Celebrating 150 years of Verdi’s RequiemSaturday, February 24th – 7:30pmPantages Theater Sarah Ioannides, conductorSymphony Tacoma Voices (Geoffrey Boers, director)Tess Altiveros, sopranoLaurel Semerdjian, mezzo-sopranoBrendan Tuohy, tenorCharles Robert Stephens, bass Tacoma, WA — This year celebrates the 150th anniversary of Verdi’s Requiem, his monumental choral masterpiece that transcends the traditional boundaries of the Requiem mass with its […]
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Tacoma’s Crime Dashboard is Live
Submitted by Tacoma Business Council. There is now an easy to use tool available on crime data. For example, if you want to know how today’s homicide rate compares to 2018, that is easily done. We ran that test. Here’s what the dashboard generated. We are glad to see homicides down from last year’s high, […]
No School? Head to the Pool on President’s Day, Feb 19
Upcoming activities from Metro Parks Tacoma. Click here to learn more. Visit any of Tacoma’s four community centers for free on February 19, President’s Day! Admission is free, no membership or day pass is required.
Active Duty Veterans 1st Responders AVF Team 1
In 1958 my parents bought a seven-cabin motel in Ponders Corner. It was the closest motel to Fort Lewis. Many of our customers were soldiers who were brand new to the area and often had their entire families with them. We enjoyed talking with them and listening to their stories. I sometimes played chess with […]
Take a Leap
February 29th is the hoppiest day of the year! Frogs, cats, lemurs, and more. We’re celebrating our leaping and jumping creatures this Leap Day. Tufted Puffins Spend a few minutes by the tufted puffins’ habitat, and you might see them leap into the water! Puffins are excellent swimmers and dive to find their food: saltwater […]
Hylebos Bridge Closed 6 AM to 6 PM Daily Starting February 15
TACOMA, Wash. – Starting February 15, the Hylebos Bridge over the Hylebos Waterway (located off East 11th Street in the Tacoma Tideflats) will be closed to vehicular traffic from 6 AM to 6 PM daily for essential repairs. Outside of these hours, the bridge will be fully operational. Detour signage will be in place while […]
The Magic Toilet
We had been long time neighbors. Our daughter babysat Mr. Johnson’s wife as the couple grew older. After the wife died, we watched out for the aged gentleman. He was still active. Mr. Johnson met with his old buddies for breakfast at McDonald’s almost every single morning. I saw them several times a week as […]
Discussion and whiskey at McCallum & Sons
Tacoma Business Council announcement. Tacoma Rising is hosting a panel discussion at McCallum & Sons Whiskey on February 22 to start a conversation about how business to business relationships can support local organizations in Tacoma like McCallum & Sons. It will be a fun evening of networking, open discussion, and whiskey tasting. Click below for […]
Friendships and Connections via Transportation in the Port of Tacoma
A little over a year ago, I had coffee with an old friend, Duane Vincent. We had been third grade students together at Stanley Elementary School in Tacoma. After school we played on the hills of the Wilkeson reservoir, ate the plums off his family’s tree and always enjoyed each other’s company. In the fourth […]