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Performers playing Strawberry Festival shows include (top row, left to right) Hell’s Belles, Joe Seamons and Ben Hunter, The Panda Conspiracy, (middle row) Publish the Quest; Kimmi Bitters and The Western Twang; Sativa Queen, (bottom row) Bowie Rex & His Boogie Army, The Dusty 45s, and Ron Artis II. (Courtesy photos)

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Strawberry Festival 2025: Music Guide

A music lover’s guide to this year’s Strawberry Festival.

A pair dances in the afternoon light to the music of Portage Fill during the 2024 Strawberry Festival. (Alex Bruell photo)

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Strawberry Festival 2025: Events Guide

Your guide to savoring the sweetness of Strawberry Festival.

Doug Snyder (Elizabeth Shepherd photo)

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Doug Snyder named festival parade Grand Marshal

Islanders know Doug well as a helpful presence at Ace Hardware,

“Ponyo” is next up in the Friend of Mukai’s Studio Ghibli Festival. (Courtesy photo)

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Arts Briefs | July 17, 2025

Superman, First Nations Stories and more.

Alex Bruell is the editor of The Beachcomber. (Phil Clapham photo)

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Desert Island Bookworm: The dark side of the editor

Editor’s Note: Phil Clapham’s “Desert Island Bookworm” series features interviews with notable islanders about the books they’d take…

Lisa Peretti (Courtesy Photo)

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Drama Dock bids a fond adieu to Lisa Peretti

As a young girl, Lisa Peretti auditioned for a part in Drama Dock’s very first production. She didn’t…

(Left to right) Christina Larrymore, Parker Persinger, Levi Cobb and Leilani Lanphear, during the shoot of “Pizza Purge” at McMurray Middle School. (Hazel Cobb Photo)

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Special film shoot wraps at McMurray Middle School

What kind of kids would head back to school during the first days of summer break to joyously…

Elizabeth Shepherd Photos

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Scene on the Town: First Thursday Portrait Gallery

This month’s art shows opened a day early on Vashon — instead of the usual First Friday gallery…

Clockwise from top left: Acclaimed pianists Vyacheslav Gryaznov, Daria Kiseleva, Konstantin Soukhovetski and Rexa Han will play at VCA’s PianoFête. (Courtesy Photos)

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Arts Briefs | July 10, 2025

PianoFête, Ghibli films and more.

Scenes from the 2024 PianoFête (left to right): Vyacheslav “Slava” Gryaznov and Rexa Han, members of the Vashon-Maury Island Chamber Orchestra, and pianist Konstantin Soukhovetski with a young fan, Jovian Maya. (Wade Yip and Allison Halstead-Reid photo)

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PianoFête beckons with concerts, celebration and community

Vashon Center for the Arts’ signature summer concert series has grown into a full-fledged festival.

Work by VALISE artists (left to right) Bill Jarcho, Gregory Burnham and Sharon Shaver are included in VALISE Gallery’s July exhibition. (Courtesy photos)

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Gallery cruise moves to Thursday, and at one stop, Saturday

Heads up to islanders accustomed to setting out on a gallery cruise on the first Friday of every…

A still from the documentary film, “A Photographic Memory,” which will have a special screening on July 9, at Vashon Theatre. (Courtesy photo)

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Arts Briefs | July 3, 2025

Jam in the Atrium, Studio Ghibli Festival and more.

Joe Jencks will join his friend Kat Eggleston in a concert on June 28 at Vashon Havurah. (Courtesy Photos)

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Head out to hear Kat Eggleston and Joe Jencks in concert

Beloved Vashon artist Eggleston will be joined by songwriter and vocalist Joe Jencks.