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Things To Do - 2008 Calendar of Arts and Culture Events

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January 2008


Jan 19 - Jun 29
thru May 18 


thru Fall 08

Tacoma Art Museum
Renoir as Printmaker exhibit

Veiled Northwest: Photographs by Mary Randlett
Telling Stories exhibit
location: Tacoma Art Museum
times: Tue - Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun 12 - 5 pm

Jan 27 Tacoma Symphony
Tribute to Benny Goodman
location: Pantages Theater
time:2:30 pm

 

thru Jun Children's Museum of Tacoma
Art FUNdamentals hands-on center
location: Children's Museum
times: Mon - Sat 10 am - 5 pm,  Sun 12 - 5 pm

 

February 2008

thru Jun    Children's Museum of Tacoma
Art FUNdamentals hands-on center
location: Children's Museum
times: Mon - Sat 10 am - 5 pm,  Sun 12 - 5 pm

 


Jan 19 - Jun 29   thru May 18 


thru Fall 08

Tacoma Art Museum
Renoir as Printmaker exhibit

Veiled Northwest: Photographs  by Mary Randlett
Telling Stories exhibit
location: Tacoma Art Museum
times: Tue - Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun 12 - 5 pm

Feb 2 & 3   Tacoma Opera
Young Artist Showcase: 
Uncommon Mozart
location: Theater on the Square
 times: Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm

 

Feb 7 - 10 D.A.S.H. Center for the Arts
Now That's What We Call Music
location: Mt. Tahoma High School
times: 3 & 7:30 pm

 

Feb 8 Puget Sound Poetry Connection
Distinguished Writers Series
location: King's Books, 218 St. Helens
time: 7 pm

 

Feb 8 - Mar 2  Tacoma Little Theatre
Blithe Spirit
location: Tacoma Little Theatre
times: Fri & Sat 8 pm, Sun 2pm

 

Feb 9 Asia Pacific Cultural Center
New Year Celebration
location: Tacoma Dome exhibition hall
time: 9 am - 7 pm

 

Feb 12 Old Town Business & Professional Association
Classical Tuesdays in Old Town
location: Slavonian Hall, 2306 N. 30th
time: 7 pm

 

Feb 14  Tacoma Philharmonic
The Eroica Trio
location: Pantages Theater
time: 7:30pm

 

Feb 16 Northwest Sinfonietta
Program III: Wagner, Mendelssohn, Beethoven
location: Rialto Theater
time: 7:30 pm

 


Feb 16 - Sep 21 

Feb 23 - Aug 24 
thru Nov 2009 

Museum of Glass
Dante Marioni exhibit
Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect
Contrast: A Glass Primer
location: Museum of Glass
times: Wed - Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun 12 - 5 pm

 

Feb 21- 24  Acoustic Sound
Wintergrass
location: Hotel Murano
times: ongoing

 

Feb 22 - Mar 16 Tacoma Musical Playhouse
My One and Only
location: Tacoma Musical Playhouse
times: Fri & Sat 8 pm, Sat & Sun 2 pm

 

Feb 23 Tacoma Symphony
Classics II: Tours de Force
location: Pantages Theater
time: 7:30 pm

 

Feb 24 The Grand Cinema
Academy Awards Party
location: Rialto Theater
time: 4 pm

 

Feb 29 Tacoma Concert Band
Take Two: More Stage , Screen and Classics
location: Pantages Theater
time: 8 pm

 

March 2008

thru Jun Children's Museum of Tacoma
Art FUNdamentals hands-on center
location: Children's Museum
times: Mon - Sat 10 am - 5 pm,  Sun 12 - 5 pm

 


Jan 19 - Jun 29
Mar 1 - Jun 15


thru May 18

thru Fall 08
Tacoma Art Museum
Renoir as Printmaker exhibit
A Couple of Ways of Doing Something: Photos by Chuck Close
Veiled Northwest: Photographs 
by Mary Randlett
Telling Stories exhibit
location: Tacoma Art Museum
times: Tue - Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun 12 - 5 pm

 

Feb 8 - Mar 2  Tacoma Little Theatre
Blithe Spirit
location: Tacoma Little Theatre
times: Fri & Sat 8 pm, Sun 2pm

 


Feb 16 - Sep 21 

Feb 23 - Aug 24 
thru Nov 2009 

 

