The dragons will be back in the water on Saturday, April 28, for one of the area’s most colorful spectacles, the Saint Martin’s Dragon Boat Festival. The event, now in its 13th year, will welcome 48 Northwest teams at Olympia’s Port Plaza for intense but friendly competition between dragon boat teams. The festival serves as a fundraiser for the Saint Martin’s Office of … [Read more...] about Dragon Boat Festival celebrates culture!
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Marc Cohn and Blind Boys of Alabama
There’s nothing like the musical musings of beloved classics. On Saturday, Jan. 27, Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Marc Cohn and the Blind Boys of Alabama will bring theirs to Tacoma’s Broadway Center for the Performing Arts. Cohn’s fans will surely come to hear their favorites from his cache of visionary songwriting. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of his … [Read more...] about Marc Cohn and Blind Boys of Alabama
West Coast Debut of 30 Americans
The critically acclaimed, nationally traveling exhibition 30 Americans made its West Coast debut at Tacoma Art Muse-um this fall. Featuring 45 works drawn from the Rubell Family Collection in Miami—one of the largest private contemporary art collections in the world—30 Americans will be on view through Jan. 15, 2017. The exhibition showcases paintings, photographs, … [Read more...] about West Coast Debut of 30 Americans
Skating into a Brighter Future
Skateboards twist in midair, landing with a crash. Smiles, hollers and 400 youth fill the space each month, an old ware-house across from Tacoma’s popular Opera Alley. Welcome to Alchemy Skateboarding & Education Center. It’s so much more than meets the eye. Alchemy Skateboarding is a nonprofit dedicated to “providing opportunities for youth to learn and grow through … [Read more...] about Skating into a Brighter Future
Cutting Edge: Art Quilts of Washington
Quilters quilt and painters paint, but there is a world of di-mension behind the work of fabric artists. As the newest exhibit at the Washington State History Museum—Cutting Edge: Art Quilts of Washington—shows, quilting is an artistic medium in and of itself. “Traditionally, quilts were hand-sewn from scraps of fabric to meet a practical need—they kept families warm during … [Read more...] about Cutting Edge: Art Quilts of Washington