GreenTech and Vashon Theatre present “Hamlet”
The Vashon Theatre and Island GreenTech will bring Sir Laurence Olivier’s 1948 film adaptation of “Hamlet” to the silver screen for a free showing at 7 p.m. Saturday. The movie was the first British film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.
Seattle comic joins Vashon funny folks at the Bike
Comedy night will return for some laughs at 8 p.m. Friday at the Bike.
Heneghen, who has been a finalist of the Seattle International Comedy Competition numerous times, will headline the evening’s show. Hosting the event will be Vashon’s Stephen Moody, along with local comedians Kevin Kim-Murphy, Pearce Cobarr, Jonathan Laine, Andy Royer, Dan Green and Jim Farrell.
Tickets are $7 at the door for the adult-only show.
Enjoy the sound of jazz tunes from 1920s and ’30s
Jazz musicians Mark Graham and WB Reid will play from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Snapdaragon.
Graham and Reid are known independently for their mastery of traditional music and membership in countless bands. Some years ago, they discovered a mutual joy in playing the early jazz tunes from the 1920s and ‘30s on clarinet (Graham) and banjo-guitar (Reid).
Graham, a Vashon resident, is nationally revered for his old-time harmonica playing and clever songs on a wide range of subjects. A founding member of the Seattle band The Hurricane Ridge Runners in the late ‘70s, Graham went on to tour with Kevin Burke’s Open House and The Kings of Mongrel Folk, among other musical greats. Along the way he discovered the music of Sydney Bechet and added the jazz clarinet, forging a signature improvisational style.
Reid has visited nearly every village in the revival of musical traditions over the last four decades, with stops in blues, ragtime, old-time and swing, along with traditions from many countries. Currently he plays with Eric and Suzy Thompson in the blues and jugband group The Todalo Shakers, performs as a duo with his wife, Bonnie Zahnow, and plays contra dances with several bands, including The Rhythm Rollers. Reid has developed and mastered a one-of-a-kind finger technique on the six-string banjo, bringing a fine old sound to jazz standards from the early 20th century.
The two explore the lost sounds of Sydney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, The Mills Brothers, Duke Ellington and their contemporaries.
