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
Angela Petrucci Quartet
Postmark Center for the Arts, Auburn
Friday, Jan. 23, 7:30 p.m.
”Join us for a night of great jazz with Angela Petrucci Quartet, an up-and-coming jazz vocalist, who made her solo debut as a jazz artist in 2023. As a student of Greta Matassa and a former member of the “BlueStreet Voices”, she has sung in several student showcases and has been featured as a soloist in the vocal jazz group. She will be singing with some of Seattle’s best jazz artists.”
Image and text taken from their calendar listing.
Regular Admission: $22; Student/Senior: $19.
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Mercury Rising: A Tribute to Queen
Green River College Student Affairs Building, Auburn
Saturday, Jan. 24, 7:30 p.m.
“Mercury Rising is Olympia’s premiere Queen tribute band. Join us as we celebrate the music of one of the most epic rock bands of all time. Mercury Rising will bring you to your feet with all of the Queen anthems you know and love.”
Image and text taken from their calendar listing.
Regular Admission: $25; Student/Senior: $22.
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“Joyful Triumph”
Auburn Symphony Orchestra
Auburn Performing Arts Center, Auburn
Sunday, Jan. 25, 2:30 p.m.
“A concert filled with spirit and grandeur! Cool Cat pays tribute to the legendary Hollywood mountain lion P-22, Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy dazzles with folk-inspired beauty featuring violinist Rachel Lee Priday, and Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 rises in a sweeping, triumphant testament to the human spirit.”
Image and text taken from their website.
Tickets start at $10.33 for Students, $30.98 for adults.
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“Noche de Mariachi”
Highline Public Schools
Highline (High School) Performing Arts Center, Burien
Tuesday, Jan. 27, 6:30 p.m.
“Night of Mariachi featuring Cascade & Glacier MS and Evergreen & Highline Mariachis. Lobby opens @ 6:00 to visit vendors for food, jewelry and more.”
Admission is FREE.
Text taken from their calendar listing.
Image taken from promotion of 2024 concert.
Cherry Cherry – Neil Diamond Tribute
Green River College Student Affairs Building, Auburn
Saturday, Jan. 31 7:30 p.m.
“Cherry Cherry is one of the coolest renditions of the Neil Diamond experience you’ll ever see. All the hits, horns and hoopla make this show rock! Cherry Cherry performs timeless hits with skill, evoking memories that every crowd will enjoy. Experience Neil Diamond’s music like never before. Cherry Cherry will entertain audiences young and old alike.”
Image and text taken from their calendar listing.
Regular Admission: $27; Student/Senior: $24.
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THEATRE AND STORYTELLING
“7 Stories: New Beginnings”
Highline Heritage Museum, Burien
Friday, Jan. 23, 7:00 p.m.
“Each 7 STORIES night has a theme and storytellers sign up and are selected in advance. Real stories are spellbinding and raw. They are not a theatrical performance, but true life stories from your friends, acquaintances, or someone you have never met. These stories are told from the heart.”
Image and text taken from their website.
Admission is FREE.
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“Hadestown“
Foster High School Drama Club
Foster High School Performing Arts Center, Tukwila
Friday, Jan. 23 – Sunday, Jan. 25 7 p.m.; Jan 23 & 24, 2:30 p.m.Jan 25
“The FHS Drama Club proudly presents this year’s school musical, Hadestown: Teen Edition—an award-winning, modern retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice!”
Image and text taken from their website.
$10 Adults, $5 Students / Children, at the door.
VISUAL ARTS
“All is Bright“
Artists United
Highline Heritage Museum, Burien
Jan. 2026 – June 2026
Collection of artwork by Artists United members.
FREE Admission. Gallery Open Thursday – Sunday, 1 – 5 p.m.
“The Community Next Door”
North Hill Arts
The Maverick Apartments, Burien
Oct. 2025 – Jan. 2026
“The Community Next Door” is an upcycled installation that interprets a brief yet dynamic moment within the waters of Puget Sound. The work captures thirty seconds of concentrated marine activity, where diverse species coexist in the depths, embodying both movement and stillness.
The installation reflects the intricate relationships and interactions that sustain marine ecosystems — the balance between habitat, species, and the unseen rhythms of the underwater environment. By reimagining this fragment of ocean life, the work invites viewers to consider their own connections to place, community, and the natural world.
