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Plus, avant-garde performance takes local stages, from Cherdonna dancing through absurdity to Eddie Izzard doing Shakespeare.

Plus, more big moves in Northwest arts and culture, including shifts at Seattle University, The 5th Avenue Theater and Pacific Science Center.

With bonsai treehouses, a wooden womb, angelic paintings and an astrological symphony, Seattle arts events provide an escape from the headline churn.

Shows at the Seattle Asian Art Museum and National Nordic Museum take a pointillist approach to telling timely stories.

Plus, a laser show from the top of the Space Needle is among the new artworks premiering this weekend.

Plus, a ballet that swarms with bees, the Sea Slug Animation Festival, a sad but soft zebra and other artistic escape routes.

Plus, Seattle has a new Civic Poet, and a crop of fresh books by Northwest authors hits the shelves. 

Plus, Seattle Opera stages a wildly animated take on a classic, and more theater picks — from nonlinear dramas to a big Broadway hit.

Plus, a new jazz walk bops through Pioneer Square, and a look at legendary Northwest photographer Al Smith.

Plus, Seattle Art Museum trades in a tree sculpture for plastic clouds, and ways to plan a Super Bowl-free weekend.

Plus, Century Ballroom announces there’s hope for its survival while other Seattle arts spaces move, shake and innovate.

With costumes by Wicked designer Paul Tazewell and sets by artist Preston Singletary, PNB hopes to breathe new life into the 19th-century classic.

Known for her playful technique and bottomless creative energy, the influential artist died this week. Her work continues to bring color to the city.

Plus, artful ways to celebrate MLK Jr. Day, and more visual art, book talks, theater and dance to kick off the new year.

Now operated by the Seattle Theatre Group, Kerry Hall offers affordable rehearsal space for local performance groups. Plus, more Seattle arts venues making big moves.