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Fighting With My Family
The Vashon Theatre
Friday-Thursday
March 22-28
Running Time: 1 HR 48 MIN // PG-13

Fighting With My Family is a heartwarming comedy based on the incredible true story of WWE Superstar Paige. Born into a tight-knit wrestling family, Paige and her brother Zak are ecstatic when they get the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to try out for WWE. But when only Paige earns a spot in the competitive training program, she must leave her family and face this new, cut-throat world alone. Paige's journey pushes her to dig deep, fight for her family, and ultimately prove to the world that what makes her different is the very thing that can make her a star.

Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Writer & Director: Stephen Merchant
Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Lena Headey, Vince Vaughn
PG-13 (for crude and sexual material, language throughout, some violence and drug content)Wednesday's show will have Open Captions

Monday, March 25th
6:30pm-8:30pm
Steve Amsden
Vashon Brewing Community Pub
17205 Vashon Hwy SW
Free cover!

Vashon Events is really excited to be working with Cliff Goodman at the Vashon Brewing Community Pub to bring you live music at the Pub on Monday and Thursday nights!

Swing by and enjoy one of many tasty craft beers or if you can’t decide which one to order…try a flight of tasters! The Pub also has Palouse wine, Kombucha, Cider and organic root beer available. You’ll also find some tasty pub bites to go along with your delicious beverage - the menu changes and they have specials too, so come check it out!

For your live entertainment, on Monday, March 25th, we bring you Steve Amsden!

A warm, talented performer, Steve is widely acknowledged as an exceptionally creative musician-songwriter. Over the years he developed the strong voice and powerful presence for which he’s now well known.

Steve consistently works on new material, performs, records, jams and rehearses, produces music events and supports other musicians. He plays many types of music––folk, bluegrass, country (and Western), rock and roll, blues and jazz standards. He is a mainstay in a community that joyfully integrates the arts.

Thursday, March 28th
6:30pm-8:30pm
Mark Graham & WB Reid
Vashon Brewing Community Pub
17205 Vashon Hwy SW
Free cover!

Vashon Events is really excited to be working with Cliff Goodman at the Vashon Brewing Community Pub to bring you live music at the Pub on Monday and Thursday nights!

Swing by and enjoy one of many tasty craft beers or if you can’t decide which one to order…try a flight of tasters! The Pub also has Palouse wine, Kombucha, Cider and organic root beer available. You’ll also find some tasty pub bites to go along with your delicious beverage - the menu changes and they have specials too, so come check it out!

For your live entertainment, on Thursday, March 28th, we bring you Mark Graham & WB Reid!

Mark Graham and WB Reid are known independently for their mastery of traditional music and membership in countless bands. Some years ago, they discovered a mutual joy in playing great early jazz tunes from the 1920s and '30s as a duo on clarinet (Mark) and banjo-guitar (WB). Their sound is fresh and unique, yet harkens back to the very formation of jazz nearly 100 years ago.

Vashon resident Mark Graham is nationally revered equally for his old time harmonica playing and for his amazing, drop-dead clever songs on subjects ranging from Oedipus Rex to the mysteries and social impacts of Viagra. A founding member of the influential Seattle band The Hurricane Ridge Runners in the late '70s, Mark went on to tour with Kevin Burke's Open House and The Kings of Mongrel Folk, and play on stages with many other great musicians. Along the way he discovered the music of Sydney Bechet and added the jazz clarinet to his tool kit, forging a great improvisational style.

WB Reid has visited nearly every village in the great revivial of musical traditions over the last four decades, with stops in blues, ragtime, old-time, and swing, along with musical traditions from many countries. Currently he plays with Eric & Suzy Thompson in the blues and jugband group The Todalo Shakers, performs as a duo with his wife, Bonnie Zahnow, and plays contra dances with several bands including The Rhythm Rollers. WB has developed and mastered a one-of-a-kind fingerstyle technique on the banjo-guitar (aka six-string banjo), bringing a fine old sound to jazz standards from the early 20th century.

Together, Mark and WB explore the nearly lost sounds of such greats as Sydney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, The Mills Brothers, Duke Ellington and their contemporaries. Swinging instrumentals and sweet tin pan alley songs form the core of their set list, augmented with some of Mark's songs and, if they're in the mood, a couple of old-time fiddle/harmonica duets--all presented with great respect and humor.

Arctic
The Vashon Theatre
Friday - Thursday
March 29th - April 4th
RUNNING TIME: 1 HR 38 MIN // PG-13

A man stranded in the Arctic after an airplane crash must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his makeshift camp or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown.

Genre: Adventure, Drama
Director: Joe Penna
Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Maria Thelma Smáradóttir
PG-13 (for language and some bloody images)

Wednesday's show will have Open Captions

Die Walküre
The Vashon Theatre
Streaming LIVE from The Metropolitan Opera
Saturday, March 30th at 9:00AM
Tickets $20/$18
Die Walküre (Richard Wagner) REVIVAL
Conductor: Philippe Jordan
Production: Robert Lepage
Set Designer: Carl Fillion
Costume Designer: François St-Aubin
Lighting Designer: Etienne Boucher

Cast: Brünnhilde (Christine Goerke), Sieglinde (Eva-Maria Westbroek), Siegmund (Stuart Skelton), Fricka (Jamie Barton), Wotan (Greer Grimsley), Hunding (Günther Groissböck)

The second installment of Wagner’s Ring cycle, Die Walküre, stars heroic soprano Christine Goerke as the warrior goddess Brünnhilde, whose encounter with the mortal twins Siegmund and Sieglinde, sung by Stuart Skelton and Eva-Maria Westbroek, leads her on a journey from Valhalla to earthbound humanity. Philippe Jordan conducts.

