Critic’s Picks for Sept. 24

Blue Tango at Madera Furnishings

Singer Maria Volonté brings her Blue Tango Project of blues-infused Argentinian tango back to the intimate setting of Madera Furnishings in downtown Tacoma. 7:30 p.m. Friday (Sept. 25). $12.50 advance, $15 at the door. Madera, 2210 Court A, Tacoma. 253-572-1218, brownpapertickets.com, maderawoodworking.com.

Mangan, friends at Fulcrum Gallery

Award-winning Tacoma painter Jeremy Mangan brings five friends from his early-2000s Brooklyn period to Fulcrum Gallery in “Circle of Friends,” a show of painting, prints and drawing that goes from the abstract to the surreal. Open noon-6 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays through Oct. 14. Free. 1308 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Tacoma. 253-250-0520, fulcrumtacoma.com.

Southwest Washington ArtTrails

The second weekend of Southwest Washington ArtTrails continues this weekend, with studios and businesses hosting art throughout Lewis County, and around 50 artists showing or demonstrating work. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 26-27. Free. For locations, get a brochure from Lewis County businesses or online at artrailsofsww.org. Look for Arttrails signs as you drive around.

Sephardic music at the UPS

Queens, brides, sailors – they’re just some of the many tales that multi-instrumentalist Guy Mendilow will bring to his free concert “Tales from the Forgotten Kingdom” at the University of Puget Sound exploring Sephardic culture. Intertwined storytelling, music and history bring traditional Ladino music to life with violin, voice, guitar, percussion and woodwinds. 7 p.m. Tuesday. Free. Kilworth Memorial Chapel, UPS, North 17th and Warner streets, Tacoma. 253-879-2751, pugetsound.edu.

This story was originally published September 23, 2015 at 9:40 PM with the headline "Critic’s Picks for Sept. 24."