A variety of events will help islanders ring in the new year.
If laughter is good for digestion, then Drama Dock’s current production of “Inspecting Carol” is the perfect dessert after a big holiday meal. Directed by Drama Dock veteran Chaim Rosemarin, this repeat performance of Daniel Sullivan’s 1991 farce is becoming a seasonal classic for Vashon’s community theater company.
Drama Dock is remounting the seasonal farce “Inspecting Carol,” which played to sold out shows five years ago. The new production, directed by Chaim Rosemarin, will open Friday night — with a preview show on Thursday — at the Blue Heron.
Vashon Events will help set the holiday mood of giving with “Will Sing For Food,” the second annual benefit for the Vashon-Maury Community Food Bank at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Red Bike.
The Seattle-based Jose Gonzales Trio will add pizazz to a holiday classic with its signature jazz rendition of “A Charlie Brown Christmas Jazz Concert” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Blue Heron.
Jason Everett plays a variety of stringed and percussive instruments, including his custom Conklin seven-string fretless bass guitar, electric upright bass and an electric sitar of his own desig
Before diving into the artistic smorgasbord served up at art studios during the annual Holiday Art Studio Tour, whet your art appetite on Friday night during the gallery cruise.
Vashon Allied Arts Center for Dance will once again twirl to life the magic of the holiday classic “The Nutcracker,” beginning Friday and running through Sunday at the Vashon High School theater.
Once a year, in the name of art, Darsie and Chris Beck move out of their house on Maury Island. For two weeks beginning with the Holiday Studio Art Tour, the Becks turn their living quarters into Waterworks Studio, an art gallery with a stable of 19 artists
The independent comedy “Laggies” will play at the Vashon Theatre as part of the First Friday art film series at 9:30 p.m. Friday.
A beloved tradition continues this weekend and next when Vashon artists open their studios to visitors during the Holiday Vashon Island Art Studio Tour. With over 100 artists showing and selling work in 32 studios and shops, the tour will be held on Dec. 6 and 7 and Dec. 13 and 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.
Vashon Island is full of holiday treasures, and many concert-goers consider the Vashon Island Chorale’s annual holiday concert to be one of them. This year, the chorale will honor holiday treasures with its Holiday Treasures Concerts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and at 3 p.m. Sunday at Bethel Church.
They’re back. Publish The Quest, a popular band with deep Vashon roots, will return to play at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Red Bike.