SUNDAY, FEB. 9 2014 >>>
1. Honestly, we don't know who the hell is in the Long Beach Rehab band. Lyon Pride Music has booked the band in several Northwest venues, including the new Rock N Roll Lodge at 8 p.m. Pre-show hype still has Qball fronting the band, which will probably perform the songs of Bad Brains, Sublime and other punk, surf and funky reggae tunes.
2. Yoga Open Heart - two hours of heart openings, yoga and belly dance - will spread love from 1-3 p.m. at the Good Karma Center for Joy in downtown Tacoma. Pairs of friends and lovers are $35, solo $20 and walk-ins $25. Proceeds benefit HopeSparks!
3. Barney Rubble belted it in the bath. Spongebob stole Squidward's thunder by singing it underwater. And most famously, Bugs gnawed his way through several rounds of "Figaro! Figaro! Figaro!" in the toon classic, "Rabbit of Seville." Between its easily followed romcom plot and a score made universally familiar by the aforementioned pop culture references, Rossini's The Barber of Seville is an ideal introduction to opera. Tacoma Opera's presentation will follow the exploits of Seville's self-celebrating barber, Figaro - a character who literally sings his own praises - at 2 p.m. in the Rialto Theater. Everybody shares secrets with their barbers, and this barber is only too happy put what he learns to work.
4. Playwright August Wilson's "Pittsburgh Cycle" comprises ten plays about the African-American experience, each set in its own decade of the 20th century. It's a massive, multifaceted saga worthy of the best work from actors, designers, and directors. C. Rosalind Bell, a playwright herself, knew and worked with Wilson and Claude Purdy, their frequent collaborator. She was born in Lake Charles, La., worked as a writer in San Francisco and civil rights investigator for the Treasury Department in D.C., then landed here in 1995. Now she's directing Wilson's play Joe Turner's Come and Gone, the second in Wilson's epic cycle, for the Broadway Center at 3 p.m. in the Theatre on the Square. Read Christian Carvajal's preview of the show here.
5. Gypsy jazz geniuses Pearl Django will make a blessed appearance at 5 p.m. in the Marine View Presbyterian Church as part of the Jazz Live @ Marine View concert series. Tacoma-born jazz nomads Pearl Django present an unique musical space with undeniable grooves, fresh rhythms and evolving line ups.
LINK: Sunday, Feb. 9 arts and entertainment events in the greater Tacoma and Olympia area
