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TODAY - Sunday, October 4
Grit City Backyard Ultra - 8:00 AM - 11:59 PM / McKinley Hilltop
CPR Sunday - 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM / Foss High School
Pumpkin Chomp & Stomp - 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM / Northwest Trek
Fall RV Show - 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM / Tacoma Dome
Titlow Park Centennial Celebration - 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM / Titlow Park
Open Skate - 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM / Armory
Les Misérables (final performance) - 2:00 PM / Tacoma Musical Playhouse
Music in the Boatshop - 4:00 PM / Foss Waterway Seaport
Adult Late Skate - 8:30 PM - 11:00 PM / Armory
Monday, October 5
50+ Tech Clinic - 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM / Eastside Center
Fun Run/Walk - 6:00 PM / Fleet Feet
Dennis Jones Band - 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM / The Valley
Tuesday, October 6
The History of Concrete - 1:45 PM & 7:00 PM / The Grand
Haunted History: Lincoln HS - 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM / The Nosy Nif
Studio Lighting 100 - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM / Moore Library
Wednesday, October 7
Baby Storytime - 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM / Swasey Library
Intro to Mahjong - 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM / Browne Family Vineyards
CheapSk8 - 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM / Armory
The Paul Green Jazz/Blues Quartet - 7:00 PM / The Spar
Thursday, October 8
Fish Tales - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM / Point Defiance Marina
Conversation Cafe - 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM / Wheelock Library
Taking Back Sunday - 6:00 PM / Dune Peninsula
Mo’ Motion: Dance Workshop - 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM / TAM
Frank Herbert Party! - 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM / Proof
Friday, October 9
Fall Artisan & Vendor Festival - 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM / Point Defiance Park
63rd Tacoma Greek Festival - 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM / St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
Trivia Night - 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM / The Rusty Goat
Highly Suspect & Yelawolf - 7:00 PM / Temple Theatre
Mocedades - 8:00 PM / Rialto Theatre
Saturday, October 10
Defiance Relay - 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM / Owen Beach
Proctor Farmers’ Market - 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM / Proctor
Bear Grotto Work Party - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM / Point Defiance Park
Pumpkin Patch Festival - 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM / Museum of Glass
Fall Artisan & Vendor Festival - 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM / Point Defiance Park
63rd Tacoma Greek Festival - 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM / St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
Paint the Mall Pink Women’s Show - 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM / Tacoma Mall
Tomorrowland Junior Roller Derby - 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM / Armory
Kym Whitley - 7:00 PM & 9:30 PM - Nate Jackson’s Super Funny Comedy Club
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TODAY -Sunday, October 4
No local college or high school sports scheduled for today.
Monday, October 5
📱 High School Sports Events - Volleyball, Tennis
Tuesday, October 6
📱 High School Sports Events - Volleyball, Soccer, Tennis, Swimming, Water Polo
Wednesday, October 7
📱 High School Sports Events - Volleyball, Water Polo
TCC vs Grays Harbor (Women’s Soccer) - 2:00 PM / TCC Soccer Field
TCC vs Clark College (Men’s Soccer) - 4:15 PM / TCC Soccer Field
Thursday, October 8
📱 High School Sports Events - Football, Volleyball, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis
Friday, October 9
📱 High School Sports Events - Football, Volleyball, Water Polo
PLU vs Whitworth (Women’s Volleyball) - 7:00 PM / Olson Gym
UPS vs Whitman (Women’s Volleyball) - 7:00 PM / Memorial Fieldhouse
Saturday, October 10
📱 High School Sports Events - Football, Soccer
PLU vs Whitman (Men’s Soccer) - 12:00 PM / East Field
UPS vs Whitworth (Men’s Soccer) - 12:00 PM / Baker Stadium
PLU vs UPS (Football) - 1:00 PM / Sparks Stadium
PLU vs Whitman (Women’s Soccer) - 2:45 PM / East Field
UPS vs Whitworth (Women’s Soccer) - 2:45 PM / Baker Stadium
UPS vs Whitworth (Women’s Volleyball) - 6:00 PM / Memorial Fieldhouse
PLU vs Whitman (Women’s Volleyball) - 6:30 PM / Olson Gym
More Than 120 Tacoma Artists Want to Show You Where They Work
Some of Tacoma’s most interesting art spaces are places you’d never ordinarily enter. This month, more than 120 artists at over 80 locations are opening their doors for a free weekend of studio visits, demonstrations, and hands-on activities.
The Tacoma Studio Tour returns October 17–18, with stops ranging from pottery studios and weaving spaces to painters’ workrooms and shared creative pop-ups. You choose the route—and along the way, you might help make a painting, meet a book artist, or discover what’s being created a few blocks from home.
Read our full Tacoma Local Minute article here.
Leave Your Car at the Bar, and You Might Find Coffee Money
A car left overnight outside a bar can be a sign that someone made a good decision. Around Tacoma, volunteers known as the Bar Fairies are recognizing that choice with a small surprise: a coffee gift card waiting on the windshield.
Behind that friendly gesture is a deeply personal mission. The group is bringing a different approach to preventing impaired driving—one that starts with gratitude and carries a reminder about the people a safe ride home can protect.
Read our full Tacoma Local Minute article here.
Which Tacoma I-5 Crossing Would You Fix First?
I-5 connects Tacoma to the region, but getting from one side of the freeway to the other can be a challenge of its own. The City is asking people to identify the bridges, underpasses and connecting streets that make everyday trips feel difficult, unsafe or disconnected.
A new survey will help shape a study of those neighborhood connections, with particular attention to people walking, biking and rolling. If there’s a crossing you avoid—or one you wish worked better—this is an opportunity to put that experience in front of the people planning improvements.
Read our full Tacoma Local Minute article here.
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