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Vashon Island Events: Vision for Vashon Public Forum / Reweaving the Fabric of Community ~ Vashon Island Real Estate
On Saturday, April 25, from 1:30 to 6 PM, the Vision for Vashon will hold a public forum on the topic of Reweaving the Fabric of Community. The event will be held at the “O” Open Space for Arts and Community at 18870 103d Avenue SW, Vashon.
This ambitious program is intended to address the issues of the development of affordable housing for working poor on Vashon; building networks of organic growers, food activists and concerned citizens to create a system of food security; expanding access to affordable health care; the creation of a viable local exchange currency; taking advantage of funding for renewable energy projects to establish solar energy installations on the island; and developing Vashon’s potential as a model for sustainable practices.
The intent of this Forum is to stimulate a grass-roots, action oriented agenda to improve the quality of Island life, particularly for the working poor. The organizers hope to strengthen existing organizations and connections between active organizations on the Island, rather than to build a new organization.
The tentative schedule:
1:30 – 2:00 Arrival, enjoy tea/coffee, visit organizations’ display tables, welcome talk / orientation
2:00 – 3:30 Forum presentations and small group discussions on affordable housing, renewable energy and transportation, and sustainability projects on Vashon
3:30 – 3:50 Break
4:00 – 5:30 Forum presentations and small group doiscussions on health / wellness, local exchange currency and food security
5:30 – 6:00 Wrap-up
The forum will be followed by a dinner provided by Vision for Vashon and music with dancing by Bob Krinsky and Friends.
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Vashon Island Events:Community Solar Options – Vashon Island Real Estate
An Informational
Forum on
Community Options
10 am – Noon
at the “O” Space
Hosted by Sustainable Vashon
• What are various models for
Community Solar Projects?
• Where are they?
• How do they work?
• Who benefi ts?
• Do we have enough sunshine on
Vashon?
• How will we pay for it?
• Why would we want one on Vashon?
• How do we get started?
Open Space for Arts and Community – 18870 103rd Avenue SW (off 188th, behind the Sheffi eld Building and Sawbones)
For more information, contact JENNIFER WILLIAMS at jwfarm@centurytel.net or (206) 463-9264.
PANELISTS
HEATHER MULLIGAN, Market Manager,
Green Power PSE
ROB HARMON, Chief Innovation Offi cer & Senior Vice
President, The Bonneville Environmental Foundation
HEATHER RHOADS-WEAVER, Director, eFormative
Options and Founder, NW SEED
GARY NYSTEDT, Resource Manager, City of Ellensburg
(Community Solar Project)
JOE DEETS, Executive Director, Community Energy
Solutions, Bainbridge Island
Doors will open at 9:30
GET ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS!
Vashon Island Events: Cafe Luna Presents “Burning the Future – Coal in America,” Wine Tasting, Vashon Celtic Players
Thursday, March 12, 7:00
No Charge
Lunavision and Peter Ray will be screening “Burning the Future – Coal in America”
Following on the heels of the loosely defined February Lunavision theme of world consumer cause and effect, and in response to the clean and unclean coal campaigns currently doing battle on the airways, the first film for March on Thursday the 12th will be director David Novack’s 2008 documentary, Burning the Future- Coal in America. Here we take a trip to rural West Virginia and follow the efforts of a group of local activists, led by one Maria Gunnoe, in their fight against the destruction of their homes, drinking water and environment by the actions of the coal companies in their pursuit of the quickest and cheapest way of extracting coal in order to fuel our “need” for electricity. Here we are shown that even if coal fired plants were the clean coal white knights of the industry ad campaigns and political campaign claims, the devastation brought upon mining communities and surrounding wilds by mining through mountain top removal more than negates any mythological zero carbon emissions at the power end of the process. running time 89 minutes.
