showcase magazine | spring/summer 08
community
local events calendar MAY
Wine, Women, WOW 2008 May 23, 6-9pm Green River Community College at Kent Station. Enjoy wine tasting, shopping, pampering and mingling with your gal pals. Proceeds from the event will benefit Kent Downtown Partnership and the YWCA’s Domestic Violence Program. www.winewomennow.com Man of La Mancha May 8 – May 31 Capital Playhouse 612 East 4th Avenue | Olympia 360.943.2744 In the sixteenth century, Miguel de Cervantes, poet, playwright, and part-time actor, has been arrested, together with his manservant, by the Spanish Inquisition. Dance Theater Northwest - Celebrate Summer July 19, 10-2pm Proctor Farmer’s Market Performances and workshops One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest May 23-June 22 Lakewood Playhouse 5729 Lakewood Towne Center | Lakewood 253.588.0042 Namaste Man (Lost and Found in Kathmandu) May 30-June 22 INTIMAN Theatre 201 Mercer Street | Seattle 205.269.1900 18
JUNE
Point Defiance Flower and Garden Show June 6-8, Fri & Sat 10-6pm Sun 10-5pm Grand Display Gardens, food pavilions, gardener’s plant market and much more. www.ptdefianceflowershow.com Stadium Art & Wine Walk June 7, 4pm-8pm Local artisans, wine and hors d ‘oeuvres. www.staduimartandwinewalk.com Bobby McFerrin June 8, 3pm Pantages Theater www.broadwaycenter.org Tacoma Art Walk June 19, 5-8pm www.artwalktacoma.com Greater Olympia Dixieland Jazz Society: America’s Festival June 26, 7pm The Washington Center for the Performing Arts 513 Washington Street SE | Olympia www.olyjazz.com Taste Of Tacoma June 27-29, Fri & Sat 11-9pm, Sun 11-8pm Point Defiance Park The Taste of Tacoma is right around the corner. More music choices, great restaurants and an expanded commercial craft selection are all part of the plan for this summer. www.tasteoftacoma.com