Studio Tour continues

Find one-of-a-kind gifts and support Vashon’s vibrant arts scene at the Vashon Holiday Studio Tour, continuing from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 10-11.

This year’s tour includes 40 studios featuring more than 100 artists, presenting fiber art, glass, jewelry, candles, pottery, tile and mosaic art, photography, sculpture, prints, paintings, and more.

It’s a free, self-guided event, produced by Vashon Island Visual Artists. A detailed map and full-color guide, showing all participants, are available at vivartists.com.

Poetry Open Mic

Vashon’s next monthly poetry mic, hosted by Poet Laureate Margaret Rancone, will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, at the Coop at 15245 115th Ave SW. All are welcome; sign up to read at 5:45 p.m.

Audition for show

Drama Dock has announced adult and youth non-union auditions for its March 2023 production of “As You Like It,” a musical adaptation of William Shakespeare’s romantic comedy — a co-production with Vashon Island High School’s Drama Department, directed by Christopher Kehoe and Andy James.

Community auditions for adults and youth younger than high school age will be held on Saturday, Dec. 9, and Sunday, Dec.10, from 12-6 p.m., at Vashon High School. Self-taped auditions will be accepted until the end of Friday, Dec. 8.

Rehearsals are expected to begin the week of Feb. 12, 2024, with a six-performance run from March 22–31.

For additional information, visit dramadock.org or contact lisaperetti@dramadock.org.

Woodworking Classes

Vashon MakerSpace will offer two holiday decoration classes in December. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, make a snowman using the wood-turning lathe. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, learn to use a band saw and scroll saw to make a centerpiece and a tree ornament. For more information visit vashonmakerspace.org, and click on Events and Classes.

Chorale concert

Vashon Island Chorale’s 66 singers will lift their voices in “A Pacific Northwest Christmas,” a concert celebrating the season with both secular and sacred music, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, at Vashon Center for the Arts.

The concert will boast ten regional composers’ works, ranging from Reginald Unterseher’s ebullient “Christmas Joy” to Jessica French’s nostalgic “The Oxen,” to Giselle Wyers’ reflective “After the Winter.” There will be a world premiere work by Calvin Rice, plus Morten Lauridsen’s beloved “O magnum mysterium.”

The McMurray Middle School Choir will make an appearance, and the audience, too, will be invited to sing along with a selection of holiday classics. Chorale soloists will include Amy Cole, John de Groen, Ruby Johnson, and Beverly Osgood Reil.

Portage Fill Concert

Vashon’s venerable big band, the Portage Fill Harmonic, will play a holiday concert filled with jazz and swing favorites, at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, at Vashon Theatre. The concert, presented by Vashon Island Community Church, has a suggested donation of $10, with all proceeds going to support the work of the Interfaith Council to Prevent Homelessness.

A Christmas Carol

Veteran stage actor Allen Fitzpatrick will perform his solo adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” in a co-production of Vashon Center for the Arts (VCA) and Vashon Repertory Theatre (VRT), at 4 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, at VCA.

The show follows in the footsteps of the author who, a few years after writing the novella, began public readings of the book until he died in 1870, at age 58.

Fitzpatrick has acted in every major Seattle theater; he was featured in 28 productions at the 5th Avenue Theatre. His career spans 48 years on Broadway and in professional theater, working with such notables as Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Harold Prince, John Guare, and Marvin Hamlisch.

Purchase tickets at vashoncenterforthearts.org.

It’s a Wonderful Life

The ultimate Christmas classic movie, Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life,” starring Jimmy Stewart, will have a free showing at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, at Vashon Theatre.

Singalong and Charlie Brown

An island holiday tradition — a community singalong of holiday carols at Vashon Theatre, will take place Tuesday, Dec. 19. The fun will start with a free screening of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at 5:30 p.m., with the singalong following at 6 p.m.