The Treaty of Medicine Creek February 10–July 8, 2024 From February 10 to July 8, 2024, the History Museum will display the original, hand-written Article III of the 1854 Medicine Creek Treaty that guaranteed fishing rights to Tribal Treaty signers. This historic document, on loan from the National Archives and Records Administration, remains a powerful > Continue Reading
Join us this spring for Family Saturdays! Explore how history connects us all during this hour-long story time program designed for children ages 4 to 10 and their friends and families. This month’s book: Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki tells the story of Japanese-American incarceration through the eyes of a young boy and his > Continue Reading
The South Puget Sound is home to American Cancer Society’s signature peer-to-peer fundraising event, the Relay For Life of Tacoma-Puget Sound. Founded in 1985 on the track at the University of Puget Sound, local oncologist Dr. Gordy Klatt committed to walking and running for 24 hours to raise money and awareness for the American Cancer > Continue Reading
The free family-friendly day of live music, food, entertainment, and craft vendors begins at noon and ends with a grand finale fireworks display over beautiful Commencement Bay around 10 p.m. This is the largest free community event in the South Sound. The celebration takes place at Dune Peninsula and Cummings Park on Ruston Way with > Continue Reading
Items repaired for FREE by skilled volunteer fixers. Fix-it Nights will be at Tacoma Public Library - Moore Branch from 10/5/2023 to 3/28/2024. The same hours will continue with every Thursday 4pm - 5:30pm Items you can bring to Fix-it Nights: *Vacuums *Lamps *Clothing and textiles for sewing and mending *Furniture and other items for > Continue Reading
Music From Home is Lakewold Garden’s monthly series of intimate chamber music concerts held in the historic Wagner House. For the 2024 season, Lakewold is pleased to present Sounds of the Homelands, with each concert featuring the music of a particular cultural terroir. The third ‘American Focus’ concert features Navajo pianist Connor Chee playing original > Continue Reading
Items repaired for FREE by skilled volunteer fixers. Fix-it Nights will be at Tacoma Public Library - Moore Branch from 10/5/2023 to 3/28/2024. The same hours will continue with every Thursday 4pm - 5:30pm Items you can bring to Fix-it Nights: *Vacuums *Lamps *Clothing and textiles for sewing and mending *Furniture and other items for > Continue Reading
Items repaired for FREE by skilled volunteer fixers. Fix-it Nights will be at Tacoma Public Library - Moore Branch from 10/5/2023 to 3/28/2024. The same hours will continue with every Thursday 4pm - 5:30pm Items you can bring to Fix-it Nights: *Vacuums *Lamps *Clothing and textiles for sewing and mending *Furniture and other items for > Continue Reading
A free, walkable neighborhood music festival where front porches become musical stages for one magical afternoon. 7.20.24, 1-6 PM
Items repaired for FREE by skilled volunteer fixers. Fix-it Nights will be at Tacoma Public Library - Moore Branch from 10/5/2023 to 3/28/2024. The same hours will continue with every Thursday 4pm - 5:30pm Items you can bring to Fix-it Nights: *Vacuums *Lamps *Clothing and textiles for sewing and mending *Furniture and other items for > Continue Reading
We invite you to Join Tacoma Earth Gay 2024, the LGBTQ community's most visible form of environmental activism and celebration. Earth Gay Tacoma will include fun and engaging ways to learn about sustainability, have fun, and restore a local park. As an official Tacoma Pride event, we strive to provide a safe and welcoming space > Continue Reading
Wright Park transforms into a celebration of international delights July 27-28 from 12-7 p.m. for the MOSAIC Arts and Culture Festival. The free community event highlighting traditional dance, music, art and food marks its 36th year under the park’s beautiful canopy of trees. MOSAIC includes performances from community groups held both days on two different > Continue Reading
The forest trails might feel drier, the sidewalks hotter, the winters too wet or not cold enough. As our climate changes, so does our experience of home. Our senses–sight, sound, scent, and touch–might be on alert or disoriented. How do we make sense of all this? Making comics offers the opportunity to share our climate > Continue Reading
Items repaired for FREE by skilled volunteer fixers. Fix-it Nights will be at Tacoma Public Library - Moore Branch from 10/5/2023 to 3/28/2024. The same hours will continue with every Thursday 4pm - 5:30pm Items you can bring to Fix-it Nights: *Vacuums *Lamps *Clothing and textiles for sewing and mending *Furniture and other items for > Continue Reading
During the 2020 pandemic, Taha Ebrahimi took to the streets and went on long walks, which inspired her to map the over 730 different kinds of street trees that compose Seattle’s urban canopy. Street Trees of Seattle is the result of the passion for trees that grew with each walk, and is based on her > Continue Reading
GET DOWN AT THE DOWNTOWN TACOMA BLOCK PARTY! SAVE THE DATE: Sunday, August 4th, 2024 LIVE MUSIC BY Travis Thompson, Saint Deon Semi Soft, Fantastic Fogman, Race To The Light, DJ Taylor Hadden and DJ Quiet Wyatt EMCEED BY Kwabi Amoah-Forson from The Peace Bus 7 SEAS BEER GARDEN DELICIOUS FOOD TACOMA SUNDAY MARKET FLATSTICK PUB MINI GOLF > Continue Reading