ShowCase Magazine Washington

Lorca in a Green Dress
2025-06-06, 2025-05-30
Lorca in a Green Dress
March 7 – 23
Tacoma Little Theatre
210 N I St, Tacoma
252.272.2281 | tacomalittletheatre.com

Washington families can save with confidence with GET
2025-06-06
Washington families can save with confidence with GET
State-backed GET Prepaid 529 can be used for nearly any post-high school education or training

Olympia—Washington’s popular Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) program opens Friday, November 1 for a new enrollment period, providing families a fresh opportunity to start saving for future education and career training costswhile their children are young. The 2024-2025 enrollment period runs through May 31, 2025, and provides a unique opportunity to prepay future education costs by locking in today’s rates. The unit purchase price for the new enrollment period is $123.76.
GET is a 529 prepaid tuition program, carrying a state-backed guarantee that units purchased today will always keep pace with in-state college tuition costs. “GET savers can literally buy tomorrow’s education at today’s price, whether they plan to use those funds five, 10, or even 18 years from now,” says Washington College Savings Plans director, Luke Minor.
Savers can open a new GET account with as little as $25, making it easy to start saving. Savings in a GET account grow tax-free and are not subject to the ups and downs of financial markets, so families can save with confidence.
Washington residents who want to help a student save for future education costs can open a GET or DreamAhead account online at 529.wa.gov with no enrollment fee. The website also offers details, charts, planning tools, and answers to questions. The GET contact center is ready to help at 800-955-2318 or GETInfo@wsac.wa.gov. For questions about DreamAhead, the DreamAhead contact center can be reached at 844-529-5845.

Rocky - Tacoma Little Theatre
2025-06-03 - 2025-06-06
Rocky
June 6 – 29
Tacoma Little Theatre
210 N I St, Tacoma
252.272.2281 | tacomalittletheatre.com

Lakewood Farmers Market
2025-06-03
Lakewood Farmers Market
Tuesday, Through mid-September, Tuesdays
Fort Steilacoom Park
There is plenty of free parking at Fort Steilacoom Park and lots of wide-open spaces. Enjoy live entertainment. Grab dinner along with your fresh produce for a picnic in the park. New this year the market will host Pop Up Markets. These events highlight specific themes and vendors.
Fort Steilacoom Park
8714 87th Ave SW, Lakewood
CityofLakewood.Us/FarmersMarket
Lakewood Farmers Market – City of Lakewood
253.983.7887

20th Annual Student Art Exhibition
2025-06-02, 2025-05-26
20th Annual Student Art Exhibition
May 19 – June 20
South Puget Sound Community College
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Bldg. 21
2011 Mottman Rd, Olympia
spssc.edu/events-calendar

Senior Services Water Color Group
2025-06-02, 2025-05-26
Senior Services Water Color Group
Lacey with Micheal
Mondays 1pm-3pm
Open to anyone who wants to learn watercolor. Bring your own supplies.
Activities | Senior Services for South Sound

By the Furnace: Hot Shop Experience Workshops
2025-06-01, 2025-05-31
By the Furnace: Hot Shop Experience Workshops
Create your own glass bird!

May 31 & June 1

Here is your chance to work on the Hot Shop floor! Assisted by instructors from Hilltop Artists, you will create your own glass bird. As the gaffer, you will be able to choose colors, block and shape the glass, and add your own twist to the work of art.
Pricing: $85 non-member/$80 MOG member. Does not include Museum admission.
Sessions are 30 to 45 minutes long. Ages 12 and up welcome. Reservations are strongly encouraged. Your finished project will be available for pick-up beginning the Saturday after the workshop. Shipping is available for an additional charge. These workshops have limited space available – don’t miss your chance to sign up!