March 13, Friday
6:00 – 8:00
Second Friday Wine Tasting with Ron Irvine
Cost: $8
Cafe Luna will be offering Wine Tastings with Vashon Winery’s Ron Irvine on the second Friday of the month starting at 6pm before Luna’s Friday musical offerings. Each tasting will showcase five wines that are always reasonably priced, affordable by the glass and by the bottle. March’s wine tasting will feature Spring wines, including a rose, a couple crisp whites, and two flavorful reds.
Ron Irvine brings over thirty years experience in the wine business from retailer to winemaker. He enjoys wine as table wine from ordinary to sublime and understands the place of both. He wants people to drink wine like they drink coffee and tea. “Wine is a daily beverage that is healthful, social and educational; it is the earth talking to us when that wine captures a sense of place.” Ron Irvine
Sunday, March 15, 6-8pm
Vashon Celtic Players and Knitters
Here’s a Vashon institution that just happens to find its home at Cafe Luna each Third Sunday of the month. So, grab a beer and have a great time with these fun-loving folks; at least a dozen of the 70 musicians show up to play most of the merry melodies (mostly Irish, jigs, reels, and polkas) from memory. Beginners are welcome; staying with the beat is the only requirement. Get a head start with the 250 tunes on their website, home.comcast.net/~saustin98/lark/.
Knitters of all abilities are invited to bring their projects to the Café; knit, schmooze, and learn from each other, while the Celtic Players work their understated and very merry music. What a fabulous combination! For more information about the knitting, contact David Guion, 463-1680.
Vashon Island College: Artful Vashon Course
Vashon College presents its “Artful Vashon” course on Sunday afternoons from 3 – 6 PM at Courthouse Square, from March 1 through April 5. The course “explores the meaning and expression of artfulness on Vashon Island and develop ideas to increase Island artfulness.”
Each session features experiences, discussions, and speakers that have established unique possibilities within Vashon’s vibrant art scene.
Registration is $150. A materials fee of $40 will also be collected. Partial scholarships are available and continuing education credits may be available as well.
Applications are available at Vashon College and the class limit is 30 students. Contact Pamn Aspiri for details at 408-8022 or email her at pamn.aspiri@vashoncollege.org. For information on content, contact helenmeeker@centurytel.net.
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Vashon Island Events: Yoga Goes to the Dogs and Riverbend
Sam Scherer of Smiling Yoga is hosting a benefit for the Vashon Maury Island Food Bank on Sunday, February 8 from 1 – 3:15 PM at Ober Park. The first half of the program involves vigorous yoga for pets and their owners and the second half of the program offers restoirative yoga for pets and owners. Admission is by a contribution of pet food for the food bank.
On Friday, February 6, the Back Bay Inn and Quartermaster Pub hosts Riverbend from 6 – 9 PM.
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Vashon Island Events: Miscellaneous — Forest Tour, Garden and Chicken Farming Tips, Drum and Dance Class
A tour of several Vashon Island properties that have undergone ecological thinning operations last year will be led by Derek Churchill, Vashon Forest Stewards forester along with Bill Loeber, King County forester and Jean Shaffer with the Forest Guild on Saturday, January 31 at 9:15 AM. The group will meet at the coffee stand in Burton. Participants should bring a bag lunch. The size of the tour is limited: Call David Warren at 463-9405 to reserve a place and for further details.
Vashon Island Growers Association is offering two classes on “Raising Our Own Food.” “Starting a Vegetable Garden” is offered from 10 to Noon on Saturday, January 31 and Saturday February 7. The course will cover choosing a location, soil building, garden planning, how to plant, frugal gardening, watering, protecting a crop, and more.
VIGA is also offering “Raising Chickens for Eggs or Meat” held from 3-5 PM on Sunday, February 8. The course will cover ordering chicks, housing, feeding, managing a laying flock and raising chicken for meat. The group will also discuss how to sell eggs at the Farmers Market.
Both classes will be held at the Vashon Lutheran Church and are free and open to the public. Pre-register by contacting Cathy Fulton at cathy@capturingmemories.com or call 463-5652.
