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Downtown Tacoma is getting a Caribbean takeover this Sunday as the Caribbean Queens Festival returns with food, music, dancing, vendors and a Carnival-style parade.

The free, family-friendly festival runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. around Theatre Square, with Broadway closed between 9th and 11th streets. Food vendors will serve Caribbean favorites ranging from Trinidadian doubles and beef patties to jerk shrimp, goat curry and tropical fruit treats, while the Maker Village will feature island-inspired goods and local artists.

Live music, DJs and dance groups will keep things moving throughout the day, and the festival wraps up with a community costume parade. Organizers describe the event as a celebration of the “warmth, rhythm, and flavor of the Caribbean” in downtown Tacoma.

For information visit the official website here.

A tiny North End park is closing temporarily while Parks Tacoma gives it a $160,000 upgrade.

North Slope Historic Park, at North 8th and North K streets, will get a new climbing structure, slides and covered swings after community input helped shape the project. The park will be fenced off during construction and largely inaccessible to the public, though a small portion of the lawn will remain open.

The project is being paid for with money from a bond measure approved by voters in 2014. Parks Tacoma says the work should be finished by fall, with a celebration planned after completion.

For more information and updates, click here.

Tacoma’s Soundview Little League team kept its season alive Wednesday with an 8-2 win over Oregon in the Northwest Region Tournament in San Bernardino, California, setting up a championship rematch with Idaho on Thursday.

Oregon jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, but Soundview battled back and pulled away behind a strong performance from Winston Weaver. Weaver pitched four innings with four strikeouts and also tripled home a run as Washington broke the game open.

Now comes the big one: Soundview will face Idaho for the Northwest Region championship at 6:00 PM this evening, with the winner advancing to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania beginning August 19.

Tonight’s game will be broadcast live on ESPN starting at 6:00 PM.

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