JD Hobson will bring his blues roots Americana and rock sound to the Red Bike at 8:30 p.m. Friday.
In celebration of legendary singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt and in support of Vashon Youth & Family Services (VYFS), local musicians Ian Moore, Star Anna, Loren Sinner, Jeff Kanzler, Gregg Curry, Kat Eggleston, Roger Taylor and Mike Nichols will play a concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Blue Heron.
In our 21st century world, where volatile change seems to be the norm, an artist from India, C.F. John, and a poet from Vashon, Tom Pruiksma, have carried on a 12-year transcontinental conversation, both spoken and written, that aims at the heart of the world’s upheaval.
Don your boas and bow ties, Sunday is Oscar Night at the Vashon Theatre, and all islanders are invited to the watch Hollywood’s Academy Awards ceremony on the silver screen, with special events beginning at 4 p.m.
Vashon Youth Theatre will hold its first fundraiser with two performances of Stephen Sondheim’s Tony award-winning musical “Company,” directed by Elizabeth Ripley and slated for 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Vashon High School theater.
A perfect dozen: That’s the number of shows Sharing the Stage will have under its musical belt after Friday’s performance, which begins at 8 p.m. at the Red Bike.
Jean Mann and Sheryl Wiser, two independent Seattle singer-songwriters, have each previously performed on Vashon, but will play a show together for the first time at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Blue Heron.
The Canadian literary nonfiction writer Charlotte Gray once wrote that it doesn’t take long to see how much drama there is in real life — more than a novelist would dare invent.
Native islander, author and speaker Mary Matsuda Gruenewald chronicled her childhood memories of life in a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II in her book, “Looking Like the Enemy.”
A listing of arts-related events on the island this week
A listing of music-related events on the island for this week and next
Listening to island writers Ann Spiers and Lonny Kaneko talk about their long-term friendship sounds more like the banter of a comedy team than that of Vashon’s inaugural and current poets laureate.
For the last three years, islander and origami artist Alice Larson has fulfilled a heart-driven mission to hand out origami hearts to strangers on Valentine’s Day.
