Enjoy contemporary musical legend David Lanz and his distinctive "heavy mellow" take on holiday music, highlights from his latest solo piano recording, Painting The Sun, and, of course, the Lanz classics! A musical experience designed to "soothe the savage shopper within.” A short Victor Borge tribute, and David's comic take on the winter holidays add up to make this a great seasonal event for the entire family!

Tickets: $38.50 adults, $29.50 with valid student ID or 65+. Call (360)734.6080 to purchase youth/senior tickets. All tickets subject to applicable fees.

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In 2003 Fountains of Wayne received a flattering, but rather puzzling, "Best New Artist" Grammy nomination. Those in the know knew that Welcome Interstate Managers, the album that spawned the ubiquitous "Stacy's Mom" and topped critics' polls everywhere, was actually the New York-based group's third collection of melodic pop/rock gems. And far from being a flash in the pan, the quartet was considered by many to be — in the words of Robert Christgau — "peerless" and "true art heroes," or, as Entertainment Weekly called them, "America's greatest extant rock and roll band." But FOW couldn't help enjoying the new-found attention as they began headlining bigger venues, topping charts on MTV and VH1, and appearing on a "Now That's What I Call Music" compilation CD next to the likes of Jay-Z, Nickelback and Black Eyed Peas.

Now, after a long silence broken only by occasional snoring and the release of the 2005 b-side compilation Out-Of-State Plates (which CNN called "better than 95% of most bands' official releases"), Fountains of Wayne returns with Traffic and Weather, which further demonstrates the musical range, wit, and eye for narrative detail that have become their trademarks. The new record finds the band continuing to re-imagine early 60's jangle, late 60's psychedelia, 70's classic rock, 80's New Wave, 90's alt-rock, and contemporary pop in their own inimitable style — this time against an even richer, more varied sonic backdrop of lush harmony vocal stacks, staccato horn blasts, pulsating analog keyboards, slinky bass lines, and deep grooves. There's even some banjo in there somewhere, just in case. And, of course, lots of guitars...chiming, crunching, strumming, and occasionally twanging.

Standing Room Only
Tickets: $22 advance, $25 day of show, plus applicable fees

This is an MBT-Promoted Event

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