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TODAY - 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
Tuesday, September 22
Bites on Broadway - 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM / 9th & Broadway
Tacoma Trivia Night - 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM / Browne Family Vineyards
Board Games - 6:00 PM / Bigfoot Pizza
Clean Comedy - 7:00 PM / Tacoma Comedy Club
Wednesday, September 23
Learn To Play Mahjong - 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM / Swasey Library
Trivia Night - 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM / Odd Otter Brewing Co
Open Mic - 7:00 PM / Tacoma Comedy Club
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TODAY - 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
Tuesday, September 22
📱 High School Sports Events - Volleyball, Soccer, Tennis, Swimming, Water Polo
Wednesday, September 23
📱High School Sports Events - Volleyball, Tennis
Point Defiance’s Old Rental Boats Are Making Way for a New Fleet
Point Defiance Marina is retiring the last survivor of its well-worn motorboat fleet and replacing the old rentals with ten Whaly 435R boats manufactured in the Netherlands. The new boats will carry 20-horsepower motors—up from 9.9 horsepower—and are expected to become available beginning in November after they have been assembled and outfitted.
Customers will also be able to reserve the new boats, eliminating the first-come, first-served uncertainty associated with the outgoing fleet. It is a modern update to a Tacoma waterfront tradition stretching back more than a century, when the first permanent Point Defiance boathouse began putting visitors onto the water.
Read our full Tacoma Local Minute article here.
Walk, Bike or Roll Through Tacoma’s South End on September 26
A free festival will connect three South End destinations on Saturday, September 26—and getting from one to the next is part of the fun. Move & Groove invites participants to walk, bike or roll between Birney Elementary School, Charlotte’s Blueberry Park and Ryan’s Park.
Visitors can explore at their own pace or join a family-friendly group bicycle ride. Live music, a guided park walk, face painting, balloons and games will be spread across the route during the three-hour neighborhood celebration.
Read our full Tacoma Local Minute article here.
TAM Is Becoming an Adults-Only Wonderland for One Night
Tacoma Art Museum is trading its usual quiet galleries for an adults-only evening of art, cocktails and carefully orchestrated chaos. Wonderland will take over TAM after dark on Saturday, September 26, with two themed bars, DJs, immersive soundscapes and a place to create your own Mad Hatter-inspired headwear.
Interactive art, games, pop-up performances and other surprises will be scattered throughout the museum—but organizers are leaving some of the evening’s curious encounters unexplained. The 21-and-older event runs from 8 to 11 p.m., with tickets listed at $75.
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