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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Michael Cunningham with Sinfonietta
The Pulitzer-winning author of “The Hours” reads from that novel and new work, with the Northwest Sinfonietta playing the Philip Glass score from the movie plus works that inspire the author. 7:30 p.m. Saturday. $100/$28/$15/$12. Schneebeck Hall, University of Puget Sound, North Union and North 15th Streets, Tacoma. 800-291-7593, www.orchestraexperience.com
Funky in Olympia: ArtsWalk and Procession
Nothing’s quite like it: hundreds of artists and free souls dressing up as all kinds of things for the annual Procession of the Species through Olympia’s downtown. Get there early, and do Arts Walk around the galleries. Arts Walk: 5-10 p.m. Friday, noon-7 p.m. Saturday. Procession 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Free. Locations and participants: 360-570-5858, www.ci.olympia.wa.us/events/parevents/#Arts%20Walk, www.procession.org
TPDC Dances for the Cure
Tacoma Performing Dance Company presents a performance of ballet, jazz, modern and ballroom, with half of proceedings going to the Susan G. Komen foundation. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. $22/$18. Stadium High School theater, 111 N. E St., Tacoma. 253-752-8530, joemeryballet.com
Eakins/Dombrosky phantasms appear at Fulcrum
Local artist couple Shannon Eakins (glass) and Marc Dombrosky (paper) create “Phantasm Chasm,” uniting “the failed opportunities, tragic events and myths in Tacoma’s past.” Opening 6-10 p.m. Thursday, then noon-6 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays through May 31. Artist talk 6 p.m. May 10. Free. 1308 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Tacoma. 253-250-0520, www.fulcrum.oliverdoriss.com, tacomafunmachine.blogspot.com
