Redeker sibilings team up for a special concert
The brother and sister duo of Daryl and Renee Redeker will perform a rare concert together at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, at the Red Bicycle Bistro. Daryl is an Island musician who has been writing and recording since the early 1970s. He has released eight albums and opened for such well-known acts as Jose Feliciano, Phoebe Snow, Kenny Rankin and John Denver. In recent years, Redeker has turned his attention to teaching guitar, helping hundreds of Island students learn to interpret a wide variety of musical styles.
Daryl’s sister Renee has also performed professionally in the Northwest since the 1970s. Her vocals contain flavors of jazz, rock, blues and folk, and her original songs have a pop flair. She currently performs in the Seattle area as a solo act and with the Black Lab Trio.
This is an all-ages, no cover show.
Historian will explore art in not one, but three talks
Art history will come alive when art historian Rebecca Albiani presents three talks at 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Oct. 11, Oct. 25 and Nov. 8, as part of Vashon Allied Arts’ Arts and Humanities Series. All talks will be held at the Blue Heron art center.
On Oct. 11, Albiani will focus on women impressionist painters, Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzales and Marie Bracquemond.
On Oct. 25, Albiani will broach the fascinating and sometimes volatile subject of marriage between three artist couples — Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera and Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock.
Albiani’s final talk will center on the Works Progress Administration Index of American Design. The program, initiated in 1935, resulted in a collection of almost 18,000 watercolor renderings that depict traditional American arts and crafts made before 1890.
Series tickets for the talks are $36 for members and seniors and $45 general. Individual event tickets, $14/$17, can be purchased by calling 463-5131.
Cast of Islanders to present first VAA ‘New Work’
Islander Arlette Moody has assembled a group of her talented friends to join her onstage in “More Feasting,” a Vashon Allied Arts New Works piece that will be performed at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 14 and 15, at the Blue Heron.
The show is a collection of 12 theater, music, dance and comedy vignettes starring Moody, Esther Edelman, Kathy Zbryck, Cathy de Smet, Lynelle Sjoberg, Steffon Moody, Abby Enson, Stephanie and Marshall Murray, Adrienne Mildon and Lyn McMannus.
Other well-known Islanders have been involved behind the scenes. Kevin Joyce was tapped to direct Moody’s sensual opening piece, and Francois Serre y Berga choreographed a jazz trio piece for Moody, Edelman and Zbryck.
Tickets to the show, rated PG-13, are $12/$15, and on sale at the Blue Heron, Heron’s Nest, Books by the Way, Vashon Bookshop and www.brownpapertickets.com.
Gallery seeks a unique artist for its residency program
VALISE Artist Collective and Gallery is branching out to offer an artist-in-residency opportunity on Vashon beginning Jan. 3.
The residency includes one month of work space and living accommodation with a small stipend, followed by a second month where the artist offers a public opening, talk and exhibition.
The gallery is specifically interested in supporting artists and art not often shown on Vashon — including video, performance, sound art and collaborative art projects. Another important part of the project is community involvement. For more information, visit www.valisegallery.org/Artist_In_Residency_Call.html.