Estimated Runtime 4 hr 55 min

HARBOR SCHOOL VOYAGERS AUCTION
"EXTRAORDINARY MACHINATIONS"
Saturday, March 30th, 5:00pm
VASHON CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Voyagers Auction is Harbor School’s annual fundraising benefit and one of Vashon Island’s biggest community-wide events!

Join us on Saturday, March 30th at Vashon Center for the Arts as we come together for one fantastic and phenomenal night of celebration and revelry. Proceeds from the event support our students and programs.Tickets are $60 per person (must be 21) and includes dinner and beverages.

Saturday, March 30th, 7-9pm
The Tab Tabscott Trio
Snapdragon
Free cover!

Vashon Events is pleased be working with Megan Hastings & Snapdragon to bring you live music in the Gallery adjacent to the restaurant, so stop on by for some wonderful music, delicious food and tasty beverages!

On Saturday, March 30th, we bring you The Tab Tabscott Trio!

The Tab Tabscott Trio plays a nice mix of Happy Little Sad songs and Sad Little Happy Songs, coupled with fiery and emotional slide guitar sounds. Tab has played the dobro and pedal steel guitars for a half century and weaves a spellbinding mix of sounds on these instruments which lends a vocal like quality to his delivery. The music is augmented with delightful ukulele and bass accompaniment and lovely vocals.. Join them for an intimate evening of soothing sounds, delightful vocals, and solid rhythms from many parts of the globe.

Music History Talk with Mike Tracy
Claude Debussy (1864-1918) and French Impressionist Music
Vashon Center for the Arts
Sunday March 31st at 4:00pm

Tickets: $5 Student, $14 Member, $16 Senior, $18 General. All tickets at the Door: $18 Online ticket sales end 2 hours prior to curtain

Claude Debussy is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His seminal symphonic work ‘Afternoon of the Faun’ (pianist Marc Salman and his son Benjamin Salman will perform this work arranged for two pianos) is often seen as the beginning of modern music. Michael Tracy will provide an insight to the life, environment and influences of Debussy during the Belle Époque in Paris, and later his impact on jazz artists from Duke Ellington, Miles Davis to Bill Evans.

Mark Salman has been hailed as a “heroic virtuoso”, and “a dazzling performer”. He performed in Seattle ‘A Chopin Celebration’ – a series of three recitals celebrating the composer’s 200th birthday in 2010, five recitals in honor of Liszt 200th birthday in 2011. Marc recently released a recording of the late Schubert sonatas and “Chopin’s Intimate Art: the Mazurkas”. Mark lives and teaches in Seattle.

Benjamin Salman is a recent graduate of Stanford and already hailed in 2013 as Seattle’s next great pianist by Seattle Met. Benjamin will join his father Marc in Debussy’s music for two pianos.

BRING YOUR OWN MUG (BYOM) FOR A SPECIAL DISCOUNT, SPONSORED BY ZERO WASTE VASHON
ISLAND COFFEE SHOPS AND BUSINESSES INCLUDING :

• AJ’S ESPRESSO

• ANU RANA’S HEALTHY KITCHEN

• BURTON COFFEE STAND

• CAFÉ LUNA

• SNAPDRAGON

• THE VASHON ISLAND COFFEE ROASTERIE & MINGLEMENT

• THE WILD MERMAID

• THRIFTWAY

• VASHON ISLAND BAKING COMPANY

• VASHON THEATRE

APRIL 1ST THROUGH APRIL 30TH.

Zero Waste Vashon is sponsoring the Bring Your Own Mug (BYOM) campaign along with participating Island coffee shops who will be offering a special discount to customers who bring their own reusable mugs during the month of April.

Why? Americans use over 110 million “single-use” disposable coffee cups a day. Most paper coffee cups are not recyclable and creates a lot of needless waste.

By bringing attention to this issue, Zero Waste Vashon will raise awareness of this Island waste issue and also motivate customers to change their behavior, one coffee cup at a time!

Monday, April 1st
6:30pm-8:30pm
Rebekah Kuzma & Andy James
With Opener Sir Mix-a-Lot
Vashon Brewing Community Pub
17205 Vashon Hwy SW
Free cover!

Vashon Events is really excited to be working with Cliff Goodman at the Vashon Brewing Community Pub to bring you live music at the Pub on Monday and Thursday nights!

Swing by and enjoy one of many tasty craft beers or if you can’t decide which one to order…try a flight of tasters! The Pub also has Palouse wine, Kombucha, Cider and organic root beer available. You’ll also find some tasty pub bites to go along with your delicious beverage - the menu changes and they have specials too, so come check it out!

For your live entertainment, on Monday, April 1st, we bring you Rebekah Kuzma & Andy James!

Andy and Rebekah have been singing for a few years together. Tunes with beautiful harmonies. Spanning several styles, and played on guitars, mandolin and banjo. We hope you will join us at Cliff’s Community Brew Pub on April 1st!

We’re super excited to have famed Seattle rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot opening for Rebekah and Andy! Get here early and bring your autograph books!

Thursday, April 4th
6:30pm-8:30pm
Rachel Harrington
Vashon Brewing Community Pub
17205 Vashon Hwy SW
Free cover!

Vashon Events is really excited to be working with Cliff Goodman at the Vashon Brewing Community Pub to bring you live music at the Pub on Monday and Thursday nights!

Swing by and enjoy one of many tasty craft beers or if you can’t decide which one to order…try a flight of tasters! The Pub also has Palouse wine, Kombucha, Cider and organic root beer available. You’ll also find some tasty pub bites to go along with your delicious beverage - the menu changes and they have specials too, so come check it out!

