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Green Book
The Vashon Theatre
Fri-Thurs, January 11th-17th
Running time: 2 Hr 10 Min // PG-13

A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.

Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Director: Peter Farrelly
Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini

PG-13 (for thematic content, language including racial epithets, smoking, some violence and suggestive material)

STORY CATCHER: THE LIFE AND WRITING OF BRIAN DOYLE
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2019
4:00PM
KATHERINE L. WHITE HALL
Vashon Center for the Arts

The prodigious writer Brian Doyle, whose humorous and poignant prose earned him several prestigious awards and a national reputation, died of brain cancer in 2017 at the too-young age of 60. His voice lives on through his far-ranging stories, essays, and novels that are brimming with universal, life-changing truths. The evening will be moderated by Mike Feinstein and will offer a spirited discussion of his life and work with some of the people who knew him best. “It’s more important than ever before to hold hands and catch and share stories of substance and grace and defiant courage and irrepressible humor. The alternative is to allow nothing in our lives but sales pitches and lies.” —Brian Doyle Gerry and Mike Feinstein founded VCA’s Arts & Humanities series in 2009. The Feinsteins moved to the island from Washington, D.C., in 1995 and soon after started their own publications business serving nonprofit institutions throughout the Northwest. “I first met Brian through my work with academic institutions in Portland more than 20 years ago,” Mike said. “He was a superb writer and editor of Portland Magazine. At first we didn’t realize what a following he had here in the Northwest, but when we invited him to be a speaker in the Arts & Humanities Series in 2015; we had an enthusiastic sold-out crowd. That weekend we got to know Brian as a modest, fun-loving guy who had an enormous appetite for stories about people and for life itself. His memory lives on in his work, which continues to inspire and delight us.”

February 17 | 4 pm
Tickets:
$18 Member
$20 Student & Senior
$22 General
All Tickets at the Door: $24

For more information and to purchase tickets, go to the event webpage at: http://vashoncenterforthearts.org/event/story-catcher/

Or call the Katherine L. White Lobby front desk at: 206/463-5131

Live Music
The Hardware Store Restaurant
6-8pm, No Cover!
Thursday, Jan 17th: 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, January 17th
6:30pm-8:30pm
Camille 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 Thursday, January 17th, we bring you Camille Reeves!

Camille Reeves is a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who grew up on Vashon Island. Her eclectic influences come through to create her entirely original, yet familiar, sound. Having grown up to a soundtrack that featured the Beatles, Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, and Carol King, she later branched out, gleaning influences from gypsy jazz and folk music of the Balkans, as well as early American music. Although she has performed on the accordion, mandolin, piano, and guitar, she most recently accompanies herself with the ukulele.

FIRE AND GRACE
EDWIN HUIZINGA AND WILLIAM COULTER
THE HAVURAH BUILDING
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17
7:00 PM

Fire & Grace is an eclectic collaboration between guitarist William Coulter and violinist Edwin Huizinga. This unique duo explores the musical elements of classical, folk, and contemporary traditions from around the world.

Creed II
The Vashon Theatre
Fri-Mon, January 18th-21st
Running Time: 2 Hr 10 Min // PG-13

Under the tutelage of Rocky Balboa, heavyweight contender Adonis Creed faces off against Viktor Drago, son of Ivan Drago.

Genre: Drama, Sport
Director: Steven Caple Jr.
Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson
PG-13 (for sports action violence, language, and a scene of sensuality)

Greg Blake Band House Concert
Saturday, Jan 19th
6:00pm potluck, 7:00pm music
No reservation necessary
15326 115 Ave SW

Bluegrass country roots music.
4 award winning musicians return to Vashon.

Saturday, January 19th
7-9pm
John Browne
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, January 19th, we bring you John Browne!

Seattle native and Vashon resident for many years, John Browne has played guitar since his teens and picked up the harmonica in the mid-1960’s. He lived in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district in 1966-67, and played with a jug band called pH Factor.

After dropping out of the high energy San Francisco music scene, Browne moved to the Oregon coast where he lived without electricity, started a garden and raised a family. A man of many talents, Browne has driven metro buses, worked as logger, commercial fisherman and for many years helped run Wax Orchard farm. He and his wife Vicki now own Judd Creek Nursery, specializing in native plants.

Join us for a special night of music with the legendary John Browne.

“Bridges not Barriers: Immigrant Crises On Our Watch.”

Human Rights Attorney Molly Matter tells stories from the border, covers immigrant and children’s rights and actions you can take to help.

Sunday, January 20, 3PM at the Land Trust Building.

