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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.
Friday, November 7th, 2008
Posted by Rosemary Ponnekanti @ 10:41:17 am

Cross-Dressing Opera
Tacoma Opera opens their season with the cross-dressing castle chaos of Rossini’s “Le Comte Ory.” 8 p.m. tonight, 2 p.m. Nov. 9. $25-$52 with discounts for seniors, youth, military. Rialto Theater, 310 S. 9th St., Tacoma. 253-627-7789, www.tacomaopera.com
, www.broadwaycenter.org

Seattle Symphony plays Pantages
Tacoma Philharmonic presents the Seattle Symphony’s annual Tacoma performance tonight, featuring Mozart, Beethoven and Dvorak. 7:30 p.m. tonight. Tickets from $32.50. Pantages Theater, 901 Broadway, Tacoma. 253-272-0809, www.tacomaphilharmonic.org, www.broadwaycenter.org

Tour Tacoma’s Art Studios
This weekend marks the 7th anniversary of the Art at Work Studio Tours. Sixty-one Tacoma artists and two schools open up their work spaces for a day or two, allowing visitors to see the process and buy direct. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 8 and 9. For map and locations, pick up an Art at Work brochure from cafes, museums or theaters, or visit www.tacomaculture.org

Shakespeare in the Beauty Salon
Was it Shakespeare, Marlowe or Jonson who wrote the King James Bible? Find out in “Proofs of Holy Writ,” a Kipling story adapted by Shakespeare in the Parking Lot, at Embellish Salon. By donation. 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9 at Embellish, 1121 Court D #A, Tacoma. Also 7 p.m. Nov. 15 at Kings Books, 218 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma; 2 p.m. Nov. 16 at Mandolin Café, 3923 S. 12th St., Tacoma; and 7 p.m. Nov. 20 at Sanford and Son, 743 Broadway, Tacoma. 253-318-5182, www.shakespeareintheparkinglot.org

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