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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 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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What's new on the walls, stage, screen and streets of Tacoma and South Puget Sound.
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Posted by Rosemary Ponnekanti @ 10:51:42 pm
Jeremiah Maddock's work at Mineral. Image courtesy Lisa Kinoshita.

It’s Luvverly: “My Fair Lady” at Encore Theater
The classic tale of the crotchety old professor and the beguiling flower girl makes a long but fun night at Encore’s outdoor theater. (Bring a blanket, food and bug spray.) 7 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. $15/$11/$8/$6. Encore Theater at Impact Church International, 4819 Hunt St, Gig Harbor. 253-858-2282, www.encoretheater.org

Exquisite Drawings at Mineral
From Tacoma to New York and back to Tacoma: Jeremiah Maddock’s work is back in town, thanks to Mineral art space. Maddock’s intensely detailed buildings, patterns and wafer-thin mists entice you deeper and deeper. 12-5 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and by appointment, through October 2. 253-250-7745, www.lisakinoshita.com

White River Valley Museum Weaves a Culture
Auburn’s White River Valley Museum is exhibiting “Weaver’s Spirit Power,” an exhibit packed full of contemporary and historical Coast Salish weavings. 12-4 p.m. Wednesdays-Sundays, through November 9. $2/$1/free Wednesdays. 918 H St. SE, Auburn at Les Gove Park. 253-288-7433, www.wrvmuseum.org

Last Week for TAM Bible
It’s the last chance to see The Saint John’s Bible—first hand-illuminated Bible in 500 years—before it closes on September 7. Janet Cardiff’s sound installation “Forty Part Motet” is also closing next weekend. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. next Thursday, 12-5 p.m. Sundays. $7.50/$6.50/five and under free. 253-272-4258, www.tacomaartmuseum.org

Catch the Woolworth Windows
If you haven’t really been paying attention, now’s the time to walk down Broadway and around to Commerce downtown, and check out the summer installation in the Woolworth Windows before it closes: mesmerizing patterns, a fake house and more. 24/7, through Sept. 6. Free. Corner Broadway and S. 11th Sts, and corner Commerce and S. 11th Sts, Tacoma. www.tacomacontemporary.org

Categories: Critic's picks
Posted by Rosemary Ponnekanti @ 06:00:00 am

Tall Ships may be over, but there's plenty more activity going on down at the dock. The Commencement Bay Maritime Fest will celebrate all things watery on Sept. 13 and 14, and part of the fun is the annual Maritime Fest Art Show, which opened last Thursday at the Foss Waterway Seaport Building on Dock St. Local artists submitted art in any media that had a nautical theme, with local institutions from the Tacoma Art Museum to the mayor giving awards for a total of $800, jurored by Al Johnsen.

Here are the winners:

1st Place: Nancy Bogni – “Workhorse”
2nd place: George Milliken “Envy”
3rd place: John Rizzotto – “Knotted End”
Foss Waterway Seaport award – Karla Fowler – “Gone Boating”
Joe award – Cecilia Blomberg – “Rowing”
Avino Aquino Award – Jim Oliver- “Evening Traffic”
Foss Award – Doug Michie – “Commencement Bay”
Mayor Award – Harold Johnson – “Tillamook Bay Misty Morning”
Tacoma Arts Commission Award – John Rizzotto – “Block”
Washington State History Museum Award – Aletha Deuel “Not just another Wave”
Tacoma Art Museum Award – Cecilia Blomberg “Rowing”
Honorable mention: Betty Bell – weaving – “Skipping Stones”
Honorable mention: Carolyn Burt – “Out of the Storm”
Honorable Mention: Christy Camerer “Heading in”

The show will be on view 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays and 12-5 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays in the Seaport building at 705 Dock St, Tacoma. Entry to the show and maritime museum is $3. For more information, call 253-318-2210 or visit www.maritimefest.org.

Categories: General arts, Galleries