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Arts & Entertainment
Broadway Center announces new season line-up
It’s like Christmas has come early to Broadway Center – and there’s a gift behind every curtain. Every year at this time Tacoma’s premiere arts organization releases its new season line-up, offering plenty to whet the appetite of just about any fan of quality, live entertainment. Read more...
On Sept. 17, Hotel Murano’s Bicentennial Pavilion will be transformed into an Austrian paradise as the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra hosts its annual gala, “A Night in Vienna.” Guests will enjoy a gourmet dinner, live and silent auctions, a champagne toast and samples of the premium beer Stella Artois. The night’s entertainment also includes a performance by the Auburn Pacific Ballroom Dance Company. Read more...
Medieval purity combines with modern art in Mineral’s second exploration of chastity belts
Those who attended Mineral Gallery’s first annual chastity belt show last summer, “Entrance Denied,” remember the ways in which Northwest artists took a spin on the medieval instrument and made the object witty, thoughtful and bold. The second round of belts in this year’s take on the theme, “Access Denied,” gives a whole new group of artists the chance to tackle creating contemporary versions of the archaic accessory. Read more...
Know your public art: Washington State Liberty Bell replica
Dear Readers: This is an ongoing series of articles paying tribute to Tacoma’s public art works that often go missed by busy commuters passing through and even locals who walk past these monuments every day but never stop to appreciate them. Enjoy! Read more...
Is Tacoma the next independent film destination?
The Grand Cinema and Filmmaker Magazine bring the 25 New Faces of Independent Film to local audiences
This year, Tacoma was put on the map. And the city has Philip Cowan and his Grand Cinema independent movie theater to thank for that. Read more...
Experiment in movement at the DanceLab
A long-time Tacoma ballerina is reaching out to dance enthusiasts through a developing project she has created simply titled: the DanceLab. Read more...
Mavi Contemporary Art opens with aplomb
The grand opening of Mavi Contemporary Art was a big hit with Art Walk patrons Aug. 19. Throughout the evening many people stopped by and stayed a while to check out the extreme makeover given to the gallery interior, and to see the collection of paintings and sculptures by the gallery’s inaugural artist William Quinn of Gig Harbor. Read more...
Young performers showcase the best of Broadway at Lakewood Playhouse
A thoroughly charming evening was had by all at Lakewood Playhouse’s opening weekend of “The Best of Musical Broadway” (otherwise known tongue-in-cheek as “BOMB”). Starring a cast of 35 young students, 10 to 18 years old, from Lakewood’s summer theater program, this show is highly entertaining from beginning to end. What’s more is that some of the budding talents in “BOMB” are making their public debut in this show and are sure to be seen on Tacoma stages in productions to come. Others are familiar faces from having performed in past local plays and are sure to be seen again on Tacoma stages. Read more...
LeMay Car Museum to host 33rd annual Car Show and Auction
LeMay, America’s Car Museum, has partnered with the LeMay family to host the 33rd annual LeMay Car Show and Auction at Marymount Academy and the LeMay home grounds Aug. 28 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors will see more than 1,000 different vintage, specialty automobiles, trucks and motorcycles from the LeMay collection, plus hundreds of local collector cars and other unique vehicles. In addition to the cars, there will be numerous automobile-related vendor displays, the Collector Car Showcase, a judged car show, food vendors and a collector car auction hosted by Mathers Inc. Auctioneers. Read more...
More than two dozen of Tacoma’s finest artists show their work at Kittredge
To kick off its 2010/11 season, the Kittredge Gallery at University of Puget Sound has partnered with the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation (GTCF) to put on an impressive exhibit of works by some of the best and brightest artists working in the Tacoma area at this time. Read more...