Three Groups Join Forces to Examine Immigrant Rights

On January 20, 3pm at the Land Trust Building, Vashon/Maury SURJ (Showing Up For Racial Justice) will co-sponsor a presentation by human rights attorney, Molly Matter, with Indivisible Vashon’s Immigrant/Refugee Rights Group, and Vashon’s Resettlement Committee.

Ms. Matter will tell stories of her personal experience with asylum seeking refugees and others at our US/Mexico border as well as at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. As sole proprietor of Amend Law, LLC, Molly has spent long hours investigating voting rights and children’s human rights abuse. She will share stories of what she witnessed inside a detention site in Arizona during the aftermath of the Zero Tolerance Policy, what the current legal protections are for children and minors, and current litigation to protect refugee children. There are now more than 14,000 children detained, 4 times more than under any other administration. She promises to provide information that will help audience members “fully appreciate the severity of what we are in the midst of, and also find hope and strength from one another, including the children in camps.”

To the end of fostering hope and strength, Ms. Matter and the event co-sponsors will offer an interactive “Pledge to Act” opportunity where audience members will learn about ways, large and small, to support immigrants’ rights.

Among her many current roles in behalf of human rights, civil rights and voting rights, Molly serves as chair elect for the Civil Rights Law Section of the Washington State Bar Association. She is fond of quoting Lilla Watson, who said “If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” Immigrant rights are human rights and they are threatened now more than ever. Learn more Sunday, January 20, 3 – 5 pm, at the Land Trust Building when three Vashon activist groups co-present “Bridges not Barriers: Immigrant Crises On Our Watch.”

To interview Molly Matter, contact her at: 206-280-8724 or molly@amendlawmatter.com

Bolshoi Ballet: La Bayadère
The Vashon Theatre
Sunday, January 20th at 10:00AM
Monday, January 21st at 3:00PM
Tickets $15/$14

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

The temple dancer Nikiya and the warrior Solor fall deeply in love, igniting heated passions and murderous intrigues when the Rajah and his daughter Gamzatti discover their forbidden love. La Bayadère is one of the greatest works in classical ballet history – a story of love, death and vengeful judgment, set in India. Dazzling sets and costumes, with one of the most iconic scenes in ballet, the “Kingdom of the Shades,” illuminate the tragic tale of the temple dancer Nikiya’s doomed love for the warrior Solor, and their ultimate redemption. A must-see theatrical event.

Run time: 200 minutes

Monday, January 21st
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, January 21st, 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.

RESILIENCE IPA NIGHT ON VASHON
Camp Colvos Brewing Taproom "Campsite"
Thursday, January 24th
5:00pm

We're honored to be supporting those impacted by The Camp Fire by brewing the Resilience IPA. We will donate 100% of all our Resilience sales to the Sierra Nevada Camp Fire Relief Fund to help Butte County rebuild its community.

Thursday, January 24th
6:30pm-8:30pm
Gregg Curry
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, January 24th, we bring you Gregg Curry!

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.

Friday, January 25th, 8:30pm
St. Ophelia
The Red Bicycle Bistro & Sushi
All-ages ’til 11pm, 21+ after that
Free cover!

Saint Ophelia brings an Alternative Folk Rock sound to the stage with their original songs that run the gamut from rocking to spacious. Singer-songwriter Joseph Panzetta and vocalist Rebekah Bevilacqua Kuzma front a stellar band that includes Dan Tyack on pedal steel and Wesley Peterson on drums. They will be joined by Chuck Keller on bass.

The uniqueness of Saint Ophelia’s sound lies within the blend of its vocals, musicianship, and eclectic original songs within a vast range of styles. This makes listening to Saint Ophelia a unique and visceral experience.

One of the band’s stand-out qualities are the harmonies of lead singers Rebekah and Joe. Rebekah‘s vocal talent comes from years of classical training, singing in choirs and being a church cantor. The two sang together for the first time on the Voice of Vashon radio show, Live on the Highway, and came away knowing they had to collaborate more. From there, they say the band just happened.

As an audience member, you hear their sound in the totality of finely tuned collaboration. They are all using their instruments in innovative and masterful ways that blends together into a harmonic presentation that is something quite different and enjoyable.

The fun is visible in their live performances. The bandmates are connected and are locked-in with each other as the songs seem to move through them more than coming from them. Michael Marcus’ jazz training is evident in his masterful bass playing, and Dan Tyack takes the songs to new heights with his leads. Tyack, a consummate innovator on the steel guitar, who has performed and recorded with artists such as Derek Trucks, Jackson Brown, Graham Nash, and Bill Frisell, said, “this is the best playing I’ve ever done. This music just explodes at you with all these ideas you haven’t heard before. This is the best music I’ve ever been involved with.”

