A press release from Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. TACOMA, Wash.—Get your timed online tickets now for the longest-running light show in the region! Zoolights is back at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium Nov. 26-Jan. 2 (closed Dec. 24 & Dec. 25). The holiday tradition boasts more than 700,000 colorful LED lights and dozens of dazzling 3-D […]
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Halloween Mixer/Auction Supports Centerforce Clients
Submitted by Centerforce. Don your spookiest or most fun Halloween costume and support a great cause at the same time as Lakewood’s Centerforce hosts All Hallows Eve: A Just Like You annual mixer and auction on Friday, Oct. 29. Wine and beer will be available, along with some hors d’oeuvres, while you browse the silent […]
TCC Student Government Forum – Tacoma Mayor Candidates
Submitted by Tacoma Community College Student Government. Tacoma Community College Student Government is hosting a candidate forum featuring Tacoma Mayoral candidates Steve Haverly and Victoria Woodards. This virtual forum, which is free and open to the public, will be on Wednesday, October 13, from 5:00 to 6:00 pm. To learn what questions students have and […]
Light Up Your Ride – Oct. 28 free event at The Patio at Alma Mater
A press release from Downtown On the Go. TACOMA, WASH. – The air is crisp, and the sky is grey – that means that Light Up Your Ride is right around the corner! Nov. 7 marks the end of daylight-saving time, which means shorter days and darker commutes by bike. But that doesn’t have to mean less bike […]
Robi’s Camera Fall Tent Sale
Robi’s Lakewood Camera + Print Refinery will host a Fall Tent Sale Oct. 15-16 (11 am-5 pm). The clearance sale is in all departments after years of accumulation. Robi’s is cleaning house before an upcoming remodel (and name change). The sale includes vintage gear, parts cameras, estate equipment, studio gear, backgrounds Clearance priced bags, used […]
String Quartet for Classical Tuesdays in Old Town
Classical Tuesdays in Old Town will play Tuesday, October 12 at 7:00pm at Slavonian Hall, Old Town Tacoma! (Concert will be recorded and uploaded to YouTube and Facebook for virtual viewing at a later date). An evening of string quartets performed by Maria Sampen and Svend Ronning, violins; Tim Christie, viola; and Alistair MacRae, cello. See the Classical Tuesdays website for more. […]
Do You Like Dancing with the Stars?
Submitted by Bob Lawrence. Come join us at 3PM at the Lakewood Film Art Book Festival, this Sunday. October 10 at the McGavick Center in the Clover Park Technical College. Our own Tacoma Arthur Murray Studio will put on a 50-minute demonstration of all the classic ball room dances. Just to name a few: the […]
New Fall Classes at Dance Theatre Northwest
Submitted by Dance Theatre Northwest. Dance Theatre Northwest will offer Beginner Level Adult/Teen Tap Dance on Thursdays at 6pm beginning October 14 in addition to a wide variety of dance classes for students age 4 through adult. Classes range from creative movement to instruction in classical ballet, Pointe, partnering, jazz dance, musical theatre, dance exercise […]
Book: The Wind Will Not Stop topic of October Tacoma Historical Society Meeting
An announcement from Tacoma Historical Society. Please join Tacoma Historical Society for our October virtual meeting (Oct. 11 at 7 pm), when THS Communications Manager Kim Davenport will interview Judy Carlson Hulbert, author of the recent book, The Wind Will Not Stop. The program will stream on our Facebook page and our YouTube Channel. The Wind Will Not Stop, the […]