Community Calendar

This is a permanent exhibition. Since time immemorial, Tribal nations have existed in this place we call Washington. This Is Native Land invites visitors to understand Washington State through the lived experiences and voices of its Native people.

Tribal nations are sovereign nations. Today, Native history, culture, and community thrive in our state. Through everyday acts of sovereignty – big and small – Indigenous peoples demonstrate they are still here, they have persevered, and they will always be here.

This Is Native Land is guided by three teachings:
We are of the land and waters
With knowledge comes responsibility
Sovereignty protects people, lands, and waters

These teachings are shared through multimedia, artwork, and interactive objects designed for guest engagement. They represent a contemporary continuation of Tribal stories and traditions.

Over 100 Native contributors from more than 60 Tribes shaped the exhibition’s stories and content. We thank the Native Advisory Committee and all community participants for their contributions.

You will be found.  Don’t miss this poignant, heart-stirring, and beautiful musical—featuring an exquisite score by Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman)—in a powerful new production directed by Meredith McDonaugh (Village’s Legally Blonde). 

Evan Hansen has felt invisible his entire life, until opportunity hands him what he’s always been looking for: the chance to belong. But as his lie becomes a legend, it sweeps him into a story he never intended to tell.

Dear Evan Hansen is a modern masterpiece that took Broadway by storm, winning six Tony Awards and hailed by The Washington Post as “one of the most remarkable shows in musical theater history.”  It is a contemporary coming-of-age story about the courage it takes to find your voice, and the truth that sets us free.

Styled by the Streets: Black Women in Hip-Hop Fashion explores how Black women transform Hip-Hop fashion into a cultural and political force, transcending the boundaries of music to influence global style, self-expression, and identity. From streetwear to couture, hair to jewelry, and iconic photography, the exhibition showcases style as a powerful expression of Black womanhood across 30 unique artifacts. Layered in late 1990s and early 2000s denim, holographic finishes, and Y2K palettes, the gallery highlights the artists and cultural creators who bring these iconic looks to life—centering the women visionaries whose creativity reshapes Black and Hip-Hop communities through storytelling, authorship, and legacy.

This is a permanent exhibition. Since time immemorial, Tribal nations have existed in this place we call Washington. This Is Native Land invites visitors to understand Washington State through the lived experiences and voices of its Native people.

Tribal nations are sovereign nations. Today, Native history, culture, and community thrive in our state. Through everyday acts of sovereignty – big and small – Indigenous peoples demonstrate they are still here, they have persevered, and they will always be here.

This Is Native Land is guided by three teachings:
We are of the land and waters
With knowledge comes responsibility
Sovereignty protects people, lands, and waters

These teachings are shared through multimedia, artwork, and interactive objects designed for guest engagement. They represent a contemporary continuation of Tribal stories and traditions.

Over 100 Native contributors from more than 60 Tribes shaped the exhibition’s stories and content. We thank the Native Advisory Committee and all community participants for their contributions.

You will be found.  Don’t miss this poignant, heart-stirring, and beautiful musical—featuring an exquisite score by Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman)—in a powerful new production directed by Meredith McDonaugh (Village’s Legally Blonde). 

Evan Hansen has felt invisible his entire life, until opportunity hands him what he’s always been looking for: the chance to belong. But as his lie becomes a legend, it sweeps him into a story he never intended to tell.

Dear Evan Hansen is a modern masterpiece that took Broadway by storm, winning six Tony Awards and hailed by The Washington Post as “one of the most remarkable shows in musical theater history.”  It is a contemporary coming-of-age story about the courage it takes to find your voice, and the truth that sets us free.

RE / VISION

May 22 | 7:30PM Drost Auditorium, Tacoma

May 23 | 2PM Pioneer Park Pavilion, Puyallup

Jeffery Meyer conductor
Curtis Stewart violin

Perkinson Sinfonietta No. 2, Generations
Coleridge-Taylor/Stewart 3 Selections from Samuel Coleridge-Taylor 24 Negro Melodies
Bartok/Stewart World Premiere inspired by Roumanian Dances
Bartok Divertimento for Strings

Visionary violinist, composer, and improviser Curtis Stewart takes the stage as soloist and creator in a program that traces generations of musical inspiration while reaching boldly toward the new. Roma folk, jazz, classical, blues, and spiritual traditions echo through Stewart’s original compositions as well as beloved works by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson and Béla Bartók. Deeply personal and richly layered, this program bridges past and present, celebrates artistic lineage, and reveals how music is continually transforming and renewing with the power to shape, uplift, and unite us.

Running time with intermission - 110 min

Styled by the Streets: Black Women in Hip-Hop Fashion explores how Black women transform Hip-Hop fashion into a cultural and political force, transcending the boundaries of music to influence global style, self-expression, and identity. From streetwear to couture, hair to jewelry, and iconic photography, the exhibition showcases style as a powerful expression of Black womanhood across 30 unique artifacts. Layered in late 1990s and early 2000s denim, holographic finishes, and Y2K palettes, the gallery highlights the artists and cultural creators who bring these iconic looks to life—centering the women visionaries whose creativity reshapes Black and Hip-Hop communities through storytelling, authorship, and legacy.

This is a permanent exhibition. Since time immemorial, Tribal nations have existed in this place we call Washington. This Is Native Land invites visitors to understand Washington State through the lived experiences and voices of its Native people.

Tribal nations are sovereign nations. Today, Native history, culture, and community thrive in our state. Through everyday acts of sovereignty – big and small – Indigenous peoples demonstrate they are still here, they have persevered, and they will always be here.

This Is Native Land is guided by three teachings:
We are of the land and waters
With knowledge comes responsibility
Sovereignty protects people, lands, and waters

These teachings are shared through multimedia, artwork, and interactive objects designed for guest engagement. They represent a contemporary continuation of Tribal stories and traditions.

Over 100 Native contributors from more than 60 Tribes shaped the exhibition’s stories and content. We thank the Native Advisory Committee and all community participants for their contributions.

You will be found.  Don’t miss this poignant, heart-stirring, and beautiful musical—featuring an exquisite score by Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman)—in a powerful new production directed by Meredith McDonaugh (Village’s Legally Blonde). 

Evan Hansen has felt invisible his entire life, until opportunity hands him what he’s always been looking for: the chance to belong. But as his lie becomes a legend, it sweeps him into a story he never intended to tell.

Dear Evan Hansen is a modern masterpiece that took Broadway by storm, winning six Tony Awards and hailed by The Washington Post as “one of the most remarkable shows in musical theater history.”  It is a contemporary coming-of-age story about the courage it takes to find your voice, and the truth that sets us free.

RE / VISION

May 22 | 7:30PM Drost Auditorium, Tacoma

May 23 | 2PM Pioneer Park Pavilion, Puyallup

Jeffery Meyer conductor
Curtis Stewart violin

Perkinson Sinfonietta No. 2, Generations
Coleridge-Taylor/Stewart 3 Selections from Samuel Coleridge-Taylor 24 Negro Melodies
Bartok/Stewart World Premiere inspired by Roumanian Dances
Bartok Divertimento for Strings

Visionary violinist, composer, and improviser Curtis Stewart takes the stage as soloist and creator in a program that traces generations of musical inspiration while reaching boldly toward the new. Roma folk, jazz, classical, blues, and spiritual traditions echo through Stewart’s original compositions as well as beloved works by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson and Béla Bartók. Deeply personal and richly layered, this program bridges past and present, celebrates artistic lineage, and reveals how music is continually transforming and renewing with the power to shape, uplift, and unite us.

Running time with intermission - 110 min