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The Concert Truck.

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Arts Briefs | June 11 edition

Vashon Film Institute screenings

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VCA’s 60th birthday bash will include celebrations in its performance hall, Heron’s Meadow (left, top and bottom) and Blue Heron Education Center (bottom left). The bash will include live music by Riverbend and Portage Fill-Harmonic (center, top and bottom) and the first look at a massive new sculpture by Ela Lamblin honoring the gray whale, Singer, in VCA’s atrium (center, shown in progress). Party-goers can also view “Deep Sea Dialogues,” now on view in VCA’s gallery (top right).

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60-year soiree at VCA to boast art, music and memories

Vashon Center for the Arts, now celebrating its sixth decade, will mark the milestone with a party from…

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Ana Cristina Bojanini and Valentina Bojanini.

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A mother and daughter bring “Earthing” to life

On the cover of “Earthing for Everyone,” a simple human figure stands on a patch of green earth.…

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Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier will perform on June 13 at Vashon Center for the Arts.

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Arts Briefs | June 4 edition

First Friday

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Scenes from Vashon High School’s production of “Piano Lad,” an original musical by VHS junior Declan O’Brien (top row, center), who also appeared in the title row.

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Review: ‘Piano Lad’ is my new favorite musical

Last weekend, island theatergoers had the chance to experience something marvelous: Vashon High School’s debut of a new…

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Mary Gauthier.

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Mary Gauthier brings her musical storytelling to Vashon

For Mary Gauthier, songwriting is storytelling. And for nearly three decades, the artist has used her music to…

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Rebecca Richman (left), Marla Fibish and Lewis Santer

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Arts Briefs | May 28 edition

VHS student art showcase

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Watercolor art created by Will Lockwood. Artwork by the Vashon Senior Center’s watercolor group will be on display at the center through the month of June.

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Celebrate June with the First Friday gallery cruise

Celebrate June’s arrival with an evening of art and community at Vashon’s First Friday gallery cruise.

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Catalina Quinn Colwell at her home in Vashon Island in 2025. Colwell lived on the island for over 20 years with her husband, Paul Colwell.

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The legacy of the late Vashon artist Catalina Quinn Colwell

Island artist Catalina Quinn Colwell’s art was rooted in her Indigenous Mexican-American heritage, but her family said that…

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Drag Queen Anita Spritzer is the delightfully wicked Witch.

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Vashon Opera heads into the woods with ‘Hansel and Gretel’

A gingerbread house, a wicked witch and a forest full of enchantment will soon arrive at Vashon Center…

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Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter.

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Arts Briefs | May 21 edition

Drama Dock presents “anthropology”

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Kevin Joyce aims to help humans thrive in an AI-disrupted world

What can artificial intelligence still not touch? Island performer, composer and leadership facilitator Kevin Joyce aims to help…

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Amy Broomhall, left, and Holly Boaz appear in Drama Dock’s production of “anthropology,” the Northwest premiere of Lauren Gunderson’s play opening May 21 at Vashon High School Theatre.

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Recommended: Drama Dock delivers ‘anthropology’

When a grieving sister builds an artificial version of her missing sibling from digital traces — texts, emails…