12th ANNUAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL
VASHON THEATER
SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 2019
12:00PM
FREE for ALL AGES - 12TH ANNUAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL ON VASHON ISLAND

Vashon Wilderness Program sponsors a free family friendly event on January 26th at the Vashon Theater.

VASHON WILDERNESS PROGRAM will host its 12th Annual Storytelling Festival on Saturday, January 26 at 12pm the Vashon Theater on Vashon Island. This year’s event is “for the community, by the community” and will feature nature-based stories - personal, mythic, and ancestral - told by VWP’s seasoned staff and audience members alike.

“Storytelling is a core routine at our nature-immersion programs,” explains VWP’s Executive Director Stacey Hinden, “and our staff have told hundreds of stories over the years to children of all ages.” VWP mentors practice oral traditions to inspire and instill lessons and to help cultivate a learning community that values each person’s life story; and VWP students practice sharing their story of day to both help deepen their learning journey and discover their authentic voice.

“At a time when there is so much divisive energy in our nation, sharing stories is a powerful and joyful way to unite and heal communities,” Hinden says. Each year hundreds of people of all ages from Vashon and beyond gather at the Storytelling Festival.

Audience members of all ages are invited to bring a prepared 5-minute story, or spin a tale in the One-Minute Story-thon, or join the fun, interactive group storytelling improv games. The Storytelling Festival is best suited for ages 4 and older. Guests are encouraged to arrive early to purchase snacks, and sign up for a tellers’ spot.

VWP (a 501c3 non-profit) provides nature immersion programs for people for all ages from Vashon and surrounding Puget Sound communities. To date, VWP has helped nearly 4,000 children, teens, adults and families connect deeply with themselves, each other, and nature through their transformative Coyote Mentoring programs, camps, workshops, and trainings.

In addition to the Storytelling Festival, their next free seasonal community celebration is on April 27th: the “Spring Feast and Bizarre Bazaar” is a magical evening to share a spring-inspired potluck meal and enjoy a poignant opportunity to let go and receive at their silent trading market.

For more information about the Vashon Wilderness Program, visit the website:

http://www.vashonwildernessprogram.org

ART TIME FOR CHILDREN
HOSTED BY HARBOR SCHOOL
AT CARPE DIEM
17708 VASHON HWY SW
SATURDAY, JANUARY 26
12-2PM

On Saturday, January 26 from 12-2PM, Harbor School will host a community-wide ART TIME for children ages 4 - 8. Families are invited to join us and explore creative activities that bring art alive for young minds as well as an opportunity for interested parents to learn more about Harbor School’s K-3 Carpe Diem program. Head of School Mark McGough will be on hand to engage with parents and answer questions, while children participate in a variety of arts and crafts projects led by Andrea Braganza, K-3 Teacher and Art Instructor.

The event will be held at Harbor School’s Carpe Diem classrooms in the Presbyterian Church – 17708 Vashon Hwy SW on Vashon Island.

ART TIME is also a great opportunity to meet new friends and see what Harbor School has to offer. This event is free and open to the public.

If you'd like to RSVP your child's attendance, please email Harbor School at office@harborschool.org.

Saturday, Jan 26th
7-9pm
The Jamie Jackson Band
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, Jan 26th, we bring you The Jamie Jackson Band!

Jamie Jackson is a passionate singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Seattle, Washington. She picked up her first guitar around the time she could walk – strumming to Hank Williams and old rock ‘n’ roll tunes.

Over the years Jamie has performed in a variety of bands playing guitar, bass, keys, and drums along with singing lead and backing vocals. In 2010, Jamie launched her solo career. What emerged was raw and powerful – a series of bluesy rock songs ranging from gut-wrenching to pure comedy. Jamie is known for her smokin’’ guitar licks and has been likened to Stevie Ray Vaughan. Her powerhouse voice is a one-of-a kind soulful, smoky blend often compared to Adele, Pink, and Janis Joplin Her move to Vashon in 2012 has produced more amazing material inspired by the island’s magic and beauty.

Rounding out the band is Wesley Peterson on drums and Chuck Keller on bass.

THE PERSONAL AND THE POLITICAL
SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2018
4:00PM
KATHERINE L. WHITE HALL
Vashon Center for the Arts

We’re living in tumultuous, grief-struck times, and poetry’s role as a catalyst for redress has never been more necessary. As we process each day’s onslaught of news, many of us struggle to reconcile our roles as artists, citizens, agents of resistance, conscience, and care. In Rick Barot’s presentation and discussion, we’ll look at a handful of poets whose works illustrate the ways we might pivot—whether messily or fluidly—between the personal and the political, the private and the historical. The poets to be discussed will include Lucille Clifton, Danez Smith, Layli Long Soldier, and others.

