Dec 13 Saturday
Visit the museum to experience forty years of printmaking with world-renowned artist Anish Kapoor!
Join us August 19, 2025 – March 14, 2026 for the exhibition, “Anish Kapoor: Dissolving Margins, from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation”, a bold and extensive exhibition of Anish Kapoor’s four-decade-long printmaking practice. Kapoor is one of the most influential contemporary artists working today. Renowned for works on an architectural scale such as Cloud Gate (2004) in Chicago’s Millennium Park and Ark Nova (2013), the world’s first inflatable concert hall in Japan, his works both engage public space and envelop the viewer in an interiority. In parallel with his sculptural projects, Kapoor has maintained a career-long commitment to printmaking, which began in the 1970s and continues to this day. While Kapoor’s prints have been featured in group exhibitions, this project will mark the artist’s first solo survey dedicated to this collaborative and often technical practice.
Kapoor’s graphic oeuvre similarly evokes a sense of awe as we contemplate the hallucinatory qualities of heavily pigmented prints that appear to breathe, expand, and dissolve before visitors’ eyes. Elsewhere, especially in his earlier works, Kapoor explores organic and biological forms alongside overarching expressions of presence and absence.
Image: Anish Kapoor, “Flow Red”, edition 32/39, 2019
LOCATION | The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus.
Saturday, December 13, 202510:00am–12:00pm
Bring the family to the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU on the second Saturday of each month (through June 2026*) for story time and hands-on art activities! Each month kicks off at 10:00am with a featured children’s book, followed by an exhibition tour and creative art-making activities designed for young learners (K–5) and their caregivers. Drop in anytime between 10:00am and 12:00pm—everyone is welcome to join. Please note: caregivers must stay with children throughout the program.
*In January 2026, the program will be held on the third Saturday, January 17, due to museum closure earlier in the month.
Childhood's End Gallery presents "Animal Dreams", a solo exhibition of Olympia artist Kristen Etmund. Known for her work bridging the precision of traditional relief printmaking with the organic textures of nature, Kristen draws her inspiration from the flora, fauna, and shifting atmospheres of the Puget Sound region.
November 21, 2025 – January 11, 2026Artist Reception: November 22, 2026 3-5pm
childhoods-end-gallery.com
Childhood’s End Gallery222 4th Ave WOlympia WA 98501
FREE
Giordano’s passionate tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczała as the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and violence of the French Revolution. Following their celebrated recent partnership in Giordano’s Fedora in the 2022–23 Live in HD season, Beczała reunites with soprano Sonya Yoncheva as Chénier’s aristocratic lover, Maddalena di Coigny, with baritone Igor Golovatenko as Carlo Gérard, the agent of the Reign of Terror who seals their fates. Met Principal Guest Conductor Daniele Rustioni takes the podium to lead Nicolas Joël’s gripping staging, which will be transmitted live from the Met stage to cinemas on December 13. Sponsored by Linn Hower, Elisabeth Ridgway, Steven Watson and Edwin Garretson Jr.Run Time: 3 hr 30 min | Tickets: $20 Adult / $15 Student / Met Live in HD Pass
Oyster Fest returns to Abeja, featuring Hama Hama oysters and the best of Pacific Northwest seafood. Enjoy an afternoon savoring delicacies such as oysters on the half shell, a fragrant Thai Green Curry Oyster Soup, and salmon sliders, served alongside inspired wine pairings. With live music setting a festive tone, it’s an afternoon to relish the flavors of our region and the company of friends.
Join us on Saturday, December 13 from 12:00-1:00pm for a museum tour with librarian Rochelle Smith for a quilter’s perspective on select works in “Color Outside the Lines, From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation”. The exhibition includes two textile works using quilting and appliqué techniques by artists Faith Ringgold and Christopher Myers. Open discussion among tour participants will be encouraged throughout the tour, facilitated by guest Rochelle Smith and Kristin Becker, Curator of Education & Programs.
