Metro Parks Tacoma announcement. Grab a coat and have some fun this weekend at one, or more, of the following activities: Dia de Los Muertos, Oct. 29 Harvest Fest at Star Center, Oct. 29 Harvest Fest at Norpoint, Oct. 29 Harvest Fest at People’s Center, Oct. 31 Ghost Gala at People’s Center, Oct. 31 Pickle-Boo […]
To Do
See Sayuri Fukuda work with our young artists
Hilltop Artists announcement. Sayuri Fukuda is our guest artist this October! Sayuri Fukuda was born in Ibaraki, Japan and graduated from the Joshibi University of Art and Design, Craft, Glass in Tokyo. After graduation, she worked as a glass blowing artist at Glass Studio Silica and as a studio assistant at the Uzawa Glass Studio. […]
Lakewood Rotary to host inaugural Murder Mystery Event
Submitted by Gayle Selden for Lakewood Rotary. For a $100 donation, you will be an attendee at the Billionaires’ Club Annual Masquerade Ball. The Masquerade Ball is a private soiree with very few coveted invitations. Many would kill to be invited. In the midst of the masquerade, a tragic death takes the evening for a […]
Steilacoom Parks & Trails Work Party, October 23 at Farrells Marsh
Submitted by Nancy Henderson. With a promised wood chip delivery and a predicted break in the rainy weather on Sunday, it will be a good day for a nice workout enhancing the trails in Farrells Marsh Park. Please join us on Sunday, 23 October, from noon to 2 pm at the Farrells Drive entrance to Farrells […]
Grave Concerns hosting Oct. 22 Service Project. Public Invited
Submitted by Grave Concerns. For twenty years the Grave Concerns project has been bringing dignity to former patients who died while resident at Western State Hospital between 1871 and 1950. There are 3,200 such graves located in the Pioneer Cemetery currently within the boundaries of Fort Steilacoom Park. Patient graves were originally marked with a […]
Holiday Blue Lights in Lakewood Returns!
Submitted by Lakewood Chamber of Commerce. The Lakewood Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce that we will install blue lights for Lakewood’s Nights of Lights for a third year. To give you some background: Norton Clapp and his wife Mary, developed Lakewood Center (The Colonial Center), one of the first shopping centers west of […]
Tacoma Composers/Tacoma Performers
Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma announcement. Tacoma Composers/ Tacoma Performers! in Old Town Tacoma Tuesday Nov 8th in Slavonian Hall at 7:00pm Some of the region’s stellar musical talents will be celebrated. Composers Rob Hutchinson, Melia Watras, Jerry Kracht, Sheila Bristow, and Kathryn Smith Derksen have created works for harp, flute, clarinet, violin, guitar, […]
University Place Library Christmas Book Sale
Submitted by Friends of the University Place Library. The Friends of the University Place Library will hold their annual Christmas Book Sale at the UP Library on Saturday, November 26th. Hundreds of new and gently used books and other media items will be offered at bargain prices to raise funds for other library events. Textbooks, […]
Haunted History: Storytelling in DuPont by Capt. Lynch and Dorothy Wilhelm
Submitted by DuPont Historical Society. Join the DuPont Historical Society for an outdoor evening of spooky tales and legends told by Captain Lynch and Dorothy Wilhelm! Friday, October 21st at Robinson Park, 207 Barksdale Ave, DuPont. Reservations are required as space is limited. Suggested donation $5. Appropriate for ages 12 and up (ages 12-16 accompanied […]