T.A.M Announces Ambitious and Expansive [re]Frame Exhibitions
Nikesha Breeze What is the art of the AmericanWest? The answer is more expansive than you might imagine. Tacoma Art Museum is pleased to announce the [re]Frame: Haub Family Collection of Western American Art, a major reinstallation of the Haub Family Galleries, will open on May 18, 2024.The [re]Frame project meaningfully expands on the stories…
Ballet Northwest Presents Coppélia
Ballet Northwest, Olympia’s Dance Company, brings Coppelia back to the Washington Center stage after an absence of eight years over Mother’s Day weekend. Often billed as the “ballet’s most famous romantic comedy”, Coppélia is fun for all ages, and proof that there is familyfriendly ballet beyond the Nutcracker. The production by Ballet Northwest is both…
Entrepreneurship and Creativity are Nourished at Lacey MakerSpace
Entrepreneurship and Creativity are Nourished at Lacey MakerSpace The Lacey MakerSpace is a community workshop space that provides tools and equipment for learning job skills, prototyping, and expressing creativity. It is a partnership with the Thurston County Economic Development Council, the City of Lacey, and Saint Martin’s University. The MakerSpace is open to the public.…
Auditions: From The Mississippi Delta
Tacoma Little Theatre is holding auditions for its last show of the 2023/2024 season, Dr. Endesha Ida Mae Holland’s powerful and moving, From the Mississippi Delta. This production will be directed by Michelle Blackmon. Auditions will be held Sunday, March 24th and Monday, March 25th at Tacoma Little Theatre (210 N I Street, Tacoma WA…
Tacoma Little Theatre and UW Tacoma Presents Rent
Tacoma Little Theatre and The University of Washington-Tacoma Theatre Department bring to life Jonathan Larson’s Tony-Award winning musical RENT. RENT is directed by Maria-Tania Bandes B. Weingarden, musically directed by Shawna Avinger, and choreographed by Eric Clausell. RENT follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in…
The Washington Center & Ballet NW Present – Olympia Dance Festival!
The Washington Center and Ballet Northwest are thrilled to announce the return of Olympia Dance Festival on March 2 at 7:00pm. The 2024 Olympia Dance Festival features 16 dance companies from throughout Western Washington. Olympia Dance Festival welcomes back home-town hero, Giovanny Garibay, as the special guest artist this year. Giovanny Garibay is currently with the Cincinnati Ballet. Garibay is…
The Washington Center For The Performing Arts Presents: Storm Large
The Washington Center for the Performing Arts is bringing some hot shows to Olympia to warm up your February! February 15 at 7:30pm Storm Large! Storm Large: musician, actor, playwright, author, awesome. She shot to national prominence in 2006 as a finalist on the CBS show Rock Star: Supernova, where despite having been eliminated in the week…
Tacoma Little Theatre Presents A Doll’s House, Part 2
Tacoma Little Theatre starts 2024 by bringing A Doll’s House, Part 2, the brand-new follow up to Henrik Ibsen’s classic drama, to life on its stage. A Doll’s House, Part 2 is written by Lucas Hnath and this production will be directed by Marilyn Bennett. In the final scene of Henrik Ibsen’s 1879 groundbreaking masterwork,…
Olympia Family Theater Presents Barney Carey Gets His Wings
Olympia Family Theater announces their next MainStage adventure, Barney Carey Gets His Wings, running February 23-March 17, 2024 at Olympia Family Theater in downtown Olympia. Tickets are available now at www.OlyFT.org. Rooting through an old trunk, Barney and his dad make unexpected discoveries, including a beautiful bright set of fairy wings. But boys can’t wear…
Tacoma Little Theatre Presents – A Doll’s House, Part 2
Tacoma Little Theatre starts 2024 by bringing A Doll’s House, Part 2, the brand-new follow up to Henrik Ibsen’s classic drama, to life on its stage. A Doll’s House, Part 2 is written by Lucas Hnath and this production will be directed by Marilyn Bennett. In the final scene of Henrik Ibsen’s 1879 groundbreaking masterwork, Nora Helmer makes…
Ring in the Holidays with Music
Let music fill your holidays! From traditional carols to twists on the classics, music can soothe the soul and add joy to the season. The holidays are filled with excitement which can also increase your stress. A concert gives you a reason to sit still for a while. Coordinate your calendar with one or more…
Tacoma Little Theatre – Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Tacoma Little Theatre brings the family classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer™ to life on the stage for the first time. This production will be directed by Nick Fitzgerald, with musical direction by Debra Leach, and choreography by Melanie Gladstone. The holiday classic soars off the screen in this musical adaptation of the beloved television special. Filled with…
Davina and The Vagabonds
When Davina Sowers was growing up, she was influenced by American roots music. “Sure, I loved Ella Fitzgerald, but also Led Zeppelin,” said the front-woman for Davina and the Vagabonds. With a mom who was a folk singer and a father born in 1902, Davina was exposed to a wide array of music. “I was…
Holiday Delights and Family Fun in Gig Harbor
Gig Harbor is well-known for its annual Maritime Gig Festival in June, but the city also celebrates the holiday season in a big way with their Holidays in the Harbor celebration. Filled with a calendar of holiday events, the entire city works to light up the harbor. With gorgeous lights everywhere, there will also be…
HARLEQUIN’S UNIQUE ADAPTATION OF A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Harlequin Productions presents Producing Artistic Director Aaron Lamb’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, November 24 – December 24 at the State Theater in downtown Olympia, WA. Mr. Lamb will direct. Hailed as the greatest ghost story ever told, we evolve Artistic Director Aaron Lamb’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’s timeless story of transformation, absolution, and grace,…
Ballet Northwest Presents 40th Annual Nutcracker
Ballet Northwest’s The Nutcracker, Olympia’s holiday favorite for 40 years, is returning to the Washington Center for the Performing Arts in December with breathtaking sets brilliantly created by local artist, Jill Carter. The Sugar Plum Fairy’s Cavalier will be danced by professional guest artist and Pacific Northwest Ballet Principal Dancer James Kirby Rogers. Ballet Northwest…
Tacoma City Ballet Presents The Nutcracker
It’s a treasured holiday tradition for many families around the Northwest—going to see The Nutcracker. For one of the area’s best performances, consider attending Tacoma City Ballet’s production. Presented with original scenery and costumes as it first debuted in Russia in 1892, Tacoma City Ballet performs The Nutcracker at the Pantages Theater. Led by a…
Día de los Muertos Festival Returns to Tacoma Art Museum
Día de los Muertos (also known as Day of the Dead) combines ancient and colonial traditions, folk customs, and spiritual beliefs. Celebrated in Mexican and Latin American communities on November 1 and 2, Día de los Muertos is a powerful, symbolic way to honor relatives and friends who have died. This year the Tacoma Art…
Jake Shimabukuro’s: Brings the Joy of Christmas to the Northwest
With just four strings on a ukulele, it’s hard to imagine someone turning the small instrument into something many people attend a concert enjoy. Yet for Jake Shimabukuro the ukulele is his life. On , November 15 Shimabukuro will play at the Federal Way Performing Arts and Events Center.. After garnering widespread acclaim in Hawaii…
Tacoma Little Theatre Presents Misery
Tacoma Little Theatre welcomes the fall season with Stephen King’s Misery. King’s prize-winning novel and award-winning film have been newly adapted by William Goldman for the stage. This production is directed by Chris Serface. Misery follows successful romance novelist Paul Sheldon, who is rescued from a car crash by his “Number One Fan,” Annie Wilkes,…