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Talk on the Rock – Nancy Pearl and Steve Scher “Book Lust—A Conversation
Nancy Pearl is a voracious reader, a best-selling author, a librarian, a literary critic, and a well-known promoter of the pleasure and importance of reading. We can hear her on NPR’s Morning Edition or on her monthly television show in Seattle. She often speaks at libraries, literacy organizations, and community groups about her favorite books and the benefits of reading. She received the 2011 Librarian of the Year Award from Library Journal and the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award from the…
Find out more »Vashon Opera Presents Cavalleria Rusticana
Cavalleria Rusticana preceded by a gala of opera's greatest hits As the second half of a unique performance event, Pietro Mascagni’s gorgeous Cavalleria Rusticana will radiate through the Vashon Center for the Arts. Known for its exquisitely beautiful orchestral intermezzo, Mascagni’s symphonic mastery will shine as Vashon Opera’s acclaimed orchestra performs at stage level amidst the story’s characters and chorus. As a prelude to Cavalleria Rusticana’s dramatic tale, you’ll be serenaded by a gala of opera's greatest hits — arias,…
Find out more »Kat Eggleston in Concert – A Benefit for Vashon Youth & Family Services
Kat Eggleston is an artist of great range who has elated and inspired audiences all over the world with her strong, clear voice, her masterful fingerstyle guitar technique, her research and interpretation of traditional music, and her powerful original songs. She has collaborated onstage and in recordings with a variety of musicians over the years, including David Bromberg, Tom Dundee, Irish music supergroups Bohola and the David Munnelly band, and long-time music partner Kate MacLeod, to name a few. Also…
Find out more »Los Lobos
Vashon Center for the Arts is thrilled to welcome Los Lobos to Kay White Hall! For all the trailblazing musical acts who’ve emerged from Los Angeles, very few embody the city’s wildly eclectic spirit more wholeheartedly than Los Lobos. Over the last five decades, the East L.A.-bred band has made an indelible mark on music history by exploring an enormous diversity of genres—rock-and-roll and R&B, surf music and soul, mariachi and música norteña, punk rock and country—and building a boldly…
Find out more »David Grisman’s Dawg Trio with Danny Barnes & Sam Grisman
We are ecstatic to welcome David Grisman back to the Kay White Hall! Mandolin innovator, Jerry Garcia collaborator, and creator of "Dawg" music David Grisman teams up with his son Sam Grisman on bass & banjoist Danny Barnes to deliver the Dawg Trio. For nearly half a century, mandolinist / composer / bandleader / producer David Grisman has been a guiding force in the evolving world of acoustic music. His musical range is wide and deep, embracing many styles, genres…
Find out more »Art History Talk with Rebecca Albiani – Imogen Cunningham
Imogen Cunningham (American, 1883–1976) was a seminal photographer with a far-ranging vision, creating a diverse and innovative range of work over her seven-decade-long career. The first major retrospective in the United States in more than 35 years, this exhibition brings together nearly 200 of her insightful portraits, elegant flower and plant studies, poignant street pictures, and groundbreaking nudes in a visual celebration of Cunningham's immense contribution to the history of 20th-century photography. Rebecca Albiani graduated with highest honors in Italian…
Find out more »Addams Family
VCA Musical Theatre Program and Drama Dock theatre company have joined together in this production that celebrates the wackiness in every family! Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family whom her parents have never met. She confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before– keep a secret from his…
Find out more »VCA’s New Year’s Eve Ball with DeVotchka
Ring in the New Year with Grammy Award Nominated, DEVOTCHKA at the Kay White Hall! VCA’S NEW YEAR’S EVE BALL is more than just a farewell to a bumpy year, it's a renewing, feel-good, portal of positivity into the year ahead! Your ticket includes a live show by Grammy Award-nominated band, DEVOTCHKA, and admission to an amazing pre-funk party in the VCA Atrium complete with a live DJ and no-host bar! And of course, a complimentary champagne (or sparkling cider)…
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