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VCA’s 60th anniversary seasons includes (top, left to right) show by Shawn Colvin, Kiki Valera, Dina Martina, (middle) Steffon Moody, Nobuntu, TAKE3, (bottom) Whitney Mongé, Evren Ozel and Paula Poundstone. (Courtesy Photos)

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Vashon Center for the Arts launches blockbuster 60th season

Season includes more free tickets for youth

The Cumbieros will perform on Thursday evening in Vashon Park District’s series of free concerts in Ober Park. (Courtesy photo)

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Arts Briefs | August 21, 2025

Taylor Made brings the music of James Taylor to Vashon Theater this weekend.

Tressa Aspiri and Barb Adams, better known at Vashon Pirate camp as Captain Tressa and Barnacle Barb. (Courtesy photo)

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Ahoy! Vashon Pirate Camp welcomes seniors to special event

Vashon seniors are invited to spend an afternoon at a treasured island spot for much younger folks.

Rose Belknap, one of the organizers of this year’s Dockton Art Walk, in her studio. (Phil Clapham Photo)

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Dockton Art Walk returns for second year

The tour features 11 studios, with all but one located within such a small area that almost the…

Bruce Haulman is an island historian. (Phil Clapham photo)

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Desert Island Bookworm: A history of a historian

Bruce Haulman’s five-decade tenure on Vashon Island can be traced back to a 1971 trip.

Thomas Danbo’s troll sculpture in Point Robinson Park inspired Vashon Rep’s play, “Oscar’s Journey, The Fall and Rise of the Bird King.” (Alex Bruell photo)

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Vashon Rep brings ‘Oscar’s Journey’ to Ober Park

Admission is free, with donations accepted.

Mik Kulhman first performed her outdoor immersive theater work, “Standing Nation,” with musician Max Sarkowsky, in 2022. She’s now reviving the work on Vashon. (Michelle Bates photo)

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Arts Briefs | August 14, 2025

Senior center art, more concerts in the park and more.

Award-winning youth filmmaker Levi Cobb and Vashon Film Institute’s Rich Hazzard. (Phil Clapham photo)

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Vashon Island Film Festival wraps 4th edition

Photos, award winners and more.

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Free Discover Passes for state parks available at your local library

The Check Out Washington program allows KCLS patrons to get a pass and an adventure pack that includes…

Wild Rumours will bring the music of Fleetwood Mac to a free concert in Ober Park on Aug. 7. (Courtesy photo)

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Arts Briefs | August 7, 2025

Vashon Film Institute is currently unspooling its 4th annual Vashon Island Film Festival.

The company of Drama Dock’s “Sister Act,” appropriately, includes a veritable sorority of powerhouse female talent, including (left to right) Holly Boaz, Rowena Hammill, Kiana Kendall, Erika Stranberg, Vanessa Bassi and Kelly Godell, the show’s director and new interim artistic director of Drama Dock. (Elizabeth Shepherd photo)

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Drama Dock is all set to deliver a sizzling ‘Sister Act’

The musical is directed by Drama Dock’s new interim artistic director, Kelly Godell.

The cast of Vashon Repertory Theatre’s teen production of “Next to Normal.” (Meg Thompson photo)

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Youth theater program embraces challenges of ‘Next to Normal’

The show was chosen for its themes of mental health, generational trauma, and grief.

Sally Timms and Jon Langford (Courtesy photo)

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Recommended: Jon Langford and Sally Timms at Sugar Shack

Their performances collide punk rock, sea shanties, heartbreaking ballads and alt-country hootenanny.