Museum of Glass
Dante Marioni exhibit
Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect
Contrast: A Glass Primer
location: Museum of Glass
times: Wed - Sat 10 am -  5 pm, Sun 12 - 5 pm

 

Feb 22 - Mar 16 Tacoma Musical Playhouse
My One and Only
location: Tacoma Musical Playhouse
times: Fri & Sat 8 pm, Sat & Sun 2 pm

 

Mar 1 Tacoma Youth Symphony
Tacoma Young Artists Orchestra
location: Rialto Theater
time: 7:30 pm

 

Mar 2 King's Books
Wayzgoose
location: King's Books, 218 St. Helens
time: 12 - 4 pm

 

Mar 7 - 9  Tacoma Opera
The Barber of Seville
location: Pantages Theater
times: Fri & Sat 8 pm, Sun 2pm

 

Mar 7 - 9 Tacoma Little Theatre
Musicals in Concert: Chess
location: Tacoma Little Theatre
times: Fri & Sat 8 pm, Sun 2pm

 

Mar 9 Tacoma Youth Symphony
Tacoma Youth Symphony
location: Rialto Theater
time: 3 pm

 

Mar 14 Puget Sound Poetry Connection
Distinguished Writers Series
location: King's Books, 218 St. Helens
time: 7 pm

 

Mar 15 Tacoma Philharmonic
I Musici de Montreal "Pictures at an Exhibition"
location: Pantages Theater
time: 7:30 pm

 

Mar 16 Northwest Sinfonietta
The Orchestra in the Living Room
location: Rialto Theater
time: 2 pm

 

Mar 28 - 30 Tacoma Little Theatre
Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein
location: Tacoma Little Theatre
times: Fri & Sat 8 pm, Sun 2pm

 

Mar 30 Tacoma Symphony
Pops II: Myth, Monsters & Mystery: An Afternoon of Music & Film
location: Pantages Theater
time: 2:30 pm

 

April 2008

thru Jun Children's Museum of Tacoma
Art FUNdamentals hands-on center
location: Children's Museum
times: Mon - Sat 10 am - 5 pm,  Sun 12 - 5 pm

 


Jan 19 - Jun 29
Mar 1 - Jun 15


thru May 18

thru Fall 08
Tacoma Art Museum
Renoir as Printmaker exhibit
A Couple of Ways of Doing  Something: Photos by Chuck Close
Veiled Northwest: Photographs 
by Mary Randlett
Telling Stories exhibit
location: Tacoma Art Museum
times: Tue - Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun 12 - 5 pm

 


Feb 16 - Sep 21 

Feb 23 - Aug 24 
thru Nov 2009 

 

Museum of Glass
Dante Marioni exhibit
Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect
Contrast: A Glass Primer
location: Museum of Glass
times: Wed - Sat 10 am -  5 pm, Sun 12 - 5 pm

 

Apr 5 Northwest Sinfonietta
Program IV: Beethoven
location: Rialto Theater
time: 7:30 pm

 

Apr 10 Tacoma Philharmonic
Midori
location: Pantages Theater
time: 7:30 pm

 

Apr 11 Puget Sound Poetry Connection
Distinguished Writers Series
location: King's Books, 218 St. Helens
time: 7 pm

 

Apr 11 - May 4 Tacoma Musical Playhouse
Miss Saigon
location: Tacoma Musical Playhouse
times: Fri & Sat 8 pm, Sat & Sun 2 pm

 

Apr 11- May 4 Tacoma Little Theatre
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
location: Tacoma Little Theatre
times: Fri & Sat 8 pm, Sun 2pm

 

Apr 19 Tacoma Symphony
Classics III: Songs of Praise and Protest
location: Pantages Theater
time: 7:30 pm

 

Apr 20 West End Neighborhood Council
Empty Bowls Paint Party
location: Manitou Art Center, 4806 S. 66th St.
time: 1 - 4 pm

 

Apr 26 Northwest Sinfonietta
Chamber Series II: Beethoven, Barber, Debussy
location: Tacoma Art Museum
time: 7:30 pm

 

May 2008

thru Jun Children's Museum of Tacoma
Art FUNdamentals hands-on center
location: Children's Museum
times: Mon - Sat 10 am - 5 pm,  Sun 12 - 5 pm

 