Harlequin Productions - Rent
2025-06-01
Harlequin Productions introduces – Rent
Set in the East Village of New York City, during the previous pandemic, Rent is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. Based loosely on Puccini’s La Boheme, Jonathan Larson’s play follows a year in the life of a group of young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York’s Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Rent has become a pop cultural phenomenon, with songs that rock and a story that shaped a generation of audiences and taught us all to measure our life in love.
More information at https://harlequinproductions.org/show/rent/
CULT CLASSIC, MUSICAL JUNE 20-JULY 20, 2025 THE STATE THEATER 2 HRS 30 MINS PG-13

What is Native Art? Eugene Landry and the Creative Spirit
2025-06-01, 2025-05-25
What is Native Art? Eugene Landry and the Creative Spirit
On view through March 30, 2025
Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe artist Eugene Landry (1937-1988) was a gifted painter who captured local scenery and people. He was largely forgotten outside the Tribe until 2019 when Judith Altruda found nearly 70 of his paintings in a barn. Learn about Landry’s creative spirit and legacy in this exhibition.
Image: Eugene Landry, Decaying Boat, 21“x 24” oil on panel 1964. Photo by Marcy Merrill.

Olympia Farmers Market
2025-05-31 10:00 - 15:00, 2025-05-24 10:00 - 15:00 (America/Vancouver)
Olympia Farmers Market
Saturdays, January – March, 10am – 3 pm
Shop at the Market for fresh vegetables, fruit, meat, dairy, seafood, handmade crafts, artisanal foods, wine, baked goods, and more! With eight restaurants and daily live entertainment, The Market is your destination for mid-day lunch and family fun on the weekend!
700 Capitol Way N., Olympia
olympiafarmersmarket.org

The Nutcracker- Tacoma City Ballet
2025-05-31 - 2025-06-08, 2025-05-30 - 2025-06-07, 2025-05-24 - 2025-06-01, 2025-05-23 - 2025-05-31
The Nutcracker
December 13th, 14th, 19th, 20th, 21st
Pantages Theater

The Nutcracker
Tacoma City Ballet’s The Nutcracker is a glorious production filled with spectacular dancing, live music played by the Tacoma City Ballet Orchestra, grand scenery, and lavish costumes. Presented in the beautiful Pantages Theater this historical recreation of The Nutcracker, which first premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1892, transports you to another era. Experience the splendor of this magical holiday classic ballet that has entertained generations for well over a century. Join Tacoma City Ballet as we celebrate our 41st season of performing this Tacoma family holiday tradition at the Pantages Theater.
Website: tacomacityballet.com
Phone Number: (253) 591-5894 (Box Office)

CROATIA DAY IN GIG HARBOR
2025-05-31
CROATIA DAY IN GIG HARBOR to celebrate the Grand Re-Opening of Skansie Brothers Netshed.

On SATURDAY, MAY 31st, “Sve Hrvato” (Everything Croatian) will fill Skansie Park in honor of Gig Harbor’s earliest immigrants who brought boatbuilding and commercial fishing to the area. Performances begin at 12 to 6 PM and include:

Vela Luka Croatian Dance Ensemble
Seattle Junior Tamburitzans
Ruže Dalmatinke with Bonaca Orchestra
Kišobran

The Park will be filled with:

Croatian Food Booths,
Croatian Gifts Booths,
Croatian Dancing,
Kids Activities (coloring tables, language, songs),
Face Painting,
Book Signings,
Net Mending Demonstrations,
and Guided-Tours of a “refreshed” historic Skansie Netshed.

Tenino Farmers Market
2025-05-31, 2025-05-24
Tenino Farmers Market
May-September, Saturdays 10am-3pm
187 Hodgkin St S, Tenino
360.701.4835 | teninofarmersmarket.org

Lakewood Dancing in the Streets
2025-05-30
Lakewood Dancing in the Streets
May 30th, 4pm-7pm
https://cityoflakewood.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Street-Festival-2025.pdf
Colonial Plaza, 6100 Motor Avenue SW
Family fun, food trucks, live music, face painting and balloons

Boston Harbor Marina Friday Nights
2025-05-30
FRIDAY NIGHT at THE HARBOR (Memorial Day through Labor Day)
Live music and beer – it doesn’t get much better! We host local breweries and local bands every Friday evening in the summer, Memorial Day through Labor Day. Check out our Facebook page for details. We hope to see you there!
For more information go to https://www.bostonharbormarina.com/pages/events

Sensory Inclusive Story & Play Time with Timberland Regional Library
2025-05-30
Sensory Inclusive Story & Play Time with Timberland Regional Library
Stories, music, movement, play, and community building in a neurodiversity-affirming environment for children of all ages and abilities and their caregivers.