About the Speaker | Rochelle Smith is a librarian working with the humanities, art, and architecture departments at the University of Idaho. She is also a published poet and essayist, and is currently working on a nonfiction book about mythology. An avid quilter, knitter, spinner and mender, she has been doing patchwork since she was twelve and has been a Faith Ringgold fan for over thirty years.
Community Perspective Tours invite individuals from our campus and wider community to speak about their unique interpretation of several works in the current exhibitions, charting connections among art, personal experience, and different disciplines.
Upcoming Tour Dates With Rochelle Smith:January 15, 2026February 28, 2026
Image | Christopher Myers, A Story Falls Into the Ocean, 2019, 118 x 224 in.© Christopher Myers 2019. Courtesy of the artists and James Cohan, New York
Celebrate the WINTER SOLSTICE in 17th-century France, featuring Korean, Cambodian, and Filipino cultures in partnership with Asia Pacific Cultural CenterThis show features Terance Mejos, Revels Adult and Children's Choruses, Seattle Brass Ensemble, and more!
Five performances at the Rialto Theatre in Tacoma. Saturday, December 13 at 2 & 7:30 PM* (with ASL interpretation); Sunday, December 14 at 2 PM; Tuesday, December 16 @ 7 PM; and Wednesday, December 17 @ 7 PM. Ticket prices range from $18 to $60. Additional discounts are available, too.
Twas the Night Before ChristmasPresented by Ellensburg Dance Ensemble
Step into the magic of the season with ’Twas the Night Before Christmas, a dazzling original ballet inspired by Clement Clarke Moore’s beloved poem. This heartwarming holiday production blends elegant classical ballet with imaginative storytelling, featuring local and CWU dancers in whimsical scenes filled with Sugar Plum visions, mischievous mice, sparkling snowflakes, and Santa’s enchanted flight.
Join us December 11–14 at the Morgan Performing Arts Center for a festive performance that captures the wonder, beauty, and spirit of Christmas — perfect for audiences of all ages. Tickets available at ellensburgdance.org/twas2025
Join us for a community-wide Messiah Sing-Along! What better way to experience the season than singing Handel’s great masterpiece, Messiah! We’ll sing Part One, commonly called the “Christmas Section,” plus the Hallelujah Chorus. Experience singing familiar choruses to our 22-rank historic Kimball pipe organ with hundreds of other voices.
A limited supply of G. Schirmer scores will be available on loan for the event, but guests are encouraged to bring their own score. No tickets necessary, but donations gladly accepted.
The otherworldly beauty of the aurora borealis is the spark for our holiday concert. From medieval chant and traditional carols to dazzling works by Arvo Pärt, Ola Gjeilo, and Veljo Tormis, you’ll journey through a thousand years of ethereal Baltic and Nordic choral music. In our centerpiece, Northern Lights by Ēriks Ešenvalds, voices, chimes, and tuned water goblets combine to evoke the spectacle of the aurora.
In person: Saturday, December 13, 2025 ‐ 3pm & 7pmChapel at Bastyr University – Kenmore, WApre-concert conversation at 2:30pm & 6:30pm
In person: Saturday, December 20, 2025 ‐ 3pm & 7pmSeattle First Baptist Church – Harvard & Seneca, Seattlepre-concert conversation at 2:30pm & 6:30pm
Streaming: Monday, December 22, 2025 ‐ 7:30pmonline, free; donations gratefully acceptedpremiering on YouTube on December 22 and available on-demand for 30 days
Of note: Our performances of Northern Lights at Bastyr University Chapel will be sung-through, and will not include any spoken introductions to the pieces after our welcome message; we will ask the audience to hold applause until the end of the concert. These concerts will be recorded.
Our performances of Northern Lights at Seattle First Baptist Church will include introductions from choir members and Karen P. Thomas, and audience members will be encouraged to applaud as they are moved to do so.
