Creative outlets for all ages abound at Vashon Allied Arts; classes in dance, clay, drawing, music and metal arts start now.
Vince Conaway brings his hammered dulcimer music to Café Luna at 7:30 p.m Friday, Jan. 30, followed the next night, Saturday, Jan. 31, by folksinger/guitarist Rose Laughlin, who will perform from 7:30 to 10 p.m.
The Red Bicycle offers three groups this weekend — the Port Angeles hillbilly jam-grass band Deadwood Revival, country rock’s Scattergun and Vashon’s own 5:01 with its characteristic country rock tunes.
Norman Thayer, the 79-year-old lead character in “On Golden Pond,” completing its run this weekend in Drama Dock’s Blue Heron production, is not very nice to his family, let alone the rest of the world.
Oddly enough, Kathy’s Corner is nowhere near a corner. The roadside nursery boasts more than 100,000 plants on a straightaway south of town.
Jean Bosch’s quiet walk-in cabin is a striking counterpoint to her bustling civic life.
This weekend boasts a wealth of options for Island music lovers, including concerts by up-and-coming Seattle songwriters, favorite Island players and the return of Trolls Cottage, a band that began on Vashon and now tours widely.
One of the most moving scenes in the musical “Little Women,” a first-rate production continuing this weekend at the Bethel Church, takes place on Cape Cod, Mass., in September 1865.
An upcoming exhibit on Vashon will showcase the photography of Islander Martin Koenig, who spent much of the 1960s and ’70s documenting village life and music in Soviet-era Bulgaria.
The Pirates made it to the state playoffs last year and in 2006, and with a seasoned and powerful team, coaches, athletes and parents are confident they’ll do it again this year. A game on Friday against Lynden Christian, number two statewide, is sure to test their mettle.
On Friday morning, a dozen Islanders gathered at Colvos Creek Nursery on Point Robinson Road. Friends, neighbors, strangers, gardeners, customers — they all came to the woodsy farm on a knoll to help nursery owner Mike Lee deconstruct his three greenhouses.
Vashon’s performance art troupe, UMO Ensemble, is gearing up to present its third annual cabaret on the Island.
“On Golden Pond,” a play that won Oscars for Henry Fonda and Katherine Hepburn in its 1981 screen adaptation, will open on the Blue Heron stage this month with an all-star Island cast. The play is a co-production of Drama Dock and Vashon Allied Arts.