The recording academy and Grammy producers have unveiled a flurry of Grammy performers this week, beginning Tuesday with a return to the stage for Adele and a Katy Perry announcement on Wednesday. Thursday, the curtain was pulled back on one of the Feb. 12 telecast’s rock ’n’ roll acts: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, who are gearing up for a new tour.

Van Halen fans know the veteran rockers are coming to the Tacoma Dome on May 5. Here’s your reminder that tickets go on sale today at 10 a.m.

If you can get nearly 10 million YouTube hits by playing a George Harrison song, then you must be good. If you can get them by playing it on a ukulele, you must be Jake Shimabukuro.

Van Halen is coming to the Tacoma Dome. The reunited band announced Friday that its 2012 North American tour will include a stop in Tacoma on May 5.

It’s been five years since the rebirth of Tacoma’s First Night, the family friendly arts-based New Year’s Eve celebration downtown – and it’s on a roll. There are more stages, more giant puppets and more fire events than ever.

It’s almost winter, but get ready for some surf and sun: The Beach Boys are reuniting.

One of the reasons Tacoma’s School of the Arts was started was to integrate arts with core academics in a setting that made sense: Tacoma’s downtown, the heart of its arts scene.