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
“20TH Anniversary Showcase,”
Te Fare O Tamatoa
Highline (High School) Performing Arts Center, Burien
Saturday, May 9, 5 p.m.
“Help TFOT celebrate 20 years with a performance honoring our journey and growth as an organization over the past two decades. We will have food and Tahitian goods for sale before the show including some amazing raffle items!”
Text and image taken from their calendar listing.
General Admission for adults starts at $21.40.
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“Woven Together”
ChoralSounds Northwest and TeenSounds
Highline (High School) Performing Arts Center, Burien
Saturday, May 16, 4 p.m.
“Come hear ChoralSounds and TeenSounds weave together a choral program that delves into the rich tapestry of Americana folk traditions! This music offers a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the diverse heritage and influences that give shape to our choral traditions.”
Text and image taken from their website.
General Admission $20. 17 and Under FREE.
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“This Could Be the Start of Something Big”
Burien Dance Theatre
Highline (High School) Performing Arts Center, Burien
Saturday, May 23, 1 & 5:30 p.m.
Entertaining dance recital featuring talented students of all ages.
Image taken from their calendar listing.
All tickets $24.27.
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“Peter Pan”
Momentum Dance Academy
Highline (High School) Performing Arts Center, Burien
Friday, May 29 & Saturday, May 30, 6 p.m., & Sunday May 31, 4 p.m.
“Follow the 2nd star on the right and straight on till morning, in this daring adventure to Neverland with Peter Pan. Sure to mesmerize audiences, the Momentum Dance Academy and Ensemble dancers will take you on a journey to the land of mermaids, fairies, witches and pirates where dreams come to life and adventures happen every day. Featuring the Momentum Ballet Ensemble and Academy Dancers.”
Text and image taken from their website.
Adults (18-59): $28; Seniors (60+): $23; Students/child (2-17): $20; Lap Children (under age 2): FREE.
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“The Princess & The Frog”
Momentum Dance Academy
Highline (High School) Performing Arts Center, Burien
Saturday, May 30, 1:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 31, 11:30 a.m.
“Join Momentum’s littlest dancers in a magical journey to the bayou with Tiana and her friends in this Creative Mini Ballet featuring dancers 3-6yrs.”
Text and image taken from their website.
Adults (18-59): $15; Seniors (60+): $12; Students/child (2-17): $10;Lap Children (under age 2): FREE.
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THEATRE AND STORYTELLING
“The Wizard of Oz (Youth Edition)”
Hi-Liners Musical Theatre
Highline College, Des Moines
Friday, May 1 – Sunday, May 17; Fridays & Saturdays 7 p.m.; Sundays 4 p.m.
“Join Dorothy and her loyal companion Toto as they “Follow the Yellow Brick Road” through the Land of Oz, determined to reach the Emerald City, where the great and powerful Wizard of Oz will help them get home. Of course, along the way, Dorothy encounters witches (both good and bad), Munchkins, talking trees and winged monkeys. But most importantly, she befriends three unique characters: a Scarecrow with no brain, a Tin Man with no heart, and a Lion with no “nerve.” Their journey to happiness—and self-awareness—is a glowing testament to friendship, understanding and hope in a world filled with both beauty and ugliness.”
All tickets $25. Click here for tickets and more info.
“Movie Musical Karaoke”
Burien Actors Theatre
Tin Room Theater, Burien
Tuesday, May 12, 6:00 p.m.
“BAT Movie Musical and Karaoke Fans, join us in singing along to your favorite film musical soundtracks!!! Costumes and choreography are encouraged but not required. Bring along your favorite movie musical DVDs for possible inclusion in the lineup. Event is for 21 and older.”
Image and text taken from their website.
Admission is $10.
“Black Man Goes to Therapy“
Acts on Stage, White Center
May 21 – 31, Fridays 7 p.m., Saturdays 2 & 7 p.m., Sundays 3 p.m.
“The story of a reluctant encounter with a therapist who has had better days. Wearied by plaguing thoughts, the wanderer’s subconscious comes alive from the tattered pages of his journal – forcing him to reckon with what was, what is, and perhaps what could be.”
Text and image taken from their promotional email.
All remaining tickets $35.
“7 Stories : Oh, Mom!”
Highline Heritage Museum, Burien
Friday, May 22, 7 p.m.
“This free 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
“Moshier Spring Pottery Sale”
Burien Community Center, Burien
Saturday, May 9, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Admire the pottery hand crafted by student’s at Moshier Art Center’s Ceramics Classes, all available for purchase.
Admission is FREE.
“Artist Reception”
Artists United of South King County
Normandy Park City Hall Chambers, Normandy Park
Thursday, May 14, 6 p.m.
Please join us for a free reception to celebrate 19 artists from Artists United of South King County club as they showcase their works of art in the Council Chambers. Many paintings and collages on display!
Image taken from Artists United website.
Light refreshments will be served.
“Nepantla: Painting the Space In Between”
Jake Prendez
Highline Heritage Museum, Burien
April 3 – 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
March – 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
April 2 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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