Pacific Lutheran University news story. The 2021 Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 27 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Pacific Lutheran University. The conference will be available online and will offer limited in-person attendance. Registration is currently open. This year the conference theme is Holocaust Distortion and Denial. Events will include […]
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Sound Transit Survey Closes Oct. 26
Sound Transit press release. Getting to regional transit should be easy. That’s why Sound Transit is making investments near our South Tacoma and Lakewood stations to make Sounder train and regional bus connections more convenient for all. Access improvements could mean investments in safer walking, rolling and bicycling connections between stations and surrounding neighborhoods; improved […]
Clue On Stage – Play Review – Tacoma Little Theatre
Life’s a game and some thing’s afoot. The time is 1954, when McCarthyism was condemning people and naming names whether they were guilty of anything or weren’t. . . “I’m not a communist, I’m a Republican.” The play is based on Jonathan Lynn’s 1985 movie, which is based on the Hasbro board game “Clue” with […]
Asia Pacific Cultural Center New Building Project
An Asia Pacific Cultural Center news story. TACOMA – Asia Pacific Cultural Center is celebrating their 25th Anniversary in 2021, not only reminiscing about their past accomplishments and successes, but also looking to the future with a new Building Project for their existing home. The project will include the rehabilitation of their current 10,500 square […]
Heritage Skills Workshop: Cider & More
Metro Parks Tacoma press release. Cider, Cyser, Melomel, Pymot, Braggot, Mead, there is not a fruit, root, flower or plant that has not been fermented and drank. All around the world, fermented cider has been an excepted part of civilization. From rural farmhouse ciders to monastery meadaries this class is an homage to the world […]
TCC Welcomes the Islamic Center of Tacoma after Devastating Oct. 11 Fire
Tacoma Community College press release. Starting this weekend, the members of the Islamic Center of Tacoma will worship at Tacoma Community College (TCC). On Oct. 11, the Islamic Center of Tacoma faced a devastating fire that had rendered the building unusable, due to smoke, fire and water damage. The Islamic Center, the only mosque in […]
Joint Statement from Mayor Woodards and Tacoma Council Member Catherine Ushka on Multiple Homicides
City of Tacoma press release. We want to acknowledge the tragic events that occurred late this afternoon and the four lives that were lost. We extend our sympathies to those directly impacted, the Eastside community, and all of Tacoma. While there are not a lot of details available on this incident right now, we reiterated […]
The Blue Room – A wonderful Song by Richard Rogers
We’ve had a piano in almost every apartment we rented and home we owned since Peg and I were married. When we lived at 915½ South K Street, there was an upright piano that came with the apartment. Peg remembers: In the summer when the windows were open, Don was playing and someone yelled up […]
TCC Employees Achieve Nearly 100 Percent Verified Vaccination/Exemption Rate
Tacoma Community College press release. As of Oct. 18, the date by which all Washington State workers must be verified as vaccinated or vaccination exempt as a condition of continuing employment, all but 10 Tacoma Community College (TCC) employees are either fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have an approved medical or religious exemption. The college […]