Rick Barot was born in the Philippines and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He lives in Tacoma, Washington and directs The Rainier Writing Workshop, the low-residency MFA program in creative writing at Pacific Lutheran University. He is also the poetry editor for New England Review.

Barot has published three volumes of poetry: The Darker Fall (2002), Want (2008), which was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award and won the 2009 Grub Street Book Prize, and Chord (2015), all published by Sarabande Books. Chord received the UNT Rilke Prize, the PEN Open Book Award, and the Publishing Triangle’s Thom Gunn Award. It was also a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including Poetry, The New Republic, The New York Times Magazine, Tin House, The Kenyon Review, The New Yorker, and two editions of the Best American Poetry series. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Artist Trust of Washington, the Civitella Ranieri, and Stanford University, where he was a Wallace E. Stegner Fellow and a Jones Lecturer. His fourth book of poems, The Galleons, is forthcoming from Milkweed Editions in 2020.

Sunday, January 27 | 4 pm

Tickets: $18 Member | $20 Student & Senior | $22 General

All Tickets at the Door: $24

For more information and to purchase tickets, go to the event webpage at: http://vashoncenterforthearts.org/event/the-personal-and-the-political/

Or call the Katherine L. White Lobby front desk at: 206/463-5131

Monday, January 28th
6:30pm-8:30pm
Jon Whalen
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, January 28th, we bring you Jon Whalen!

If you’ve not seen Jon Whalen perform on Vashon Island, well it’s time to come out from that hidey hole! You can barely turn a corner on the island and he’s not right up in your grill; on stage, the radio, lying face down in the gutter….

Jon describes his music as mind/body-inspired folk-rock. Fantasy and experience share the subject matter of the songs from time spent in Senegal, West Africa, Europe and hitch-hiking around the U.S., to memories of lovers and friends; lost, found, or never quite there. Relationships, road stories, true and fabricated anecdotes and a skewed global view, fuel the lyrics of his original tunes.

National Theatre Live: I'm Not Running
The Vashon Theatre
Thursday, January 31st at 11:00AM
Streaming LIVE from London
Tickets $20/$18

I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas.

Pauline Gibson has spent her life as a doctor, the inspiring leader of a local health campaign. When she crosses paths with her old boyfriend, a stalwart loyalist in Labour Party politics, she’s faced with an agonising decision.

What’s involved in sacrificing your private life and your piece of mind for something more than a single issue? Does she dare?

Hare was recently described by The Washington Post as ‘the premiere political dramatist writing in English’. His other work includes Pravda and Skylight, broadcast by National Theatre Live in 2014.

Thursday, January 31st
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, January 31st, we bring you Tim Couldn't Make It!

Way back in the mid-1980s, bassist Tim Dahms was making a name for himself in the hip and happening Maui music scene. Much in demand, the tall good-looking Tim could pick and choose the bands and gigs he wanted to bless with his presence and prowess. The fact that most bass players have this luxury wasn’t the point. Tim joined a local rock-and-roll outfit called The Sharks. Playing guitar in the Sharks at the time was Doug Pine. Tim and Doug became friends and also became each other’s favorite musicians, so much so that Tim once asked Doug to tune his bass. Ten strings of mutual admiration.

One day in July 1989 Tim’s brother Rick appeared on Maui. A successful advertising executive with offices in the state of Connecticut, Rick brought his guitar along. Tim and Doug and Rick played on the beach one night and as is said, the rest is history. They booked a gig and when it was time to play, there was no Tim. “Tim couldn’t make it”, Rick said. This happened twice more before Rick and Doug couldn’t get a booking. Thanks, Tim.

Rick went back to Connecticut and Doug left Maui and moved to Washington. Fast forward a few years and we find Doug working on the Vashon ferry. Loading a car onto the boat in Fauntleroy one day, Doug looks up and waddaya know, there’s Rick at the wheel. Turns out Rick lives on Vashon, but Tim, he couldn’t make it. So Rick and Doug play music together for about 20 years until it occurs to them that it might be fun to play out. So they did, and they do. With each other, and with others.

Unfortunately, Tim can’t make it to this show, so Doug Pine and Rick Dahms will be playing without him once again. But....the good news is the group has grown to include Chuck Keller on bass and Wesley Peterson on drums.

