What’s Happening May 7 - 14.
The arts center received funding from the federal CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program.
The initiative provides hearty lunches to first responders staffing the COVID-19 testing sites as they work to test their colleagues.
All the works on view are for sale, supporting the artists and Vashon Center for the Arts.
An amazing wealth of cultural opportunities have now opened up online, mostly for free.
The theater is now offering two new documentary film releases online.
During April 2020, the Mukai Farm & Garden on Vashon Island will sponsor its first Haiku Festival, complete with a juried competition for people of… Continue reading
Arts Briefs
Order titles from the bookshop, online theater classes for kids, Vashon history contest, and more.
Federal Way resident Evelyn Allcorn shares story of her husband’s battle with COVID-19 after he tested positive on March 28.
“The King of Nothing Much” has been called “a bighearted riff on masculine anxiety” by Booklist.
The arts are alive — even while you are staying home
The COVID-19 crisis came at a time of broad expansion of VCA’s programs.
Efforts include live-streamed internet concerts and a ramped-up free musical instrument library.
Mandated closures of venues have shut down Vashon’s normally vibrant arts community.
Arts groups react to emerging threat, VCA, Heritage Museum and Open Space shutter until further notice
Most spots are open from 6 to 9 p.m.
Experience is intended to raise funds for Advocates for Immigrants in Detention Northwest.
This year is the 100th anniversary of the constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote.
Arts Briefs
Flamenco dancer Savannah Fuentes, “Come Together,” a climate talk at the arts center, and more.
Recommendation
Don’t miss Christine Andreas or Iris DeMent in their rare island appearances.
