Ask islander Lizzy Corliss about her adventures hiking the Appalachian Trail solo this year or the Pacific Crest Trail with her brother Josh last year, and her stories are peppered with names like Neon, Goosebumps, Magic Stick, Pan, Tooneboost and her own — Laugh Track. There’s a unique culture born from hours on the trail — including lingo and nicknames. Corliss will share her first-hand knowledge about trail culture, her experiences while hiking the Appalachian Trail (AT) and show slides at 7 p.m. Friday at the Land Trust building.
Events happening on the island this week, Oct. 21 – 28.
Freelance illustrator, graphic designer, biologist and Vashon resident Sandra Noel is well-known for her interpretive and educational signs posted around the island and throughout the Northwest.
Dr. Quinton Morris, a concert violinist, chamber musician, teacher and director will launch his world tour with a performance at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Blue Heron.
As part of Vashon Allied Arts’ Jazz Series, acclaimed Seattle jazz vocalist and educator Greta Matassa will return to Vashon to teach an afternoon jazz singer clinic and hold an evening performance with her band on Saturday.
Music and dance ethnographer, community organizer, photographer and islander Martin Koenig has spent a lifetime working with immigrant ethnic populations in North America and traditional communities in Macedonia to save an endangered species — the fading, forgotten and now often extinct traditional dance and music of these people and their cultures.
Funny man Chris Austin sits at a desk in the front office of The Beachcomber.
Acclaimed poet Sam Hamill once said that poetry teaches us things that cannot be learned in prose. He spoke about the part of a poem that is left unsaid and how poetry frames experiences that lie beyond naming.
Voice of Vashon’s community radio station KVSH 101.9 will celebrate its first anniversary with a special show — “Xtravaganza” — on Saturday and Sunday at the Open Space for Arts & Community.
Last April, Mary Shackelford and Shirley Ferris launched a project called, “Heart of Vashon: Telling Our Story.”
The Vashon band Bill Brown & The Kingbees has been playing gigs in the Northwest since 1986
I have watched Bruce Morser draw for over 30 years, and I still don’t understand how he manages to create the illusion of realism in his work.
For island artist Carol Schwennesen, whose often large canvases are a vibrant choreography of color, painting is a kind of gateway to another dimension. Indeed, the panel she painted as a commissioned artist for Vashon Allied Arts’ auction, “Vive La France,” is called “Portal,” and the painting will be auctioned Saturday night.