Jan 19 - Jun 29
Mar 1 - Jun 15


thru May 18

thru Fall 08
Tacoma Art Museum
Renoir as Printmaker exhibit
A Couple of Ways of Doing  Something: Photos by Chuck Close
Veiled Northwest: Photographs 
by Mary Randlett
Telling Stories exhibit
location: Tacoma Art Museum
times: Tue - Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun 12 - 5 pm

 


Feb 16 - Sep 21 

Feb 23 - Aug 24 
thru Nov 2009 

 

Museum of Glass
Dante Marioni exhibit
Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect
Contrast: A Glass Primer
location: Museum of Glass
times: Wed - Sat 10 am -  5 pm, Sun 12 - 5 pm

 

Apr 11 - May 4 Tacoma Musical Playhouse
Miss Saigon
location: Tacoma Musical Playhouse
times: Fri & Sat 8 pm, Sat & Sun 2 pm

 

Apr 11- May 4 Tacoma Little Theatre
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
location: Tacoma Little Theatre
times: Fri & Sat 8 pm, Sun 2pm

 

May (date TBA) The Grand Cinema
72-hour Film Festival
location: Rialto Theater
time: TBA

 

May 2, 3, 9, 10 Barefoot Studios
TRAIN
location: Barefoot Studios, 1604 Center Street
time: 8 pm

 

May 9 Puget Sound Poetry Connection
Distinguished Writers Series
location: King's Books, 218 St. Helens
time: 7 pm

 

May 10 Tacoma Youth Symphony
Tacoma Young Artists Orchestra
location: Rialto Theater
time: 7:30 pm

 

May 15, 22, 29 Tacoma Farmers' Market
Music at the Market
location: Broadway between 9th and 11th
time: 11:30 - 1:30 pm

 

May 17 Northwest Repertory Singers
Past Life Melodies - Music from the Pacific Rim
location: Mason United Methodist Church, 2710 N. Madison
time: 7:30 pm

 

May 17 Northwest Sinfonietta
Chamber Series III: Beethoven,  Schubert
location: Tacoma Art Museum
time: 7:30 pm

 

May 17 Tacoma Symphony
TSO Chorus: Hail Gladdening Light
location: Pantages Theater
time: 7:30 pm

 

May 18 Tacoma Youth Symphony
Tacoma Youth Symphony
location: Rialto Theater
time: 3 pm

 

May 18 West End Neighborhood Council
Empty Bowls Paint Party
location: Manitou Art Center, 4806 S. 66th St.
time: 1 - 4 pm

 

May 31  Tacoma Musical Playhouse
Jazz @ TMP
location: Tacoma Musical 
Playhouse
time: 8 pm

 

June 2008

thru Jun Children's Museum of Tacoma
Art FUNdamentals hands-on center
location: Children's Museum
times: Mon - Sat 10 am - 5 pm,  Sun 12 - 5 pm

 


Jan 19 - Jun 29
Mar 1 - Jun 15


Jun 28 - Sep 7
thru Fall 08
Tacoma Art Museum
Renoir as Printmaker exhibit
A Couple of Ways of Doing  Something: Photos by Chuck Close
The Forty Part Motet
Telling Stories exhibit
location: Tacoma Art Museum
times: Tue - Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun 12 - 5 pm

 


Feb 16 - Sep 21 

Feb 23 - Aug 24 
thru Nov 2009 

 

Museum of Glass
Dante Marioni exhibit
Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect
Contrast: A Glass Primer
location: Museum of Glass
times: Wed - Sat 10 am -  5 pm, Sun 12 - 5 pm

 

Jun 5, 12, 19, 26 Tacoma Farmers' Market
Music at the Market
location: Broadway between 9th and 11th
time: 11:30 - 1:30 pm

 

Jun 6 - 29 Tacoma Little Theatre
The Pajama Game
location: Tacoma Little Theatre
times: Fri & Sat 8 pm, Sun 2pm

 

Jun 13 Puget Sound Poetry Connection
Distinguished Writers Series
location: King's Books, 218 St. Helens
time: 7 pm

 

Jun 15 West End Neighborhood Council
Empty Bowls Paint Party
location: Manitou Art Center, 4806 S. 66th St.
time: 1 - 4 pm

 

