Hobson/Person will perform from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Sound Food. The duo will play every Wednesday night at the eatery through Nov. 18.

“For My Father,” a film by Israeli director Dvor Hahavi, will be presented from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Café Luna. The fiction film tells the story of the unlikely friendship formed by a Palestinian suicide bomber and an Israeli girl who was raised in an Orthodox family. The screening is presented by Lunavision and Peter Ray.

Old movies nights: Thursdays are 16mm film nights at Sound Food. Enjoy old movies while you dine. Films roll from 5:30 to 9 p.m on Thursdays.

House Engine will play a free show at 9:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, at Red Bicycle Bistro & Sushi. “The goal of House Engine has always been to provide the excuse to get out on the dance floor and shake it,” said Pete Welch, who organizes music at the Bike. “After almost a year as the Red Bicycle’s official rock ’n’ roll house band, they’ve reached this goal tenfold.” The show is for all ages until 11 p.m. After that, only patrons 21 and older can attend.

Marilyn Kay and Company will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, at Café Luna. The Island band, which includes Rochelle Munger on banjo, plays a mix of original compositions, traditional bluegrass and country classics. Kay is the principal songwriter and lead vocalist. Her songs range from classic honky-tonk tunes to ballads to gospel.

UMO performs “El Dorado.” See story on page 1.

Vietnam Journey: Three Artists Traveling, a slide show presented by Don Cole, Joan Wortis and Elaine Hanowell, will take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, at the Vashon Library. Hanowell, Cole and Wortis will show slides and talk about a month-long trip they took to North Vietnam in spring 2009. The three artists have traveled to Asia repeatedly to search out cultures that have strong traditions, many of them minority groups in isolated rural areas. It is the details of their daily lives, the traditions of clothing and especially handmade articles for daily and ceremonial use that hold a fascination for all three. Admission is free.

Tim Bertsch will play at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at Café Luna. Bertsch has been a disciple of the guitar and its resonance since the age of 10. Now, he is equally at home on the electric guitar as well as acoustic guitar and harpguitar. His latest solo release is a collection of original works written and recorded on harpguitar, parlor guitar, and various other rare, unique, acoustic guitars.

Stephanie Stebich, director of Tacoma Art Museum, will give a lecture about treasures contained in museum collections in the Pacific Northwest. Her talk, scheduled for 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, at the Blue Heron Art Center, is part of Vashon Allied Arts’ Arts and Humanities series. The talk is sold out; get on a waiting list by calling 463-5131.

“Eve Was Framed…A Comedy about Miso-gyny,” a new one-person show by Islander Lynann Politte, will be performed 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 20 and 21, at Blue Heron Art Center. The show is part of Vashon Allied Arts’ New Works Series. Tickets, $12 and $14, are on sale at Heron’s Nest, Books by the Way, Blue Heron and brownpapertickets.com.

“It’s a Wilder World Today: Our Town Revisited” will be staged at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 19 to 21, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, at Vashon High School. This student production is an original adaptaton of Thorton Wilder’s beloved play, “Our Town,” with the action set in present times on Vashon. The students have been working on the play since the beginning of the school year. Tickets, $5 or “pay what you can,” will be sold at the door.

The 30th Annual Seattle International StandUp Comedy Competition will return to Vashon Theatre for a final-round show, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25. The show features the top five comedians from earlier rounds of the competition. Tickets are $20, and are available at Vashon Theatre and brownpapertickets.com.