On the first Friday in December at Hastings-Cone Gallery, Vashon artist Monica Gripman will introduce the island to a few of her friends. Some will be wearing alpaca, others sheep’s wool or even dog hair underneath finely sewn outfits Gripman designed.
When USA Today described the Shook Twins, the newspaper said the folk group “is ready to rattle the music world.” Rattle or shake, the Shook Twins are staking their claim with favorable reviews and a busy tour, which will bring them to the Open Space for Arts & Community at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. Doors will open at 7 p.m.
Independent film producers Matthew and Sean Kohnen will screen their latest movie, “The Funeral Guest,” at a free showing at 1 p.m. Saturday at Vashon Theatre, courtesy of Raechel and Eileen Wolcott, who support indie filmmakers.
Music of the 1940s will fill the Red Bike; Lecture will look at Arts and Crafts artist; Folk choir will give Thanksgiving concert
Island singer-songwriter Lance Morgan will play a free solo concert called “Songs for My Mom” at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Havurat Ee Shalom.
Island performance group Lelavision launched a Kickstarter campaign last September to fund a project to heighten awareness about the dramatic increase in new HIV cases among youth in the United States.
For a humorous play that explores the pitfalls of life as a teen in the 21st century, “Speech & Debate” makes for a less-than-inspiring title.
Animated film portrays the realities of World War I
Most galleries and art spots will be open from 6 to 9 p.m. Café Luna will show drawings and collages by Anna Witte, a local artist and children’s book author.
Granny’s Attic is jumping into the gallery scene with an exhibit of artwork previously donated to the thrift shop. The show, Granny’s In The Gallery — which includes a large painting from Haitian artist Duncan Reseme’s marketplace series, an unusual Art Hanson lithograph, a signed and numbered Fay Jones serigraph plus watercolors, prints, oils and pastels — will be hung at the Hastings-Cone Gallery, courtesy of Adam Cone and Megan Hastings. All the pieces will be for sale.
‘And We Were Young’ will play at the Vashon Theatre on Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11
On Burton Hill, screened from the road by a copse of fir trees, a strawberry picker’s shack dressed in pink paint stands on a knoll in an open pasture. Bookshelves line the interior that houses two tables stacked with reams of green and blue rice paper, colored photographs, rulers, bone folders and signets of poetry ready to be sewn and glued into cloth covers. Writer Mary G.L. Shackelford is crafting, by hand, the third chapbook in her poetry series. The author will read and sign her new book, “Song in my Belly,” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at the Vashon Bookshop.
A quick rundown of arts-related events and performances happening this week on Vashon.
Multiple musical artists will be bringing their acts to the island this week, just in time for Halloween festivities.