Friday, Feb 1st, 8:30pm
All-ages show
Wild Moccasins
20 Eyes
The Red Bicycle Bistro & Sushi
All-ages ’til 11pm, 21+ after that
$10 cover

Tickets here: https://wmvashon.brownpapertickets.com/

Vashon Events & Tyrel Stendahl present: Wild Moccasins (Houston, TX) return to Vashon performing songs from their fantastic new album "Look Together" for what sure will be an epic all-ages dance party not soon to be forgotten! Island teen punk brother band 20 Eyes to provide support.

Fronted by Zahira Gutierrez (vocals/keyboard) and Cody Swann (guitar/vocals), Wild Moccasins’ forthcoming third full-length serves as a new beginning for the group. Look Together tackles themes of repairing relationships, shedding insecurities, and fresh starts, with vibrant guitar and synth lines layered under Gutierrez’s soaring pop melodies. The impassioned 12-track LP began to form merely a week after the release of 2014’s 88 92, as Gutierrez and Swann’s decade-long romantic relationship dissolved.

Healing proved to be a burdensome task, as Wild Moccasins were charted for two years of extensive touring. Gutierrez and Swann would spend countless hours positioned in a shared tour van, painfully staring each other down on stage and ultimately exchanging exaggerated he-said-she-said’s through songwriting.

“When you’re going through a breakup it’s not uncommon for heartache to steer your mind toward resentment,” Swann says. “But I never imagined how jarring it would be to hear it sung to me on stage.”

Emotionally aggressive tracks like “Doe-Eyed Dancer” examine the complexities of observing an ex from afar, as Gutierrez bitingly sings, "And I bet you thought you wouldn’t get caught/It’s not entirely her fault/But she will never love you, no." The combative opener, “Boyish Wave,” tackles misguided judgment through feisty guitar riffs and antagonistic percussion. Look Together’s title track details love lost and the respective vows that come with the territory, while the album closes with the deeply pain-stricken, “Waterless Cup,” in which Gutierrez laments through flawless vocals, “After all, I’m the one who poured the salt/The one with the change of heart/After all, it’s all my fault.”

Gutierrez and Swann began their writing partnership roughly a year into their romantic relationship, in 2007. The group has undergone numerous roster changes over the years, but currently exists with the addition of Avery Davis (drums) and original member Nicholas Cody (bass). The dynamic quartet’s 2009 debut release, Microscopic Metronomes, is purely indie rock-driven, bolstered by dancey guitar riffs and tightly knit vocal harmonies; while full lengths, Skin Collision Past (2011) and 88 92 saw the band add more new wave influences with shimmering synth underlays. Their latest effort is highly pop-powered, with Ben H. Allen (Gnarls Barkley, Deerhunter, Animal Collective)

at the production helm. Recorded at Atlanta’s Maze studios, Allen encouraged the group to revise their approach to the writing and recording process. The result is a diverse album that blends the signature, guitar-driven elements of Wild Moccasins’ early discography with expansive electronic and '80s/'90s pop components.

For most romantically intertwined bands, Look Together would have never happened. Dissolving the group would seem to be the logical conclusion of their romantic split, but instead, the former couple chose to reconcile their differences the only way they knew how – working towards a common musical goal. Songwriting has been habitually engrained in the duo, and while being emotionally vulnerable with a former partner was difficult, it helped to construct the bridge between confusion and solidarity, culminating as a resilient and volatile break-up record co-written by exes.

“I think we look back on that time and take some comfort in knowing that we went through that together,” Swann says. “It needed to happen in order for us to have this resolve.”

“Yeah, it needed to happen,” Gutierrez adds. “Now, when I sing the songs, I find myself breathing a sigh of relief.”

20 Eyes is a hardcore punk band from Vashon. It's just two brothers. Frosty and Jake. They mix genres. Their influences range from Minor Threat to Beastie Boys. The bass and drums duo brings the highest energy show possible.

Get your tickets while they last! Here's the link: https://wmvashon.brownpapertickets.com/

Carmen
The Vashon Theatre
Saturday, February 2nd at 9:55AM
Streaming LIVE in HD from The Metropolitan Opera
Carmen (Georges Bizet) - Revival
Tickets $20/$18
Conductor: Louis Langrée
Production: Sir Richard Eyre
Set and Costume Designer: Rob Howell
Lighting Designer: Peter Mumford

Cast: Carmen (Clémentine Margaine), Micaëla (Aleksandra Kurzak), Don José (Roberto Alagna), Escamillo (Alexander Vinogradov)

Clémentine Margaine is opera’s ultimate seductress, opposite Roberto Alagna, who captivated Live in HD audiences as Don José in 2010. Louis Langrée conducts Sir Richard Eyre’s lively production, a favorite in the Met’s repertoire.