Afro-Brazilian Drum and Dance Classes
RhythmJoycommences a new session of Afro-Brazilian drum instruction and dancing on Monday, February 2 at 6:30 pm. Drum students are given an opportunity to apply what they have learned to the dance portion of the program. Students may bring a friend for free for the first class. Dance classes start at 7:30. The cost is $64 for the four week session or $18 to drop in. No experience is needed and instruments are provided. The drum class is taught by Geoff Johns and the dance class by Carol Lutra Johns.
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Coming Events on Vashon Island…
The Vashon Computer Club will meet tat the Senior Center at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, January 14th. The focus for the session will be on image sizing and how to handle various images for emailing, printing and so forth. Admission: FREE
Grief Support group forming… if you’re coping with a death and need support in your journey, a grief specialist from the Providence Hospice of Seatle will offer a six week session from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday evenings starting on January 7th. The meetings are located at the JG Commons complex. For more information or to register call Jane Fleming at 206.749.7704
Want to write or illustrate children’s books? Books By The Way invites authors and artists to meet on Thursday, January 8th at 7 p.m. For details call 463.5255
“The Sound of Human Longing: Field Notes for an Environmental Ethic of Care” will be the topic of a public speach given by naturalist and writer Kathleen Moore on Tuesday Jan. 13th at 7 pm at the United Methodist Church.
Vashon Island Events: Miscellaneous – Folk Dance, Dance& Drum, Zen Meditation
Afro-Brazilian Drum and Dance Classes
RhythmJoy commences a new session of Afro-Brazilian drum instruction and dancing onMonday, January 5 at 6:30 pm. Drum students are given an opportunity to apply what they have learned to the dance portion of the program. Students may bring a friend for free for the first class. Dance classes start at 7:30. The cost is $64 for the four week session or $18 to drop in. No experience is needed and instruments are provided. The drum class is taught by Geoff Johns and the dance class by Carol Lutra Johns.
Folk Dance
Martin Koenig, sponsored by the Vashon Folkdancers, will offer a series of 8 folk dance classes, held on consecutive Monday evenings between 7 and 9 pm at Havurat Ee Shalom. The classes start January 5 and end February 23. The Balkan line and circle dance classes range from simple to moderately complex. Fees are $80 for individuals and $40 for students for the series. For more info call 463-1238.
Zen Meditation
The Vashon Buddhist Insight Group meets every Monday from 7 to 8:30 pm at the Zen Center at 20406 Chatauqua Beach Road. All who are interested are welcome.
Vashon Island Library: Opera Preview
Opera Preview: George Bizet’s “The Pearl Fishers” will be presented at 2 pm on Sunday January 4 at the Vashon Island Library. Lecturer Norm Hollinghead will discuss the ”hothouse” opera and its history predating Bizet’s “Carmen.” The story speaks of a love triangle set in exotic Ceylon, and the duet is a favorite of opera buffs. For more information, call 463-2069.
Vashon Island Pet Yoga
Vashon Yoga Goes to the Dogs: Yoga Instruction for Owners and Pets
Vashon’s Smiling Yoga presents yoga instruction for Vashon owners, pets and other sentient beings at Vashon’s Ober Park near the Vashon Park District Building on Sunday, December 14. From 1 to 2:15 pm, a class in vigorous yoga will be presented followed from 2:15 to 3:15 by a class in restorative yoga. Exercise mats will be provided.
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Vashon Music Workshop: Learn Improv with Ken Jacobsen
Vashon Island music instructor and artist Ken Jacobsen will give a workshop on basic improvisation from 12-3pm on Saturday, November 15, at the Vashon Island Music Studio. Topics will include the pentatonic scales, modes of the major scale and playing over common chord progressions in different musical styles. This represents a rare opportunity to take a class with one of the treasures of Vashon’s music scene. Bring your guitar, bass or other instruments. The class costs $35. Call 661-3509 for more information.
