photos // First Night Tacoma : 2013

First Night Tacoma outdid themselves once again—downtown Tacoma was a alive and kicking during last night’s carnivalesque New Year’s Eve celebrations.

Happy New Year Tacoma!

film // MOVE! #20

In it’s twentieth installment, MLKBallet continues to present some of the Seattle area’s best contemporary dance to a Tacoma audience. Continue Reading

video // Cult Tacoma : Cathedrals Tacoma

The second much-anticipated Tacoma Cathedrals show, presented by the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts, filled Tacoma’s Immanual Presbyterian Church with the luminous sounds of local and independent musicians. We were on hand to film the event for Cult Tacoma.

Above, check out the arresting performance of headliner David Bazan‘s Strange Negotiations as backed with an original arrangement by Andrew Joslyn and his Passenger String Quartet.

Then watch the gorgeously executed performance by Pretty Broken Things:

event // Tacoma’s Fall Free For All : 2011

In October, Tacoma’s Broadway Center hosted a weekend-long arts and cultural festival in the heart of downtown Tacoma—the 2011 Fall Free for All. They asked us to shoot some photos of  excellent music program curated by local Tacoma musician Aaron Stevens of Goldfinch.

Above is the first video—Seattle/Tacoma locals Concours d’Elegance blowing away the crowd with their tight new wave jams and captivating stage show.

Below is a look at Portland’s soulful and face-melting Drew Grow & The Pastors’ Wives:

And here’s some dreamy otherworldliness from Portland’s Laura Gibson:

Be sure to also peruse our gallery of photos from the entire weekend…

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