Weekend Preview: many fashions of art

Some weekends just scream for berets and ascots. That time in Tacoma is here.

First up on the arts fashion show cat walk is the Third Thursday Artwalk today. Black turtlenecks and tight jeans, ascots are likely. Art galleries and museums in Tacoma will open their doors for free tonight. And arts folks love free stuff.

Black suits and ties will be the order of the day for the memorial service for the South Sound’s newest patron saint of theater. The life and times of Marcus Walker, the former artistic director of the Lakewood Playhouse and all around great theater guy, will be memorialized at a service at 5 p.m. Sunday at Mason United Methodist Church. It seems only fitting that Lakewood Playhouse happens to be closing its run of “My Name Is Asher Lev,” the weekend its director, Marcus Walker, moves to the great hereafter. The story centers on a young artist torn between his Orthodox Jewish family and his passion to paint. The show runs Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Ear muffs instead of ascots might be in order for Tacoma Little Theatre’s production of “A Flea in Her Ear,” because really, who wants that to happen. Tongues and tunes, yes. Crawling critters, no. This farce about fidelity runs at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday through March 27.

On the art house film front, where everything from cowboy hats to black berets would fit into fashion is a screening of the silent movie “The Covered Wagon,” a 1923 movie that set off the age of Western movies, courtesy of the Steilacoom Historical Museum Association. The film starts at 7 p.m. on Saturday at the Orr Home museum complex. Admission is 50 cents and includes free popcorn. Local pioneer Ezra Meeker is likely to pay a visit as well. Arrive early since seating is limited.

Black jeans, ascots and other art attire well worn this weekend, the workday will begin Monday.