For your live entertainment, on Thursday, April 4th, we bring you Rachel Harrington!

Reared among the Pentecostal pines of Oregon, Rachel Harrington has released five albums to date and tours internationally. She is currently a Vashon resident.

FOUR STARS: “Ancient-sounding country noir” ~Q magazine

FOUR STARS: “Songs that conjure the ghosts of old America” ~Mojo

FOUR STARS: “A sharply rendered sound portrait” ~Songlines

FOUR STARS: “Like the young Emmylou” ~Utne Reader

How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
The Vashon Theatre
Friday-Thursday
April 5th - 11th
RUNNING TIME: 1 HR 44 MIN // PG

When Hiccup discovers Toothless isn't the only Night Fury, he must seek "The Hidden World", a secret Dragon Utopia before a hired tyrant named Grimmel finds it first.

Genre: Adventure, Action, Animation
Director: Dean DeBlois
Stars: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, F. Murray Abraham
PG (for adventure action and some mild rude humor)

Wednesday's show will have Open Captions

Friday, April 5th
7:30pm <–Early start time
One More Mile
The Red Bicycle Bistro & Sushi
All-ages ’til 11pm, 21+ after that
Free cover!

One More Mile is a blues group from Vashon Island WA fronted by “The Principal” Jason Lollar (vocals/lead guitar) and “Lonesome” Mike Nichols (vocals/harmonica) – a musical brotherhood going back decades. This partnership of tone wizardry is dedicated to rocking the joint in the old school way- playing inspired original grooves and classic blues, funk, and rock and roll covers in the vein of James Cotton, Albert Collins, Little Walter, and The Meters.

“The Principal”

Jason Lollar is a local treasure and veteran of the blues. He is the founder of the Lollar Guitar Pickup Company and cut his teeth playing with the Shakey Jake band throughout the 80’s and 90’s. Over the years Jason has opened for greats such as John Mayall, Mick Taylor, Curtiss Salgado, Isaac Scott and William Clarke. Well known by guitarists worldwide, he brings his whiskey vocals and smoky guitar tones to the stage with a funky and soulful bent.

“Lonesome”

Mike Nichols electrifies the air with ripping harp solos and preaches with the vocal stylings of a classic bluesman. A former member of The Great Divide, he has opened for the likes of Elvin Bishop and Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen. Lonesome brings his own special style and swagger with a tip of the hat to his chief muse Ronnie Van Zant.

Rounding out the band are keyboardist/ vocalist Tony Mann (Massey Ferguson, Memphis Radio Kings), bassist/ vocalist Chuck Keller (Virgin Islands, Our Dead Fathers), and drummer/ vocalist Wesley Peterson (Saint Ophelia, Glen Cannon Trio).

Saturday, April 6th, 7-9pm
Lauren Napier
Snapdragon
Free cover!

Vashon Events is pleased be working with Megan Hastings & Snapdragon to bring you live music in the Gallery adjacent to the restaurant, so stop on by for some wonderful music, delicious food and tasty beverages!

On Saturday, April 6th, we bring you Lauren Napier!

Lauren Napier is an acoustic punk rock singer-songwriter from Berlin, where she writes for local publications and performs as Punk Rock Doll. She recently self-released an EP called ‘Void of Course’, a collection of acoustic tracks with what she describes as “pagan leanings” with mystical imagery that’s “certainly open to your interpretation.” ‘Void of Course’ has a powerful tranquility that’s not short on emotional rawness and vulnerability that creates Napier’s unique, but nonetheless punk, sound.

Inspired by all forms of energy and art, lauren.napier (PunkRockDoll) takes comfort in the written word and in creative performance. With her latest musical incarnation, she hopes that you feel as though you are sitting next to her, surrounded by candles and the pull of the moon. Most sounds were written on her guitar, Görli, with productive tears, new addresses, and a few sips of whiskey.

Bolshoi Ballet: The Golden Age
The Vashon Theatre
Sunday, April 7th at 10:00AM
Monday, April 8th at 4:00PM
Tickets $15/$14

Encore performances, previously captured live from Moscow.

In the 1920’s, The Golden Age cabaret is a favorite nightly haunt. The young fisherman Boris falls in love with Rita. He follows her to the cabaret and realizes that she is the beautiful dancer “Mademoiselle Margot,” but also the love interest of the local gangster Yashka. With its jazzy score by Dmitri Shostakovich and its music-hall atmosphere featuring beautiful tangos, The Golden Age is a refreshing and colorful dive into the roaring 20’s. A historic ballet that can be seen only at the Bolshoi!

Runtime: 140 min

Apollo 11
The Vashon Theatre
Friday-Monday
April 5th - 8th
Running Time: 1 HR 33 MIN // G

Apollo 11 is a cinematic space event film fifty years in the making. Featuring never-before-seen large-format film footage of one of humanity's greatest accomplishments.

Genre: Documentary
Director: Todd Douglas Miller

Monday, April 8th
6:30pm-8:30pm
Gus Reeves
Vashon Brewing Community Pub
17205 Vashon Hwy SW
Free cover!

Vashon Events is really excited to be working with Cliff Goodman at the Vashon Brewing Community Pub to bring you live music at the Pub on Monday and Thursday nights!

Swing by and enjoy one of many tasty craft beers or if you can’t decide which one to order…try a flight of tasters! The Pub also has Palouse wine, Kombucha, Cider and organic root beer available. You’ll also find some tasty pub bites to go along with your delicious beverage - the menu changes and they have specials too, so come check it out!

For your live entertainment, on Monday, April 8th, we bring you Gus Reeves!

