‘The Ruins of Memory’ at VCA
Tales of the Alchemysts Theatre, in partnership with Vashon Havurah, will present “The Ruins of Memory: Women’s Voices of the Holocaust” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, at Vashon Center for the Arts (VCA).
Combining live music, sound and movement with spoken word, the production includes tales of resistance and resilience from fiction, poetry, and oral histories by survivors and victims of the Holocaust, spotlighting the stories of women from both the Ashkenazi and Sephardic communities.
The production at VCA, with sound design by island theater artist Max Sarkowsky, will launch a fall tour of the production to Seattle-area churches, synagogues, libraries and stages.
Purchase tickets at vashoncenterforthearts.org.
Double bill at Black Cat
Island troubadour Gregg Curry will split a bill with San Francisco singer-songwriter Martha Groves Perry, from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, at Snapdragon Café’s Black Cat Cabaret. The headliners will be joined by musicians Kevin Higgs, Kevin Nortness and David Solonen.
Admission is free, with donations requested to help offset the expenses of the show.
Famed circus comes to town
One of the oldest, self-supporting theatrical companies in the US, Bread and Puppet Theater, has now embarked on a rare tour of its “Apocalypse Defiance Circus” — an up-to-date version of one of its most raucous and joyful seminal works, “Our Domestic Resurrection Circus,” first performed 50 years ago.
The production — complete with giant puppets, huge masks and expressive singing and movement — stops on Vashon at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, at Open Space for Arts & Community. Doors for the show open at 2 p.m. that day.
Find out more about the show and purchase tickets at openspacevashon.com.
Flamenco on Vashon
Seattle-based Flamenco dancer Savannah Fuentes and singer/multi-instrumentalist, Diego Amador, Jr., direct from Seville, will present “Rayn: Flamenco for a New World,” at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, at the Vashon Havurah, located at 15401 Westside Hwy. SW.
The pair have forged a distinctive artistic partnership, performing throughout Washington, Oregon, and California since 2019. Fuentes, a lifelong devotee of Flamenco whose artistry is well-known to audiences throughout the United States, has independently produced and danced in more than 400 performances and workshops featuring internationally recognized Flamenco artists, including Diego Amador Jr., Saray Munoz, and Jesus Montoya.
Amador, a powerful singer as well as guitarist, comes from a legendary Flamenco family that is known for fusing flamenco with blues, jazz, and salsa. He also plays piano, bass, and percussion.
The evening, a blend of authentic Spanish flamenco music and innovative dance, is part of an extensive tour.
Purchase tickets at eventbrite.com.
