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TODAY - Tuesday, September 15
Bites on Broadway - 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM / 9th & Broadway
Zoom Book Club - 7:00 PM / King’s Books
Classical Tuesdays - 7:00 PM / Slavonian Hall
Electric Taco Tuesday - 8:00 PM / Airport Tavern
Wednesday, September 16
Mural Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - 10:00 AM / Tacoma Dome
Baby Storytime - 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM / Swasey Library
Family Chess Club - 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM / Wheelock Library
History Pub - 7:00 PM / Spanish Ballroom
Labyrinth - Craft Night - 7:00 PM / The Grand Cinema
Thursday, September 17
Third Thursday Free Museums & Art Walk - Various / Downtown
Broadway Farmers Market - 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM / 9th & Broadway
Coffee With the CEO - 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM / Armory
Constitution on Display - 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM / Washington State History Museum
Teen Open Studio - 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM / TAM
After Hours Networking - 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM / The Chamber
Friday, September 18
Tots on the Trail - 10:00 AM / Point Defiance
Ryan Long - 7:00 PM & 9:45 PM / Tacoma Comedy Club
Sabor Flamenco - 8:00 PM / Armory
Sploinky Rave - 9:30 PM / Airport Tavern
Saturday, September 19
Proctor Farmers’ Market - 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM / Proctor
Citywide Cleanup - 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM / Tacoma (14 Sites)
WagonFest - 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM / LeMay America’s Car Museum
Sister Cities Day of Peace - 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM / Thea’s Park
Chili Cook-Off - 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM / UrbanWork Rhodes Center
Triple Grand Opening - 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM / 11th & Fawcett
Stadium Art & Wine Walk - 1:00 PM / Stadium District
Sunday, September 20
Bird Walk - 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM / Titlow Park
SCHWING Car Show - 12:00 PM / Mercury Dime Barbershop
Open Skate - 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM / Armory
Drop-In Dodgeball - 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM / People’s Center Gym
Parker London - 6:00 PM / Spanish Ballroom
Dane Vance Creek - 6:00 PM / Jazzbones
Tyler Smith - 7:00 PM / Tacoma Comedy Club
Monday, September 21
Little Sprouts - 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM / Nature Center
Literary Reading - 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM / New Frontier Lounge
The Monday Mic - 7:00 PM / Tacoma Comedy Club
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TODAY - Tuesday, September 15
📱 High School Sports Events - Soccer, Volleyball, Tennis, Swimming, Water Polo
Wednesday, September 16
📱High School Sports Events - Volleyball
Thursday, September 17
📱High School Sports Events - Football, Soccer, Volleyball, Tennis, Swimming, Water Polo
Friday, September 18
📱High School Sports Events - Football, Tennis
TCC vs Centralia College (Women’s Volleyball) - 6:30 PM / Titan Gym
PLU vs George Fox University (Women’s Volleyball) - 7:00 PM / Olson Gym
UPS vs Pacific University (Women’s Volleyball) - 7:00 PM / Memorial Fieldhouse
Saturday, September 19
📱 High School Sports Events - Football, Volleyball, Soccer
PLU vs Pacific University (Men’s Soccer) - 12:00 PM / East Field
UPS vs George Fox University (Men’s Soccer) - 12:00 PM / Baker Stadium
PLU vs Pacific University (Women’s Soccer) - 2:45 PM / East Field
UPS vs George Fox University (Women’s Soccer) - 2:45 PM / Baker Stadium
PLU vs Pacific University (Women’s Volleyball) - 6:00 PM / Olson Gym
UPS vs George Fox University (Women’s Volleyball) - 6:00 PM / Memorial Fieldhouse
Sunday, September 20
PLU vs George Fox University (Men’s Soccer) - 12:00 PM / East Field
UPS vs Pacific University (Men’s Soccer) - 12:00 PM / Baker Stadium
PLU vs George Fox University (Women’s Soccer) - 2:45 PM / East Field
UPS vs Pacific University (Women’s Soccer) - 2:45 PM / Baker Stadium
Monday, September 21
📱 High School Sports Events - Volleyball, Tennis
A 42-Foot Machine Will Tower Over Tacoma’s Next Family Event
Previous Touch-A-Truck event at the Port of Tacoma
The Port of Tacoma is bringing some of its biggest equipment out for a closer look during its free Touch-A-Truck event on Saturday, October 3. Families can stand beneath a 42-foot-tall straddle carrier, see a train engine up close and explore maintenance and security vehicles normally associated with Tacoma’s working waterfront.
Visitors can also walk through the Port’s Centennial shipping container, meet the people who help keep the Port running and enjoy free snacks. More than 3,000 people attended last year, making Touch-A-Truck the Port’s largest community event. Admission is free, but advance registration is requested.
Read our full Tacoma Local Minute article here.
Tacoma’s Citywide Book Club Is Asking Who Gets to Belong
Award-winning author Daisy Hernández is coming to UW Tacoma on October 1 for a free Tacoma Reads conversation about citizenship, immigration and the complicated question of who gets to belong. Hernández will join Mayor Anders Ibsen for an evening featuring a reading, audience questions and a book signing.
Her latest book, Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth, combines memoir, history and cultural criticism, drawing partly on the experiences of her Colombian mother and Cuban refugee father. The event runs from 6 to 8 p.m. at William W. Philip Hall, and advance registration is encouraged.
Read our full Tacoma Local Minute article here.
There’s a Forgotten Railroad Beneath This Tacoma Greenway
North Union Median
North Union Avenue’s tree-lined medians may look like pleasant neighborhood landscaping, but they trace their origins to a railroad built more than 130 years ago. Tacoma recently designated the 18-block North Union Avenue Greenway a historic landmark, protecting its distinctive footprint and park-like character.
The designation does not protect every individual tree or prevent routine maintenance. News Tribune reporter Becca Most explains how a former railroad corridor became one of Tacoma’s most recognizable green spaces—and why neighbors worked to preserve it.
Read our full Tacoma Local Minute article here.
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