What: AC/DC tribute band Hell’s Belles, headlining the last shows at (the old) Hell’s Kitchen

All hell broke loose in the Rialto Theater Sunday afternoon, in the best possible way, as the Tacoma Symphony tackled two of Beethoven’s greatest works with the ferocity, mood-swings and triumph worthy of the infamously moody composer. Under their usual conductor Harvey Felder and guest conductor Christophe Chagnard of the Northwest Sinfonietta, the orchestra played a mostly excellent concert to complete a two-orchestra festival of Mozart and Beethoven.

For anyone who’s tempted to think a conductor just stands on the podium and gives the beat, the Nov. 14 concert by the Northwest Sinfonietta set the record straight.

Revengers formed from the ashes of local alt-hip-hop crew Biznautics in 2007.

Tacoma's Revengers aren't your typical hip-hop group. Check out clips of up-and-coming Tacoma band talking about their new "Scraps on the Badlands" CD, playing new cuts and doing their best Weezer impression before their all-ages CD release part Saturday (Nov. 21) at Hell's Kitchen.

For anyone who’s tempted to think a conductor just stands on the podium and gives the beat, Saturday night’s concert by the Northwest Sinfonietta set the record straight. As part of a two-concert festival (the other concert is next Sunday, featuring the Tacoma Symphony), the chamber orchestra played a Beethoven overture and Mozart piano concerto under the Symphony’s conductor Harvey Felder, followed by a Mozart overture and symphony under their own conductor Christophe Chagnard. The difference between the first and second halves was like night and day, highlighting not just the musical styles of each Tacoma conductor but also the effect they have on the same players.