A vibrant world of verse will leap off the page and onto the stage when the Vashon Poetry Fest takes place this weekend at locations all over Vashon.
Almost 200 McMurray Middle School and Vashon High School band students are tuning up for the biggest gig they’ve ever had — a pops concert on June 2, where they will play a song guest-conducted by Grammy Award-winning composer Christopher Tin.
The naughty and sophisticated charms of burlesque are coming to the Island on Saturday, when an all-star ensemble appears in “Burlesco Notturno,” a variety show at Open Space for Arts & Community.
Two big exhibits with lively, ecumenical approaches to art are on view right on Vashon, and you don’t want to miss either one of them.
More than two dozen young dancers will bring some of the world’s most famous paintings to life in “Portraits in Motion,” a new dance production by Vashon Junior Civic Ballet.
The Blue Heron Dance program is about to mount its biggest and most collaborative program ever, thanks to the efforts of a host of Island artists, teachers and performers who have spent the past several months working with hundreds of creative Island kids.
Dozens of local painters, sculptors, jewelers, potters, candle makers, glass blowers and other artists are getting ready for their biggest sales event of the season — the annual spring Vashon Island Art Studio Tour.
The Island is buzzing about a concert that will take place this weekend at Open Space for Arts & Community, featuring a Seattle hip-hop artist who just completed a major tour to venues throughout the United States.
This weekend will be a big one on Vashon for those who love visual art. It begins with the monthly gallery cruise Friday evening, then continues Saturday and Sunday with Vashon’s Art Studio Tour. Listed below are Friday’s gallery highlights, scheduled for 6 to 9 p.m
Guys and Dolls,” an award-winning 1950 Broadway hit that has earned a place as one of the most beloved shows in the American musical theater canon, will get a youth theater treatment this weekend, featuring a boisterous cast and crew of 25 young Island thespians.
For the past 22 years, reference librarian Rayna Holtz has been a fixture at Vashon’s library, patiently assisting Islanders as they hunt down books, work on projects and attend public programs at the bustling facility.
If you’re like me and desperately need a respite from Vashon’s bone-chilling spring, I can recommend no easier or more affordable escape than to run, don’t walk, to book a ticket for Drama Dock’s latest show, “Enchanted April.”
This weekend will give Island music lovers a chance to come out for concerts headlined by world-renowned musicians who also happen to call Vashon home.
