Critic’s Picks: The best of South Sound arts this weekend
Tacoma Concert Band goes “Bach to Broadway”
The Tacoma Concert Band Saturday explores the spectrum of music from classics to musicals, and features the winner of the student soloist competition, percussionist Tyler Ussery.
7:30 p.m. Saturday. $18-$36, free for 18 and under. Pantages Theater, 901 Broadway, Tacoma. 253-591-5894, broadwaycenter.org, tacomaconcertband.org.
University of Puget Sound does ‘Rent’
Twenty years after “Rent” blasted onto New York stages and stayed there for a decade, the Pulitzer-winning reimagining of Puccini’s opera “La Boheme” as an artist tale set in an AIDS-torn society comes to University of Puget Sound. With a rock score and a setting of love, drug addiction and suicide, it still resonates.
7:30 p.m. Friday (Feb. 26), Saturday, Wednesday, March 4 and 5; 2 p.m. March 6. $7-$11. Norton Clapp Theater, Jones Building, University of Puget Sound, 1500 N. Warner St., Tacoma. 253-879-3555, tickets.pugetsound.edu.
‘Death of a Salesman’ at Lakewood Playhouse
Arthur Miller’s Pulitzer and Tony award-winning classic about how the American dream can be shattered comes to Lakewood Playhouse, directed by James Venturini with Joseph Grant as despairing salesman Willy Loman.
8 p.m. Friday, Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday through March 13. Pay what you can, 8 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 25) and March 3. $25 adult; $22 military; $21 senior; $19 student and educator. Lakewood Playhouse, 5729 Lakewood Towne Center Blvd., Lakewood. 253-588-0042, lakewoodplayhouse.org.
Museum workshop on preserving heirlooms
Ever wondered how to best look after precious jewelry? Where to store Grandma’s historic photos? And what about linens? Hilary Pitenger, curator of collections at the White River Valley Museum, takes care of historic heirlooms on a daily basis, and shares expert tips at three upcoming workshops on preserving family treasures.
1 p.m. Saturday (photos), March 26 (textiles) and April 23 (jewelry). Free with admission ($5 adults/$2 seniors, children). White River Valley Museum, 918 H St. SE, Auburn. 253-288-7433, wrvmuseum.org.
Rosemary Ponnekanti: 253-597-8568, @rose_ponnekanti
This story was originally published February 25, 2016 at 1:01 AM with the headline "Critic’s Picks: The best of South Sound arts this weekend."