It was a situation that called for theatrical nerves of steel — a leading lady battling the flu, an unfamiliar stage and chorus members performing in bright green wigs that began to shed all over the floor.
On a recent spring evening, Islanders who were walking their dogs near the Vashon High School tennis courts could be forgiven if they suddenly pricked up their ears and felt an icy chill of apprehension.
Four years of high school in a little over two hours: That’s the tall order the musical “Fame” is asked to tackle, and the students in the current Vashon High School production are up to it.
Islander Beverly Naidus earlier this month released a book on art as social change. It’s a dynamic tome, she said, filled with memoirs, interviews, research findings and even a fable.
Midge Grace, whose oil paintings and stained glass art pieces are featured this month at the Senior Center, firmly believes “you should paint for fun, and enjoy what you’re doing.”
Sweet songs on tap at Blue Heron The folk duo Ginny Reilly and David Maloney will play a concert at…
James McCrackyn entered Chautauqua Elementary School Monday morning much as he has for the past couple of years — except this time, he was tethered to a yellow Labrador named Comet.
“Rubble Women,” the new piece by Vashon’s internationally acclaimed UMO Ensemble, focuses on Berlin in the immediate aftermath of the second World War, with scarce food, continuing gunfire, graves being dug in front of homes and residential buildings demolished.
Vashon Allied Arts will honor National Women’s History Month by bringing award-winning Los Angeles playwright Jude Narita to Vashon.
A grassy patch of ground behind Vashon Methodist Church has been transformed into a plot of dark, loamy soil. Rocks have been removed, a deer-proof fence built.
Shane Jewell and his wife Emily Pruiksma were on a bike ride on Vancouver Island last summer when inspiration struck.
Kat Eggleston, Wally Bell and John Dally will play music from the Border region of Scotland and Northern England at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 14, at Blue Heron Art Center.