Gus Reeves is a songwriter and singer specializing in a decidedly soulful brand of Americana. He has been creating and performing for over twenty years and was honored by the Illinois Arts Council with an Artist Fellowship Award.

Gus does music composition, lyric writing, and remote vocal work for clients around the world. A few of his influences are Hank Williams, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, CSNY, Taj Mahal, Otis Redding, and Aretha Franklin. He lives and works on Vashon Island.

The Artist's Way
12 sessions starting Thursday, April 11th
6:30-8:30pm

Pattie Hanmer Pattie Hanmer is offering a Spring program based on the works of the Artist Way. This fun and exploratory class is designed to help overcome limiting beliefs and fears that inhibit the creative process and is geared to all areas of your life, work, money, relationships, new career, health and wellbeing. You do not have to be an artist to participate. This can be a life changing course if you are ready to delve into a journey that helps link the creative and spiritual self. Only $32 ($15 per hour) per class a 12 week 2 hour class starting Thursday April 11 th 2019. For any missed class private coaching sessions are offered.

For more info, contact Pattie Hanmer at pattie@pattiehanmer.com or (206) 819-5420

Thursday, April 11th
6:30pm-8:30pm
Kevin Moe
Vashon Brewing Community Pub
17205 Vashon Hwy SW
Free cover!

Vashon Events is really excited to be working with Cliff Goodman at the Vashon Brewing Community Pub to bring you live music at the Pub on Monday and Thursday nights!

Swing by and enjoy one of many tasty craft beers or if you can’t decide which one to order…try a flight of tasters! The Pub also has Palouse wine, Kombucha, Cider and organic root beer available. You’ll also find some tasty pub bites to go along with your delicious beverage - the menu changes and they have specials too, so come check it out!

For your live entertainment, on Thursday, April 11th, we bring you Kevin Moe!

Kevin grew up right here on Vashon Island. The isolation and tranquility of island life led him to the pathway of music from a very early age. Kevin took his first guitar lesson at age 10. He played clarinet and oboe in the school band. Kevin passed the time by perfecting his craft.

After leaving the island, Kevin studied classical guitar at Western Washington University under the instruction of David Feingold. He simultaneously played in rock groups and other projects. He continued these endeavors for several years after graduation, until he finally decided to delve into the solo classical guitar world more seriously.

Over the last few years, Kevin has played in restaurants, private events, art openings and have performed several weddings. He enjoys creating an atmosphere for people to properly experience whatever event they may be attending.

Saturday, April 13th, 7-9pm
Zaftig
Snapdragon
Free cover!

Vashon Events is pleased be working with Megan Hastings & Snapdragon to bring you live music in the Gallery adjacent to the restaurant, so stop on by for some wonderful music, delicious food and tasty beverages!

On Saturday, April 13th, we bring you Zaftig!

Zaftig is a fresh, jazzy homegrown Vashon Island quartet with an international flavor, bringing you a voluptuous sound with sultry vocals and a multi-lingual repertoire. A tasty musical cocktail of Bossa Nova , French café, and world jazz styles with some vintage standards thrown in , Zaftig will delight your senses, stimulate your soul and uplift your spirits.

Carol Crozier - vocalist

Carol has been passionately involved in the world music scene for over 20 years, as a dancer, vocalist, teacher, percussionist and choreographer. You may remember her leading the RhythmJoy Brazilian Samba dancers with cross-cultural percussionist Geoff Johns, an annual favorite in Vashon ‘s Strawberry Festival Parade. She loves to sing in other languages like French, Portuguese, Sanskrit and occasionally in Yoruba and Kreole. Carol now brings her sparkling presence and striking vocal talents to Zaftig in this, her newest musical incarnation.

Van Crozier - saxophonist

Playing sax on Vashon for over 25 years, you may remember Van from the Portage Fill Big Band, Loose Change, and other local groups. He was the baritone sax anchor in Jay Thomas’s Friendly Fire big band for 23 years, performing monthly at Tula’s and The New Orleans Café in Seattle. Van started his professional career in 1973 with Billy Price and the Rhythm Kings, house band at the Fox Café in Pittsburgh PA, and he has been playing ever since.

Stephen Buffington - Guitar

Stephen has been playing guitar (and bass and drums) for the last 30 years across all styles; always up for a new adventure. Early on there was much rock, some jazz and eventually 4 years of college for classical guitar. After that a move to Seattle to play bass for a grunge band seemed like the meteoric rise of a musician but then the triple threat of career, house and kids struck. After many, less musical years, being on Vashon finally got things going again due to the great music culture. Now back in full swing Stephen can be seen playing classical guitar on First Fridays, playing bass and drums for dance bands, playing African influenced guitar on the street, singing in the Opera, and playing jazz guitar with Zaftig.

Steve Meyer - Bass

Steve Meyer came to the bass after initially studying guitar and piano and has not looked back. He has studied jazz bass with Doug Miller and classical bass with Todd Gowers, both in Seattle. He currently plays with the Portage Fill Big Band and the Vashon/Maury Chamber Orchestra in addition to some smaller groups on the Island.

Shook Twins
Open Space for Arts & Community
Saturday, April 13th
7:00pm

SHOOK TWINS—”SOME GOOD LIVES” ALBUM RELEASE TOUR

Open Space for Arts & Community and Debra Heesch present … The Shook Twins! Touring their fourth album, Some Good Lives, they will be playing Open Space April 13th, 2019. It is a delight to know they are returning to Open Space and Vashon Island on this tour.

