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City Scene
LeMay Car Museum to host 33rd annual Car Show and Auction
LeMay, America’s Car Museum, has partnered with the LeMay family to host the 33rd annual LeMay Car Show and Auction at Marymount Academy and the LeMay home grounds Aug. 28 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors will see more than 1,000 different vintage, specialty automobiles, trucks and motorcycles from the LeMay collection, plus hundreds of local collector cars and other unique vehicles. In addition to the cars, there will be numerous automobile-related vendor displays, the Collector Car Showcase, a judged car show, food vendors and a collector car auction hosted by Mathers Inc. Auctioneers. Read more...
More than two dozen of Tacoma’s finest artists show their work at Kittredge
To kick off its 2010/11 season, the Kittredge Gallery at University of Puget Sound has partnered with the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation (GTCF) to put on an impressive exhibit of works by some of the best and brightest artists working in the Tacoma area at this time. Read more...
Southern rockers Molly Hatchet tour in support of new album
Molly Hatchet was formed in Jacksonville, Fla. in 1975. The release of their self-titled debut album in 1978 established them as a force in the field of Southern rock. Their second album, “Flirtin’ With Disaster,” came out the following year. It sold more than 2 million copies and scored a major hit song with the title track. Read more...
It’s a wonder that adoring fans screaming for Lady Gaga didn’t bring down the Tacoma Dome Aug. 21. Throughout the entire show Gaga kept the crowd of 20,000 in the palm of her hand, connecting with her “little monsters” in her own, unique way that is quickly becoming legendary. Backed by a group of gender-bending muscle boys, Gaga tore through many of her best-loved hits and even presented a new rock song from her soon to be released album. With lots of eye candy to feast on – a vortex of fire that spun atop her piano, a very frightening looking sea creature with giant sharp teeth she called “the fame monster,” and her brassiere that shot streams of sparks – Gaga fans danced and pogoed until it felt as if they could cause an earthquake. Her message of uninhibited love, inclusion of all people and unabashed individuality, coupled with her advocacy for LGBT homeless youth, delighted her audience and made for a night to remember. Read more...
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
"Up From Below"
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Read more...
“Please Stand By”
Seattle-based Brent Amaker and the Rodeo keep the dusty old days of the American West alive and well in the new millennium with their upcoming release of “Please Stand By.” Read more...
Music and Art in Wright Park returns to bring the rock
Music and Art in Wright Park is back this summer and is bringing with it a total of 15 bands, 20 local artisans, food vendors and more to the beautiful Wright Park to utilize its space, natural beauty and prime areas for stages and loud rock music. Read more...
Know your public art: ‘Fish Ladder’
Dear Readers: This is an ongoing series of articles paying tribute to Tacoma’s public art works that often go missed by busy commuters passing through and even locals who walk past these monuments every day but never stop to appreciate them. Enjoy! Read more...
So’Just: Putting the unity in community
The fight for social justice continues and local organizers are leading the charge with the fourth annual So’Just celebration. Read more...
Shakespearean actors venture into new territory in ‘Arcadia’
Shakespeare In The Parking Lot (SITPL), Tacoma’s very own band of bodacious bards, is venturing into new territory this weekend by performing their first non-Shakespearean play. As part of the Tacoma Art Museum’s (TAM) exquisite exhibit “Where Sky Meets Earth: The Luminous Landscapes of Victoria Adams,” SITPL will perform Tom Stoppard’s 1993 award-winning tragicomic drama “Arcadia” at 2 p.m. Aug. 22. Read more...
