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Island-made film vies for spot at Seattle film festival
Anthony O’Brien, right, wrote the script of “Perfect Sport” and plays Lee, a high school wrestler who finds a father figure in the school’s assistant wrestling coach. - Courtesy photo May 22 2008, 10:16 AM tWatch it online and vote from home to help the film succeed.

Buy tickets for Garden Tour
May 22 2008, 10:17 AM ARTS BRIEFS

Hear music at Café Luna
- May 22 2008, 10:17 AM Just Fiddlin ’Round

Megan Hackett and Hannah Scheer, lead fiddlers and singers for Just Fiddlin’ ‘Round, are kicking off their 2008 performance season with a free concert at 7 p.m. Friday, May 23, at Café Luna.

The girls, now 12 and 13, are adding a little country rock and will be showing off some fancy fiddling in “Devil Went Down to Georgia,” along with their old favorites. New ballads and bluegrass are also on the list, including “Homeward Bound” and “Can the Circle Be Unbroken.”

Blue Heron hosts collectors’ sale
Islander Mary Van Gemert, an art collector for many years, peruses which pieces to donate to the Collector’s Choice sale. - Susan Sullivan photo May 22 2008, 10:18 AM The Blue Heron Gallery will host an art sale next week. Reminiscent of last year’s Archives Art Sale, which featured works by Island artists, this year’s sale offers works donated by passionate Island art collectors.

The sale will take place at Blue Heron Gallery May 30 and 31 and June 1. Some of the Island’s most discriminating art collectors (and a few off-Island ones, too) have contributed works of art of every kind for sale to Vashon Allied Arts members and friends.

Track 19 releases ‘Two Drink Minimum’
Track 19 includes, from left, Bob “Rock” Kueker (of True Value fame), Phil “Eddy J” Johnson and Rick “Trippa D” Doussett on guitar. - Courtesy photo May 22 2008, 10:18 AM Vashon Island-based trio Track 19 has released its first CD. Take a big dose of rock and roll. Pour in some Texas blues, some Gypsy jazz and some Muscle Shoals R&B. Wash it down with a slammin’ drummer, a wildly inventive guitarist and an in-the-pocket bassist.

Joy Goldstein: A life of protest
Joy Goldstein is in handcuffs on Saturday, May 10, at the Bangor Naval Base in Bremerton. She says she goes through a ritual with her “friends, the Kitsap County sheriffs” every time she is arrested. “We honor and respect each other,” she says. - Leonard Eiger photo May 22 2008, 10:21 AM Joy Goldstein and her son Michael celebrated Mother’s Day in an unconventional way this year — they went to the Bangor Naval Submarine Base in Bremerton to protest the presence of nuclear weapons there.

Demonstration at high school outshines the political awareness of many Americans
May 22 2008, 10:31 AM but seriously...

You never know when disaster will strike
May 22 2008, 10:31 AM Be prepared

Heros behind the scene made auction a success
May 22 2008, 10:31 AM auction update

A resilient community means a stronger future
May 22 2008, 10:32 AM April brought amazing events to Seattle: a conference called Healing Our Planet Earth, the Seeds of Compassion events with the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu and a talk on Vashon by Joanna Macy. I participated in each of these, looking for inspiration about restoring Creation.

The Dalai Lama commented that the essence of all religions is the same. We have one Creator. God likes diversity in species, personalities and even religions. Desmond Tutu showed such abiding joy, even after all the suffering he witnessed in South Africa and elsewhere. He spoke of God’s forgiveness and encouragement of us all. Then he danced in appreciation of the 660-member community orchestra and choir that performed Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy.” All the performers were volunteers, like the thousands of others who made the Seeds of Compassion such a success.

Oh, the things we can accomplish working in community! The major events were filmed and available by podcast at www.seedsofcompassion.org.