Summer Skills Workshops (13+) Dates: June 23rd-27th Time: 2:00-4:00PM Location: Lakewood Playhouse Participant Fee: $50 per class or $200 for the week Monday 6/23: Acting Through Song with Joseph C. Walsh and Elijah Bellis Tuesday 6/24: Speaking Shakespeare with Suzy Willhoft Wednesday 6/25: Stage Combat with Luke Amundson and Brookelyne Peterson Thursday 6/26: Preparing …
Newsies Jr. (Rising 3rd-8th Graders) Teaching Artists: Courtnee Ramos and Ellie Jay McKee Dates: August 11th-22nd Time: 9:00AM-4:00PM Showcases: August 22nd 7:00PM/August 23rd 2:00PM Location: Lakewood Playhouse Participant Fee: $500 Newsies Jr. is a version of the 2012 Broadway musical, based on the 1992 film. Inspired by the rousing true story of newsboys in …
“…somebody/anybody, sing a black girl’s song, bring her out to know herself to know you…” By Ntozake Shange Directed by Michelle Matlock Join the circle as seven women share their stories and find strength in each other’s truth, passion and humor. This fusion of poetry, dance, music and song explodes off the stage and touches …
Shoestring Circus Returns! June 27 – July 6 | Swantown Marina, Olympia Back by popular demand! Step inside a big top turned art museum! Shoestring Circus returns to Olympia with a brand new show for all ages. The Museum turns the big top into a living gallery where circus meets art in dazzling, unexpected, and …
There is a world of fun planned for this year’s Lacey Cultural Celebration, happening Saturday, Feb. 1 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at St. Martin’s University. There will be dance and music, activities for children and adults and food vendors from around the world. Jeanette Sieler at Lacey Parks, Culture & Recreation advises to “come early and plan to stay the whole day … don’t try to do it all in an hour.”
At Evergreen City Ballet, currently based in Renton, Artistic Director Maximiliano Guerra has plans to embrace an enhanced learning philosophy. During the school’s 2024-2025 season, Guerra and the team are establishing a unique curriculum that includes the study of broader topics, with art, history, and classical music to complement instruction in ballet. In December they will be performing Wade Walthall’s The Nutcracker.
MOSAIC: Tacoma’s Arts and Culture Festival at Tacoma’s Wright Park on July 27 and 28 is a weekend of multicultural music, dance, art, crafts, and cuisine, with an evening movie in the park and a Kids Zone and sprayground. The festival will see a visit from the Mobile Teaching Kitchen, which will provide a preview of culinary courses available through Metro Parks Tacoma.
Both the Studio West Dance Theatre production, opening Nov. 24, and the Ballet Northwest version, opening Dec. 8, are beloved traditions. Studio West first performed the ballet in 2009, and the venerable Ballet Northwest premiered its version in 1983. “There’s always a buzz around The Nutcracker,” said Stephanie Wood-Ennett, the co-director of Studio West. “So many people feel that their holiday is not complete without it.”
Indicative of the vast art and entertainment to be found at Arts Walk, check out the OlyFilm and OlyAct film demo where You’re the Star!
Expect miracles, at least those of the theatrical kind, at The Midwinter Revels in Tacoma’s Rialto Theater this holiday season.