Art at Hardware Store Gallery
The Hardware Store Restaurant’s gallery will show the work of Terri Fletcher, with guest artist Jeff Berand throughout January — a continuation of an exhibition that opened in December, exhibiting Fletcher’s combination of dyed fabric and paper with stitching and beads, and her wall of madrone sticks connected by magnets.
Jeff Berand is showing complementary work — assemblages of twigs, lichen and fir cones.
Art Talk
Art historian Rebecca Albiani will present a talk “Wise, or otherwise? Owls in Art,” at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12, at Vashon Center for the Arts (VCA). Those attending the talk will also have the opportunity to see VCA’s expansive group exhibition of “Birds Take Flight,” including works in a variety of mediums.
Albiani’s talk will cover how, in antiquity, owls symbolized wisdom, and how such artists as Goya and Hieronymus Bosch also evocatively included owls in their works. Get tickets and find out more about the talk at vashoncenterforthearts.org.
Rainbow Girls
Rainbow Girls — the trio of Caitlin Gowdy, Erin Chapin and Vanessa Wilbourn — will return to Vashon for the fourth time with an all-ages show at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, at Vashon Theatre, presented by islander Debra Heesch. The show — a treat for the many island fans of the irresistible harmonies — will include songs from their new album, “Haunting.” Get tickets at vashontheatre.com.
Salish Sea Early Music Festival
The Salish Sea Early Music Festival will launch its 2025 season on Vashon with a concert at 12 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20, at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirt, with monthly concerts to follow.
The concert, “The Canzona 2025,” will boast the talents of early music specialists Vicki Boekman on renaissance recorders, Tina Chancey on tenor viol, Jeffrey Cohan on renaissance tranverse flutes, and Anna March, playing dulcian (the renaissance bassoon).
The program will focus on the birth of the Canzona — inspired by early 16th-century chansons and evolving into the early 17th-century baroque sonata — and especially highlight the musicianship of Chancey, a gifted renaissance specialist and innovative improviser who plays with the noted ensemble Hesperus, in Washington, D.C.
Admission is by free-will donation at the door, with $20 to $30 suggested.
Find out more about this concert and upcoming Salish Sea Early Music Festival performances on Vashon at salishseafestival.org/vashon.
Whim W’Him
The award-winning Seattle-based contemporary dance company Whim W’Him will return to Vashon Center for the Arts to present “Winter ’25,” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23.
The dance concert will feature works by choreographer Cameron Fraser-Monroe, a member of the Tla’amin First Nation; director and artist Robyn Mineko Williams; and a can’t-miss world premiere from Olivier Wevers.
Since 2009, Whim W’Him has showcased innovative collaborations with regional and global dance artists. As a principal dancer with both the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet, Wevers, the company’s artistic director imbues a sense of curiosity and wonder into dance.
Find out more and get tickets at vashoncenterforthearts.org. The show is free for youth 18 and younger.
Gangstagrass
Gangstagrass, a multi-racial collective of musicians who play a high-octane mix of country and hip-hop, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at Vashon Center for the Arts. The group is known for creating a shared cultural space for dialogue and connection between groups of music lovers who seldom intersect. Blending American urban and rural music traditions, VCA organizers promise, is a good thing — and attendees will find themselves partying down to the music.
Get tickets and find out more at vashoncenterforthearts.org.
14/48
14/48 Vashon will return with four performances at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, at Open Space for Arts & Community.
The annual fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants theater festival features seven writers, seven directors, over 25 actors, plus a gaggle of designers, musicians, and technical wizards. This tireless and intrepid company will present 14 new, 10-minute plays that have been written, memorized, and performed in just 48 hours. Get tickets and find out more at openspacevashon.com.
Paula Poundstone
Paula Poundstone will return to Vashon after last year’s sold-out shows, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7, at Vashon Center for the Arts.
Known for her smart, observational humor and legendary spontaneous wit, Poundstone is a regular panelist on National Public Radio’s comedy news quiz show, “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me.” She has starred in several HBO specials including “Cats, Cops and Stuff” and “Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard.” She is also heard weekly on her podcast, “Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone.”
Poundstone’s awards and accolades make for a long list, and she is included in many documentaries and literary compendiums noting influential comedians of her era.
Get tickets and find out more at vashoncenterforthearts.org.
Magic Stick Wall, by Terri Fletcher, is part of an exhibition of her work, along with work by Jeff Brand, at The Hardware Store Restaurant Gallery. (Courtesy photo)
