The Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County is partnering with BISSELL Pet Foundation, a national animal welfare organization dedicated to ending pet homelessness, for its Empty the Shelters – Holiday Hope adoption promotion. From December 1 – 10, the shelter will be offering reduced adoption fees sponsored by BISSELL Pet Foundation: $50 for dogs, […]
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December Events at UPS
We have a few holiday-theme public-facing events happening this month at the University of Puget Sound. All events are open to the public. Dec. 2 and 3 WinterFest I: A Celebration of Winter in Music and Poetry | 7:30 p.m. | Kilworth Memorial Chapel Dec. 3 Christmas At Kilworth | 7 p.m. | Kilworth Memorial Chapel Dec. […]
Emergency Preparedness Training Available
A free disaster preparedness class is being hosted at Tacoma Community College and is open to the public and business community on January 31 and February 1, 2024. This course is designed to teach and encourage community members impacted by a disaster to prepare, take preservation actions and perform, as appropriate, light search and rescue response […]
A Christmas Carol – Harlequin Review
A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens, adapted and directed by Aaron Lamb. There are three important things to remember when it comes to inviting an audience to attend any theatrical adaptation of the 1843 story that taught the world the meaning of Christmas: First, stay true to the text as written by Charles Dickens, including […]
Author Alix Christie to Join December Art History Book Club Meeting
The Tacoma Community College Art History Book Club’s pick for December is “Gutenberg’s Apprentice,” and author Alix Christie will join the virtual discussion at noon on Dec. 6. Art History Book Club meetings are held in The Gallery (Building 4 at TCC’s Tacoma campus) and online on the first Wednesday of each month. Email […]
Tacoma Creates Expands Community Vibrancy
TACOMA, Wash. – Tacoma Creates funded 56 organizations whose missions are to advance arts, culture, heritage, and/or science in the 2022-2023 funding cycle. With $4.5 million in funding distributed through a competitive process, those 56 organizations provided more than 1,100 cultural programs and events for the community. This was the third funding cycle for Tacoma Creates, which […]
Six daily roundtrip trains will operate between Seattle and Portland
Just in time for the holidays, WSDOT and ODOT are starting two additional Amtrak Cascades daily roundtrips between Seattle and Portland. Beginning Monday, Dec. 11, more trains will run in both directions – for a total of 12 trains every day between the two most popular cities on the route. The new schedule will see trains departing […]
A Festive Holiday Celebration with The Midwinter Revels
Submitted by Puget Sound Revels, Tacoma Creates. Tacoma, WA – ‘The Midwinter Revels‘ is already flashing up on the marquee at Tacoma’s historic Rialto Theatre, promising a stunning spectacle of song, dance and holiday fun for people of all ages. This December, the show transports us to a medieval village in England along the Silk […]
Christmas Carols, Cookies & Craft Dec. 6
Submitted by Immanuel Presbyterian Church. All are welcome to Christmas Joyful Arts at Immanuel Presbyterian Church (Dec. 6th 5:30-6:30pm). Start the season with Christmas carols, decorate a cookie, and make a very simple craft at this free event for our neighbors and friends. Enter from the parking lot side, between N. I and N. J, […]