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🌤️ Tacoma Weather Today - 72 & Partly Sunny
📆 Tacoma Area Events
🥳 Cheney Stadium Is Throwing a Free City Wide Block Party Today
🛶 Tacoma Teens Can Kayak the Bay for Free
⚾ Bases Loaded. Nobody Out. Tacoma Wins Anyway.
Voting is now open for Best of Tacoma Pizza 2026!
Tacoma takes its pizza seriously, and now it’s time to settle the question: who makes the best pie in town? Voting is officially open for Best of Tacoma Pizza 2026, and we want to hear from the people who actually eat it. Pick your favorite local pizza spot, rally your friends, and help us crown Tacoma’s favorite.
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One Death, Higher Taxes
Here's the math most couples never see coming.
When one spouse passes, the survivor usually keeps most of the household income — but starts filing as a single taxpayer. Same IRA. Same required distributions. Roughly half the standard deduction, and tax brackets that compress to nearly twice the rate at the same income.
It's called the survivor's tax trap, and it's one of the most preventable problems in retirement — if you act while both spouses are alive and rates are still low.
Craig Wear, CFP®, has walked 3,000+ families with $1M+ in IRAs through exactly this planning. His new book, Roth Conversion Reset, lays out the year-by-year framework for converting at today's rates so the tax problem never lands on the person you love most.
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TODAY - 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
City Wide Block Party - 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM / Cheney Stadium
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
Soundview in Little League World Series - 6:00 AM / Watch on ESPN
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
Thursday, August 27
Broadway Farmers Market - 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM / 9th & Broadway
Aaron Crawford - 6:30 - 7:30 PM - / Franke Tobey Jones
Trivia & Karaoke Night - 7:00 PM / Airport Tavern
Duckhorn Wine Dinner - 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM / Stanley & Seaforts
Tacoma Rainiers (Public Utilities Night) - 7:05 PM / Cheney Stadium
Friday, August 28
Beyond the Bin Recycling - 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM / Recovery & Transfer Center
Wee Ones Weekly - 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM / Children’s Museum
Game Night - 4:30 PM - 7:00 PM - Wapato Park
Tacoma Rainiers (Fireworks) - 7:05 PM / Cheney Stadium
The Revival Brothers - 8:00 PM / Spanish Ballroom
Pete Davidson - 8:00 PM / EQC
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Cheney Stadium Is Throwing a Free City Wide Block Party Today
Cheney Stadium is turning into one big community gathering Saturday for the 5th Annual City-Wide Block Party, a free event packed with family activities, food, entertainment and back-to-school giveaways.
The event runs noon to 7 p.m. and includes a kids zone, food trucks, local vendors, community resources and live entertainment. Organizers are also planning a back-to-school giveaway, making it a particularly useful stop for families getting ready for the new school year.
Admission is free, and the event is open to the community at Cheney Stadium, 2502 S. Tyler St..
Tacoma Teens Can Kayak the Bay for Free
Communities for a Healthy Bay is offering a free guided kayak tour for youth ages 12–17 on Friday, Aug. 28, giving Tacoma teens a chance to get out on Commencement Bay and learn more about the marine life and ecosystems right in their backyard.
The half-day program runs 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and includes paddling, marine-life discovery and hands-on environmental education. No experience is required — the program is designed for both first-time kayakers and kids who already know their way around a paddle.
Best of all, all equipment and lunch are included, and the program is completely free. Space is limited, so advance registration is required.
To sign up click here and select a date.
Please reach out to [email protected] with any questions!
Bases Loaded. Nobody Out. Tacoma Wins Anyway.
Soundview Little League gave Tacoma another heart-stopper Friday, holding off Boerne, Texas, 4-3 to remain unbeaten at the Little League World Series. The real drama came in the bottom of the sixth, when Texas loaded the bases with nobody out and the tying run just 60 feet away. Soundview brought in Kasen Workman, who somehow worked his way out of the jam without allowing a run, retiring three straight batters to seal the win.
The victory moves Soundview deeper into the winners’ bracket, where Tacoma will face Paseo Verde Little League from Henderson, Nevada, on Sunday at 6 a.m. PDT. Nevada advanced with its own dramatic comeback win Friday. The winner moves another step closer to the U.S. championship game on August 29.
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