Tacoma’s neighborhoods needn’t worry about ... Vaipouli Samoan Dancers, Ballet Folklórico and Woodwind trio featuring members of Northwest Sinfonietta.

One of those works, a Tacoma Opera world premiere, reckons with the city’s own racist past and challenges audiences to consider how to move forward as a multicultural city. A decade in the ...

Throw in the city’s professional ballet, symphony and opera and it would hard to make Tacoma the butt of jokes now. In fact, it’s looking more and more like the city of destiny it was always destined ...