Nov 22 Saturday
Stories are shaped by the ways we tell them. In Shaping the Story: Designs for the Theatre by Carey Wong, go behind the scenes to see how theatre sets bring stories to life. During a career spanning over 50 years, Carey Wong has designed sets and costumes for more than 300 productions, including operas, plays, musicals, and ballets.
This exhibition features scale models of his designs in addition to costumes, set pieces, and stories of Washington’s rich entertainment history. From sketches of an idea to fully realized sets, explore how a designer’s decisions craft the world of a story.
LeMay – America’s Car Museum proudly presents The Birth of the American Supercar, a groundbreaking exhibition guest curated by renowned automotive innovator Steve Saleen. This one-of-a-kind display invites guests on an exhilarating journey through the evolution of American supercars. From early speed pioneers to cutting-edge modern marvels, visitors will experience a stunning lineup of vehicles that have redefined engineering, speed, and style, built by a wide range of American automotive manufacturers like Ford, Chevy, Dodge, Saleen himself, and even some more obscure ones like Vector, Cunningham, and Hennessey. From roaring V8s to sleek carbon-fiber bodies, discover how American automakers pushed boundaries, challenged European rivals, and redefined what a supercar could be. This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to see some of the most thrilling and historically significant American-made performance vehicles ever built—all under one roof.
OPEN ADULT BALLET CLASS
Have you always dreamed of dancing ballet?Now’s your chance to step into the studio and move with grace, strength, and joy.
This class is also for you if you are returning after years away from ballet or any other forms of dance.
Saturdays 11:00 AM – 12:30 PMTacoma Urban Performing Arts Center (T.U.P.A.C.)1105 Martin Luther King, Jr Way, Tacoma, WA 98405
A Class Designed for You:- No experience needed—just a curious spirit- Go at your own pace in a supportive, judgment-free space- Build flexibility, confidence, and connection with your body
Wear what feels comfortable.Come ready to move with intention and joy.
Whether it’s your first plié or your hundredth pirouette, this is your time to shine.
Questions? Call us at 253-327-1873
Let’s dance together at T.U.P.A.C.—where every adult belongs at the barre.
Join us for Julefest, Ballard's favorite Nordic holiday tradition. Throughout the weekend, bring the whole family and step into a winter wonderland for an authentic Nordic holiday experience with live music, unique treats, and community spirit! Wander through rows of stalls filled with handcrafted gifts, traditional foods, and cozy Scandinavian apparel. This isn't just another holiday market—Julefest is one of Seattle's favorite traditions. It's where the city comes together to celebrate the season, and it’s the perfect way to get into the holiday spirit.
Come cheer for our latest additions to Rat City Roller Derby at the annual Debut Brawl!
The newest talents to join Rat City Roller Derby will battle it out at Southgate Roller Rink on November 22nd in a single-header game. Get your tickets today and witness their first ever showdown!
Doors open 5:00; first whistle will be at 5:45pm, end of event around 7PM.
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Bring cash to support our bake sale. Merch items available for purchase!
A Night to Celebrate, Inspire and Make a Difference! Join us for an unforgettable evening honoring lives transformed and the hope we create together. Enjoy a delicious dinner, be moved by mission-driven stories, bid on unique treasures in our fundraising auction, and dance the night away with the sounds of Hit Explosion!
This gala supports SOUND, one of Washington’s largest community behavioral health providers. For nearly 60 years, SOUND has opened “The Orange Door” to hope, healing, and recovery for more than 15,000 people as they navigate mental health challenges, substance use, homelessness, or crises in schools, hospitals, and shelters. With your support, SOUND’s 600+ clinicians and staff can continue to deliver accessible, culturally informed, and recovery-focused support. Your participation directly strengthens this mission and helps ensure that brighter futures remain within reach for all.
Celebrate, connect, and leave inspired, this is one night you won’t want to miss!
