Arts
Vashon’s Strawberry Festival starts July 11
The annual Strawberry Festival — with its parades, carnival, music and more — is right around the corner,…
Arts
Into Africa Two artists return with scenes of a ‘magnificent continent’
Two Islanders will share the artistic bounty of their epic trek through Africa when Vashon Community Care Center…
Arts
Two Wall to feature works by Two Wall’s curator Greg Wessel
Two Wall Gallery will present a retrospective of prints from one of its curators, Greg Wessel, opening with…
Arts
‘Feeding ourselves’ Vashon College’s new lecture series explores local food production
Vashon College, responding to Islanders’ growing interest in local foods and mounting concerns about oil prices, will offer…
Opinion
Stretch your shrinking dollar by enjoying a ‘staycation’ at home
I predict the next edition of Webster’s Dictionary will contain a word born from this economic period: ‘staycation.’…
Arts
Farcical ‘Tartuffe,’ with a modern-day twist, will be staged at Ober Park
Paul Shapiro, the Islander who last year brought “Twelfth Night” to the Village Green, is directing another outdoor…
Opinion
The hottest months of the year can be busy and stressful
“You can always tell the English. You can always tell the Dutch. You can always tell Lubahn’s class,…
Opinion
Often shunned, horsetail actually has an abundance of medicinal benefits
Many plants that are maligned as weeds are actually highly beneficial, with a long history of use by…
Opinion
Fighting Glacier
To some of us, it may seem like tilting at windmills to take on Glacier Northwest. The company…
Opinion
State needs to address tax issues to fix King County budget
How would cutting 100 sheriff’s deputies affect police response times? How would a reduction of 30 deputy prosecutors…
Arts
Vashon artists show their art in Ober Park
More than 30 artists will be in Ober Park again this year, for the sixth year in a…
