When Sarah Drew and Patty Roberts met as vendors selling handmade goods at the Vashon Farmers Market, they quickly recognized a kindred spirit in each other.
A drizzle of rain soaked the well-worn backpacks of Lizzy and Josh Corliss last September when the siblings took the final steps to complete their long-held dream of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. Undaunted by the low clouds, the duo and their hiking pals let out exuberant cheers as they ran out of the woods to touch the monument marking the northern terminus of the 2,670-mile trail. The adventuresome pair will share highlights from their five-month trek in a presentation tomorrow at the Vashon Bookshop.
On January 27, 1945, Russian troops liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp in Germany. Seventy years later that date is now recognized as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Sitting at a tall table by the window of The Hardware Store Restaurant, Pam Ingalls recently talked about the oil paintings that hang throughout the popular eatery, including those in the back gallery.
The Seattle-based Jose Gonzales Trio will add pizazz to a holiday classic with its signature jazz rendition of “A Charlie Brown Christmas Jazz Concert” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Blue Heron.
Once a year, in the name of art, Darsie and Chris Beck move out of their house on Maury Island. For two weeks beginning with the Holiday Studio Art Tour, the Becks turn their living quarters into Waterworks Studio, an art gallery with a stable of 19 artists
The floor sanders buzz. Workers install a roll-up door to the sidewalk, and dust litters the windowsills. Bricks are exposed.
Vashon Theatre’s screen will light up in the next week with both a classic American play, “Of Mice and Men,” and a Russian ballet, “The Legend of Love.”
Stories and images from around the globe in the form of eight international live action and animated short films will light up Vashon Theatre’s silver screen from noon to 2:15 p.m. Saturday.
Vashon Allied Arts and the Friends of Mukai have joined forces to bring “Panama Hotel Jazz” by the Steve Griggs Ensemble to the island at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Blue Heron. The event is the first performance in VAA’s Jazz Series.
The Vashon High School’s Theatre Arts II class will perform the play “30 Reasons Not To Be In A Play” for one weekend only, beginning on Friday.
Julie Speidel’s studio sits on a rolling piece of land that runs along the spine of the island.
The Vashon Sheepdog Classic drew more than just dogs and handlers to the annual event last August. A raft of photographers — Kim Farrell, Clara Kappelman, Julian White-Davis and others — also gathered to capture the trials. Their photographs will be on display at Café Luna