Estimated Runtime: 3 hr 21 min

Saturday, February 2nd, 7-9pm
Rooster
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, February 2nd, we bring you Rooster!

Rooster plays their own unique take on an eclectic mix of “free range” rock, blues, pop, new wave, soul, and funk, along with many new Rooster originals from their upcoming album release. Rooster has rocked the last five Strawberry Festivals on main stages, many solo dates at Snapdragon and the “Red Bike”, VOV Live on the Highway appearances on KVSH FM, as well as festivals, concerts and private functions. Founders Rick Doussett (guitar/vox) and Ken Widmeyer (keys) are joined by Andy Doussett (bass/vox) and Stephen Cooper (drums/vox).

VYACHESLAV GRYAZNOV PIANO CONCERT – RACHMANINOFF, DEBUSSY AND RAVEL
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2019
7:30PM
KATHERINE L. WHITE HALL
Vashon Center for the Arts

Classical pianist Vyacheslav Gryaznov is the author of more than 30 concert arrangements and transcriptions. His works have been performed by Boris Berezovsky, Alexander Ghindin, Nikita Mndoyants, Tomoharu Ushida, the Messiaen-Quartet, the Moscow State Chamber Choir, the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, and by many other musicians and collectives. They are heard in concert halls all over the world, and are chosen for prestigious international music contests like the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. He performed at Carnegie Hall as winner of the 2016 New York Concert Artists Worldwide Debut Audition and recently completed recording his first CD on the Steinway & Sons label.

By special arrangement, VCA is honored to welcome “Slava” Gryanznov to our stage for an invigorating program of Rachmaninoff, Debussy and Ravel. Slava will give a pre-concert lecture on the Rachmaninoff Six Moments Musicaux, Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit, and his own transcription of Debussy’s Afternoon of the Faun. The lecture is included in the ticket price.

SATURDAY'S PROGRAM:

FIRST HALF
Serge Rachmaninoff: Six Moments Musicaux Op. 16

SECOND HALF
Claude Debussy: Prelude to the afternoon of a faun (solo piano transcription); Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit (Ondine, Gibet, and Scarbo)

Saturday February 2, 2019

6:45pm Pre-Concert Lecture

7:30pm Concert

Advance Tickets:

$10 Student

$28 Member

$30 Senior

$32 General

All tickets at the Door: $36

For more information and to purchase tickets, go to the event webpage at: http://vashoncenterforthearts.org/event/rachmaninoff-and-debussy-piano-concert/

Or call the Katherine L. White Lobby front desk at: 206/463-5131

SEATTLE CHAMBER & JASON EVERETT
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2019
4:00PM
KATHERINE L. WHITE HALL
Vashon Center for the Arts

The Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra, now celebrating its Tenth Anniversary Season, is known for distinctive programming that reaches out to diverse new listeners of all ages. SMCO creates unique musical experiences through a mix of music for chamber orchestra and small ensemble representing all eras, with a significant presence of works by women and composers of color. The ensemble is dedicated to exploring the future of music by performing pieces that transcend genre, premiering new works, and crafting performances that tell the story of the human experience.

At VCA, the Chamber Orchestra will join composer and bass guitarist Jason Everett to explore connections between Indian classical music and Flamenco. The program will also feature selections from Everett’s newly released CD, which was a Jack Straw Artist in Residence project.

Guest musicians will include: Fareed Haque, Trey Gunn, and Radhika Iyer.

Sunday, February 3 | 4 pm
Advance Tickets:
$10 Student
$18 Member
$20 Senior
$22 General

All Tickets at the door: $26

For more information and to purchase tickets, go to the event webpage at: http://vashoncenterforthearts.org/event/seattle-metropolitan-chamber-orchestra/

Or call the Katherine L. White Lobby front desk at: 206/463-5131

THE BIG O
OPEN SPACE FOR ARTS & COMMUNITY
Friday, February 8th, 2019
6:00pm TO 10:00pm

Step back in time to the Golden Age of Mardi Gras!

Dress up and let loose on Bourbon Street as music from the Garfield Jazz trio wafts down from a balcony dripping with greens and sparkling with lights. Revel in the heat of samba with Tudo Beleza dance company.

Savor the flavor and cuisine of our special guest chef, Shawn Niles. Seen on “Master Chef,” known as “The Fat Pastor,” Shawn is creating a southern-based culinary experience that will warm your soul. This will be a five-star trip to NOLA for your taste buds.

