TACOMA PREFUNK TUESDAY, DEC. 19 2017: Ecliptic Fourth Orbit Anniversary Imperial Mango IPA and The Nutcracker
PREFUNK: John Harris’ background is one steeped in Oregon’s rich craft brewing history. After beginning as a brewer at McMenamins’ breweries, he moved to Deschutes where he created the recipes for Mirror Pond, Black Butte Porter, Jubelale and Obsidian Stout. He spent the next 20 years of his career as a brewmaster at Full Sail in charge of creating the Brewmaster Reserve line of beers. In 2013, Harris founded Ecliptic Brewing purchasing the brewhouse from friend and Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione. Harris’ love for brewing and astronomy shines as he pushes the limits, including releasing an anniversary beer after every trip around the sun. This year, he releases Fourth Orbit Anniversary Imperial Mango IPA, brewed with loads of real mangoes as well as Azacca, Mosaic, Calypso, Simcoe and Mandarina hops. This IPA begins with bright mango and tropical fruit hop flavors and finishes dry but quite smooth with grapefruit hop citrus and a hint of pine resiny hop bitterness. Ecliptic Fourth Orbit Anniversary Imperial Mango IPA pours from Peaks and Pints Western red cedar tap log.
1:25 AND 6:30 P.M. WINDOW HORSES: Whatever the reason, Asian-Canadian filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming’s animated Window Horses — The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming is about building bridges between cultural and generational divides. It’s about being curious. Staying open. And finding your own voice through the magic of poetry. Rosie (voiced by Sandra Oh, also a producer of this Canadian feature) is a young Francophile of Chinese/Persian ancestry in Canada who is more than a little surprised when her self-published book of poems about France gets her invited to a poetry festival in Shiraz, Iran. Much to the consternation of her grandparents, Rosie travels to the festival on her own, where she discovers that despite its handicap of not being France, Iran has a robust culture of poetry. Catch this soft-spoken film with a big, important message at The Grand Cinema.
7:30 P.M. RUSSIAN GRAND BALLET’S THE NUTCRACKER: A brooding, mysterious godfather, a broken-jawed wooden soldier that comes to life and a murderous Mouse King all converge once again to remind us The Nutcracker story may be the most hair-raising Christmas favorite for the whole family the world has ever known. The Russian Grand Ballet returns to the Broadway Center’s Pantages Theater for one performance of a beautiful and endearing holiday staple. Whether the Mouse King has seven heads (like the beast of Revelation), three heads (like Cerberus, dog-guardian of Hades) or only one (like a normal mouse king), this dark-edged dream promises to leave kids and sensitive adults as speechless as the bounding, pirouetting athletes on stage.
