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🌤️ Tacoma Weather Today - 82 & Sunny
📆 Tacoma Area Events
🛳️ Six Free Boat Tours Departing From Foss
⚾ Tacoma Wins Its World Series Opener
🔮 A Tacoma Crystal Shop Has a New Home
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The #1 Roth Conversion Mistake That Costs Retirees
Most people missed the first Roth conversion window. History is offering a rare second chance — but not a long one.
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Thursday, August 20
Broadway Farmers Market - 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM / 9th & Broadway
3rd Thursday Free Museums - 3:00 PM / See link
Cruise-In - 5:30 PM / LeMay America’s Car Museum
Stankoma Aroma - 6:00 PM / New Frontier
Route 66 Big Band - 6:30 - 7:30 PM - / Franke Tobey Jones
Fowl Music - 7:30 PM / St. Luke’s Episcopal
Friday, August 21
Wee Ones Weekly - 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM / Children’s Museum
Soundview in Little League World Series - 12:00 PM / Watch on ESPN
Music Festival - 5:30 PM - Real Art Tacoma
Family Fun Night - 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM / Fort Nisqually
Summer Bash - 6:30 PM / STAR Center
Beginning Line Dancing - FREE - 7:00 PM / Airport Tavern
Saturday, August 22
Proctor Farmer’s Market - 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM / Proctor
Cars & Coffee - 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM / LeMay America’s Car Museum
Embla Lodge Rummage Sale - 10:00 AM / Bethlehem Lutheran
Glass History Talk - 1:00 PM / Glass Museum
PNW Night Market - 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM - Point Ruston
Beecher’s & Bubbles - 6:00 PM / Incline Cider House
Comedy Summer Social - 7:00 PM / Edison Square
Sunday, August 23
Bird Walk - 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM / Point Defiance
Haunted Farmer’s Market - 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM / S 54th St & S Tacoma Way
E Komo Mai - 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM / Owen Beach
Champagne Sunday - 6:00 PM / Spanish Ballroom
Monday, August 24
Fun Run - 6:00 PM / Fleet Feet in Proctor
She Built Tacoma - 7:00 PM / Lumora Theatre
Tuesday, August 25
Bites on Broadway - 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM / 9th & Broadway
Hot Brown Smackdown - 7:00 PM / Spanish Ballroom
Tacoma Rainiers (T-Town Tuesdays) - 7:05 PM / Cheney Stadium
Electric Taco Tuesday - 8:00 PM / Airport Tavern
Wednesday, August 26
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - 12:30 PM / Cutters Point Coffee
Funky Jazz - 7:00 PM / The Spar Tavern
Tacoma Rainiers (Craft Brew Wednesdays) - 7:05 PM / Cheney Stadium
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Six Free Boat Tours Departing From Foss
The Port of Tacoma’s free public boat tours return Sunday, Sept. 13, giving families a chance to see Tacoma’s working waterfront from the water.
Tours will depart from Foss Waterway Seaport, with six departure times available throughout the day. Along the way, riders can learn more about the Port, Pierce County’s maritime industry and the activity that keeps the waterfront moving.
Tickets are free, but advance reservations are required for a specific departure time. The tours are one of the Port’s most popular community events, so grabbing a spot early is probably a good idea.
For more information and ticket reservations click here.
Tacoma Wins Its World Series Opener
Soundview Little League opened the Little League World Series in style Wednesday, beating the Southeast Region team from Phenix City, Alabama, 2-0 in Williamsport. The win gives Tacoma a 1-0 start in the tournament and moves Soundview forward in the winners’ bracket.
Next up is the Southwest Region champion, Boerne Little League from Boerne, Texas, on Friday. First pitch is scheduled for noon Pacific, and the game will air live on ESPN.
A win Friday would keep Soundview moving through the winners’ side of the bracket — and keep Tacoma on the Little League World Series stage a little longer.
The Little League World Series website can be found here.
A Tacoma Crystal Shop Has a New Home
Manic Mermaid has reopened in a new Tacoma location, bringing its collection of crystals, rocks, fossils, jewelry and other gifts to 5436 S. Tacoma Way, Suite A.
The shop originally opened in Tacoma’s Lincoln District about a decade ago and most recently operated near Point Ruston. Owners Janelle Elms and Charles Cox chose South Tacoma Way in part because of the neighborhood’s collaborative, community-oriented business scene.
Manic Mermaid celebrated its grand reopening Aug. 1 and is open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, with Mondays and Tuesdays closed.
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