Latino Festival and Tall Ship “Gloria”
Tall Ships over? Not a bit! The four-mast barque “Gloria” from Cartagena, Colombia will be at the Foss Waterway Seaport this weekend, accompanied by the annual Festival Latino: music from salsa to samba, folkloric dance, street performers, kids’ activities and free tours of the “Gloria.” Tours begin 8 a.m. Saturday. Entertainment 12-10 p.m. Saturday and 12 p.m.-8 p.m. Sunday. $5 per family. Foss Waterway Seaport, 705 Dock St, Tacoma. 206-453-3480, www.think-latin.com

“Aida” at Seattle Opera
Nubile slave dancers, shimmering gold Egyptian costumes, a torrid love story and all those famous tunes: Verdi’s grand opera “Aida” is always worth seeing. Seattle Opera’s production features Lisa Daltirus and Antonello Palombi. Opens 7:30 p.m. Saturday, continues through August 23. Tickets from $25. McCaw Hall, Seattle Center. 800-426-1619, www.seattleopera.org

Hats on High at Proctor Fest
The Proctor Arts Fest ratchets up a notch this year: in addition to the usual music, ballet, art, food and craft, there’ll be 14 hat “sculptures” by local artists atop the old-fashioned lampposts near N. 26th and Proctor Streets. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday. Free. www.proctorartsfest.com

Symphony on the Grass
The new Tacoma Community College Summer Festival Orchestra combines local students, amateurs and professionals for an afternoon of Sibelius’ “Finlandia” and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. 12 p.m. Saturday. Free. On grassy quad area between buildings 27 and 11 (parking off S.19th St, rain location inside building 11,) Tacoma Community College. 253-460-4374, jfalskow@tacomacc.edu

Concert Band on the Grass
Tacoma Concert Band is starting its annual series of free outdoor concerts of Sousa and more. 6:30 p.m. August 5 at Weyerhaeuser Rhododendron Gardens, 2525 S. 336th St, Federal Way; August 6 at Franke Tobey Jones Estates, 5340 N. Bristol St, Tacoma; August 7 at Pioneer Park, 330 S. Meridian St, Puyallup; August 9 at Johnson’s Farm, 9306 Otso Point Road, Anderson Island; August 10 at Northwest Landing, 1520 Wilmington Drive, Dupont. 253-584-0616, www.tacomaconcertband.org

Rosemary Ponnekanti: 253-597-8568
rosemary.ponnekanti@thenewstribune.com

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Now remember one further thing: "Casablanca," perhaps the greatest movie romance of all time (if you don't believe me, just ask Dooley Wilson, whose crooning of "As Time Goes By" is one of the picture's high points) will be screened in Tacoma tomorrow night. You can catch it at sundown at the Centre at Norpoint, 4818 Nassau Ave. N.E. where it will be shown on a big inflatable screen as part of Metro Parks' Summer Sounds and Comcast Outdoor Cinema series. Preceding the screening, Maia Santell and House Blend will supply the Summer Sounds part of the program. The music starts at 6:30 p.m.

So grab a blanket, snare a lawn chair and round up the usual suspects who usually accompany you to the movies. This is a treat not to be missed. And did I mention it's free? You can't beat that.