plants and flowers of one of Bainbridge Island's most popular parks.
Slideshow posted here: https://biseniorcenter.org/art-gallery/biphoto-november-2025/

Dorothy and Bob Rosenblat share images they've captured of the Northern Lights, along with some interesting fact about the atmospheric phenomenon.
Slide show of images: https://biseniorcenter.org/art-gallery/bi-photo-october-2025/

Jon Root joins us to discuss the images that are on display at the Center during the month of September. The photographs feature mostly closeups of wild animals, where the eyes are the center of interest or a very significant element of the image.
Here's a link to the images: https://biseniorcenter.org/art-gallery/bi-photo-september-2025/

How to determine what kind of a smart phone you have.

If you have an Apple phone, this video shows you how to change your default text to bold.

If you have an Apple phone, this video shows you how to make your default text and icon views larger by default.

If you have an Android phone, this video shows you how to change your make your text and icons larger on an Android Phone.

How to change the time before the screen on your iPhone goes to black.

How to change the time before your phone screen goes to black.

NetBridge is an intergenerational program aimed at educating populations like youth and elderly about internet safety and media literacy, where we address topics like learning how to recognize AI, phone and email scams, and how to verify sources in the media.
Young people from Newport High School join us in the intergenerational presentation.

John Chen gives an overview of two-factor authentication beyond text messaging. Everyone deserves to understand the high-tech world that we live in, and one thing we all have to live with is online account IDs and Passwords. Many of us are frustrated or can’t keep track of all those critical pieces of information, and on top of that, we may be required to change them periodically. We may also forget the password and have to get it reset, then have to think up a new complex password. Now there is a new way to get online. Passkeys are replacing passwords, slowly, and they are safer and so much more convenient; and best of all, you don’t have to remember them.
This session provides an overview of Passkeys and how to start using them.

Often users buy a new phone with insufficient memory. Since internal memory cannot be added later, many users will run out of memory during the life of the phone. We review:
different ways to reduce your memory usage on your phone or tablet.
how to make better use of the phone memory you do have left.
Other topics for easier viewing and searching will include:
neat ways to insert tags in your Apple Notes.
more ways to organize your photos using your iPhone and Mac.

As we keep more and more of our information and details of our daily lives on devices, the more difficult it is to find anything on the devices. This month we will look at some other ways to find things, such as in Photos, Calendar events, Notes, and Files, and what you can do to organize them.

John Chen's monthly technology session focuses on searching, setting up 'smart mail,' new text messaging features, how to extract an object from photos and more.

In this month's get-together, John Chen explains why passwords are so important to your digital life, and how to set up a method to recover them, what you need to do before you sell, trade, or dispose of your phone, and what to do when you buy a new iPhone.
Related links to iPhone trade-ins:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201351
https://www.apple.com/shop/trade-in