Mini Maestros: Around the World in 80 Drums

The Community Music Department partners with Symphony Tacoma to present the Mini Maestros music concert series for young children, ages 2-8 years old, and their familes. Each concert highlights a different "family" of instruments in the orchestra using a curriculum prepared by Early Childhood Learning experts and introduced by educator and emcee, Shay Ryan. There is an instrument petting zoo prior to the concert, which gives children an opporutinity to explore the instruments up close. 

Mini Maestros: Peter and the Wolf [May 2023]

The Community Music Department partners with Symphony Tacoma to present the Mini Maestros concert series for young children and their families. Prior to the concert, there is an instrument petting zoo to give children an opportunity to explore the musical instruments up close. 

Mini Maestros: Brass Ahoy! Shiver Me Timbres

The Community Music Department partners with Symphony Tacoma to present the Mini Maestros music concert series for young children, ages 2-8 years old, and their families. Each concert highlights a different family of instruments in the orchestra and is narrated by an Early Childhood Educator. There is also an instrument petting zoo prior to the concert, giving children an opportunity to explore the musical instruments up close.  

Behind the Archives Door: Grit City Magazine

According to its creators, Grit City magazine “was founded on the notion that Tacoma has good stories to tell.”  On Tuesday, March 21 from 3-4pm, editor-in-Chief Sierra Hartman will be on-site to discuss journalism, publishing, and Tacoma’s rich history.  Issues of Grit City will be available to enjoy.  Location: Archives & Special Collections Seminar Room, 2nd floor, Collins Memorial Library

Behind the Archives Door: Costumes and Textiles

Archivists Jane Connelly and Olivia Inglin will display and discuss University of Puget Sound’s unique costume collections, which include a vintage band uniform, 1920s bathing suits, and the costumes of Broadway star Carol Lawrence.  View these rarely-seen artifacts from 3-4pm on Tuesday, April 11 and learn about the history of fashion on and off campus.

The Game of Love and Chance

The Game of Love and Chance is a frothy French romantic comedy by Marivaux. The play centers around Sylvia, a discerning woman skeptical of marriage and even more skeptical of men, who concocts a plan with her hilarious and delightfully raunchy lady’s maid, Lisette, to swap identities in order to observe her betrothed unedited. Unbeknownst to both, Sylvia’s promised fiancé, Dorante, has conspired with his valet, Harlequin, to swap places as well. Classic commedia hijinks ensues and love wins the day!

The Game of Love and Chance

The Game of Love and Chance is a frothy French romantic comedy by Marivaux. The play centers around Sylvia, a discerning woman skeptical of marriage and even more skeptical of men, who concocts a plan with her hilarious and delightfully raunchy lady’s maid, Lisette, to swap identities in order to observe her betrothed unedited. Unbeknownst to both, Sylvia’s promised fiancé, Dorante, has conspired with his valet, Harlequin, to swap places as well. Classic commedia hijinks ensues and love wins the day!