In the early 1990s, island author John McCoy recorded more than 20 extensive interviews for a biography about the recently retired Archbishop of Seattle, Raymond Hunthausen.
Gregg Curry and Ragged Glory will play a show at 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Red Bike.
As an industrial designer, islander Bill Knox has designed everything from buttons to battleships. As an artist, he has worked in multiple media from chalk to oil, but since moving to Vashon 50 years ago, Knox’s medium of choice has been transparent watercolor.
Island quilter Jo Ann Bardeen has always enjoyed sewing, but not until she retired did she discover her passion for quilting.
In 2008, a small group of island opera lovers banded together to take on the challenge of establishing a full-fledged opera company. Considering the Byzantine complexity of producing an opera, the mission seemed daunting.
The Acoma Pueblo located west of Albuquerque is known for its intricately designed pottery, an art form dating back 1,200 years. On a recent visit to the pueblo, island photographer Kim Farrell fell in love with a certain piece of Acoma pottery but found inspiration in the hands that created it.
Andie Styner, who showed her photography in the exhibit “Eye of the Beholder” at The Hardware Store Restaurant last month, will open her Roobiblue Studio to “continue the experience.”
Island artist Ted Kutscher will exhibit new work in a show called “The Light in Places I Like” at the Fountainhead Gallery in Seattle for the month of September.
Most galleries and art spots are open from 6 to 9 p.m.
Clinton Fearon returns to Vashon for a free concert in Ober Park from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday.
The well-known all island band Subconscious Population will play a free show at 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Red Bike.
Island artist Kathy Johnson became fascinated with dolls at an early age. Not the typical baby doll with a cherubic face or a Barbie doll sporting infamous body proportions. Rather Johnson’s focus landed on dolls from around the world, dolls she understood to be cultural icons.
Island artist Ann Leda Shapiro’s latest work, a series of five paper cutouts, will be exhibited in a pop-up art show at the Guest Shed Gallery in Seattle for two days only on Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 6 p.m.
