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TODAY - Sunday, September 27
TCMA Yoga In The Park - 9:00 AM / Dune Peninsula
Open Skate - 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM / Armory
The Dope Show - 6:00 PM / Tacoma Comedy Club
Matt Mathews - 7:00 PM / EQC
Lucky Star - 7:00 PM / Spanish Ballroom
Sunday Blues - 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM / The Spar
Monday, September 28
Senior Day - 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM / Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
Little Sprouts - 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM / Nature Center
Open Mic - 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM / Mikey’s Public House
Tuesday, September 29
Bites on Broadway - 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM / 9th & Broadway
Board Games - 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM / Bigfoot Pizza
Horror Book Club - 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM / Narrows Brewing
Psychotic Reaction - 7:00 PM / The Valley
Wednesday, September 30
Snake Lake 7K/11K Walk - 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM / Proctor Safeway
Lineman Rescue Competition - 12:00 PM / Tollefson Plaza
Cynical Weirdos - 7:00 PM / Spanish Ballroom
Thursday, October 1
Fall RV Show - 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM / Tacoma Dome
Free Thursday Nights - 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM / TAM
30 Year Lookback Panel - 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM / WA State Historical Museum
Feminist Utopia Book Club - 5:30 PM / King’s Books
Daisy Hernández - 6:00 PM / UW Tacoma
The Zac Shulze Gang- 7:30 PM / Spanish Ballroom
Friday, October 2
Fall RV Show - 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM / Tacoma Dome
Family Storytime - 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM / Kobetich Library
Meghanne Story - 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM / Prohibition Cellars
Tacoma Symphony Orchestra Gala - 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM / TAM
Candlelight Tour - 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM / Fort Nisqually
Saturday, October 3
Proctor Farmers’ Market - 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM / Proctor
Touch-A-Truck - 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM / Port of Tacoma
Free CPR Training - 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM / Eastside Community Center
Oktoberfest - 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM / Griot’s Garage
HONK! Fest - 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM / McKinley Hill Business District
Pacific Auto Fest - 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM / Convention Center
Candlelight Tour - 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM / Fort Nisqually
Trick or Beat! Championship Wrestling - 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM / Armory
Ultimate Doors - 8:00 PM / Airport Tavern
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TODAY - Sunday, September 27
No local college or high school sports scheduled for today.
Monday, September 28
📱 High School Sports Events - Volleyball, Swimming
Tuesday, September 29
📱 High School Sports Events - Volleyball, Soccer, Tennis, Swimming
Wednesday, September 30
📱 High School Sports Events - Volleyball, Tennis
TCC vs Green River College (Women’s Soccer) - 2:00 PM / TCC Soccer Field
TCC vs Highline College (Men’s Soccer) - 4:15 PM / TCC Soccer Field
Thursday, October 1
📱 High School Sports Events - Football, Volleyball, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Water Polo
Friday, October 2
📱 High School Sports Events - Football, Soccer, Tennis
TCC vs Pierce College (Women’s Volleyball) - 6:30 PM / Titan Gym
Saturday, October 3
📱 High School Sports Events - Swimming
TCC vs SPSCC (Women’s Soccer) - 12:00 PM / TCC Soccer Field
UPS vs Lewis & Clark (Football) - 1:00 PM / Baker Stadium
TCC vs SPSCC (Men’s Soccer) - 2:15 PM / TCC Soccer Field
Tacoma’s Loudest Neighborhood Party Returns to McKinley Hill
McKinley Hill will trade conventional concert stages for music in the streets when Tacoma HONK! Fest returns Saturday, October 3. The free festival brings street bands and cultural groups to four performance areas across the business district, where listeners can wander between sets and join the dancing.
The music starts a night early: Tacoma’s Tacomarama Community Street Band will play a preview concert Friday, October 2, at Beware Coffee at 6 p.m. and the McKinley Hill VFW at 6:45 p.m. The full festival begins at noon Saturday..
Read our full Tacoma Local Minute article here.
The Tacoma Theater Where Kids Run the Show
At Tacoma Youth Theatre, young people do more than learn their lines. They help run the box office, manage props, and operate lights and sound, taking responsibility for the production from backstage to final bow.
Artistic director Maggie Knott has shaped a place where children can experiment, make mistakes and keep the story going. A new profile of Knott offers a closer look at the woman behind the theater and why she puts so much trust in its young performers.
Read our full Tacoma Local Minute article here.
Gods, Valkyries and a Full Orchestra Are Headed to the Pantages
Tacoma Opera is returning to Wagner’s Ring Cycle with Die Walküre at the Pantages Theater on October 9 and 11. It’s the second chapter of the company’s ambitious four-part undertaking, following last year’s Das Rheingold.
The fully staged production brings singers, a full orchestra and a story of gods, family and impossible choices to downtown Tacoma. It will be sung in German, with English words projected above the stage so audiences can follow the drama.
Read our full Tacoma Local Minute article here.
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