ASIA PACIFIC NEW YEAR
Annual Asia Pacific New Year's Celebration happens Feb. 11, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., at Tacoma Dome Exhibition Hall – and admission is free. BULA! is a multicultural extravaganza celebrating the arts, culture and history of 47 countries of Asia and the Pacific Islands. More than 8,000 are expected to attend this year. Hosted by Asia Pacific Cultural Center (APCC), this year's festival showcases the Republic of Fiji (bula is Fijian for "hello"). The all-day event features traditional music, dance, food, crafts, storytelling and hands-on activities from across the Pacific Islands and Asia. The featured guest of the Fijian community will be the Honorable Ambassador Winston Thompson from Washington, D.C.
OLD TOWN VALENTINE
Classical Tuesdays in Old Town presents "Plaisir d'Amour: The Pleasure of Love," Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. The Canonici Vocal Quartet will sing Renaissance love songs in English, French and Italian along with a variety of romantic songs of both sacred and secular nature. The Song of Songs serves as the text for some of the most florid and virtuosic polyphonic works to come out of 15th-century France and England. Modern romantic works conclude the program, including new arrangements of Stephen Foster love songs. Free admission, all ages welcome. Slavonian Hall, 2306 N. 30th St. Presented by Old Town Business Association.
PIRATE OPERA
Vocal music students at the University of Puget Sound will perform the comedic opera "The Pirates of Penzance" in Schneebeck Concert Hall on campus. Gerard Morris, assistant professor of music, will conduct members of Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra. Dawn Padula directs the opera. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 9-11 and 2 p.m. on Feb. 12. Admission is $12.50 for the general public, $8.50 for those 55 and older, non-UPS students, military and UPS faculty and staff and $5 for UPS students. Tickets can be ordered by sending an e-mail to tickets@pugetsound.edu, calling (253) 879-3419 or at Wheelock Student Center on campus.
MEXICAN ART
"Folk Treasures of Mexico" is on exhibit at Tacoma Art Museum through Feb. 19. The items on display were purchased by Nelson A. Rockefeller, who began collecting them in the 1930s. Much of them became the foundation of San Antonio Museum of Art's collection of Mexican folk art. The exhibit has utilitarian objects, religious objects and items for entertainment and festive occasions. Info: www.tacomaartmuseum.org.
ART AT THE CO-OP
Browse and buy art as you browse and buy food at the unique Tacoma Food Co-op. The exhibiting artists for February are JoAnn Dorsey-Hayden and Arvid Harder. Both are members of Pacific Gallery Artists and Rainier League of Art and have exhibited locally. Their works in watercolor and acrylic are now showing and are for sale. 3002 6th Ave. (corner of 6th Ave. and Junett Street). Store hours: Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
