Knit a while at Café Luna
Café Luna will not offer any music during Strawberry Festival, July 16 and 17, and the café will close early, at 5 p.m., on both those days. But music will resume from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, July 18, when the café hosts its regular monthly gathering of Celtic musicians and knitters. The event, hosted by Vashon Celtic Players, provides Islanders a chance to play jigs, reels, polkas and also engage in the lively art of homespun crafting.
Donald Cole has a show in Seattle
Island artist Donald Cole is currently having a major exhibition of his work in Seattle. The show, “Mountain Visions,” will be on view at ArtXchange Gallery, in Pioneer Square, through Aug. 28. The exhibition includes paintings inspired by Cole’s recent trip to the mountains of Vietnam north of Hanoi, just below China. For more information about the show, visit www.artxchange.org.
Jessica Maxwell will read at Books by the Way
Former Islander Jessica Maxwell will read from her book, “Roll Around Heaven,” at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 24, at Books by the Way. The book has just been released in paperback, and the author is including a stop on Vashon on her busy Northwest book tour. Its publisher describes the book as “an all-true accidental spiritual adventure that led one non-believer to lunch with Deepak Chopra, dance with Stephen Hawking, heal with Yogananda, banish evil spirits with Buddhist lamas, find true love in a Presbyterian church choir, share Celtic revelations on the isle of Iona, talk all night with the Daughters of Islam, and learn an abiding respect for all paths to God.” Maxwell’s stop at Books by the Way will also include an appearance by Lory Misel, a spiritual teacher Maxwell refers to as “The Holy Pig Farmer.” For more information on the book or Maxwell’s writing, visit www.jessicamaxwell.com.
Victoria Adams is honored in Tacoma
The landscape oil paintings of Island artist Victoria Adams are on exhibit at Tacoma Art Museum through Oct. 3, as part of the museum’s prestigious Northwest Perspective Series. The mid-career survey solo show, “Where Sky Meets Earth: The Luminous Landscapes of Victoria Adams,” opened on July 10, and is located in the museum’s main gallery. It features almost 30 pieces created by the artist from 1995 to the present. Several new pieces are on display in the exhibition, along with other pieces borrowed from collectors around the country. At 5:30 p.m. Thursday, July 15, Adams will give a free gallery talk at the museum and sign copies of the 60-page exhibition catalog. In November, Adams will show work at Blue Heron Gallery.
A benefit for BARC will include plenty of music
An all-day event called “Tossin’ & Rockin’ at BARC” will raise funds for Burton Adventure Recreation Center on Saturday, July 24. The event wlll kick off at noon with a frisbee golf tournament. There will be a barbeque at 3 p.m., followed by an outdoor concert from 4 to 9 p.m., featuring four bands — The Lonely H, Rishloo, The Pharmacy and The Terrordactyls. The frisbee golf tournement costs $5, and there is a suggested donation of $10 for the concert. Visit www.vashonparkdistrict.org for information.
