Islander Mel Michaels is opening Stranger Than Fiction on Friday, where he will sell quality new and used books, including a large poetry section, literary magazines, rare books and books for young kids and teens — replete, he said, with the best graphic novels out there.
Former Islander and blues guitarist Ricker Winsor will join Island musicians Carter Castle and John Browne for an all-blues concert with a holiday flavor, at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19, at Blue Heron Art Center.
The group will present “Lights! Camera! Action!” — a musical revue featuring songs from movies — at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec 13, and 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec 14, at Blue Heron Art Center.
The Nutcracker Ballet will be presented six times over the course of the next two weekends.
Clinton Fearon and the Boogie Brown Band will return to Vashon at 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, for a show of roots reggae music at Red Bicycle Bistro & Sushi.
Studio tour continues Thirty-two Island studios representing more than 60 artists will open their doors for one more weekend of…
Last year, organizer Sue Trevathan reported a record number of 121 species seen on Vashon in the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC), including another record of 78 Anna’s hummingbirds and more than 20,000 individual birds overall.
Yvonne Pitrof was a city girl when she came to Vashon 16 years ago, hoping to live in a yurt in the woods. The yurt was delayed, so she borrowed a tent.
Her first night living outdoors, she lay awake, listening to the rustling in the bushes. An owl hooting overhead gave her a scare.
When Vashon Island Chorale takes the stage with a 15-piece chamber orchestra this weekend to perform “A Celebration of Carols” at Bethel Evangelical Free Church, it will be a concert that has been almost two decades in the making.
Blue Heron Gallery will open its second annual “Masters in Miniature” exhibit at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5.
Blue Heron Dance Company will bring the Nutcracker Ballet to life again this year with a cast of more than 50 dancers ages 6 to 18.
Performances are slated for 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Dec. 5 and 6, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, at the Vashon High School theater.
U.S. Rep to attend film Vashon Film Society and For Word Films will present “Fuel” at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec….
The 2008 Vashon Island Holiday Art Studio Tour will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, Dec. 6, 7, 13 and 14, at 32 arts studios.