Vashon Island Dance Academy: Addition to Teaching Staff
The Vashon Dance Academy welcomes internationally-known teacher Francois Serre y Berga to its teaching staff. His classes, scheduled for Saturdays, will include an advanced ballet class and an adult beginning jazz class. Classes will be held Saturdays afternoons from November 8 through December 6. For more information call the school at 463-1895. The cost is $65 for five classes.
Vashon Saturday Math and Muffins: Tutors Needed
Vashon’s Math and Muffins Project seeks tutors to provide at least two hours a month math assistance to Vashon kids. Vashon students are also being solicited for the program. Sessions take place at the Vashon Cohousing Common House, located at 10421 SW Bank Road, between 10 am and noon on Saturdays. Parents, other adults and advanced students may help with tutoring.
Muffin makers are welcome also!
For more information or to register call Martin Koenig or Margaret Hoeffel at 463-1224.
“Fall for Orcas” at Vashon Theater
The Vashon Theater will show “Fall for Orcas” on Sunday, November 2, at 2 p.m. The Vashon Hydrophone Project for Puget Sound whale research will discuss local research and conservation issues, including the loss of 7 whales from the Puget Sound population this year. Admission is $5 and proceeds benefit the VHP.
The presentation will include almost 100 slides of Orcas around Vashon and Maury Islands. The event marks a rare return, the first in three years, for Mark Sears to Vashon, and will include many of his images.
For more information contact Orca Annie Stateler at 463-9041. Also, see Vashon Orcas.
Vashon Yoga Instruction
Yoga Nidra at Island Yoga Center, located in the Thriftway Shopping Center, will meet from 7:30 to 9 pm on Thursdays, October 30 to December 11. Yoga Nidra is an ancient form of guided meditation that teaches the integration of relaxation and self-awareness into life. Classes include gentle movement as preparation for Yoga Nidra, which is experienced in a reclined position.
For more information and a complete listing of all classes go to Island Yoga Center, or call 463-2058.
The class costs $66. To register, send payment to Island Yoga Center, P.O. Box 2062, Vashon, WA 98070.
Vashon Exercise Class: Blue Heron
Vashon’s Blue Heron is sponsoring a fusion exercise class on Mondays and Fridays from 9:30 – 10:45 am. For more information call 463-5131.
Letters from Vashon: Afro-Brazilian Drum Circle
Jeff Johns teaches world percussion on Vashon. He is a fine teacher . . . amazing in fact, for his ability to develop five percussion parts among his new students and somehow keep them all on track. A student on conga might stray from a Samba beat and Jeff will pull him back into the rhythm. Two sudents, one on shaker and one on tamborim, might head in opposite rhythmic directions and Jeff will call one and then the other back to the groove. It is a gem of non-verbal communication.
On special nights, a group of dancers will gather before the class and add movement to the rhythms.
The students for the class gather from all over Vashon and I am looking forward to meeting them and getting to know them better . . . perhaps an encounter at Thriftway or Cafe Luna will lead to conversation beyond divisions of four beats. For now, we all gather at 6:30 on Monday and quietly follow Jeff’s instruction, laughing as we overload on polyrhythm. As the class ends, stunned by the amount of information we have absorbed, we quietly return to our separate lives.
The music community on Vashon drew me here after Hurricane Katrina filled my house with Lake Ponchartrain. Though I knew Vashon was a mecca for musicians and artists, I never imagined that the offerings would be so rich and deep.
Music has always been an opportunity to communicate non-verbally with people. Whenever I travel I always carry an instrument with me . . . mandolin and fiddle to Sao Paolo, Scotland, Iceland and back and forth across the U.S. Melody and rhythm transcend cultural differences. The connection between a musician and a listener is one of trust and mutual enlightenment.
There is a marvelous (and true) story of the opposing factions in the trenches during World War I stopping their aggression on Christmas Eve to sign a few carols together. The military units on both sides were subsequently disbanded because their fighting spirit had been compromised.
So . . . to my new friends in the Afro-Brazilian drum circle . . . in the band Resonance . . . and those to be discovered, it is a pleasure to meet you.
Chip
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