July 2008


Jun 28 - Sep 7 
Jul 12 - Sep 7

thru Fall 08
Tacoma Art Museum
The Forty Part Motet
Illuminating the Word: The Saint John's Bible
Telling Stories exhibit
location: Tacoma Art Museum
times: Tue - Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun 12 - 5 pm

 


Feb 16 - Sep 21 

Feb 23 - Aug 24 
thru Nov 2009 

Museum of Glass
Dante Marioni exhibit
Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect
Contrast: A Glass Primer
location: Museum of Glass
times: Wed - Sat 10 am -  5 pm, Sun 12 - 5 pm

 

Jul 3 - 7 Puget Sound Revels
The Dead Reckoning Revels
location: Tall Ships
time: TBA

 

Jul 3- 7 Shakespeare in the Parking Lot
The Tempest
location: Tall Ships
time: TBA

 

Jul 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 Tacoma Farmers' Market
Music at the Market
location: Broadway between 9th and 11th
time: 11:30 - 1:30 pm

 

Jul 11 - Aug 3  Tacoma Musical Playhouse
Grease
location: Tacoma Musical Playhouse
times: Fri & Sat 8 pm, Sat & Sun 2 pm

 

Jul 13 6th Avenue Business District
Art on the Ave
location: 6th Avenue between Cedar and Trafton
time: 11 am - 6 pm

 

Jul 13 Shakespeare in the Parking Lot
The Tempest
location: Art on the Ave
time: TBA

 

Jul 15 Victory Music
Playground Express Concerts
location: Jefferson Park, 801 N. Mason Ave.
time: 10:30 - noon

location: South Park, 4851 S. Tacoma Way
time: 5:30 - 7:00 pm

 

Jul 20 West End Neighborhood Council
Empty Bowls Paint Party
location: Manitou Art Center, 4806 S. 66th St.
time: 1 - 4 pm

 

Jul 22 Victory Music
Playground Express Concerts
location: McKinley Playfield, 4321 McKinley Ave.
time: 10:30 - noon and 5:30 - 7:00 pm

 

Jul 29 Victory Music
Playground Express Concerts
location: Wright Park, 501 South I Street
time: 10:30 - noon

location: Manitou Park, 4421 American Lake Blvd.
time: 5:30 - 7:00 pm

 

August 2008


Jun 28 - Sep 7 
Jul 12 - Sep 7

thru Fall 08
Tacoma Art Museum
The Forty Part Motet
Illuminating the Word: The  Saint John's Bible
Telling Stories exhibit
location: Tacoma Art Museum
times: Tue - Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun 12 - 5 pm

 


Feb 16 - Sep 21 

Feb 23 - Aug 24 
thru Nov 2009 

 

Museum of Glass
Dante Marioni exhibit
Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect
Contrast: A Glass Primer
location: Museum of Glass
times: Wed - Sat 10 am -  5 pm, Sun 12 - 5 pm

 

Jul 11 - Aug 3  Tacoma Musical Playhouse
Grease
location: Tacoma Musical Playhouse
times: Fri & Sat 8 pm, Sat & Sun 2 pm

 

Aug 2 Proctor Business District
Proctor Arts Fest
location: Proctor between N. 25th and 28th
time: 10 am - 6 pm

 

Aug 5 Victory Music
Playground Express Concerts
location: Wright Park, 501 S. I Street
time: 10:30 - noon

location: Wright Park, 501 S. I Street
time: 5:30 - 7:00 pm

 

Aug 6 Tacoma Concert Band
Summer Concert in the Park
location: Franke Tobey Jones, 5340 N. Bristol
time: 6:30 pm

 

Aug 7, 14, 21, 28 Tacoma Farmers' Market
Music at the Market
location: Broadway between 9th and 11th
time: 11:30 - 1:30 pm

 

Aug 12 Victory Music
Playground Express Concerts
location: Franklin Park, 1201 S. Puget Sound
time: 10:30 - noon

location: Jane Clark Park, 4825 N. 39th Street
time: 5:30 - 7:00 pm

 

Aug 15 - 17 Tacoma Musical Playhouse
Johnny Mercer...Under the Stars
location: Washington State History Museum outdoor amphitheater
times: Fri & Sat 8:30 pm, Sun 8 pm

 

Aug 17 West End Neighborhood Council
Empty Bowls Paint Party
location: Manitou Art Center, 4806 S. 66th St.
time: 1 - 4 pm

