Want to get out and do something interesting? There’s something for everyone in our South King County Fine Arts Roundup column by Amy Robinson.
MUSIC AND DANCE
“Rock & Roll Goes to Broadway”
SilverSounds
Highline (High School) Performing Arts Center, Burien
Sunday, April 19, 2 p.m.
“SilverSounds concert this year focuses on Broadway shows that use rock and roll songs to create musicals like “Grease” or stories like “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.” You’ll be tapping your toes and singing along with songs like “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Thriller,” songs by Billy Joel and the Jersey Boys. You will be entertained by choir, soloists, small ensembles, dancers, clever narration, humor and just plain fun!”
Image and text taken from their ticket listing.
$20 General Admission; 17 & Under FREE with paying adult.
Tickets available online or at door.
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“Fate”
Rainier Symphony Orchestra
Foster Performing Arts Center, Tukwila
Sunday, April 19 3 p.m.
Rainier Symphony Orchestra is a regional, all-volunteer orchestra. Program selection includes pieces by Cécile Chaminade, Carl Nielsen, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Image taken from their website.
General admission: $25 Students & Seniors 62+: $18 Children 12 and under: FREE.
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“Old and New”
Auburn Symphony Orchestra
Postmark Center for the Arts, Auburn
Saturday, April 25, 7:00 p.m.
“Old and New explores the intersection of tradition and innovation through the intimate sounds of flute, oboe, cello, and harpsichord. Trio sonatas by J.S. Bach and J.J. Quantz provide the elegant backbone of the program—models of baroque balance and interplay. Czech composer Ilja Hurnik’s Sonata da camera draws from this same lineage, infusing the style with 20th-century wit and rhythmic charm.
At the heart of the concert is Shoji, composed by Hilary Tann for oboist Shannon Spicciati. Inspired by Japanese sliding paper screens, this serene and image-rich work evokes autumn mist, butterflies in flight, and the textures of a kimono through delicate musical gestures.”
Image and text taken from their website.
Adults Tickets $36.05 Student Tickets $12.36. Click here for tickets or more info.
Chicago Tribute Authority
Green River College Student Affairs Building, Auburn
Saturday, April 25, 7:30 p.m.
“Chicago Tribute Authority – brings the legendary sound of Chicago to life with an ensemble of 11 of the Northwest’s most skilled and versatile musicians. With a powerful horn section, dynamic percussion, and outstanding vocal talent, this tribute band delivers a high-energy, authentic performance that captures the spirit and precision of the iconic rock band. Experience the music of Chicago like never before, right here in the Pacific Northwest!!”
Image and text taken from their calendar listing.
Tickets available online. Regular Tickets: $25; Student/Senior Tickets: $22
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“Peter and the Wolf”
Auburn Symphony Orchestra
Auburn Performing Arts Center, Auburn
Sunday, April 26, 2:30 p.m.
“Auburn Symphony is thrilled to present its first ever, FREE, Family Concert!
This program is perfect for the entire family to attend, especially children aged 5-10. Over the course of 50 minutes, listeners will be taken on an auditory and visual adventure through music!
The center-piece of the program is Sergi Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, a musical story about a young boy, his many animal friends and a wolf who tries to spoil the day. Each instrument of the orchestra represents a character in this story which creates a perfect opportunity for young people to learn about the instruments of the orchestra. Joining Auburn Symphony for this program is Children’s Dance Theater who will be acting out the story with narration.”
Text and image taken from their website.
Admission is FREE.
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THEATRE AND STORYTELLING
“Rebellious Women”
BAT Theatre
Kennedy Catholic High School, Burien
Through May 3 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2:00 p.m. Sundays
“When contented housewife Edith accidentally wanders into a suffragette meeting, she has no plans for revolution. But the women there will change her life forever. The harsh treatment of the protesters draws Edith toward the movement’s radical center. Where does she draw the line in the fight for equality? An unsentimental and sharp-witted homage to the suffragettes. ‘Deeds, not words.'”
Text and image taken from their website.
General Admission $25 Seniors $20 Students $5 Special pricing Saturday, 4/11 ($10) and Sunday 4/12 ($7).
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“7 Stories: Foolishness – No Foolin’”
Highline Heritage Museum, Burien
Friday, April 24, 7:00 p.m.
“This F program presents an evening of true stories told by members of our community on a given theme. There are 7 storytellers and 7 real stories @ 7 minutes each.”
Image and text taken from their website.
Admission is FREE.
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VISUAL ARTS
“Nepantla: Painting the Space In Between”
Jake Prendez
Highline Heritage Museum, Burien
Through July 2, Thursday – Sunday, 1 – 5 p.m.
“Nepantla is a Nahuatl (Aztec language) term describing “being in the middle” or “the space in the middle.” Popularized by Chicana writer and scholar Gloria Anzaldúa, the concept often references endangered communities, cultures, and genders who, due to colonialism, marginalization, or historical trauma, develop resistance strategies for survival. Nepantla becomes an alternative space in which to live, heal, function, and create.
In Nepantla: Painting the Space In-Between, Jake Prendez positions his painting as both aesthetic practice and decolonial intervention. Born in San Jacinto/Hemet, Jake grew up going back and forth from California and Washington. He received a Bachelors from UW in American Ethnic Studies and a Masters in Chicana/o Studies from California State University, Northridge. Prendez navigates multiple cultural, geographic, and intellectual terrains. His work reflects this lived in-betweenness, synthesizing Indigenous iconography, social realism, portraiture, and pop cultural references into a visual language grounded in Chicana/o experience
Prendez’s paintings operate as acts of cultural affirmation and resistance. They challenge erasure while centering visibility; they honor ancestral memory while engaging contemporary social justice struggles. Through bold color, symbolic imagery, and figurative representation, he constructs visual spaces where marginalized identities are neither peripheral nor endangered, but sovereign and self-defined.”
Image and text taken from Burien Arts Association Website.
Admission is FREE for gallery exhibit only.
“Play“
Court Burrow
Burien Community Center, Burien
Through May, 2026
“Court Burrow’s ‘Play’, expressive and intuitive art works March 9 – May 2026 at the Burien Community Center.”
Text and image taken from Burien Arts Association website.
Admission is FREE.
“Gabriela Nirino and Umesh Shebe: Entangled Matrix”
Centennial Center Gallery, Kent
Through May 21, 2026
Open Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
“Gabriela Nirino is a textile and mixed media artist born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, living in Seattle since 2019. Working primarily through weaving—which she understands as a fundamental act of connection, interrelation, and construction—her practice explores relationships between materials, people, disciplines, and ideas. She is a former professor and researcher at the University of Buenos Aires. As a maker, she works with natural, recycled, and found materials, guided by a sense of responsibility toward the act of bringing new objects into the world.
Born in India and now based in Bellevue, Umesh Shebe is a graduate in Fine Arts. Having explored various styles in pursuit of creating something unique and meaningful, his recent work reflects a deep engagement with the expressive possibilities of paper. Rather than treating paper simply as a surface, Umesh approaches it as a material that conveys human emotion. Each delicate strand becomes like a thread of life, woven into the canvas to form layered compositions that echo the subtle rhythms of feeling, suggesting how personal experiences intertwine to form the broader fabric of life.”
Text and image taken from gallery website.
Admission is FREE.
Burien Temporary Public Art Exhibits
Burien Community Center
The Maverick
Merrill Gardens
Admission to all exhibits is FREE.
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