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    Articles by Elizabeth Shepherd
    The Bike brings twang and reggae beats to town
    The Bike brings twang and reggae beats to...
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • February 17, 2009 7:00 pm

    Red Bicycle Bistro & Sushi’s upcoming musical offerings will include two bands, each offering a different style of high-energy dance music.

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    Baby Gramps plays at the Red Bike on Valentine's Day.
    A sweethearts’ smorgasbord
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • February 10, 2009 3:17 pm

    A roundup of this weekend’s musical events.

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    Live the creative life in ‘Artful Vashon’
    Live the creative life in ‘Artful Vashon’
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • February 10, 2009 3:15 pm

    Vashon College will offer its popular course, “Artful Vashon,” at Courthouse Square from 3 to 6 p.m. on Sunday afternoons, beginning March 1 and continuing on consecutive Sundays through April 5.

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    Islander Robin Worley celebrates Barack Obama’s inauguration in a costume she created five years ago
    Islanders come out in droves to celebrate Obama’s...
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • January 22, 2009 2:13 pm

    Vashon celebrated the beginning of Barack Obama’s presidency in high style on Tuesday night, as more than 500 Islanders gathered at the aptly named “O” Space for a rollicking inaugural ball.

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    A bounty of live music comes to Island stages
    A bounty of live music comes to Island...
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • January 20, 2009 10:00 pm

    This weekend boasts a wealth of options for Island music lovers, including concerts by up-and-coming Seattle songwriters, favorite Island players and the return of Trolls Cottage, a band that began on Vashon and now tours widely.

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    Martin Koenig’s photographs document scenes from 1960s-era village life in Bulgaria.
    Scenes from a vanished world
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • January 20, 2009 9:57 pm

    An upcoming exhibit on Vashon will showcase the photography of Islander Martin Koenig, who spent much of the 1960s and ’70s documenting village life and music in Soviet-era Bulgaria.

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    UMO Ensemble members Esther Edelman and Lunelle Sjoberg will perform at the “Stimulus Package Cabaret.”
    Stimulus package cabaret
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • January 13, 2009 3:32 pm

    Vashon’s performance art troupe, UMO Ensemble, is gearing up to present its third annual cabaret on the Island.

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    Susan Harris
    Local actors visit ‘On Golden Pond’
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • January 13, 2009 12:29 pm

    “On Golden Pond,” a play that won Oscars for Henry Fonda and Katherine Hepburn in its 1981 screen adaptation, will open on the Blue Heron stage this month with an all-star Island cast. The play is a co-production of Drama Dock and Vashon Allied Arts.

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    The members of Captain Dick & the Portholes will cook up some tasty tunes at the Bike.
    Set sail for two nights of music by...
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • January 13, 2009 3:29 pm

    Red Bicycle Bistro and Sushi will serve up some homegrown music this weekend, with free shows planned on Friday and Saturday featuring a roster of Island talent.

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    Hundreds of Islanders
    Hundreds turn out to oppose Glacier
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • January 6, 2009 4:13 pm

    In one of the largest rallies on Vashon in years, more than 500 sign-toting Islanders gathered on the rocky shores south of Gold Beach Sunday to protest Glacier Northwest’s efforts to dramatically expand its mining operation.

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    Ray Pfortner
    Island photographer fills out fairy float crew at...
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • December 30, 2008 1:41 pm

    A childhood dream has finally come true for Ray Pfortner.
    Pfortner, 59, recently returned from a trip to New York City, where he marched in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade.

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    Hillstomp will return to Vashon on Saturday night.
    A jam-packed weekend of music fills the Red...
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • December 30, 2008 4:06 pm

    Red Bicycle Bistro & Sushi is offering a line-up of free music this weekend. The Vashon-based trio Track 19 —…

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    “Division
    The economy takes partial blame for the end...
    By Elizabeth Shepherd • December 30, 2008 4:02 pm

    Gallery 070 closed its doors Dec. 27 after five years of memorable exhibitions and rollicking First Friday receptions in downtown…

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