The Lakewood First Lions Club will host their annual Crab Feed on Saturday, January 26, 2019 at 6 pm at the Sharon McGavick Event Center (Clover Park Technical College, 4500 Steilacoom Blvd, Lakewood).
To Do
Book Signing with Susanne Bacon at SHMA Christmas Store
You may have read my Friday column “Home from Home” in the Suburban Times. But have you also ever read one of my Wycliff novel series? Here is another opportunity for you to meet me, have a chat, and get yourself a signed copy of my very latest book, “Clean Cuts”.
SHMA History Hunt announces winners
Last year, The Steilacoom Historical Museum Association (SHMA) introduced a History Hunt with three different levels of difficulty, leading visitors through the museum grounds but also through the Historical District of Steilacoom. This year, due to changes, the History Hunts questions were updated.
Listen Along as Bonnie King goes Swimming Upstream with Dorothy Wilhelm
The Road to LaReta is the subject when author Bonnie King joins Dorothy Wilhelm on Swimming Upstream, the hybrid radio broadcast for the week of October 15. This very unusual novel, part memoir, part historical biography is filled with poignant stories and speculation as Bonnie King resurrects her past and the history of her family. […]
Exhibit: Sketching Tacoma and Beyond
By Peg Doman. Tacoma Urban Sketchers are mounting their second exhibit this year at the Foss Waterway Seaport from October 16 through January 7, 2019. The theme of Sketching Tacoma and Beyond means that there will be pieces showing local waterways, other Tacoma sites and sites from around the region. Meet the artists at a […]
FAB Fest spangled with highlights and stars
If you have still been wondering what to do on the very last weekend of September, you can stop contemplating now. For you definitely shouldn’t miss out on the opportunity of visiting the 6th Annual Lakewood Film, Arts, and Book Festival that is packed with highlights and even features a world-famous star! The numbers of […]
FAB Fest Features Tales about Times Past
Do you remember boring history lessons at school when you felt you were stuffed with terminology and numbers? And then reading your first historical novel, thinking: Why can’t history lessons be like this? Exciting, alive, more insightful, imaginative … Well, that’s probably why the genre of historical fiction has such a wide readership and is […]
Correction: Tai Chi at The Fair is really on Saturday, Sept. 22
To the Suburban Times Esteemed Editor and Treasured Readers: I’m sorry to say there’s an error in the last story about Tai Chi at the Fair, stating that the event takes place on Friday. That is incorrect and an example of what happens when one writes late at night without a proofreader. My apologies, and […]
Susanne Bacon reads at The Sock Peddlers
Are you into yarns? Then this upcoming October event should be right down your alley! For local author Susanne Bacon will be reading her third Wycliff novel from cover to cover at The Sock Peddlers LLC in Lakewood. This reading event is already the third of its kind and has been requested for a while, […]