Arts reporter and critic Rosemary Ponnekanti keeps you in touch with the arts and culture scene with the help of other News Tribune writers, critics and editors.
Rosemary Ponnekanti | December 30, 2009
Happy New Year! More than ever, 2010 seems like a number for the future: a new decade, a clean start. And to celebrate on this blog, I've compiled a list of all the things Tacoma's arts community will be creating this new year. Some are technically from 2009 but have only just begun, so I've [...]
Rosemary Ponnekanti | December 28, 2009
It isn't every day you get to hear a baroque bassoon in Tacoma, but next Monday there'll be one – and played by a native Tacoman, no less. Seattle-based early music chamber group Concert Spirituel will give a concert of French baroque music in South Tacoma's Grace Lutheran Church, along with bassoonist Anna Marsh.
If you're [...]
Rosemary Ponnekanti | December 25, 2009
Janet Marcavage’s print portraits at TUUC
In “Likenesses,” Tacoma print artist Janet Marcavage shows her skill in integrating lithography, intaglio embossment, photography and relief to create portraits of family and friends. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday-Friday through Dec. 29. Free. Mary Boze Gallery, Tahoma Unitarian Universalist Church, 1115 S. 56th St., Tacoma (ring the bell). www.janetmarcavage.com
Last weekend [...]
Rosemary Ponnekanti | December 23, 2009
Stuck inside with nothing to do, with kids on winter break and sick of presents already? If you can see yourself in this place next week, you're in luck – the Museum of Glass is extending its hours from December 26-31, open every day next week. (It's usually closed Mondays and Tuesdays.)
Here are the holiday [...]
Rosemary Ponnekanti | December 22, 2009
Want something really splashy for your New Year's Eve party? Try an octopus necklace. (Ho ho ho.) No, really – all puns aside, if you go looking at the wryly funny necklaces and brooches in "Unusual Adornment" as just wall-art you're missing half the fun. The show, loosely organized by Lynn Di Nino and other [...]
Rosemary Ponnekanti | December 21, 2009
Remember MetalUrge? The city-wide celebration of all things metal lasted through summer and ranged from gallery shows to live aluminum pouring in Tollefson Plaza. Well, one unexpected offshoot of MetalUrge is that a local metal artist has set up permanent shop on St. Helens Avenue, offering sales, shows and classes.
Amy Reeves, who teaches metalwork at [...]
Rosemary Ponnekanti | December 18, 2009
Tacoma Symphony plays Handel’s “Messiah”
Handel’s beloved oratorio is sung again by the Tacoma Symphony and Chorus with all-star local soloists in favorites like “I know that my Redeemer liveth” and the “Hallelujah” chorus. 7:30 p.m. Dec. 18. $25. St. Charles Borromeo, 7112 S. 12th St., Tacoma. 253-591-5894, www.tacomasymphony.org
Northwest Repertory Singers’ “A North American Christmas”
Huron, Hispanic, [...]
Rosemary Ponnekanti | December 16, 2009
Even among singers, this one's pretty swift: Fox Island baritone Charles Robert Stephens, who was scheduled to be one of the four soloists for Tacoma Symphony's annual performance of the "Messiah" Friday night, has bumped them at the last minute to fill in for an ailing Sanford Sylvan with Seattle Symphony. Tacoma baritone Barry Johnson [...]
Rosemary Ponnekanti | December 16, 2009
If reels are more your thing than the "Messiah," then you've got a great musical alternative this Friday: Magical Strings. The Northwest family of musicians, singers and Irish dancers will shimmer their way through Celtic Yuletide music this Friday in Tacoma, Saturday in Seattle and Monday in Mt. Vernon. Here are the details:
What it is: [...]
Rosemary Ponnekanti | December 15, 2009
"Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably will not themselves be realized."
Daniel Burnham? Perhaps. It's certainly attributed to that famous architect who, with partner John Root, built one of the world's first skyscrapers (Chicago's Masonic Temple Building) and who developed the Chicago School of classical revival. Burnham and [...]
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