Poet Laureate workshop

Josie Emmons Turner, Tacoma’s Poet Laureate, will give a free poetry workshop exploring “Place and Persona” this Saturday at Fort Nisqually. Writers will look at how to combine the imaginary with the real world in persona poems. Bring lunch, paper, pen and something to write on. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. July 16. Free. Great Room, Fort Nisqually Museum, Point Defiance Park, 5400 N. Pearl St., Tacoma. Registration required: josie.turner.poet@gmail.com

New Mildred Howard show at Museum of Glass

The Museum of Glass has just opened a new exhibit by San Francisco artist Mildred Howard, whose installation “Blackbird in a …

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Dance Theatre Northwest presents “Postcards”

In its annual school recital, Dance Theatre Northwest takes audiences on an imaginary dance and music trip through Europe and America, showcasing dance styles from ballet and jazz to tap and Broadway musical. 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. June 25. $22-$26. Mt. Tahoma High School Auditorium, 4634 S. 74^th St., Tacoma. 253-778-6534, www.dancetheatrenorthwest.org

Werewolf art at Tacoma Art Place

Andrea Trenbeath and James A. Tucker delve into the alter-ego psychology of werewolves with pen, ink and paint in Tacoma Art Place’s new exhibit “Dichotomy.” 1-8 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, 1-5:30 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and …

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Looking for an early Mother’s Day treat? The Museum of Glass is offering a special extended fused glass workshop this Saturday, during which you can create a 9×7-inch glass tile to give as a wall hanging, decorative plate or a trivet.

The workshop will be led by local artist Kéké Cribbs, who will explain the science behind fusing and micro-mosaic, and guide participants in the use of fusing techniques and materials, including decorative murrini, custom cut shapes, stenciling and stamping. Tiles will be fired overnight and shipped to participants’ homes.

Workshop times are 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and 2-5 p.m. Cost …

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If you haven’t yet seen the stunning installation “Glimmering Gone” at the Museum of Glass, there’s still time: It’s up in the museum’s back gallery through September. But this intricate glass invocation to Northwest landscape and man-made glamour by Ingalena Klenell and Beth Lipman has a creative take-home companion – a coffee-table art book on the MoG-organized installation, cleverly bound and smoothly presented, with intelligent essays by two local curators.

It’s the presentation that impresses first with “Glimmering Gone,” the book. The museum has spent a lot on looks, and it’s worth it: Sheathed in a solid black box …

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You too can now make glass at the Museum of Glass. The museum, famous for its live Hot Shop and artist residencies, is now adding hands-on glass experiences for visitors in response to community requests. The program, “Self Made,” will include three different glassmaking workshops. The first, glass fusing, was piloted in February and is now offered every weekend. Two additional sessions – flame working and glassblowing – are currently in development and will be offered later in the year.

“Our visitors and members of the community have requested we offer more interactive programming, and the timing seemed right to do …

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To celebrate the opening of two new exhibitions at the Museum of Glass (look for reviews in the TNT Nov. 21), the museum will hold a Night Blow this Friday night. James Mongrain will blow glass in the hot Shop, DJ Oliver Doriss will spin, there’ll be hors d’oevres and a no-host bar, as well as the exhibitions “Glimmering Gone” and “Fertile Ground.”

7-10 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Museum of Glass, 1801 Dock St., Tacoma. $20. 866-$-MUSEUM, www.museumofglass.org

Tacoma’s Museum of Glass has made it into a recent list by the Los Angeles Times of 10 Must-See Places that are less than 10 years old. MoG is up there with architectural treats like L.A.’s Walt Disney Concert Hall and Denver Art Museum,and outdoor locations like the Grand Canyon Skywalk Bridge in Arizona – structure, the article said, which “are redefining the West.”

Seattle’s Olympic Sculpture Park also made it onto the list, which was published in the Sunday section on October 10, and the Experience Music Project received a “tip of the cap,” missing out …

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Museum of Glass has two new shows

Just opened at the Museum of Glass are two new exhibits: “Fertile Ground,” which displays recent works from the museum’s visiting Hot Shop artist residencies, and “Glimmering Gone,” featuring collaborative work by American Beth Lipman and Swede Ingalena Klenell.10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. third Thursdays and noon-5 p.m. Sunday through fall, 2011. $12/$10/$5 ages 6-12/free for under-six. 866-4-MUSEUM, www.museumofglass.org

Marita Dingus’ giant Buddha at UPS

Seattle artist Marita Dingus’ 60-foot sculpture “Buddha as an African enslaved,” made of wire and fabric, will process at noon today through the University of Puget …

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