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There are some very strange creatures in the Museum of Glass’ back gallery. Sporting vibrant fuschias, neon blues and lime greens they’re natives of another planet, one where cats wear pizzas and fish eat molten lava. They’re the 52 pieces of art in “Kids Design Glass,” an exhibition showcasing an ongoing education program at the museum. While they’re made by adults, they’re definitely designed by kids – and the planet they come from is that wild and colorful place called childhood.
When a tenor’s in love, he sings high notes. When he goes off to war, he sings high notes. And when he gets his girl, guess what he does? Yep, the raison d’etre of being an operatic tenor is to hit those high C’s and D’s whenever you can – at least in Gaetano Donizetti’s opera “Daughter of the Regiment,” on stage this weekend at the Rialto. And Tacoma Opera, which is putting it on, has found itself a tenor who relishes the high-wire challenge.
Mariachi music, handmade tissue paper flowers, decorated sugar skulls, art and altars – the Tacoma Art Museum came alive Sunday for El Día de los Muertos.
Nothing quite says Washington state like:
I’ve seen “Nunsense” before but never like this. This performance is not only rolling-in-the-aisles funny and deliciously irreverent, it rocks.
What: Art Door Auction benefitting Tacoma Art Place
Three years ago, Harlequin Productions put on a performance of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” that was the most elaborate and outrageously funny Shakespeare comedy I had ever seen. I would not have believed they could match that performance, but they have with their current show, “As You Like It.”
Ask two curators for a definition of any art movement and you’ll get two different opinions. But in the just-opened show “A Concise History of Northwest Art” at Tacoma Art Museum, Rock Hushka and Margaret Bullock have teamed up to produce a sequential definition of Northwest art that’s easy to read and surprisingly homogenous in theme.
“Curtains” at Tacoma Musical Playhouse is a murder-mystery musical comedy that played to mixed reviews on Broadway as recently as 2007. It garnered major awards, but also was panned by a number of critics.
A protégé of Martha Graham and a mentor to Twyla Tharp, choreographer Paul Taylor has long spread the joys of modern dance. His Paul Taylor Dance Co., which performs in Olympia next week, was founded in 1954.
Claudia Riedener’s walls grow like a jungle. Tendrils curl up door frames, bamboo sprouts in the bathroom, fleas jump around the kitchen. What’s more, it’s all her own work. Riedener is one of Tacoma’s best-known tile artists, and her pistachio-and turquoise-painted house is a showcase for her nature-based art tiles, made in her garage studio and inspired by plants in her overflowing garden.
LARAMIE, Wyo. – Ten years after bringing the story of Matthew Shepard’s murder to the stage, creators of “The Laramie Project” have produced an epilogue about the lingering aftermath of the savage attack and its effect on a Western town.
“Carl Sagan’s Contact” at Centerstage is the world premiere of an exciting new musical based on Sagan’s novel, with book by Centerstage artistic director Alan Bryce, music by Peter Sipos, and lyrics by Amy Engelhardt. It is directed by Bryce.
Things are looking up for film in the Northwest, and it’s partly thanks to the Tacoma Film Festival. Now in its fourth year, the festival organized by the Grand Cinema has taken an intensely local turn, with nearly one-third of its 132 films made by Northwest filmmakers. It’s good exposure for them, good marketing for the Grand, and a unique experience for audiences who see local surroundings and lifestyles on the big screen.
On the cover of the Arts Walk program crouches a little boy in pajamas and a pair of bunny ears. He holds a candle and a candlestick. Next to him is a hare – not a pet, it seems clear, but an ally.
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