Band plays sweet soul at the Bike
The Seattle band Home Sweet Home will play a show at 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Red Bike.
Vocal powerhouse Erin Murray fronts the band with island drummer Todd Zimberg, Adam Williams on guitar, Julia Sarewtiz on vocals and Kevin Simonelic on bass. Their music — and diverse songwriting — blends ethereal vocals against a musical backdrop of bayou groove, classic rock and soul.
Home Sweet Home is known to consistently pack the venue. The free show is open to all ages until 11 p.m., then 21 and older only.
Spring studio art sale on Saturday
Quartermaster Press Studio will hold its spring sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, at the Beall Greenhouses.
The member-based cooperative will offer reduced prices on original art, including monotype prints, etchings, collage, collagraph and more. There will be a sign-up sheet for print workshops and a drawing for discount coupons for future purchases. For more information, contact Deborah at dtaylorgraphic.com.
Chamber quartet plays on Sunday
The Vashon Beethoven Quartet Project will play Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, at the Havurat Ee Shalom.
The Girsky Quartet will perform the fifth of Beethoven’s early quartets along with Mozart’s String Quartet No. 22 in B-flat major, K. 589. Tickets are available at Vashon Bookshop, brownpapertickets.org or at the door.
Music festival returns on Monday
The Salish Sea Early Music Festival will offer a rare opportunity to hear the complete Musical Offering and other chamber music by Johann Sebastian Bach, played on
period instruments, at 7 p.m. Monday, April 18, at Bethel Church.
Tickets are available for a suggested donation of $15, $20 or $25. Those 18 and under are free. Tickets are sold at SalishSeaSeattle.brownpapertickets.com and at the door.
New play, partnership coming up
Open Space for Arts & Community and Drama Dock will partner in presenting the play “Becky’s New Car,” by Steven Dietz, for two weekends beginning Friday, April 22, at Open Space.
The acclaimed contemporary play has a special Vashon connection. It was commissioned in 2008, as a birthday present from former islander Charles Staadecker to his wife, Benita. Written by Steven Dietz and premiered at ACT Theatre, “Becky’s New Car” has been produced worldwide multiple times.
According to Variety Magazine, “Becky’s New Car takes the audience on a smart, comic cruise through the perils of middle-aged longing and regret.”
The Spokesman Review said, “Steven Dietz’s ‘Becky’s New Car’ begins as an occasionally hilarious screwball comedy and gives way to a disarmingly thoughtful drama about the nature of love, fidelity and second chances. Based on the play’s first act, which is snappy and broad and breathlessly paced, you wouldn’t imagine that it could transition so seamlessly into its touching closing scenes.”
The coproduction between Open Space and Drama Dock is a first as is the staging, which will be in the round.
Michael Barker will direct the local cast of thespians — Elise Morrill, Marshall Murray, Ryan Alumbaugh, Harris Levinson, Lisa Breen and Michael Shook.
Performances will be April 22, 23, 29 and 30 at 8 p.m., and April 24 and May 1 at 7:30 p.m., in the Grand Hall at Open Space.
Tickets are available at Vashon Bookshop, brownpapertickets.com and at the door.
