Feb 28 Saturday
Discover how a new Nordic food movement has sparked interest in local ingredients and natural materials across borders and artistic disciplines.
New Nordic Cuisine is a movement that started in the Nordic countries in the early 2000s and has since grown into an international phenomenon.
With its interpretations of wild nature, the Nordic climate, local foodstuffs and culinary traditions, the movement spawned a distinctive aesthetic that was expressed in meals, tableware and restaurant interiors. Locally-sourced natural materials, animal skins and untreated wood, handmade ceramics and the use of wild vegetation as raw ingredients and for decoration all featured prominently.
"New Nordic: Cuisine, Aesthetics and Place" shows how this food movement merged with other contemporary cultural trends.
Through architecture, contemporary art, design and crafts from the museum’s collection, and objects loaned from various restaurants, the exhibition examines the “new Nordic” concept as a broad aesthetic development defined by the interaction between materials, people and landscape.
In celebration of its 30th anniversary, the Washington State Historical Society invites you to explore the history of building the State History Museum. 30 Years and Counting: The Making of the Washington State History Museum is a special exhibition that uncovers the vision, effort, and community spirit that brought this iconic Tacoma landmark to life.
Discover the bold ideas and architectural ingenuity that shaped the museum’s distinctive look. From early sketches to final blueprints, see how the building’s design reflects both innovation and reverence for Washington’s past. Go behind the scenes of the museum’s construction. Through photographs and artifacts from the building process, witness how a dream took shape—brick by brick, beam by beam.
Staff Picks: 30 Objects for 30 Years
In a special feature area, museum staff share their favorite objects from the collection—each one a personal reflection on the power of history to inspire, surprise, and connect us.
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.
3rd annual festival on 6 stages in downtown Poulsbo with 36 performances. The event sells out early every year so get your tickets early. Details at Poulsbobluesandjazzfestival.com.
The Traveler’s SongNew American Composers Serieswith Nilo Alcala
We’re thrilled to welcome Nilo Alcala for our annual showcase of rising composers. Nilo is the first Philippine-born composer to be commissioned by the GRAMMY-winning Los Angeles Master Chorale, and his award-winning works are performed around the world. We will present the world premiere of The Traveler’s Song, and we’ll be joined in concert by choirs from local schools to sing and celebrate Nilo’s work.
You’ll also hear works by Paul Mealor, Laura Jekabsone, and First Nations composer Andrew Balfour.
In person: Saturday, February 28, 2026 ‐ 3pm & 7pmSeattle First Baptist Church - Harvard & Seneca, Seattlepre-concert conversation at 2:30pm & 6:30pm
Streaming: Saturday, March 14, 2026 ‐ 7:30pm online, free; donations gratefully acceptedpremiering on YouTube on March 14 and available on-demand for 30 days
As part of its 20th anniversary season, SIDF proudly presents the 8th annual Winter Mini Fest, featuring a dynamic collaboration between Khambatta Dance Company and Spain–Portuguese Colectivo Glovo. KDC, known for its intricate, bold, and athletic choreography, joins forces with Colectivo Glovo, a company celebrated for its inventive, interdisciplinary approach to performance. Over the course of an intensive five‑day creative residency in Seattle, the two companies will merge their artistic voices to craft a brand‑new work, offering audiences a rare glimpse into the excitement of international collaboration unfolding in real time.
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.”
Presented by KNKX. Meklit Hadero is an award winning Ethiopian-American vocalist/composer and former refugee. Her music has been featured by the New York Times, BBC, NPR and more. Meklit is a NatGeo Explorer, TED Sr. Fellow, and former Artist-in-Residence at Harvard. She has been commissioned to create music by Lincoln Center, and collaborated with Kronos Quartet, Andrew Bird and Preservation Hall Jazz Band. She is host of Movement, a new radio series, podcast and live show exploring the intersection of migration and music, which airs as a nationally syndicated feature on PRX's The World to 2.5 million monthly listeners.
