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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

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