City of Tacoma announcement. The Tacoma City Council is currently seeking applicants to fill six positions on the Human Services Commission: five member positions and one youth position, between the ages of 16 and 18. The Commission reviews competitive funding applications, rates project applications, and makes human services funding recommendations. The Commission also serves as […]
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Play and Dream the World You Want in Utopian Garden
Tacoma Arts Live announcement. TACOMA, WASH.— A world premiere exhibit arrives from Berlin at Tacoma Armory, following the success of Imagine Van Gogh. Tacoma Arts Live has commissioned this dynamic interactive experience in partnership with one of the world’s most visionary design studios, flora&faunavisions. Find yourself at the intersection of art, science, and nature; within an enormous digital […]
Puget Sound Reporting seeks new company acquisitions
Submitted by Angela Anders. TACOMA— Puget Sound Reporting, which has been providing accurate, prompt court transcripts for 60 years in the Pacific Northwest legal community, announced this week it is open to seeking company acquisitions in the court reporting and transcription industry in Washington state. “We are ready to grow,” said Angela Anders, owner of Puget […]
Temporary Street Closure on Division Avenue Scheduled March 16-17
City of Tacoma announcement. The City of Tacoma’s Street Operations Division will perform road maintenance on Division Avenue between North Broadway Street and North Tacoma Avenue. The road will be closed Thursday, March 16, and Friday, March 17, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., each day with traffic detours in place. All repairs are weather-dependent, and rescheduling […]
Melanie Helle ’97 applies lessons learned at PLU to her work at Chief Leschi Schools
Pacific Lutheran University announcement. Melanie Helle ’97 walked into a new job in 2020, during the first year of the Covid pandemic. “That was my first year — the pandemic, virtual learning. I was learning on the job,” says the director of special services at Chief Leschi Schools, operated by the Puyallup Tribe of Indians. […]
2023 Historic Preservation Awards Nominations Open
City of Tacoma announcement. The Tacoma Landmarks Preservation Commission is seeking nominations for the 2023 Historic Preservation Awards. The awards celebrate the best in preservation projects and programming. “The Annual Preservation Awards are a great way to shine a light on the people and projects working to keep Tacoma’s history alive, whether that’s by renovating […]
The Return of Screwball Comedy – on Stage at Harlequin
“His Girl Friday is a 1940 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell and featuring Ralph Bellamy and Gene Lockhart. It was released by Columbia Pictures. The plot centers on a newspaper editor named Walter Burns who is about to lose his ace reporter and ex-wife Hildy Johnson, […]
Legendary Black Heroes: Mary Elizabeth Bowser
Submitted by Diedri Webb, Tacoma. Mary Richards born a slave in Virginia 1840 but was freed when her owner, John Van Lew, died. Her former owner’s wife saw that she was educated at the Quaker School for Negroes in Philadelphia and married a freed black man, Wilson Bowser, but it wasn’t until she found a […]
Don’t Miss Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Fantastic Production
The Dukesbay Theatre is in downtown Tacoma and several floors up from the very popular Grand Cinema. For more details and ticket purchases: dukesbay.org/ Our review team of three were delighted Thursday evening at Dukesbay’s production of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. The play was adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the novella “Strange Case of Dr. […]