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Last year’s car parade.

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A sweet guide to Strawberry Festival weekend

The beloved Vashon Strawberry Festival returns this weekend, with a packed lineup of music, activities, vendors and parades.

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A past Strawberry Festival street dance.

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A jam-packed Strawberry Festival lineup

This weekend’s Strawberry Festival features a packed lineup of music. From beloved local bands to acclaimed acts from…

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Joe Okimoto of Mukai Farm & Garden is one of this year’s Grand Marshals of the 2026 Vashon Strawberry Festival Parade.

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Grand marshals chosen for commitment to Vashon history

Yvonne Kuperberg and Joe Okimoto have been named grand marshals of the 2026 Vashon Strawberry Festival Parade, according…

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A folding table, a handwritten sign and a willingness to answer strangers’ grammar questions turned Ellen Jovin’s Manhattan sidewalk experiment into a bestselling book and the award-winning documentary Rebel with a Clause, playing at 7 p.m. Monday, July 20, at Vashon Theatre.

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Grammar guru Ellen Jovin returns to Vashon with ‘Rebel With a Clause’

Ever gotten side-eyed for ending a sentence with a preposition? Not sure if it’s “who” or “whom”? Still…

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Croaker.

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Arts Briefs | July 16 edition

Croaker at the Wine Shop

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First Friday visitors browsed local shops during the evening gallery cruise.

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Glimpses of Vashon | First Friday

The street was closed, the crowd was out and music filled the air as First Friday kicked off…

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PianoFéte pianists (top, left to right) Vyacheslav Gryaznov, Konstantin Soukhovetski, (bottom) Rexa Han and Daria Kiseleva.

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Arts Briefs | July 9 edition

Vashon Film Institute screenings

Guests got to hold fins and jaws of thresher and sixgill sharks. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing.

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Shark in the Park celebrates local sixgills

The 2nd annual Shark in the Park community festival took place over the weekend in Des Moines, complete…

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Alexander’s Castle, the oldest building on the Fort Warden grounds, is now available for rent. It was built in 1883 by a local minister for a prospective bride.

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March on down to Fort Warden for great camping | Hiking the Evergreen State

The 434-acre park offers the best of forest and beach.

Marianne Binetti, “The Compleat Home Gardn

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July is all about red, white, and bloom – so don’t forget to fertilize | The Complete Home Gardener

But don’t fertilize your lawn before leaving on vacation.

The Paradise Inn and Mount Rainier viewed from the Paradise Valley Road on June 12. Photo courtesy NPS

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Planning an Independence Day trip to Rainier? Here are some tips

The National Park is fee-free July 3 - 5.

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Arts Briefs | July 2 edition

Summer arts fest 2026

PianoFéte artists (left to right) Vyacheslav Gryaznov, Rexa Han, Daria Kiseleva and Konstantin Soukhovetski, at Vashon Center for the Arts in 2025. (Rocketkar Studio Photo)

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Virtuoso artists return to Vashon with PianoFéte

Note by glorious note, PianoFête 2026, a rare annual festival devoted to two-piano repertoire, will unfold on Vashon…