Critic’s Picks: The best of South Sound arts this weekend

“PostSecret” at the Pantages

How many of you mailed an anonymous secret on a postcard to Frank Warren? Since it began a few years ago, PostSecret has become the biggest nonadvertisement blog in the world, with 747 million visitors and counting. Now, those secrets — good, bad and tragic — are told onstage in the three-actor, 22-city “PostSecret” tour, coming to the Pantages on Friday.

7:30 p.m. Friday. $19-$49. Pantages Theater, 901 Broadway, Tacoma. 253-591-5894, broadwaycenter.org.

Berg and Cox at TCC gallery

Marit Berg and Melinda Liebers Cox offer soft, spring-like watercolors of whimsical animals at The Gallery at Tacoma Community College, with artist talks this week.

Noon-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays through May 6. Gallery talks 12:30 p.m. Wednesday and April 13. Free. Tacoma Community College gallery, entrance South 12th and Mildred streets, Tacoma. 253-460-4306, tacomacc.edu/campuslife/thegallery.

Sculpted books, paintings at Kittredge

In Kittredge Gallery this month, James Allen carves books into sculptures with archeological layers, while Deborah Kahn layers thick pigments onto austere, abstracted oil paintings.

10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, noon-5 p.m. Saturdays through April 16. Free. University of Puget Sound, 1500 N. Warner St., Tacoma. 253-879-3701, pugetsound.edu/kittredge.

Sister City film fest final month

Catch the last four films of Tacoma’s annual Sister City Film Festival, with films that showcase our sister cities around the world. Showing this month: “Touch of the Light” from Taichun, Taiwan (Monday); “Legenda No. 17” from Vladivostok, Russia (April 11); “Loving Glances” from Hvar, Croatia (April 18); and “Insiang” from Davao City, Philippines (April 25). 7 p.m. Free. Rotunda, University of Puget Sound, 1500 N. Warner St., Tacoma. 253-591-5117, sistercityfilmfest.org.

This story was originally published March 24, 2016 at 1:48 AM with the headline "Critic’s Picks: The best of South Sound arts this weekend."