“I love the harmonies of the Shook Twins, the dreamlike songs that seem somehow permeated by the American Folk tradition, without actually being part of it. They make music that twines through your soul the way vines cover an abandoned shack in the woods.” – Neil Gaiman, New York Times – Best-Selling Author

“The Shooks will Shake you. These ladies have been keepin’ it real since the day they were born and that was only seconds apart from one another I think. Do yourself a favor and check ’em out. I do declare, ya won’t be sorry.” – Langhorne Slim

“The Shook Twins put on a heck of a show. Keep your eyes on these folks. I’m excited to hear what they do next.” – Tucker Martine

“A unique, personal music that lights up the stage with its joy and enthusiasm.” – Mason Jennings

Photo credit, Jessie McCall, photographer

$15 Advance Ticket / $18 at the Door
$30 Table Seat
Date: Saturday April 13, 2019
Doors: 6PM
Showtime: 7PM

TICKET LINK: https://www.openspacevashon.com/event/shook-twins-some-good-lives-album-release-tour/

Klimt & Schiele: Eros and Psyche
The Vashon Theatre
Sunday, April 14th at 1:00PM
Tickets $10/$9

Klimt & Schiele: Eros and Psyche, recounts the start of the Vienna Secession, a magical art movement formed in the late 1890’s for art, literature and music, in which new ideas are circulated, Freud discovers the drives of the psyche, and women begin to claim their independence. It was a movement that marked a new era outside the confines of academic tradition.

At the heart of Secession were artists Gustav Klimt and his protégé and dear friend Egon Schiele. This exhibition proves an in-depth examination of images of extraordinary visual power: from the eroticism of Klimt’s mosaic-like works, to the anguished and raw work of the young Schiele in his magnetic nudes and contorted figures against the backdrop of nocturnal Vienna, full of masked balls and dreams imbued with sexuality.

Monday, April 15th
6:30pm-8:30pm
Michael Whitmore
Vashon Brewing Community Pub
17205 Vashon Hwy SW
Free cover!

Vashon Events is really excited to be working with Cliff Goodman at the Vashon Brewing Community Pub to bring you live music at the Pub on Monday and Thursday nights!

Swing by and enjoy one of many tasty craft beers or if you can’t decide which one to order…try a flight of tasters! The Pub also has Palouse wine, Kombucha, Cider and organic root beer available. You’ll also find some tasty pub bites to go along with your delicious beverage - the menu changes and they have specials too, so come check it out!

For your live entertainment, on Monday, April 11th, we bring you Michael Whitmore!

Michael Whitmore is a nylon string guitarist, occasional vocalist, & leader/composer for the band Some’tet. He tends towards the frayed edges of jazz -- post-jazz, nu-jazz, free-jazz, with a hint of samba.

A veteran of the Los Angeles new music scene, he moved to the Northwest a decade ago. Highlights in a long career include a NEA California Composers Grant, dozens of album & soundtrack credits as a leader, sideman or collaborator, including a project composing music for Pulitzer Prize winning poet Franz Wright.

Michael is an author, music historian, very often a DJ, & always a record collector. Currently he hosts two radio shows on Vashon’s KVSH 101.9FM. Greatest influences to his distinctive guitar style include Baden Powell, Lenny Breau, Sonny Sharrock, Lionel Loueke, John Stowell & Jon Abercrombie. Other inspirations include Brigitte Fontaine, McCoy Tyner & Mark Hollis.

“★★★★ Nylon string guitarist extraordinaire” -- Buzz Weekly

“Top 200 Favorite Guitarists List” -- Nels Cline

“Always intriguing, insinuating mysteries but never resolving them” -- Option

VWP'S NEW FARM & FOREST NATURE PROGRAM FOR 3-6 YEAR OLDS
INFORMATION NIGHT
Monday, April 15th 7pm

The Vashon Wilderness Program is offering a brand new program for even younger children starting Fall 2019. Our Farm & Forest program for 3-6 year olds will meet twice a week during the school year.

Experience a taste of our program, meet our nature mentors, and discover why Richard Louv calls our approach to nature education "... good medicine for Nature Deficit Disorder."

Attend an Information Night at the Vashon Library - designed for adults, children are welcome.

Registration required: vashonwildernessprogram.org

Live Music
The Hardware Store Restaurant
6-8pm, No Cover!
Thursday, April 18th: Loren Sinner

Vashon Events works with The Hardware Store Restaurant every month to bring you live music, usually on third Thursday of the month. The music takes place from 6-8pm.

We love having Loren perform at the Hardware Store – it’s a good fit for the room and everyone really enjoys his selection of music. Always different, always great.

Loren has played in many bands in the past, most notably The Great Divide, an all-islander band that was formed in the early ’80s and played locally for many years before hitting the “big time”, touring with blues guitar great Elvin Bishop. In 1987 the band won the Marlboro Country Music Talent Roundup, with a $5000 grand prize, and the privilege of opening for Alabama, The Judd’s and George Strait in the Tacoma Dome before a crowd of 20,000. You’ll find Loren playing with local bands Sinner & The Saints, The Spotlights and Johnny Lund & The Galaxies from time to time as well.

Many of you know Loren for running his local business (LS Cedar) and might even be customers or shared a cup of coffee with him across the street at The Roasterie. Loren is father to some amazing boys that we’ve all come to know and love and he share’s his love of music with them every day. Loren is also responsible for bringing other amazing musicians to the Island for performances such as Makana and Don Alder. Loren plays a variety of music in his solo performances and is an accomplished guitarist and keyboardist.

Drop on by, enjoy some delicious food and a tasty beverage or two…and listen to some beautiful music!

Brought to you by Vashon Events and The Hardware Store.

Thursday, April 18th
6:30pm-8:30pm
Pat Reardon
Vashon Brewing Community Pub
17205 Vashon Hwy SW
Free cover!

