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Thursday, December 11, 2025
Music
Dianne Reeves Christmas Time Is Here
Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Dianne Reeves — one of the pre-eminent jazz vocalists in the world today — brings her fresh interpretations of Christmas standards to Meany for a night of holiday magic. Her brilliant virtuosity, improvisational prowess and unique jazz flair are showcased…
December 10–28, 2025
Music | Theater | Storytelling
Black Nativity
By Langston HughesDirected by Valerie Curtis-NewtonMusic Direction by Sam L. Townsend, Jr.Choreographed by Vania C. Bynum ABOUT THE SHOW:Langston Hughes’ gospel song-play returns! Featuring 30 performers, a live band, powerful vocals, a citywide gospel choir—and a chance to sing along. A…
Monday, December 8, 2025
Music
Holiday Spectacular
Gather with family and friends for Auburn Symphony’s Holiday Spectacular, a concert filled with the beauty and joy of the season. From beloved carols to heartwarming orchestral classics, this musical celebration will transport you to a winter wonderland of sound…
Sunday, December 7, 2025
Music
Christmas with Cantus: Three Tales of Christmas
Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
The a cappella vocal ensemble Cantus weaves together three holiday stories with time-honored carols and new classics in Three Tales of Christmas. Blending narration and song, the program features Margery Williams’ The Velveteen Rabbit and The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg, alongside…
Sunday, December 7, 2025 – 7:00 PM
Music
Kalani Pe’a’s Hawaiian Christmas
Kalani Pe‘a’s Hawaiian Christmas show is a celebration of the warmth and special “aloha” of the Holiday Season, sharing much-loved songs from both western and Hawaiian roots. A four-time Grammy winner, Kalani is a charismatic performer with a gorgeous voice, powerful presence, and…
Sunday, December 7 | 2:30 pm
Music
Holiday Favorites
Geoffrey Boers, conductorSymphony Tacoma Voices (Geoffrey Boers, director)Tacoma Youth Chorus (Judith Herrington, director)Get into the holiday spirit with our lively Holiday Favorites featuring timeless classics, cherished Christmas movie scores, and some unique pieces you may never have heard! Over two hundred…
Thu Dec 4- Sun Dec 7, 2025 | 7 PM & 2 PM showtimes
Dance | Music
The Nutcracker 2025
The nutcracker is a cherished holiday tradition for all of Vashon, a ballet that tells a story filled with holiday magic. It’s Christmas Eve, and young Clara is gifted a Nutcracker from her Uncle Drosselmeyer. That night as she slumbers, she…
Dec 3- 7, 2025
Dance
Localities/An Odyssey Pt. 2
Localities/An Odyssey is inspired by Donald Byrd’s unpublished memoir and charts a deeply personal and poetic journey through memory, identity, and artistic formation. More impressionistic than narrative, the work unfolds as a series of choreographic vignettes—“islands” in a sea of recollection—that…
Saturday, November 29, 2025
Exhibit
Our Voices: Stories from Washington's Southeast Asian Refugees
The Washington State History Museum
Thousands of refugees from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia built new lives in Washington State after the war in Vietnam. In 1975, Washington invited 500 Southeast Asian refugees to make the state their home. Now, refugees and their descendants tell their…
Friday, November 28, 2025
Exhibit
Kickstands Up! 125 Years of Motorcycling in the PNW
Ride 125 years of backroads, city streets, mud runs, and racetracks with MOHAI and the Pacific Northwest Museum of Motorcycling! Featuring vintage motorcycles and gear, photographs, and stories from behind the handlebars, Kickstands Up! highlights the role motorcycles have played…
Friday, November 28, 2025
Visual Arts | Exhibit
A Room for Animal Intelligence
We, the animals of the world, invite you to meet with us at SAM. One hundred representatives are waiting to talk about what we see happening on our planet. A few of us share your couch, while others of us…
Friday, November 28, 2025
Theater
Come From Away
When a tragic attack shuts down the skies on September 11, 2001, a small Newfoundland town finds itself hosting thousands of stranded air travelers from around the globe. In a moment filled with fear and uncertainty, joy and resilience prevail…
Saturday, November 22 | 7:30 pm
Music
Echoes of Greatness
Sarah Ioannides, conductorDemarre McGill, fluteNielsen: Helios OvertureMozart: Flute Concerto No.1 in G MajorSibelius: Symphony No.1From sunlit overtures to symphonic grandeur, this concert echoes with beauty and soul.Nielsen’s Helios Overture paints a radiant musical journey from sunrise to sunset, setting the…
Saturday, November 22, 2025
Music
Colors of Sound
Colors of Sound invites you to experience chamber music’s emotional power up close. The program opens with Philip Wharton’s Hussite Fantasy, a vivid work inspired by a legendary Czech hymn said to have turned armies to flight. Shimmering textures give…
November 21-December 14, 2025
Musical
CINDERELLA (Broadway Version)
Music by Richard RodgersLyrics by Oscar Hammerstein IIDirected by Megan Ruth SmithRodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella is the new Broadway adaptation of the classic musical. This contemporary take on the classic tale features Rodgers + Hammerstein’s most beloved songs alongside an up-to-date…
November 21, 2025 | 7:30 PM
Music
Geoff Tate
Multi-platinum selling, GRAMMY-nominated singer/songwriter Geoff Tate is best known for his 30-plus years as the creative and driving force behind the progressive metal band Queensryche. Geoff is regarded as one of the most skilled vocalists in the genre with hundreds…
Mon Nov 17 2025 | 7:30 PM
Music
Tinsley Ellis
Atlanta-based blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Tinsley Ellis has been recording and travelling the world for over four decades, delivering his feral, guitar-fueled, original electric blues-rock to ever-growing audiences at concert halls, festivals, and clubs. Naked Truth, his new, first-ever…
Nov 16, 2025 | 7:30 PM
Music
Nobuntu
Nobuntu, the female a cappella quartet from Zimbabwe, has drawn international acclaim for its inventive performances that range from traditional Zimbabwean songs to Afro Jazz to Gospel. The ensemble’s concerts are performed with pure voices, augmented by minimalistic percussion, traditional…
Nov 14- 15, 2025 | 7PM
Musical
The Lightning Thief
As the half-blood son of a Greek god, Percy Jackson has newly-discovered powers he can't control, a destiny he doesn't want, and a mythology textbook's worth of monsters on his trail. When Zeus's master lightning bolt is stolen and Percy…
Thursday, November 13, 2025
Dance
Parsons Dance
Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
Known for its energized, athletic and joyous style, Parsons Dance is internationally acclaimed for creating and performing contemporary American dance. Their bold ensemble work and movement has solidified them as one of the world’s leading dance companies. Works, like the…