Tacoma – The Chamber Music Festival and Institute, formerly at Icicle Creek Center for the Arts, will be moving to its new home in Tacoma, Washington this coming summer 2025! During the summer of 2024, the Chamber Music Festival and Institute at Icicle Creek celebrated thirty years of incredible chamber music performances, distinguished guest artist […]
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Making A Difference In Tacoma
Tacoma Business Council announcement. Real action is being taken in Tacoma to address chronic crime. In October, the Tacoma Police Department began running special emphasis missions in a tough part of Tacoma (E. 25th/Portland Ave area).This work is making a difference. The numbers tell the story: 93 arrests, 10 felonies, 6 gross misdemeanors, 72 misdemeanors, […]
Tacoma and Pierce County Selected as Official SeattleFWC26 Fan Zone
TACOMA, Wash. – Tacoma and Pierce County will be an official SeattleFWC26 Fan Zone, Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards and Pierce County Executive Ryan Mello announced today. SeattleFWC26 is the local organizing committee for Seattle’s participation as one of the 16 host cities selected for the FIFA World Cup 26. As a not-for-profit organization, SeattleFWC26’s vision […]
Reaching Out for Historical Details About Where We Live
When I want to drill into history from around the world, I recommend Archaeology Magazine which features comments from Jason Urbanus. He’s the writer who gathers the information I find so interesting. Typically he writes about 10 stories in his two pages of each magazine. Finding just those ten stories send me searching for more […]
Four chosen for interview process to join Park Board
TACOMA – Members of the Board of Park Commissioners voted Monday to advance four people as finalists to the term for the elected position left vacant by Commissioner Tim Reid’s death last month. After reviewing the qualifications of 18 people who have applied so far, the Board voted to nominate the following people as finalists: […]
Princeton Street Water Main Connection Project
The City of Fircrest Public Works Department has contracted Pape & Sons Construction, Inc., to complete the Water Main Connection Project on Princeton Avenue, from Harvard Avenue to Contra Costa Avenue. Construction is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, January 7, and is expected to be completed by the end of January. During this time, there will be intermittent […]
Metro Parks Tacoma is now simply Parks Tacoma
As part of a brand update launched Tuesday, Parks Tacoma adopts its simplest and most approachable identity in the 120-year-old agency’s history by dropping “Metro” from its name. Since our inception as the first independent parks and recreation system in Washington state, Parks Tacoma has been connecting our community with nature and neighbors. None of […]
The Untold Story of Fort Steilacoom in Lakewood: Battling Stigma, Saving History
“Timing is everything.” An exaggeration, you wonder? It depends on the subject. For example, let’s imagine John, Paul, George and Ringo had set up their amplifiers, drums and guitars outside the coronation of Queen Elizabeth I in 1559 outside Westminster Abbey. Surely before they had finished “All My Loving” they would have been bundled up […]
Four Open Seats on Climate and Sustainability Commission for Terms to Begin May 1
TACOMA, Wash. — The Tacoma City Council is looking to fill four seats — including a youth seat for individuals between the ages of 16 and 24 – on the Climate and Sustainability Commission, for terms to begin on May 1. The Climate and Sustainability Commission, which is set to replace the current Sustainable Tacoma […]