Vashon Events is really excited to be working with Cliff Goodman at the Vashon Brewing Community Pub to bring you live music at the Pub on Monday and Thursday nights!

Swing by and enjoy one of many tasty craft beers or if you can’t decide which one to order…try a flight of tasters! The Pub also has Palouse wine, Kombucha, Cider and organic root beer available. You’ll also find some tasty pub bites to go along with your delicious beverage - the menu changes and they have specials too, so come check it out!

For your live entertainment, on Thursday, April 18th, we bring you Pat Reardon!

Pat Reardon has been writing and performing his songs since 1981 when he began busking in his hometown of Burlington, Vermont. Pat plays clever original songs woven within "what-did-he-just-say?" yarns; wrapped up in blankets of word-play and squirming vibrant images; all nestled within poignant lilting melodies and snug toe-tapping grooves. He wrings rhythmic emotion from the neck of his guitar, moans kisses from his harmonica; and stops the crowd with his powerfully soulful voice.

Pat's originals jump from genre to category to decade in a smooth confident style. His stage banter is as entertaining as his songs and often verges on a high wire comedy act - he works without a net, folks! Original he is, boring he is not, come be entertained.

Clinton Fearon & Kevin Kinsella
An Acoustic Intimate Performance
Friday, April 19 at 7pm
Camp Colvos Brewing
Tickets are sold out for this event.

Join us for another intimate amazing evening at Camp Colvos Brewing, this time with reggae great Clinton Fearon! This time around he's bringing long time friend and reggae great Kevin Kinsella! Along with special guests this will be a night to remember!

Clinton Fearon is a composer, songwriter, singer and player of instruments since his early teens. Born in Jamaica, Clinton became the bassist, vocalist and lyricist of the mythic Gladiators at the age of 19. He was also a session musician for Coxsone Dodd at Studio One and Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry’s at Black Ark in the 70s, two of the main producers on the island at this time. There Clinton composed some everlasting bass lines for well-known artists like Yabby You, Jimmy Riley, Max Romeo, Junior Byles and many others.

After leaving Jamaica in 1987, Clinton Fearon started a new career in Seattle. Him and some of the musicians of The Gladiators took advantage of the extra time remaining on their visa, at the end of the US tour, to started a band in the Northwest: The Defenders. The band built a nice following in the area but split after five years.

Clinton Fearon finally formed his own band in the mid 90s in Seattle with local musicians: Boogie Brown Band. Clinton Fearon recorded eight albums with Boogie Brown Band and tour with them in the Pacific Northwest and Europe intensively, but also other places in the US and South America. Since 2005 and the release of Mi An Mi Guitar, Clinton is also giving magical performances in solo acoustic.

In 2012, he released his second acoustic opus: Heart And Soul, which gathers 16 songs wrote between 1969- 1984, while he was a strong member of the mythic Gladiators in Jamaica. With just vocal and guitar, Clinton is playing his music all over the world, in clubs, theaters, festivals and other cultural centers.

Each song of Clinton Fearon is a strong message coming from the heart of a man who is dedicating his life to help a better world to come. With chiselled music and poetic lyrics, he opens reggae to a wider audience who simply loves his beautiful songs.

Clinton on Kevin Kinsella:

Kevin Kinsella is a genuine brother. I remember listening to an album with John Brown’s Body he sent me 20 years ago, the music was interesting and original. We met later on and I get to know more about his music. Kevin is doing his own style and I appreciate his unique creativity and his good spirit.It’s been a while since we talked about doing something together in acoustic. Now is the right time for me. After 50 years being a professional musician, I want to share my experience with artists from the younger generations, and have fun playing music with good people. That’s what we’ll be doing together with Kevin Kinsella and myself: loving what we do and doing what we love.

Tickets are sold out for this show.

Saturday, April 20th, 7-9pm
Gregg Curry & Friends
Snapdragon
Free cover!

Vashon Events is pleased be working with Megan Hastings & Snapdragon to bring you live music in the Gallery adjacent to the restaurant, so stop on by for some wonderful music, delicious food and tasty beverages!

On Saturday, April 20th, we bring you Gregg Curry & Friends!

Greg Curry's songs dig deep into the roots of American music to create his original sound. He has traveled America, absorbing influences from rock, soul, and blues to country, bluegrass, and gospel. Drawing from hundreds of original songs and numerous recordings, he seamlessly knits those American traditions into his unique musical tapestry of lyrical, catchy tunes. Those songs, plus over 20 years of performing, make him a compelling presence on stage.

Joining Gregg at Snapdragon will be Rick Dahms on guitar and vocals, plus some special guests that might drop by!

Monday, April 22nd
6:30pm-8:30pm
Steve Amsden
Vashon Brewing Community Pub
17205 Vashon Hwy SW
Free cover!

Vashon Events is really excited to be working with Cliff Goodman at the Vashon Brewing Community Pub to bring you live music at the Pub on Monday and Thursday nights!

Swing by and enjoy one of many tasty craft beers or if you can’t decide which one to order…try a flight of tasters! The Pub also has Palouse wine, Kombucha, Cider and organic root beer available. You’ll also find some tasty pub bites to go along with your delicious beverage - the menu changes and they have specials too, so come check it out!

For your live entertainment, on Monday, April 22nd, we bring you Steve Amsden!

A warm, talented performer, Steve is widely acknowledged as an exceptionally creative musician-songwriter. Over the years he developed the strong voice and powerful presence for which he’s now well known.

Steve consistently works on new material, performs, records, jams and rehearses, produces music events and supports other musicians. He plays many types of music––folk, bluegrass, country (and Western), rock and roll, blues and jazz standards. He is a mainstay in a community that joyfully integrates the arts.

