Pacific Bonsai Museum

Winter Solstice at the Pacific Bonsai Museum

Federal Way's Pacific Bonsai Museum is hosting from 4-7 p.m. on Dec. 14 its 10th annual Winter Bonsai Solstice event, which will see bonsai illuminated by soft holiday lights as twilight arrives. There also will be a handcrafted holiday market, free hot chocolate, and more. Get more details here.

Harbor Winds Conductor Steps Into the Spotlight 

The Narrows Music Society's Harbor Winds Ensemble is performing from 3-4:30 p.m. on Dec. 15 in the Peninsula High School Auditorium with a new conductor: Mel Brazley. The show will include music from Cait Nishimura, Percey Grainger, and others. Learn more about Brazley and the performance here.

Lakewold Gardens is Looking for Poets

Lakewood's Lakewold Gardens is looking for original, unpublished poems to feature in the 2025 Winter Poetry in the Gardens event, according to a release this week from the organization. Representatives say that poems should be no longer than about 1,000 words or no more than five minutes long when read aloud. The deadline for poems — which preferably have a garden-slash-nature-related theme — is Jan. 17. Find out more here.