We Art Tacoma

Gerard Morris, Maestro of the Tacoma Concert Band, and Steven Neshyba, dancer and singer at Puget Sound Revels, visit the podcast to talk about two Tacoma holiday performances. 

They share their own background with the arts, what the arts has meant to them, and then talk about what we can expect from the performances this weekend at Tacoma Concert Band and Christmas Revels.

If you’re looking for some options to get you into the Christmas spirit, choose one of these (or both!)

• Tacoma Concert Band Tickets
• Christmas Revels Tickets
• Channel 253 Membership

Angela and Daniel, owners of Crescent Moon Gifts on 6th Avenue, join host Amanda Westbrooke to talk about their newest project, “Wonderful Weekend of Wizardry” this weekend at the Hotel Murano.

Think “Harry Potter Con.” Expect an intimate and immersive experience Thursday through Sunday.

• Wonderful Weekend of Wizardry website
• Wonderful Weekend of Wizardry on Facebook
• Channel 253 membership

Artist Chris Paul Jordan grew up on the Hilltop. He started working as an artist when he was 14. Since then he’s been active in studio art, public art, activism, and now film. In 2014 he won the Foundation of Art Award, put out by the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation and in 2017 he won the “Neddy” Award.

• Chris Paul Jordan website
• Alternate Endings, Activist Risings
• Fabitat and Fab-5 on Facebook
• Channel 253 membership

Artist Lynn Di Nino, named the 2017 Artist of the Year by Governor Inslee, has been active in the Tacoma art scene for many years. She shares her Tacoma story and the story of her art.

We are also joined by Gwen Whiting, curator of the exhibit Make/Do: A History of Creative Reuse, open at the Washington State History Museum through December 6.

Gwen and Lynn talk with host Amanda Westbrooke about the artistic reuse of materials and objects as its turned into art. Enjoy.

• LynnDiNino.com
• For the December 6 closing, WSHM will have a “Craft & Brews” event from 7-10 pm, ages 21 and over.
• Saturday, November 17, is a Creative Construction Challenge —Teams get kits of random items to construct a work of art or invention in one hour and compete for awards.
• Channel 253 membership—please consider supporting our work and this podcast with a membership to Channel 253

David Fischer, Executive Director of the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts, Tacoma Arts Live, comes on the show to talk about some new developments in Tacoma’s theater district. A new name, a rehabilitated Pantages Theater, and more. Learn all about it here!

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Host: Amanda Westbrooke
Sound: Doug Mackey

Ksenia Popova has been training to sing opera since she was 14. What’s the difference between opera and musical theater? How does it connect to modern audiences? And why is Lucia di Lammermoor (at Tacoma Opera this week) a good show for first-time opera goers? All that and more on this episode’s We Art Tacoma.

More about Lucia di Lammermoor

• October 26 (7 pm) Preview at Theater on the Square – Tacoma
• October 28 (2 pm) Theater on the Square – Tacoma
• November 2 (7:30 pm) & 4 (2 pm) PAEC – Federal Way
  

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Host: Erik Hanberg
Sound: Doug Mackey

Links

• Tacoma Opera – Lucia di Lammermoor
• Ksenia Popova website
• Opera on Tap Seattle – Facebook
• Channel 253

Local author Tom Llewellyn joins this episode of We Art Tacoma to talk about his writing, Nazis, a certain wheat-paste poster series, and what inspired him to write about a wish-granting imp.

His newest book is The Bottle Imp of Bright House, which is now available.

Host: Amanda Westbrooke
Sound: Doug Mackey

Links

• The Bottle Imp of Bright House on Amazon
• The Bottle Imp of Bright House at Kings Books
• Beautiful Angle
  
• Disconnect White Power – Tacoma Against Nazis
• Channel 253 podcast network

Welcome to the first episode of a new podcast about the arts in Tacoma.

In this episode we preview the Tacoma Studio Tour (part of Tacoma Arts Month) and get to know two Tacoma artists—Jasmine Brown and Michaela Eaves.

Host: Erik Hanberg
Sound: Doug Mackey

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