Through this constructed vision, inspired by Puget Sound, I encourage reflection on the interdependence of living systems and the creative potential of reimagining materials, reminding us that art can emerge from everyday objects and processes.”
Image and text taken from their website.
Admission is FREE, all hours. This is an installation viewed through a window so requires viewing from sidewalk.
“Polygon Party”
Rachel Bender
Highline Heritage Museum, Burien
Through Jan. 2026
“Painter Rachel Bender is featured at the Highline Heritage Museum October 1-December 31, 2025 in an exhibit titled Polygon Party, a vibrant exploration of the playful possibilities of abstraction through bold lines, sharp angles, and saturated hues.
“Color is joy; life should embrace the bold and the whimsical. I’m obsessively drawn to bright color palettes, sharp lines, and geometric shapes. I enjoy creating colorful landscapes with prismatic elements, often inspired by my travels,” she said.
“I paint on stretched canvases, cradled wood panels, or cotton paper. I prefer acrylic, gouache, and watercolor paints, and then seal/protect each piece with varnish and/or other mediums,” she continued.”
Text and image taken from Burien Arts website.
Admission is FREE for Gallery Only, Thursday-Sunday 1 – 5 p.m.
“Unfinished Business”
Postmark Center for the Arts, Auburn
Through Jan. 21, 2026
Open Wednesdays & Fridays, 12 – 4 p.m., Thursdays 12 – 6 p.m., and Second Saturdays, 12 – 4 p.m.
“Parallax Arts Collective is an inclusive organization of AANHPI (Asian American/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Island) artists and allies, representing diverse genders and artistic mediums. Its mission is to amplify the visibility of AANHPI artists and to advance their presence and impact within the broader arts landscape.
Unfinished Business presents a unique challenge to members of Parallax Arts Collective: to engage creatively with the incomplete. Every artist has unfinished works in their studio or a collection of raw materials—pieces whose potential remains unrealized. This project invites members to freely give unfinished art or materials to fellow artists, who in turn will respond by creating new artwork inspired by what they receive.
Participation in Unfinished Business requires a spirit of openness and collaboration. Artists must be willing to both give and accept materials freely, without reservation or expectation regarding their use. The emphasis is on trust, transformation, and the generative potential of creative exchange.”
Description and image taken from their website.
Admission is FREE.
“Days Gone By”
Molly McLauchlan
Burien Community Center, Burien
Through Mar. 31, 2026
“Burien Arts presents quarterly exhibits of emerging artists on the Burien Arts Wall at the Burien Community Center, 14700 6th Avenue SW, Burien (Monday-Thursday 9-7, Friday 9-5, closed Saturday and Sunday). The public can visit the exhibits during Center open hours free of charge and there is plenty of free parking.”
Image and Text taken from the Burien Arts Association website.
“Mohamed Gabriel and Charde’ Brown”
Centennial Art Gallery, Kent
Through Friday, Feb. 27
“Charde’ Brown is a self-taught visual artist based in Auburn, and the creative force behind Mirrors of Melanin. Her powerful body of work uses acrylics, mixed media, and soft/oil pastels to explore themes of emotional depth, mental health, and cultural identity. Her art offers a raw and therapeutic lens into her personal journey as a Black woman and single mother. Inspired by her daughter, Brown also creates regal portraits of Black youth, celebrating their brilliance and affirming their place as future leaders and innovators. Through Mirrors of Melanin, Brown aims to create a sanctuary for those who feel unseen or misrepresented. Her work invites viewers to look beyond the surface.
“Mohamed Gabriel’s work is an exploration of human experience in relation to place, time, and memory. Through photography he seeks to document the subtle, often overlooked moments that define the rhythm of daily life—scenes where light, movement, and emotion converge to tell quiet yet powerful stories. Much of his imagery focuses on the interplay between people and their environments. He is drawn to the textures of life—the weathered hands of a fisherman, the joy and innocence of strangers, the way the sun filters through a market alley—each frame an intimate reflection of resilience, existence, and change. His work is about pausing to witness the beauty in the ordinary, the poetry in the fleeting, and the universal truths that connect us all.”
Image and text taken from their website.
Admission is FREE. Gallery is open Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
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