Rosemary Ponnekanti, Tacoma News Tribune

Rosemary Ponnekanti

Tacoma News Tribune

Tacoma, WA, United States

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Past articles by Rosemary:

NEw mural on Seven Seas Brewery in downtown Tacoma includes Native artists and stories for the Prairie Line Trail.

It might just look like another downtown Tacoma mural. But the painting on the wall of the Seven Seas Brewery also represents a different kind of picture – a future where more Native American voices are heard in public art and public life. Part of the City of Tacoma’s new Prairie Line Trail, the mural ties past and present in a sweeping story of blue paint. → Read More

Symphony Tacoma premiere a new multimedia symphony by Puyallup/New York composer Daniel Ott about the melting of Mt. Rainier's glaciers, in collaboration with Museum of Glass.

It was an unusual party of snowshoers that set out from Paradise this Wednesday. Around 38 orchestra students from Lincoln High School – most of whom had never been up to Mount Rainier – were joined by a climatologist, a composer, a conductor, park rangers and a symphony violinist, their orchestra teacher. The goal? To discover how classical music can help us save our environment in the form of… → Read More

New exhibit "Exotic Cars" at the LeMAy America's Car Museum in Tacoma tells the story of America's fascination with supercars.

If you answered, “Being a Lamborghini tractor” then you’d be right on the money — at least for one of the 19 vehicles that make up the new exhibit opening at the LeMay America’s Car Museum in Tacoma this weekend. But while “Exotic Cars@ACM” does indeed feature a Lamborghini tractor complete with “Italia” medallion on the radiator bars, there’s plenty of sleek supercars as well. And they all tell… → Read More

Northwest Repertory Singers's next concert is a collaboration of art and music with the Museum of Glass, Tacoma Art Museum and Washington State History Museum.

It’s a multimedia kind of spring here in Tacoma. No less than three music groups had the idea to put on a concert that combined classical music with art, glassblowing, even dance. But what sets this weekend’s Northwest Repertory Singers concerts apart are two things: a Tacoma-centric celebration of museums, musicians and dancers and – because it’s a choir – the additional art form of poetry. → Read More

Review: Despite great singing, Tacoma Opera turns Offenbach into a high school musical

Tacoma Opera’s Rialto production of Offenbach’s “La Périchole” has some luscious vocals. But that’s not enough to save a show (or a company) from embarrassing amateurishness. → Read More

One house on the Tacoma Historic Homes tour is the perfect marriage of architecture, antiques and artisan DIY.

Behind the first dormer is a bedroom with 18th-century European furniture. Behind the second is a TV den, with stained glass on the landing. And behind the third is a luxe walk-in shower. It’s an attic that sums up the Gray House, one of the homes on next weekend’s Historic Homes Tour in Tacoma: a perfect marriage of architecture, antiques and artisan DIY. → Read More

Karla Epperson, beloved South Sound music educator, will retire as conductor of the younger Tacoma Youth Symphony Association groups this weekend with her last concert.

Karla Epperson, the longtime South Sound music educator, has conducted the two youngest Tacoma Youth Symphony orchestras for the last 20 years. Saturday will be her final concert with the organization. → Read More

Gong yoga brings relaxation and health benefits

Gong yoga has been around for centuries, but it’s seeing an upswing around the South Sound. And on May 6-7 you can even explore how it feels to play gong yourself at a two-day workshop with touring artists Mike and Gallina Tamburo (Crown of Eternity) at Tacoma’s Jefferson Park Fieldhouse. → Read More

Five (other) ways to do the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

April in the Skagit Valley means field after field of brilliant yellow, deep red, pure white or hot pink tulips. We also know it means hundreds of other folks clomping about in the mud taking selfies and endless lines of cars. Here’s our guide to five other ways to do the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. → Read More

Pigs, trucks and BBQ at the Washington State Spring Fair

Roll up, roll up, folks – you’ve got four days to see as many monster trucks, cute baby animals, daredevil firemen and BBQ chefs as you can. Yep, it’s the Washington State Spring Fair, running from April 20-23 in Puyallup with all the usual favorites and plenty of new attractions from music to animals to food → Read More

Tacoma Musical Playhouse’s ‘The Addams Family’ makes national competition

Tacoma Musical Playhouse is taking “The Addams Family” to nationals. After winning the regional community theater festival Kaleidoscope, run by the American Association of Community Theatre and held in Boise, Idaho on April 1, the Playhouse will advance to the national level in Minnesota at AACTFest 2017 this June. → Read More

Museum of Glass director Susan Warner to lead Vashon Center for the Arts

Warner leaves after 16 years at the Tacoma waterfront museum, where she rose from education director to executive and finally artistic director. → Read More

Making art for Tacoma Starbucks

Walk into the new Stadium District Starbucks, and you’ll see something unusual. On the exposed brick wall, right where you’d expect to see some bland corporate painting, is a sculpture, made by Tacoma artist Matthew Olds from found objects that tell local history. → Read More

Good films, great people the secret to 20 years of The Grand Cinema

Love of film, and respect for each other. That’s what has kept The Grand thriving for 20 years, which celebrates the anniversary April 18 with all-day deals and an evening reception. → Read More

Review: Leaping for joy at the Northwest Sinfonietta with dance and glass

At the Northwest Sinfonietta’s Rialto show Saturday night, emotions ran the gamut from surprise to awe to sheer joy, thanks to a program that fused new music with glassblowing videos on stage and dancing in the aisles. → Read More

Review: Cirque du Soleil’s “Luzia” is magical – until an acrobat falls

Cirque du Soleil’s “Luzia,” which opened Thursday at Marymoor Park in Redmond, has all the magic you could hope for. But the spell ended abruptly in the double-swing finale when a flying acrobat landed smack on her back and lay motionless, eventually carried off stage. → Read More

Gig Harbor home marries historic with modern

When Joel and Theresa McFarland found the perfect place for their home – the Gig Harbor bluff, with Puget Sound views from the Olympics to Mt. Rainier – they also knew they wanted it modern. Clean lines, one level, lots of light. The only trouble? The site was smack in the middle of both shoreline and historic districts. Two years, one architect and many variances later, the McFarlands have the… → Read More

Review: Cirque du Soleil’s “Luzia” is magical – until an acrobat falls

Cirque du Soleil’s “Luzia,” which opened Thursday at Marymoor Park in Redmond, has all the magic you could hope for. But the spell ended abruptly in the double-swing finale when a flying acrobat landed smack on her back and lay motionless, eventually carried off stage. → Read More

Review: We do, we do, we do! “Mamma Mia” rocks Seattle one last time

Breaking up is never easy, we know, but if “Mamma Mia” has to go then Tuesday night at Seattle’s Paramount was definitely the way to do it. Having closed on Broadway last season, the smash hit show is on a national farewell tour, its one-week run in Seattle ends Tuesday. → Read More

Bee friendly: Keeping mason bees

Native to North America, mason bees are a whole different ball game from honeybees: They live in solitary “houses” rather than hives, they don’t have a queen or make honey, so they are far more docile. In fact, the males can’t even sting. And they hatch right about now. → Read More