TACOMA LITTLE THEATRE PRESENTS
SOTTO VOCE Tacoma, WA- Tacoma Little Theatre welcomes Sotto Voce, by the Pulitzer Prize winning Nilo Cruz, to its stage. This lyrical and haunting exploration of memory, love, and the echoes of history will play from June 5-June 21, 2026. Saquiel, a young Cuban man obsessed with the M.S. St. Louis—a ship of Jewish refugees…
Insert Coin Olympia – Award-Winning Arcade with Food and Fun for All Ages
When you imagine an action-packed arcade with a mixture of nostalgic games adults love and a plethora of games for kids, you have a good start with Insert Coin Olympia. Owners Keli and Dan Coleman have expanded that concept to include excellent food, a full bar for the over 21-crowd, axe throwing, an ice cream…
The Little Theatre Presents: The Mountaintop
THE MOUNTAINTOP Tacoma, WA- Tacoma Little Theatre continues its 2025-2026 Season with Katori Hall’s Olivier Award-winning The Mountaintop. This production is an intimate reimagining that weaves historical fact with surrealist fantasy to show us Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s final night in Memphis’s Lorraine Motel. After delivering his famous “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech,…
Summer Sounds Returns to Gig Harbor
Free Tuesday Night Concerts at Skansie Brothers Park, Celebrate Music, Community and America 250 Visit Gig Harbor and the Gig Harbor Chamber of Commerce are excited to announce the 2026 Summer Sounds lineup, bringing live music back to the waterfront every Tuesday evening this summer at Skansie Brothers Park. The beloved concert series kicks off…
WASHINGTON CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Presents The Wailin’ Jennys, Center Salon, Comedy Underground and Black Box Jazz in May May at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts is bursting with artistic energy, and there’s something extraordinary waiting for everyone. From the sharp, boundary-pushing comedy of rising Pacific Northwest star Paul Goodwin, to the genre-defying piano wizardry of award-winning jazz artist…
Tacoma Little Theatre Presents – The Mountaintop
Tacoma Little Theatre continues its 2025-2026 Season with Katori Hall’s Olivier Award-winning The Mountaintop. This production is an intimate reimagining that weaves historical fact with surrealist fantasy to show us Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s final night in Memphis’s Lorraine Motel. After delivering his famous “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech, an exhausted Dr. Martin…
Hostess with the Mostest Now on View at the Harbor History Museum
A new exhibition exploring the traditions of hospitality, ingenuity, and community connection recently opened at the Harbor History Museum. Hostess with the Mostest: The Art of Making Much with What’s at Hand draws from a 19th and 20th-century collection of aprons and household items that reflect how local families balanced old-world traditions with the evolving…
Auburn Symphony Orchestra Names New Executive Director
At a young age, Gabi Galloway, the new Executive Director of the Auburn Symphony Orchestra, fell in love with the arts. The Fort Worth, Texas native went to California’s School of the Arts for her higher education and then returned to Texas to work at an art school there. When an opportunity for her husband…
Tacoma Little Theatre & UW-Tacoma Present – Spring Awakening
Tacoma Little Theatre and The University of Washington-Tacoma Theatre Department bring the Tony Award Winning musical Spring Awakening to life. Spring Awakening is directed by Maria-Tania Bandes B. Weingarden, musically directed by Daniel Wolfert, and choreographed by Ashley Roy-Simpson. In 1891 Germany, where adults hold power, young Wendla questions life’s mysteries while her mother silences…
Tacoma Arts Live to Close in June
Tacoma Arts Live, a non-profit arts organization serving the South Sound region since 1979, will close its doors this summer and put its building, the Tacoma Armory, up for sale. TAL’s innovative education programs will continue, but other programs will end June 30, including its performing arts season, and TAL’s signature events such as Brew…
Tacoma Little Theatre Presents – Revenge at the Reunion-A Murder Mystery Dinner
Tacoma Little Theatre is back with another Murder Mystery Dinner for the New Year, REVENGE AT THE REUNION, by Paula Hilton and directed by Micheal O’Hara. REVENGE AT THE REUNION will run February 5-8, 2026. Thursday-Saturday performances will begin at 7:00pm, and the Sunday performance will begin at 12:00pm. The production will take place at…
Tacoma Little Theatre Presents – The Time Machine
Tacoma Little Theatre welcomes you to join it for its first production of 2026, the West Coast Premiere of The Time Machine, Michael D. Fox’s thrilling new play based on the novel by H. G. Wells. Michael D. Fox’s adaptation of The Time Machine reimagines H.G. Wells’ classic sci-fi adventure, blending historical fiction with time…
Tacoma Little Theatre Presents – Matilda the Musical
Tacoma Little Theatre invites you to spend the holidays with Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical, the story of an extraordinary girl who dares to take a stand and change her own destiny. Inspired by Roald Dahl’s genius, Matilda The Musical is a Tony Award-winning masterpiece celebrating childhood rebellion, imagination, and a girl’s fight for a better life. Matilda, an…
Birth of the American Supercar Now at LeMay America’s Car Museum
LeMay America’s Car Museum has a fresh new exhibition you have to check out. The Birth of the American Supercar sizzles as it tells the story of America’s pursuit of performance. From early pioneers and racing legends to today’s cutting-edge icons of engineering and design. The never seen before exhibit featuring rare, historic, and influential…
South Sound Holiday Concerts
Tacoma’s Annual Tree Lighting Music is integral to the holiday season with traditional carols, symphonic melodies and voices to warm your hearts. The South Sound area has an eclectic array of possibilities. Tacoma Candlelight: Christmas Carols on Strings brings the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience under the gentle glow of candlelight.Friday, December 19…
Tacoma City Ballet: Celebrating 70 Years
The year was 1955 and in Tacoma the post-war economy was driven by lumber production needed to supply the booming furniture manufacturing industry. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was completed a few years earlier, allowing for greater ease of transportation which in turn allowed for more recreation and leisure activities from golf to visiting productions like…
Robert Cray comes to Federal Way PAEC
Blues is the foundation of the music of Grammy Award winner Robert Cray. But it’s nearly impossible to limit his talent to one genre when his music is also influenced by traditional American rock, soul, jazz, gospel, funk and R&B. “When I first started playing guitar, I wanted to be George Harrison. That is, until…
Tacoma Art Museum Presents Haunted
Tacoma Art Museum presents three captivating exhibitions this fall, Haunted and Cable Griffith: Uncanny Twilight, each offering a unique exploration of art and memory ,while the Benaroya Wing showcases are fresh with the museum’s Studio Art Glass collection. The Haunted exhibition explores cinema as spectral memory, temporal disruption, and the protean meaning of being haunted.…
Ballet Performance Celebrates Women’s Empowerment
Dance Theatre Northwest, an award-winning regional performing dance company, was formed in 1987 in University Place. During that time, their Artistic Director Melanie Kirk-Stauffer, has been actively turning stories into choreography. “I’ve done many original dances, as many as 35 a year, but I am really excited about this next project,” said Kirk-Stauffer.Her next original…
South Puget Sound Fall Theater Preview
As the air turns crisp and the days grow shorter, South Sound stages are heating up with an eclectic mix of performances that promise thrills, laughs, music, and a healthy dose of mystery. The fall performing arts season offers something for every theatergoer— from classic whodunits to mariachi magic and musical nostalgia. At the Washington…