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Vashon Island Events: Vashon Poetry Festival ~ Vashon Island Real Estate
Starting on Thursday, May 21, and continuing through Memorial Day Weekend, Vashon Island’s first Poetry Festival will take places at venues across town at different venues. The Festival features poets from local, regional and international homes and is studded with events to appeal to everyone, including readings, workshops, music, an open mic for youth, a dinner, a reverie, and opportunities for Vashon residents to participate in public readings.
The event features Washington’s State Laureate Samuel Green, award-winning Irish poet Tony Curtis, and author and story-teller Michael Meade.
Performances include:
Young Poets Talk Back: 7 PM Thursday, May 21 at Cafe Luna. Free!
Knocking at the Gate: Ecstatic Poetry and Persian Music: featuring Michael Meaade, the Qadim Ensemble and Guests: 7 PM Friday, May 22 at “O”, 188870 103d Avenue SW. Tickets are $20 and available at the Vashon Bookshop, www.mosaicvoices.org. and at the door. Food and wine will be available.
Meade will present “Ancient Wisdom Tales.” The Qadim Ensemble will perform devotional music of the Middle East, including Arabic, Jewish, Turkish, Sufi, Greek and Morrocan music. Qadim had a tremendous performance last year at Cafe Luna and their return is welcomed and anticipated.
A Community Reading: 3:30 PM, Saturday May 23 at the Land Trust Building. Free admission. The event spotlights local and visiting poets.
Raising the Word in Song and Drink~ Irish Poetry and Song: 7 PM on Saturday May 23 at the Red Bicycle. Free admission. The event features Irish poet Tony Curtis, Washington ‘s poet laureate Samuel Green, renowned fiddle and guitar player Randal Bays and story-teller and mythologist Michael Meade.
Poet’s Feast ~ Readings and Conversations with the Poets: 6:30 PM Sunday May 24 at the Hardware Store Restaurant. Tickets are $10 at Books by the Way, Vashon Bookshop and Stranger than Fiction Books. Samuel Green and Tony Curtis preside.
Reverie for the Living and the Dead: 12:30 PM on Monday, May 25 at Ober Park. Free admission. The Poetry Fest will herald Memorial Day, led by Michael Meade. The reverie will begin at Ober Park and proceed to the Poetry Post at the Village Green.
WORKSHOPS
Emily’s Favorite Measure: 10 AM to Noon on Saturday, May 23 at the Heritage Museum. This workshop, led by Sanuek Green, explores Emily Dickinsons’s favorite prosaic formula, the “hymnal.”
We Have the Words, Now Let’s Make a Poem: 1 PM to 3 PM Saturday and Sunday, May 23 and 24, at the Land Trust Building. Participants should bring pens, paper and courage.
Poetry is Not a Gated Community: 1 PM Saturday, May 23 at Vashon Library. This event is for teens, parents, grandparents and teachers. This is a free workshop and explores “permission to put stories and images on the page.”
The Art of the Daily: 10 AM to Noon, Sunday, May 24 at the Heritage Museum. Samuel Green focuses on the skill needed to concentrate on the intimate art of observation in the “every day.”
For Closet Poets and Poetry Readers: 1 – 3 PM on Sunday, May 24, at Vashon Library (still located at Ober Park!). Ann Spiers leads participants through examples and exercizes exploring how to read a poem, how poets write for readers and how a poem works.
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: Miscellaneous – Oscar Night, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Flea Markets
Vashon Island’s 11th annual Academy Awards party kicks off on Sunday, February 22, at 4 PM at the Vashon Theater. Join the community as the Oscars at the 81st Annual Academy Awards are handed out to a bevy of celebrities and marvel at our fascination with glitter. Limo rides, a high-stakes costume competition, and entertainment by local performers will enhance the evening. Proceeds from the event benefit the Vashon Community Scholarship Foundation. Prices have been kept low to encourage all people to attend. Tickets in advance are $10 for adults and children, $15 at the door, and are available at Vashon Theater, Books by the Way and Vashon Book Shop. Admission includes appetizers by local restaurants.
Storyteller Debbie Dimitri will perform as Harriet Beecher Stowe at 7 PM Saturday, February 21, at the Methodist Church. Stowe is known for writing “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and is considered by some to have been instrumental in mobilizing anti-slavery passions leading to the Civil War. The historical drama is presented by the Lighthouse Theater in honor of Black History Month. Tickets are $10 at the door. For more information contact Deb Pierce at 686-4325.
Two flea markets on Vashon Island begin in March. The first beginning March 8 from 9-4 PM is presented by the Open Space for Arts and Community, or -O-, at 18870 SW 103d Street. Vendor spaces are available by calling Karen Biondo at 408-7241. The entrance fee for shoppers and browsers is $3 or a donation to the Vashon Food Bank.
The Vashon Youth Council will present a weekly flea market beginning the weekend of March 14 and 15 in the lot just north of Pandora’s Box. The market opens at 9 AM. Vendor booths are available by calling SHeila McGuffin at 719-2691 or emailing vashonfleamarket@gmail.com.
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: 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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Vashon Island Homeowners’ Seminar: Sludge
“Care and Feeding of Your Septic System” a workshop at the Land Trust Building from 7-9 PM on Thursday, January 29, will discuss septic systems as an integral part of home design and the benefits of good maintenance. Teri King will teach the workshop and explore how your septic system works, how to keep it well maintained, and when to call a professional for help. This may be the last event funded by the Waterworks Grant on homeowner education. Register with Susie Kalhorn at 463-4006 or burnhorn@earthlink.net.
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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.
