EVENTS THIS WEEKEND! Broadway Center and Tacoma Symphony Orchestra presents Video Games Live<http://www.broadwaycenter.org/season/showDetails.asp?key=465> Friday, November 9, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. - Pantages Theater Downtown Tacoma Tickets: $39 - $94 Music from the most popular video games of all time. Tacoma Symphony Orchestra will perform along with exclusive video footage and music arrangements, synchronized lighting, solo performers, electronic percussionists, live action and unique interactive segments to create an explosive entertainment experience! Come early! Doors open at 6:30 p.m. As part of the pre-show events - there will be a Guitar Hero competition and the winner gets the chance to play live on stage with Tommy and the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra. And there is a Costume Contest with prizes and other prize give-aways. After the show join the meet-and-greet with top game composers and designers. Warren Miller Entertainment presents Warren Miller's Flow State<http://www.broadwaycenter.org/season/showDetails.asp?key=474> Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. - Pantages Theater in Downtown Tacoma Tickets: $21 Warren Miller's Flow State is here to kick-off the winter sports season for the 63rd time, connecting audiences with inspiring mountains and sensational athletes from around the globe. Northwest Sinfonietta presents Licad plays Chopin<http://www.broadwaycenter.org/season/showDetails.asp?key=452> Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. - Rialto Theater in Downtown Tacoma Join us for Cecile Licad's "hair-raising virtuosity and consciousness-expanding introspection" (Los Angeles Times) as she performs Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2. Program will also feature Stravinsky's delightful Pulcinella Suite based on the Commedia dell'Arte characters of Italy, and the U.S. premiere of a work by a Filipino composer (TBA). Broadway Center presents Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan - with opening act Mariachi Huenachi<http://www.broadwaycenter.org/season/showDetails.asp?key=381> Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. - Pantages Theater in Downtown Tacoma Mariachi Vargas are renowned as the definitive mariachi ensemble, and its classic sound has won the group numerous awards and accolades, including the title of "World's Best Mariachi" since the 1950s. The band actively participates in international mariachi festivals in order to promote the pride of the genre and encourage young mariachis to pursue lifelong careers. For five generations Mariachi Vargas has endured as the quintessential mariachi, appearing in more than 200 films and making numerous recordings. Tacoma Youth Symphony Association presents Tacoma Youth Symphony Orchestra: Serenade<http://www.tysamusic.org/> Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. - Rialto Theater in Downtown Tacoma * Richard Strauss: Serenade for Winds Richard Wagner: Overture to the Meistersinger Robert Schumann: Concerto for Violoncello Darrett Adkins, Cello Richard Strauss: Death and Transfiguration