Windermere Publishes Video on Vashon Japanese American History Exhibit Opening April 6th, 2018 - “Joy and Heartache” Traces History of Japanese Americans on Vashon from 1900 to Present Day This video produced by Windermere Realty is showing at the Vashon Theatre   ...  ... ...... ...... ......   Islander Apartments 

by Brian Brenno As the daffodils begin to bloom and spring comes to the island the Heritage Museum has events planned for April and May. On April 6th, the exhibit, “Joy and Heartache: The Japanese Americans on Vashon” opens. Curators Rita brogan, Bruce Haulman, Joe Okimoto and Meredith Yasui worked with

Exhibit on Vashon Japanese American History Opens April 6 “Joy and Heartache” Traces History of Japanese Americans on Vashon from 1900 to Present Day On April 6, the Vashon Heritage Museum will feature an exhibit that traces the evolution of the Japanese American presence on Vashon Island. The exhibit addresses

Vashon’s non-profit community is coming together to host Winona LaDuke; a leader and activist working on many issues including environmental justice, indigenous rights and local food systems. Ms. LaDuke movingly describes indigenous people’s resistance to environmental and cultural degradation and presents an inspiring vision, relevant to us all, of political, spiritual, and ecological transformation.

by Brian Brenno and Jim ShermanExhibit runs from October 6th, 2017 through March 25th, 2018.Coming from multi-generational Vashon families, we grew up hearing stories of the Island's past, creating a keen interest in Island history in both of us. In 2011, we teamed up and created the Facebook page, Old

by Bruce Haulman and Terry Donnelly After King County taxpayers passed a levy in 1942 that formed the King County Rural Library District to provide library services to rural areas, Vashon requested a branch library. The County agreed to supply the books and librarians if the community would build the

Thought you’d like to know… Donations and 4Culture grant fund preservation work next door to the Heritage Museum this summer. A number of projects have been going on at the “parsonage” this summer. The whole building has a new roof and the old chimney has been replaced with stainless steel