Thursday, April 25th
6:30pm-8:30pm
Tim Couldn't Make It
Vashon Brewing Community Pub
17205 Vashon Hwy SW
Free cover!

Vashon Events is really excited to be working with Cliff Goodman at the Vashon Brewing Community Pub to bring you live music at the Pub on Monday and Thursday nights!

Swing by and enjoy one of many tasty craft beers or if you can’t decide which one to order…try a flight of tasters! The Pub also has Palouse wine, Kombucha, Cider and organic root beer available. You’ll also find some tasty pub bites to go along with your delicious beverage - the menu changes and they have specials too, so come check it out!

For your live entertainment, on Thursday, April 25th, we bring you Tim Couldn't Make It!

Everyone wants to know why Tim can't make it. The 'why' is not important. It's a work in progress. He has a therapist. Baby steps.

Despite Tim's predictable absence, the boys carry on playing interesting and out-of-the-ordinary music. If you've heard the band, you'll know they feature a variety of cover tunes that aren't on the list you expect, along with some you do. They play stuff they like. Their audience likes the music because they keep coming back for more. You can hear the band's music at www.tcmi-band.com. You can see pretty pictures there too!

The band: Chuck Keller on bass. Wesley Peterson on drums and vocals. Rick Dahms on guitar and vocals. Doug Pine on guitar and vocals.

Blue Monster
The Red Bike
Friday, April 26th, 8:30pm
All-ages until 11pm, 21+ after that
Free cover!

Blue Monster is a five piece instrumental funk band from Vashon Island that has been playing venues and festivals in the Northwest since 2005.

Known for their live performances which combine heavy funk grooves laced with psychedelic improvisation, the group frequently invites local musicians to collaborate for on-stage jams.

The rhythm section lays down tight beats which combine intricate bass lines with deep pocket drumming while the keyboards deliver syncopated funkiness. Sonic guitar mayhem embodied by funky licks and mind bending solos to take your ears on a journey to another dimension. Blue Monster is guaranteed to make that ass shake and open your mind.

Blue Monster is Ken Jacobsen (Guitar), Nigel Browne (Drums), Tony Mann (Keyboard) and J.P. Ouellette (Bass).

Saturday, April 27th, 7-9pm
Rabble
Snapdragon
Free cover!

Vashon Events is pleased be working with Megan Hastings & Snapdragon to bring you live music in the Gallery adjacent to the restaurant, so stop on by for some wonderful music, delicious food and tasty beverages!

On Saturday, April 27th, we bring you Rabble!

Rabble is a prog-rock trio with layers of psych-rock, new wave, and jazz. Dom Wolczko, Nick Hyde, and Brendan Bric started the group on Vashon in Spring 2017 exploring styles both ambient and groove based. The band released the debut Rabble EP in October 2018 and they’ve been performing in the greater Seattle area & beyond since.

Monday, April 29th
6:30pm-8:30pm
Kenny Alton
Vashon Brewing Community Pub
17205 Vashon Hwy SW
Free cover!

Vashon Events is really excited to be working with Cliff Goodman at the Vashon Brewing Community Pub to bring you live music at the Pub on Monday and Thursday nights!

Swing by and enjoy one of many tasty craft beers or if you can’t decide which one to order…try a flight of tasters! The Pub also has Palouse wine, Kombucha, Cider and organic root beer available. You’ll also find some tasty pub bites to go along with your delicious beverage - the menu changes and they have specials too, so come check it out!

For your live entertainment, on Monday, April 29th, we bring you Kenny Alton!

Kenny Alton has been playing in bands since he was fifteen years old. His love for music was ignited while living in Thailand. Kenny was six when a visiting uncle brought him The Beatles Revolver album and some American grape bubble gum. Accidentally putting on side two and hearing George Harrison's riff and then John Lennon's voice on "She Said She Said", I knew from that moment that I found my true love. Everything musically that Kenny's done is traced to that moment.

Kenny has been part of the Seattle music scene since the 90's and his band Six Select released three CD's and had very positive reviews. The music is available on iTunes and Cd Baby. Kenny's other band Sugar Fiend released a CD and the music can be heard on his Sound Cloud site - under Tiger Tea. Kenny toured with Hedwig and the Angry Inch as the bass player and the guitarist/keyboards.

Kenny is now slowly recording the more personal acoustic songs that never made it on the various band CD's, the demos can be heard on Soundcloud - under Tiger Tea, songs that he feels are more personal, more of a conversation, more intimate.

VIVA
Vashon Island Visual Artists
Studio Tour/Spring 2019
Sat & Sun, May 4-5, 11-12
10am-5pm

Celebrate Spring (and the lack of snow)! Purchase directly from Island artists, forget ferry lines, parking hassles and ‘Do the Tour.’ Studios and galleries welcome the public May 4–5 & 11–12, 10 am to 5 pm, for the annual VIVA Spring Studio Tour.

Featuring more than 60 artists in 33 locations, find sculpture, hand-crafted clothing, beautiful bags, garden art, woodwork, ceramics, art cards, jewelry, unusual ornaments, mosaics, watercolor and oil paintings, candles and much more.

Pick up a VIVA Studio Tour brochure and map, available at Island businesses. Make a date with a friend, choose your route and experience the bounty. Get a taste of the art at VIVArtists.com and follow VIVA on Facebook.

Regardless of which direction you go, all points lead to art this Spring on Vashon! Celebrate creativity, support our artists and be part of the wonder and magic that make Vashon so special!

