Dance at Snapdragon

Celebrate the season with what is being billed as “the biggest holiday dance party on Vashon,” a night featuring the surf rock band, The Secret Agents, starting at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, at Snapdragon Bakery & Café. Special appearances by Santa and Marilyn Monroe are promised.

Mode Music Holiday Market

Mode Music Studios, at 17205 Vashon Hwy. SW, will host a market from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18. Shop for local goods from Vashon artists and artisans while sipping hot cocoa and enjoying record spinning by DJ Backgammon, as well as live holiday music next door at Vashon Brewing Community Pub.

Patterson Hood returns to Vashon

Debra Heesch and Vashon Center for the Arts will present Patterson Hood in concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 19, at VCA.

Hood is a revered rocker who is best known as front-man, singer, songwriter and guitar player for the critically acclaimed band Drive-By Truckers, but he is also a writer of essays, columns and short stories, as well as a solo performer and producer. Purchase tickets at vashoncenterforthearts.org.

Holiday fun at Vashon Theatre

A big-screen tradition for many islanders will return at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, when the classic holiday film, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” starring Jimmy Stewart, will have a screening at Vashon Theatre. Another tradition will return at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20, when the theater hosts a community caroling event. Visit vashontheatre.com for more information.

Visit 17th-century Holland

An upcoming art history talk, with scholar Rebecca Albiani, will focus on a wintry wonderland — early 17th-century Holland, as depicted in the paintings of Henrick Avercamp.

Albiani’s talk, at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21, will detail how Avercamp (1585-1634) pioneered the new genre of landscape, specializing in busy winter scenes packed with activity.

Visit vashoncenterfor thearts.org to find out more and purchase tickets.