Sumner Summer Block PartyMay 20, 12pm – 6pmConsider this your official Sumner, or summer, kickoff. Sumner Main Street is hosting a downtown block party featuring food trucks, a beer garden, live music, tailgating games, and blocks of fun!Downtown SumnerMain Streetsumnermainstreet.com/events

Tiptoe through the TidepoolsMay 20, 10:30am – 1:30pmBring your family to explore the beach, learn about tide pool life and have fun during some of the lowest tides of the year. A naturalist will guide low-tide beach exploration.FreeTitlow Beach Park8425 6th Ave, Tacomametroparkstacoma.org

The Murray Morgan Bridge Tacoma Washington with Mt Rainier centered in the background at golden hourNorthwest Sinfonietta:  This LandMay 20, 7:30pm, Rialto TheaterMay 21, 2pm, Pioneer Park PavillionThe Northwest Sinfonietta joins with the Tacoma Urban Performing Arts Center to bring the story of South Sound icon Nettie Asberry to life with a new ballet choreographed […]

Capitol City Marathon, Half Marathon, Five Mile & Kids RunMay 21Washington St, Olympiacapitolcitymarathon.org

Tacoma Youth Symphony Overture to the Next 60 YearsMay 21, 3pmLook to the future with TYSA musicians.Rialto Theater310 S 9th St, Tacomatysa.org

Student Orchestra of Greater Olympia May Concert May 21, 4pmAnother season draws to a close for Student Orchestras of Greater Olympia! Student violin soloist Maria Aurelio will perform a beautiful work by Antonín Dvorák, and we will honor our Class of 2023 graduating seniors.The Washington Center for the Performing Arts512 Washington St SE, Olympia360.753.8585Tickets: https://www.washingtoncenter.org/event/sogo-05-21-spring-concert/

18th Annual Student Art ExhibitionMay 22-26South Puget Sound Community CollegeKenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Bldg. 212011 Mottman Rd, Olympiaspssc.edu/events-calendar 

Eliseo Community Open HouseMay 24, 10am – 2pmThe Villas are now open.  Tour campus and enjoy food samples.62+ communityEliseo Retirement Community1301 N Highlands Pkwy, Tacoma253.752.7112, eliseo.org

Changing MindsMay 25, 8 – 9:30amThe event includes breakfast and a moderated panel, where attendees will hear how MultiCare Behavioral Health Network providers, clients and patients, as well as community leaders, are addressing today’s behavioral health challenges in the South Sound.Silver Cloud Inn, Point Ruston2317 Ruston Way, Tacomamulticare.org/changing-minds/

What Laughter Tells Us — Asian Americans, Comedy and BelongingMay 25Enjoy a Humanities Washington program exploring how laughter shapes the way we listen to each other and learn why laughing matters.Harbor History Museum4121 Harborview Drharborhistorymuseum.org

Hundred DaysMay 5 – 28, Thur – Sat 7:3pm, Sun 2pmBy Abigal Nessen-Bengson, Sarah Gaucher and Shaun BengsonDirected by Aaron LambFeaturing local artis Amy Shephard and local band Sugar and the SpitfiresJoin us as we transform The State Theater into a nightclub for an uncensored, exhilarating, and heartrending true story about embracing uncertainty, taking a […]

Black Box Jazz: David Joyner and Jared Hall QuartetMay 26, 8:pmDavid Lee Joyner is an in-demand pianist, composer, vocalist, and educator in the Pacific Northwest region. Trumpeter, composer and educator Jared Hall is the winner of the 2013 National Trumpet Competition – Jazz Division.Washington Center512 Washington St. SE360.753. 8586https://www.washingtoncenter.org/event/23-05-26-black-box-jazz-joyner-hall/