Join us for a night of food, feathers, and pearls that celebrates the Golden Age of Mardi Gras. Your support at this event will go directly to sustaining and growing the artistic opportunities, performances and programs like Teen Express, that Open Space provides to the Vashon community. Art. Heart Soul.

Jacob Bain & Vashon Events presents:
Tcheka
With introduction/opening by Jacob Bain
The Open Space for Arts & Community
Saturday, February 9th
Doors at 6pm: Drinks/social hour

We are very pleased to announce that Tcheka is returning to Vashon on Saturday, Feb. 9th! We will host him at the Open Space Black Box. Doors at 6pm!

Tickets at http://www.vashonevents.org/support-us/tcheka2019

Jacob Bain and Vashon Events present a rare performance by Cape Verde international touring musician Tcheka, with an opening set and introduction by Jacob Bain. This concert will be on Saturday, February 9th at The Open Space for Arts & Community. Doors open at 6pm for drinks and a social hour. The concert will then be seated at 7pm for the performance. This presentation will be in Bruce’s Black Box Theater in an intimate setting with 100 seats available. We highly recommend buying your tickets in advance as this concert is expected to sell out quickly.

Tcheka was born in Santiago, Cape Verde and currently resides in Portugal. His music combines Brazilian and African pop with Cape Verdean genres such as batuku, funaná, finason, tabanka, morna and coladera. Tcheka has a unique style that is a testament to the global influences he has embraced. Cape Verde is a nation on a volcanic archipelago off the northwest coast of Africa. It is known for its Creole Portuguese-African culture. Tcheka presents is a new vision of what it means to be Creole in the age of globalization: to be a hybrid product of the historical forces of slavery, colonialism and national independence, but at the same time, to be deeply affected by post-modern forces as well by the growing inevitability of travel and trans-national encounters, by the emergence of new regimes of knowledge, art and capitalism and by the increasing inseparability of technology and the human imagination. Tcheka’s fifth album, Boka Kafé, which was released in 2017, consists of solo pieces that highlight his inimitable form and mastery on guitar and unmistakable vocals.

Jacob Bain and Vashon Events have produced multiple concerts for Vashon audiences featuring world musicians such as Makooba and Sekouba Bambino. This will be Tcheka's second performance on Vashon Island. He performed at a Jacob Bain and Vashon Events Production in September of 2017.

Join us at the Open Space for Arts and Community at 6pm for this this amazing performer. Tickets for this show are $20 in advance, $25 at the door if there are still tickets left.

http://tchekamusic.com/

Saturday, February 9th
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, February 9th, 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

Friday, Feb 15th, 8:30pm
High and Lonesome
The Red Bicycle Bistro & Sushi
All-ages ’til 11pm, 21+ after that
Free cover!

The High and Lonesome Band is a group of friends who’ve played together nearly 30 years. They’ve been together so long that some original band members have even been replaced by their offspring. With roots firmly planted in American Ethnic music, High and Lonesome brings an intricate, tasty brew of bluegrass, blues, and Bakersfield-style country music.

Islanders will recognize John Schubert on guitar and vocals, with Tab Tabscott on dobro and pedal steel. Will McSeveney will play the banjo, Pete Martin on fiddle, mandolin, and vocals, Terry Enyeart on bass and vocals, and Jim Bluhm on a variety of instruments.

Get ready for some good time dance music in a folky/country vein. No cover, show starts at 8:30pm, all ages until 11:00pm.

Saturday, Feb 23rd
7-9pm
Joe Panzetta
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, February 23rd, we bring you Joe Panzetta.

Joe Panzetta is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and singer who lives on Vashon. His music ranges from singer-songwriter/folk rock, to mantra. He has performed and recorded since 1989 and has released 7 CDs. Joe has composed music for original dance pieces choreographed by Dominique Gabella for The Next Stage Dance Theater, and for his wife Ronly Blau. Joe also leads kirtans on harmonium and voice with the mantra band, Mandali.

Discography:

Panzetta released his debut solo album "The Ocean Shows The Sky" in 1993, and in '97 released the reunion disc, “Little Big Sky” with Mulvey. In 1998 Joe teamed up with Michael Hayes and released the “Everything Else” EP, and in 2007 Panzetta released “Migration” which featured many guest performers including Miles and Karina, Peter Mulvey, and Andy Santospago. In 2010 he released, "songs" a collection of some of his favorite songs from throughout his career from 1989 to 2009 performed live in the studio on guitar and voice, and "Sat Sangeet" which combines his passions for music and meditation in 9 tracks of mantra from the Kundalini yoga, Hatha yoga, and Buddhist traditions.

