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Sam Gehrke Photo Singer-songwriter Chris Pureka will perform two performances at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 23, and at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 24, at the Cottage at The Lodges on Vashon.

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Arts Briefs | May 14 edition

Bruce Phares at Wine Shop Vashon

Scarlet Hansen Photo Donald Cole stands before a piece he’s currently working on.

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Vashon artist Donald Cole looks back — and keeps creating

Inside a sunlit Vashon studio, Donald Cole opens drawer after drawer crammed full of paintings and drawings.

Courtesy Photo Chris Pureka.

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Chris Pureka brings intimate tour to Vashon

This month, Vashon welcomes singer-songwriter Chris Pureka (they/them), an artist who is not just touring — they are…

Reed Carlson Photo Maike Albrecht, Hans-Jürgen Schnoor and Jeffrey Cohan will perform at noon on Monday, May 11 at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit as a part of the Salish Sea Early Music Festival.

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Arts Briefs | May 7 edition

Super Nice Guys

Courtesy Photos Performers in “Take 10: We Don’t Move Alone” include (top) Vashon High School theater students, (bottom right) UMO Ensemble and The Dragon Duo.

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‘Take 10’ festival brings fresh new works to Open Space

A festival of in-progress works by seasoned and emerging performing artists will take place at 7 p.m. Friday…

Rocketkar Studios Photo Gala-goers were all smiles as they raised their bidding paddles high at VCA’s record-setting live auction.

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VCA’s Diamond Gala sparkles with record-setting results

Hundreds of generous island arts aficionados dug deep to celebrate the achievements and staying power of Vashon Center…

Courtesy Photos “Facing the Music: Portraits of Vashon Island Musicians,” an exhibition of work by Pam Ingalls, includes portraits of (top, left to right) Bill Moyer, Rebekah Kuzma, Ron Hook (bottom), Paul Colwell, Gaye Detzer and Jennifer Stills.

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Recommended: Pam Ingalls marks 20 years of portrait exhibits

In 2007, local oil painter Pam Ingalls began what has now become a much-anticipated annual event, unveiling her…

Photos Courtesy of Vashon Island Visual Artists Works on display across VIVA’s Spring Studio Tour include: “Here I am,” a hand-carved concrete sculpture by Alex Echevarria from WabiSabi Studios, stop 23 (top left), mosaic mushrooms by Clare Dohna at Fletcher, Dohna & Emmons, stop 9 (top right), “Sea Shells” collage of hand-pulled prints by Lisa Guy, at Quartermaster Press, stop 26 (bottom left) and “Woodpeckers” in stained glass and cedar by Carly Reiter, at Garbanzo Glass, stop 8 (bottom right).

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Head out to First Friday and Spring Studio Tour

This week boasts not only a crop of new exhibits opening on Friday at local galleries, but also…

Courtesy of Kyle Johnson Sera Cahoone will give a solo acoustic performance at 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 9 at The Country Store.

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Lizzy and the Triggermen

Custom artwork for the show was created by island artist Michelle Lassaline.

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An intimate night with Sera Cahoone at the Country Store

Americana singer-songwriter Sera Cahoone returns to her roots this spring with an intimate solo acoustic performance celebrating the…

John Cornicello Photo Phina Pipia.

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Time travel, tuba and da Vinci walk into open space

A grad student time-travels to the Renaissance. A tuba lights the way. Beds make music. Paintings come to…

Ian C. Bates Photo Novelist and filmmaker Sherman Alexie will join for a Q&A at the Vashon Theatre’s screening of “The Business of Fancydancing,” on Thursday, April 23.

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Arts Briefs | April 23 edition

The Business of Fancydancing

Alex Bruell Photo Aspen Anderson.

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Desert island bookworm: Editor’s choice

The prologue to this particular column goes as follows: I am currently in the process of reading my…