There has been a lot of talk lately about Thriftway’s new electronic sign and whether it’s in keeping with Vashon’s quaint and crunchy rural character.
To visit David Smith’s house on Vashon is to step back through the mists of time to a magical land far across the ocean.
Smith has spent the past 20 years creating one of the most remarkable properties on Vashon — a place with lavish gardens, antique gates and stone pathways, leading to a 200 year-old Chinese house and a 100 year-old, intricately carved Javanese house, both adorned with teak antiques.
The rhythmic groove of reggae music will be heard throughout Quartermaster Harbor on Saturday, thanks to a free concert that is being thrown by The Hardware Store Restaurant to celebrate its fifth anniversary of being in business.
Vashon Winery is gearing up to present its third annual folk festival this weekend — an outdoor event on the winery grounds that will expand this year to fill two days with workshops, panel discussions and performances by some of Vashon’s most beloved traditional, Celtic and contemporary acoustic musicians.
Automobile aficionados will have a chance to gawk at dozens of hotrods, vintage classics, rare cars and even a few rust buckets that will be on display this Sunday at an annual car show and outdoor concert at Engels Repair and Towing.
Unsuspecting Islanders who surf the Internet, hoping to find adorable, adoptable dogs on Vashon Island Pet Protectors’ Web site, might wind up placing a bid on one of several colorful ceramic canines currently posted on the site’s listings of available pets.
Imagine heading off to the first day of school without a sturdy new backpack, colorful binders, thick notebooks full of clean white paper and unopened packs of markers and pencils.
Unfortunately, that might be a reality for dozens of Island children whose parents are struggling in a tough economy, unable to afford the back-to-school ritual of buying school supplies for their kids.
A unique outdoor performance that combines the graceful movements of professional dancers with the magnificent athleticism of Arabian horses will take place on Vashon this weekend.
Islewilde, a free, family-friendly festival that bills itself as a “scrappy, do-it-ourselves, let’s-put-on-a-show kind of affair,” will kick off on…
Islanders can celebrate the sights and sounds of a lively art scene by taking in the last gallery cruise of the summer from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 6, at a multitude of Vashon art hotspots and shops. Some reception times may vary — check the listings below.
In a move designed to make opera more accessible to Island families, Vashon Opera has announced that low-priced tickets to its upcoming production of “The Barber of Seville” will be sold to families and young people.
For many years, the neon Thriftway sign near the intersection of Vashon Highway and Bank Road has been an Island landmark and point of reference, but last week, the sign got a new, more modern look.
In every season, Vashon is a tuneful place, with an abundance of concerts suited to every taste filling Island stages year-round.
But July and August always bring an embarassment of musical riches to our shores, and this year is no exception.