For this Snapdragon show, Joe Panzetta will perform new and old original songs on guitar, voice, piano and harmonium.

La Fille du Régiment
The Vashon Theatre
Saturday, March 2nd at 9:55AM
Streaming LIVE in HD from The Metropolitan Opera
La Fille du Régiment (Gaetano Donizetti) - Revival
Tickets $20/$18
Conductor: Enrique Mazzola
Production: Laurent Pelly
Set Designer: Chantal Thomas
Costume Designer: Laurent Pelly
Lighting Designer: Joël Adam

Cast: Marie (Pretty Yende), Tonio (Javier Camarena), Marquise of Berkenfield (Stephanie Blythe), Sulpice (Maurizio Muraro)

Bel canto stars Pretty Yende and Javier Camarena team up for a feast of vocal fireworks on the Met stage. Maurizio Muraro is Sergeant Sulplice, with Stephanie Blythe as the outlandish Marquise of Berkenfield. Enrique Mazzola conducts.

La Fille du Régiment is a co-production of the Metropolitan Opera; the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London; and the Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna.

Estimated Runtime: 2 hr 35 min

Bolshoi Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
The Vashon Theatre
Sunday, March 10th at 10:00AM
Monday, March 11th at 3:00PM
Tickets $15/$14

Encore performances, previously captured live from Moscow.

On her sixteenth birthday, Princess Aurora falls under the curse of the Evil Fairy Carabosse and into a deep slumber lasting one hundred years. Only the kiss of a prince can break the spell. A resplendent fairytale ballet, The Sleeping Beauty features scores of magical characters including fairies, the Little Red Riding Hood, Puss in Boots, and a beautiful young Princess Aurora performed by Olga Smirnova, a “truly extraordinary talent” (The Telegraph). This is classical ballet at its finest.

Runtime: 170 min

Friday, March 22nd, 8:30pm
Society of the Silver Cross
and Loose Wing
The Red Bicycle Bistro & Sushi
All-ages ’til 11pm, 21+ after that
Free cover!

We've got a killer double feature for you tonight!

Society of the Silver Cross is led by husband and wife duo Joe Reineke and Karyn Gold-Reineke of Seattle’s famed recording studio Orbit Audio and includes Sebastian Brown Glad on bass and Tim Nurczyk on mellotron and shahi baaja.

Society of the Silver Cross draw inspiration from their many trips to India, it’s rich musical textures, traditional chanting and spiritual wisdom. The core instruments are 12-string acoustic guitar, harmonium, rare and esoteric synthesizers, B3 organ, mellotron, and shahi baaja (Indian autoharp).

Everything about Society of the Silver Cross is heavy with mystery: they lure the listener into their sound, and their world, like ghost lights in a dense forest. Follow, if you dare, and what you’ll discover is a band that has developed a singular style – one that draws from darker, more cinematic moods, textures and cosmic atmospheres resulting in an otherworldly blend of musical bliss.

Press links:
“Society of the Silver Cross deliver haunting and cinematic dark rock on When You’re Gone” –Metal Injection

“Intense, layered, lush and just a little disturbing, it’s really rather good.” – Americana UK

Select preview of SSC’s upcoming album:

https://soundcloud.com/societyofthesilvercross/sets/new-record/s-bDdkA

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyQqt6ZKI3Y

Seattle band Loose Wing’s sound is a swirling blend of psychedelic Americana and old-school college rock, dark and haunting yet rooted in indie-pop tradition. Songs are written by Claire Tucker, whom you may recognize as guitarist and vocalist from local psychgaze mainstays Black Nite Crash. Claire is joined by her husband Jack Peters (Mindie Lind, Battle Hymns) on bass, and the lineup is filled out by local greats Rusty Willoughby (of Flop, Pure Joy, Cobirds Unite) on drums and Bill Patton (Fleet Foxes, J. Tillman, Gold Leaves) on pedal steel and guitar.

The songs are informed by a broad history of rock fandom and experience as performers. Claire draws songwriting inspiration from Kate Bush, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Low, Beach House, R.E.M., and 60’s girl groups. Loose Wing recently recorded several songs at Seattle studio Crackle & Pop with engineer/producer Johnny Sangster. Their full-length album will be released in early 2019.

Loose Wing recently recorded several songs at Seattle studio Crackle & Pop with engineer/producer Johnny Sangster. Two tracks from this session were released in October of 2018 as 12" single. Their full length album might just be ready for this show at the Red Bike! Fingers crossed!

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

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

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

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

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