The Seattle Shakespeare Company will bring the Bard’s “The Winter’s Tale” to Ober Park on Saturday as part of a summer-long tour to venues all over King County.
The driving beats and intricate rhythms of top Cajun, Hungarian and Greek music ensembles will soon be heard on Vashon, thanks to a passionate advocate who believes that ethnic music is the real soundtrack to American life.
On a bright July day, as I pulled up in front of Michael Spakowsky’s place, he stepped outside his clapboard house and gave a friendly wave. The tableau — a big man standing alone in front of a small white house in a clearing carved out of the woods — was reminiscent of an Andrew Wyeth painting.
Art and people will go flying through space this weekend at the Open Space for Arts & Community.
Later this month, Islander Jason Staczek will head out to Park City, Utah, to participate in The Sundance Institute’s 2012 Feature Film Composers Lab.
What better way to wind down from a long day at the Strawberry Festival than to rock out at the Red Bike?
Musical theater, ahoy!
Starting Friday, Island audiences can set sail to experience the supreme silliness and sublime musicality of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance,” courtesy of more than 30 Island thespians and singers who have been rehearsing the show for months.
It’s easy to start feeling hungry in Kristen Reitz-Green’s art studio.
Students of Vashon Dance Academy will take audiences over the rainbow this weekend with a high-flying interpretation of “The Wizard of Oz” — a show that seems a particularly appropriate fit for some of the dancers.
Acclaimed harpsichordist Jillon Stoppels Dupree will make her Island debut at a concert at the Church of the Holy Spirit Friday night. It’s a fundraiser to benefit the music ministry of the Episcopal church, which is currently in the midst of celebrating its centenary as a house of worship on Vashon.
The efforts of dozens of local volunteers will bloom this weekend when Vashon Allied Arts hosts its annual Garden Tour on Saturday and Sunday.
Next weekend, Vashon Allied Arts will present its 22nd annual Garden Tour — a two-day fundraiser for VAA that celebrates all things landscaped.
When Janet McAlpin and David Godsey walked into SBC Coffee Roasteries’ empty warehouse in 2004, they saw a world of possibilities.
