The Clover Park Technical College Foundation is honored to offer the 4th Annual Andy Fritz Memorial Trek as a Virtual run/walk in 2021. All 5K participants will receive a commemorative 2021 finisher’s medal made by our manufacturing program and a race bib. Your race packet will be mailed to you when you register. Proceeds from […]
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No Pity Party for Elite Athlete that Helps Senior Track Athlete
Submitted by Madonna Hanna. Tacoma native Marcus Chambers, Team USA Track and Field 400m Specialist did not advance in the 2021 USA Track and Field Olympic Trials on Friday, June 18 in Eugene, Oregon’s Hayward Field. Chambers put up a valiant effort considering a series of unexpected turn of events. First, the global pandemic postponement […]
8th Annual National Drive Electric Steilacoom Festival set for Sept. 11
Submitted by Dick Muri. Anyone interested in talking with owners of Plug in Electric Vehicles and learning more about the continuous improvement in these new ways to travel should plan to attend the 8th annual National Drive Electric Steilacoom Festival on Saturday, Sept. 11. Anticipate about 100 electric vehicles, about 35 different models, from electric […]
Symphony Tacoma Releases Original Works by Pacific Northwest Composers on YouTube July 17
Tacoma, WA – Made possible through a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts, Symphony Tacoma Music Director and Cascade Conducting Artistic Director Sarah Ioannides championed a new, innovative program enabling six composers to have their works performed and recorded by Symphony Tacoma musicians. Select recordings will premiere on the Symphony Tacoma YouTube channel […]
1940’s Radio Christmas Carol Worth Waiting For – CenterStage Play Review
Finally! A live theatre presentation. The last normal play review we wrote was March 12, 2020. Thank you to all the fans of live theatre and those who participate and make them happen. Some of our grandchildren grew up attending the pantos (pantomimes) put on at CenterStage and we introduced our friends to the outstanding […]
IN THE SPIRIT Contemporary Native Art exhibition returns in-person July 15
Tacoma, WA – The Washington State History Museum’s annual exhibition of contemporary works by Native American artists makes a phenomenal return this summer. From July 15 through August 29, 2021, IN THE SPIRIT Contemporary Native Arts offers visitors a chance to see 37 works by 22 artists from the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Last year’s edition was limited to online viewing […]
Candidate Forum for Lakewood, Steilacoom, DuPont, U.P. councils and school board
Join the Lakewood Republican Women for a Non-Partisan Candidate Forum to meet your local candidates from DuPont and Lakewood City Councils and Steilacoom Town Council as well as Clover Park and University Place School Boards who will be vying for your vote on August 3, 2021. Every candidate with a Primary race has been invited. […]
Tacoma Poised to Celebrate Completion of $2.9 Million Ruston Way Park Improvement
On Saturday morning Tacomans will gather to celebrate the return of the Dickman Mill head saw to the Ruston Way waterfront. The massive historic artifact underwent major restoration to serve as the centerpiece for a park expansion that commemorates an era when Tacoma was acclaimed as the Lumber Capital of America. The head saw, a […]
Book Talk: Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Please join us at the Tacoma Historical Society Museum – 406 Tacoma Avenue South – for our first in-person meeting (Monday, July 12 at 7 pm) in more than a year! Our featured speaker will be Donald Tjossem, whose latest book for Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America Series, Tacoma Narrows Bridge, has just been released. […]