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Rosemary Ponnekanti is the arts reporter at The News Tribune, and has been a classical music nerd nearly all her life. Besides spending way too much time in galleries, museums and concert halls, she occasionally brings a whistle or double bass to Celtic jam sessions, and insists on singing "Happy Birthday" in four-part harmony.
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When the sun goes down Saturday night, a "Moon" will rise ... on a big inflatable screen at the McKinley Playfield, 4321 McKinley Ave. Or to be more precise, the Spanish-language film "Under the Same Moon," will be screened there as part of Metro Parks' ongoing Summer Sounds and Comcast Cinema film series. The well-made independent feature traces the long-distance journey of a 9-year-old Mexican boy who makes his way from his hometown in Mexico to Los Angeles, where his mother, an illegal immigrant, works as a maid.
The screening is free, and it will be preceded at 6:30 p.m. by a concert by the Grupo Latigo.
...to the Great Hall at Annie Wright School. According to Lisa Fruichantie, publicist for tomorrow's MLKBallet contemporary dance concert Move! #9, the former Stadium High School Theater venue was pulled on MLKBallet at the last minute, so they've had to move. Literally.
The ninth in MLK's Move! series features Tacoma boy Joel Myers as well as MLK students, and is the organization's way of regularly raising funds for their tuition-free ballet school on the Hilltop.
Ticket prices are still $10 advance, $14 at the door. Times are still 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. tomorrow, Aug. 16. Only the venue has changed.
Questions? Call Lisa Fruichantie, 253-921-2858.
Joel Myers Moves it for MLKBallet
Move!, the fundraising series for tuition-free Hilltop school MLKBallet, stars contemporary dance wiz Joel Myers in the series’ ninth show on Saturday. 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Aug. 16, Great Hall at Annie Wright School, 827 N. Tacoma Ave, Tacoma. $14/$10 in advance. www.brownpapertickets.com
New Theater at “Play Buffet”
Japanese students stage new Northwest plays in this annual collaboration between Northwest Playwrights’ Alliance, Japan’s Academy of International Education and the Broadway Center for Performing Arts. 7 p.m. Aug. 16, Theater on the Square, 915 Broadway, Tacoma. Free. 360-754-2818, www.broadwaycenter.org
Traver Gallery Hosts Women’s Glass Show
Glass may seem like a guy’s world, but it isn’t. Check out work from artists like Marianne Buus, Amy Rueffert, and Northwesterners Jan Elek and Cappy Thompson. Reception 3-6 p.m. Aug. 17. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 12-5 p.m. Sundays, through Sept. 7. Free. 1801 E. Dock St, Tacoma. 253-383-3685, www.travergallery.com
Do the Monkey
August’s 100th Monkey art community party features $4 art tiles by Jim Francis (buy the 100th one, and organize the next party!) plus theater/art/dance by Lynn and Doug Mackey, Dayton Knipher, Lisa Fruichantie, Joel Myers and Claudia Riedener. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Aug. 20. Theater on the Square, 915 Broadway, Tacoma. Free, but bring a plate of food or a beverage to share. 253-732-3460, www.100thmonkeytacoma.com
Photographs, Paintings and more at ArtWalk
This month’s ArtWalk includes The Helm Gallery’s first photography show, Mindy Barker’s layered photo/paintings at Fulcrum, and the TNT’s own illustrator Fred Matamoros at Gallery Madera. 5-8 p.m. Aug. 21. The Helm Gallery, 760 Broadway, Tacoma. www.thehelmgallery.com. Fulcrum Gallery, 1308 MLK Way, Tacoma. 253-520-0520, fulcrum.oliverdoriss.com. Gallery Madera, 2210 Court A, Tacoma, 253-572-1218, www.maderawoodworking.com