 

September 2008


Jun 28 - Sep 7 
Jul 12 - Sep 7

thru Fall 08
Tacoma Art Museum
The Forty Part Motet
Illuminating the Word: The  Saint John's Bible
Telling Stories exhibit
location: Tacoma Art Museum
times: Tue - Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun 12 - 5 pm

 


Feb 16 - Sep 21  
thru Nov 2009 

 

Museum of Glass
Dante Marioni exhibit
Contrast: A Glass Primer
location: Museum of Glass
times: Wed - Sat 10 am -  5 pm, Sun 12 - 5 pm

 

Sep 4, 11, 18, 25 Tacoma Farmers' Market
Music at the Market
location: Broadway between 9th and 11th
time: 11:30 - 1:30 pm

 

Sep 9 Old Town Business & Professional Association
Classical Tuesdays in Old Town
location: Slavonian Hall, 2306 N. 30th
time: 7 pm

 

Sep 12 Puget Sound Poetry Connection
Distinguished Writers Series
location: King's Books, 218 St. Helens
time: 7 pm

 

Sep 21 West End Neighborhood Council
Empty Bowls Paint Party
location: Manitou Art Center, 4806 S. 66th St.
time: 1 - 4 pm

 

October 2008

Oct 1 - 31 (Un)Written
Exhibit of artwork by Holly A. Senn

location: Collins Library at the University of Puget Sound

 

Oct 2 (Un)Written artist's reception
Exhibit of artwork by Holly A. Senn
location: Collins Library at the University of Puget Sound
time: 4 - 5:30 p.m.

 

Oct 2 - 9 The Grand Cinema
Tacoma Film Festival
location: Grand Cinema
times: TBA

 

Oct 2, 9, 16 Tacoma Farmers' Market
Music at the Market
location: Broadway between 9th and 11th
time: 11:30 - 1:30 pm

 

 

thru Nov 2009

Museum of Glass
Contrast: A Glass Primer
location: Museum of Glass
times: Wed - Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun 12 - 5 pm

 

Oct 10 Puget Sound Poetry Connection
Distinguished Writers Series
location: King's Books, 218 St. Helens
time: 7 pm

 

Oct 14 Old Town Business & Professional Association
Classical Tuesdays in Old Town
location: Slavonian Hall, 2306 N. 30th
time: 7 pm

 

Oct 29 Tacoma Arts Commission
Art at Work month Opening Party
location: Tacoma Art Museum
time: 6 - 9 pm

 

November 2008

thru Nov 2009  Museum of Glass
Contrast: A Glass Primer
location: Museum of Glass
times: Wed - Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun 12 - 5 pm

 

Nov 8 & 9 Tacoma Arts Commission

Art at Work month Studio Tours
location: various locations around Tacoma
time: 10 am - 4 pm

 

Nov 11 Old Town Business & Professional Association
Classical Tuesdays in Old Town
location: Slavonian Hall, 2306 N. 30th
time: 7 pm

 

Nov 14 Puget Sound Poetry Connection
Distinguished Writers Series
location: King's Books, 218 St. Helens
time: 7 pm

 

Nov 15 & 16 Tacoma Arts Commission
Art at Work month Arts Symposium
location: University of Puget Sound campus
time: TBA

 

Nov 21 Tacoma Arts Commission
Art at Work month Art Slam
location: Rialto Theater
time: 6:30 - 9

 

December 2008

thru Nov 2009  Museum of Glass
Contrast: A Glass Primer
location: Museum of Glass
times: Wed - Sat 10 am -  5 pm, Sun 12 - 5 pm
Dec 9 Old Town Business & Professional Association
Classical Tuesdays in Old Town
location: Slavonian Hall, 2306 N. 30th
time: 7 pm

 

Dec 12 Puget Sound Poetry Connection
Distinguished Writers Series
location: King's Books, 218 St. Helens
time: 7 pm

 

Ongoing Events

Normanna Male Chorus
Performances
location: various
times: various

 

Roosevelt Dancers
Practices and Performances
location: various
times: various

 

Salishan Association
Drawing a Community Together Through Art
location: Salishan Community, 1724 E. 44th St.
times: various

 

Tacoma Art Place
Art Instruction Series
location: Tacoma Art Place, 1116 S. 11th
times: various