Welcomed by KNKX. Frank Vignola is one of the most extraordinary guitarists performing before the public today. His stunning virtuosity has made him the guitarist of choice for many of the world’s top musicians, including Ringo Starr, Madonna, Donald Fagen, John Lewis, Tommy Emmanuel, Lionel Hampton, the Boston Pops, the New York Pops, and guitar legend Les Paul, who named Vignola to his “Five Most Admired Guitarists List:” for the Wall Street Journal.
His dynamic genre-spanning music has brought him to 21 countries on three continents – and still growing – performing in some of the world’s most illustrious venues, including the Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall, The Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, New York’s Lincoln Center, The Blue Note, and the world’s oldest indoor concert hall, Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, Italy.
Pasquale Grasso - It was the kind of endorsement most rising guitarists can only dream of, and then some. In his interview for Vintage Guitar magazine’s February 2016 cover story, Pat Metheny was asked to name some younger musicians who’d impressed him. “The best guitar player I’ve heard in maybe my entire life is floating around now, Pasquale Grasso,” said the jazz-guitar icon and NEA Jazz Master. “This guy is doing something so amazingly musical and so difficult. “Mostly what I hear now are guitar players who sound a little bit like me mixed with a little bit of [John Scofield] and a little bit of [Bill Frisell],” he continued. “What’s interesting about Pasquale is that he doesn’t sound anything like that at all. In a way, it is a little bit of a throwback, because his model—which is an incredible model to have—is Bud Powell. He has somehow captured the essence of that language from piano onto guitar in a way that almost nobody has ever addressed. He’s the most significant new guy I’ve heard in many, many years.”
Tumble out of bed and stumble to the theater for this delicious workplace revenge comedy from living legend Dolly Parton. Pushed to the boiling point by their sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical boss, three female co-workers concoct a plan to get even—a plan that spins wildly and hilariously out of control. Hey, a girl can scheme, can’t she?
Set in the Rolodex era, when shag rugs, pet rocks, and disco were the grooviest things around, this must-see, dance-filled musical is based on the hit 1980 film and features the blockbuster title song—plus a new score of 18 original numbers by Dolly Parton herself. Outrageous, big-hearted, and even a little romantic, 9 to 5: The Musical is about teaming up and getting credit, it’s about kicking butt and taking care of business, and it’s about to put a huge smile on your face.
Join MBT for an evening with Over the Rhine, the acclaimed husband-and-wife Americana duo Karin Bergquist and Linford Detweiler. Love & Revelation, Over the Rhine’s newest album, is a record made for this moment. The songs have been rigorously road tested and burst at the seams with loss, lament, and resilient hope. During the album’s 11 tracks, fall under the spell of Berqquist’s timeless voice. “[A voice] which has the power to stop the world in its tracks,” according to the Performing Songwriter. Like its predecessors, Love & Revelation showcases the pair’s timeless songcraft and understated yet soulful delivery.
Symphony Tacoma (Sarah Ioannides, conductor0Demarre McGill, flute
Nielsen: Helios OvertureMozart: Flute Concerto No.1 in G MajorSibelius: Symphony No.1
From sunlit overtures to symphonic grandeur, this concert echoes with beauty and soul.
Nielsen’s Helios Overture paints a radiant musical journey from sunrise to sunset, setting the stage with warmth and breathtaking themes. An unforgettable performance by Demarre McGill, one of today’s most captivating flutists, brings his charm to Mozart’s Flute Concerto No. 1 in G Major. Opening with quiet tension and building to sweeping grandeur, Sibelius’ Symphony No. 1 surges with Nordic expression, romanticism, and the bold voice of a rising symphonic hero.
Come Early for Symphony Tacoma Soundcheck – 6pmLearn more about the music, artists, and personalities of Echoes of Greatness with composer and Professor of Music at Pacific Lutheran University, Gregory Youtz, and Symphony Tacoma Music Director Sarah Ioannides.
