Most galleries and art spots are open from 6 to 9 p.m.
Caspar Babypants will return to the island with his upbeat and entertaining songs as part of VCA’s Family Series at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Katherine L White Hall.
Islander Jonah Cole — sponsored by Vashon Events Youth Opener program — will open for the Van Redeker Band, the headline group playing at 8 p.m. Friday at the Red Bike.
Cellist, vocalist and composer Jami Sieber, a one-time Vashon resident in the 1980s, is a celebrated pioneer of the electric cello, garnering awards and rave reviews in Europe, Asia and North America. She will bring her evocative music to the Vashon High School theater for a concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14.
The Vashon Film Society kicks off its 2016-17 Art Film Series with “Girl Asleep,” the Australian coming-of-age story that captured the Seattle International Film Festival’s (SIFF) 2016 Grand Jury Prize. The film will be shown at 8:30 p.m. Thursday and at 4:30 p.m. Friday at the Vashon Theatre.
Two years ago, Vashon Allied Arts (now Vashon Center for the Arts) presented an evening of contemporary choreography to an enthusiastic island audience. This weekend, the island arts organization will again host both on-and off-island choreographers for “Flashpoint: An Evening of Contemporary Dance.”
Swindler will bring its signature and innovative fusion of funk, groove, jazz and rock to the Red Bike at 8:30 p.m. Friday.
Vashon Chamber Music will open its new season with an evening of Schubert and Schumann at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Katherine L White Hall.
It’s been a big year for Vashon Center for the Arts. The grassroots organization turned 50 in 2016, opened the doors to its $20 million arts center in April and will hold its art auction, “Come Together: Celebrating 50 Years,” in the new facility this weekend. But the icing on the artistic cake came when Governor Jay Inslee and the Washington State Arts Commission recently awarded the community nonprofit one of five Governor’s Arts & Heritage Awards.
An award-winning short documentary about islander Phil Volker, “Phil’s Camino,” will be shown at the Port Townsend Film Festival at 6:30 p.m. Friday and at 3 p.m. Saturday.
The Seattle band Super Krewe will play a show at 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Red Bike.
Seattle band Norman Baker & The Backroads is known for traveling to as many communities as possible to share its signature brand of music and stories of the road. The band will come to Vashon to play a show at 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Red Bike.
Vashon Opera will open its eighth season with Francis Poulenc’s 1957 opera, “Dialogues of the Carmelites,” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Katherine L White Hall.