Free to attend
Soft lighting
Limited distractions
Small group setting
Visual Schedule
Sensory regulation aids
wandering and flapping encouraged!

415 Tumwater Blvd SW
Tumwater, WA 98501

Centralia Farmers Market
2025-05-30
Centralia Farmers Market
May-September, Fridays 11am-4pm
Pine Street Plaza, Centralia centraliafarmersmarket.org

Dancing in the Streets
2025-05-30
Dancing in the Streets
Friday, May 30, 2025 • 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

“Dancing in the Street” is a great way to kick off the summer. This year’s event is a Jazz Night & Car Show. We’ll have a music, dancing, food trucks, roaming entertainment, jugglers and car show awards. Car show awards include:

Mayors choice award
Police chief choice award
Fire chief choice award

Location

4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Friday, May 30, 2025
Motor Ave SW
Lakewood, WA 98499

SAN Dementia Conference 2025
2025-05-29 08:00 - 17:00
SAN Dementia Conference 2025
May 29, 9am-2pm
Lacey Community Center
Home

Over 25 local senior focused usinesses to provide information and resources.

DirtFish Women in Motorsport Summit
2025-05-24
DirtFish Women in Motorsport Summit
Sat May 24th 10:00am – 6:00pm

LeMay – America’s Car Museum, 2702 E D St, Tacoma
DirtFish Women in Motorsport Summit

To be held at LeMay – America’s Car Museum in Tacoma, WA on Saturday May 24th general admission tickets are priced at $50 and limited to 250. Additional top table tickets are available. Click here to buy.
Now in its fourth year, the DirtFish Women in Motorsport Summit is one of America’s fastest-growing events – hence the need to move out of DirtFish Rally School in Snoqualmie to LeMay – America’s Car Museum.
One of Formula 1’s highest profile women – Claire Williams OBE – will join this year’s Summit as guest speaker. As deputy team principal, Claire guided Williams Racing to third place in the Formula 1 standings in successive seasons. Alongside that sporting prowess, she developed the British-based team into one of the most diverse on the grid.
Williams said: “Events like the DirtFish Women in Motorsport Summit go a long way to open the playing field up to women and show them that motorsport is for everyone.
“I couldn’t be more excited to join the event to talk about my experiences in Formula 1, but also to learn more about the world of rallying and the inspiring women participating in it.
“We all know the value a diverse workforce delivers; pushing hard here is critical. However, and perhaps even more importantly, creating a motorsport world that welcomes and supports women in their careers is just the right thing to do because everyone deserves the opportunity to pursue their dream and to fulfil it in a positive environment.”

DirtFish Women in Motorsport co-ordinator Josie Rimmer added: “This is the moment we’ve been waiting for. We’ve had so many enquiries from people asking when they can buy their tickets and the answer is, right now!
“Announcing Claire as our guest speaker was an unbelievably proud moment. To have a woman of her calibre joining us is a measure of how quickly the Summit has grown and that’s something everybody at DirtFish can be incredibly proud of.
“Holding the event at LeMay – America’s Car Museum is a real honor and, trust me, Saturday May 24th is going to be one special day.”
DirtFish Women in Motorsport Summit tickets can be purchased here, with the first 100 people buying general admission landing a bonus DirtFish pin pack. All tickets will include full and exclusive access to LeMay – America’s Car Museum on Saturday May 24th.