Dialogues des Carmélites
The Vashon Theatre
Streaming LIVE from The Metropolitan Opera
Saturday, May 11th at 9:00AM
Tickets $20/$18
Dialogues des Carmélites (Francis Poulenc) REVIVAL
Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Production: John Dexter
Set Designer: David Reppa
Costume Designer: Jane Greenwood
Lighting Designer: Gil Wechsler

Cast: Blanche de la Force (Isabel Leonard), Mme. Lidoine (Adrianne Pieczonka), Constance (Erin Morley), Mère Marie (Karen Cargill), First Prioress (Karita Mattila), Chevalier de la Force (David Portillo), Marquis de la Force (Dwayne Croft)

Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads an accomplished ensemble in Poulenc’s devastating modern masterpiece of faith and martyrdom. Isabel Leonard is the young Blanche de La Force, opposite Met legend Karita Mattila as the First Prioress.

Estimated Runtime 3 hr 9 min

Saturday, May 11th
8-10pm <—later start time
Joy Mills & Tom Parker
Snapdragon
Free cover!

Vashon Events is pleased be working with Megan & Adam at Snapdragon to bring you live music in the Gallery adjacent to the restaurant, so stop on by for some wonderful music, delicious food and tasty beverages!

On Saturday, May 11th, we bring you Joy Mills & Tom Parker!

Joy Mills & Tom Parker are known for their blend of harmonies, bringing together roots music, lyrical ballads and soulful country songs all set against the backdrop of the Pacific Northwest. They've released multiple albums and toured nationally and to Europe. They are currently recording their next album due out later this year. Maverick Magazine (UK) describes the music as “organic country…both delicate and edgy." www.joymills.com

Water Lilies of Monet: The Magic of Water and Light
Sunday, May 12th at 1:00PM
The Vashon Theatre
Tickets $10/$9

Voyage through the masterpieces and obsessions of the genius and founder of Impressionism, Claude Monet. An art-world disruptor at the turn of the 20th century whose obsession with capturing light and water broke all convention, Monet revolutionized Modern Art with his timeless masterpieces.An in-depth, exclusive tour led by Monet scholars of the museums that house the largest collections of the prolific artist’s lilies paintings including the Musée Marmottan Monet, the Orsay Museum, the world-famous panels at L’Orangerie and concluding with Monet’s own house and gardens at Giverny, the site where his fascination for water lilies was born.

Runtime: 80 minutes

Vashon Opera presents: A Streetcar Named Desire
Friday, May 17, 2019, 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 19, 2019, 2:30 pm
Vashon Center for the Arts

A Streetcar Named Desire serves up two unforgettable characters, Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski. Truth unravels the masquerade of a former life and the resulting descent into madness makes for an unforgettable performance. André Previn’s jazz-inspired score perfectly captures the sultry underworld of New Orleans. A masterpiece of American opera.

Tickets: vashonopera.org

Friday, May 17th, 8:30pm
Dance Party with The Van Redeker Band!
Red Bicycle Bistro & Sushi

Get down with the Van Redeker Band on Friday, May 17th, 8:30 PM. Vashon’s popular dance band is preparing a new batch of groove-infused numbers especially for this party, with over a dozen songs presented at the Red Bike for the first time.

Known for their energetic performance style, lush vocal harmonies and non-stop boogie – the group will present a set honed over years of playing island dance events. Expect classics by The Beatles, Michelle Shocked, Creedence Clearwater Revival and ZZ Top along with tasty originals by songwriting team Daryl Redeker and Sam Van Fleet.

Van Redeker Band shows have become community events, with the dancing spilling out onto the street. The group loves playing music to all the island’s movers and groovers, with the dancers becoming a vital part of the show.

Daryl, Sara, Sam and Dodd invite you to join them for the dance party of the year!

The Van Redeker Band are:
Daryl Redeker on lead guitar and vocals
Sara Van Fleet on bass, guitar & vocals
Sam Van Fleet on guitar, harmonica & vocals
Dodd Johnson on drums & percussion

Dance Party with The Van Redeker Band
Friday, May 17th, 8:30pm
Red Bicycle Bistro & Sushi

Saturday, May 18th
7-9pm
Alexandra Blakely
Snapdragon
Free cover!

Vashon Events is pleased be working with Megan & Adam at Snapdragon to bring you live music in the Gallery adjacent to the restaurant, so stop on by for some wonderful music, delicious food and tasty beverages!

On Saturday, May 18th, we bring you Alexandra Blakely!

Alexandra Blakely, born on Duwamish territory, left home for Mexico in 2005 to do some existential searching. Along this journey she found hundreds of songs that lived within her that wanted to be sung and so, she began to sing. She discovered that between the amalgamation of melodies and lyrics weaved together she was creating a path to healing her soul and ancestral lineage. She unearthed the power in song that similar to prayer, can propel the solidification of realities.

Blakely writes to the composted, the midwifing of cycles into death, rebirth into awareness and empowerment, ecological justice and spiritual inquiry. She returned to Duwamish territory in early 2017 to share her internal explorations, cultivate community, connect circles and ultimately participate in the regeneration of life.

“Music is Medicine, Medicine is Music.” –Alexandra Blakely

Bolshoi Ballet: Carmen Suite & Petrushka
The Vashon Theatre
Sunday, May 19th at 10:00AM
Monday, May 20th at 4:00PM
Tickets $15/$14

Sunday morning is broadcast LIVE from Moscow. Monday afternoon is a recorded encore, captured live.

Carmen is as sensual and free-spirited as ever as she finds herself caught in a love triangle. The passionate one act ballet by Cuban choreographer Alberto Alonso, originally conceived for legendary Bolshoi prima ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, will captivate audiences alongside Petrushka, a new creation for the Bolshoi by contemporary choreographer Edward Clug. The double-bill event for cinemas encapsulates and showcases the soul of Russian Ballet.

Run time: 140 minutes