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The Inheritance You Leave Your Kids? Surprisingly Public
What you leave your kids and grandkids doesn't stay private.
What you had. Who received it. Filed with a court, open to anyone who looks.
But there's one asset that stays off it. No bank, no brokerage, nobody to notify.
And the best part? You can buy it inside your retirement account, tax-deferred and penalty-free.
See what it is:
TODAY - Friday, October 16
Tacoma Holiday Festival - 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM / Tacoma Dome
Zoomagination Station - 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM / PDZA
Fabric Wing Sewing - 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM / Tacoma Main Library
Fear of a Female Planet - 7:00 PM - 11:30 PM / Real Art Tacoma
Arsenic and Old Lace - 7:30 PM / Tacoma Little Theatre
Fox and Bones - 8:00 PM / New Frontier Lounge
Saturday, October 17
Proctor Farmers’ Market - 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM / Proctor
Orca Recovery Day - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM / Multiple Locations
Zoo Boo - 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM / PDZA
Tacoma Holiday Festival - 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM / Tacoma Dome
Tacoma Studio Tour - 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM / Multiple Locations
On My Bloc(k) - 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM / TCC
What Is My Glass Worth? - 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM / Museum of Glass
Halloween Parade & Spooky Street Fair - 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM / Proctor
Paranormal in the PNW - 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM / Odd Otter
Moonlight - 5:00 PM & 9:00 PM / Spanish Ballroom
Sunday, October 18
Zoo Boo - 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM / PDZA
Tacoma Holiday Festival - 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM / Tacoma Dome
Tacoma Studio Tour - 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM / Multiple Locations
Family Fun Skate - 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM / Armory
Kareem Kandi - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM / Museum of Glass
Rick Steves - 7:00 PM / PLU
Scuffed Realtor - 7:00 PM / Tacoma Comedy Club
Adult Late Skate - 8:30 PM - 11:00 PM / Armory
Monday, October 19
MNF Watch Party - 5:15 PM / Tacoma Comedy Club
Fun Run/Walk - 6:00 PM / Fleet Feet Proctor
Film Festival Preview - 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM / The Grand Cinema
Tuesday, October 20
Power of the Wind - 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM / Fern Hill Library
Craft & Horror Movie Night - 4:30 PM - 11:30 PM / Real Art Tacoma
Banned Book Club - 7:00 PM / King’s Books
Diles Que No Me Maten - 8:00 PM / Jazzbones
Wednesday, October 21
Forest & Beach Walk - 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM / Point Defiance Park
CheapSk8 - 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM / Armory
History Pub: Serial Killers - 7:00 PM / Spanish Ballroom
The Good Kind - 7:30 PM / Tacoma Little Theatre
Thursday, October 22
Bloodworks Blood Drive - 11:30 AM - 5:30 PM / TAM
Teen Time: Pony Beads - 4:00 PM / Moore Library
Tacoma Film Festival Opening Night - 7:00 PM / The Grand Cinema
Michael Franti Trio - 8:00 PM / Pantages
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TODAY - Friday, October 16
📱 High School Sports Events - Football, Soccer, Tennis
Saturday, October 17
📱 High School Sports Events - Football, Tennis
TCC vs Centralia College (Women’s Soccer) - 12:00 PM / TCC Soccer Field
TCC vs Pierce College (Men’s Soccer) - 2:15 PM / TCC Soccer Field
Sunday, October 18
There are no local college or high school sports events scheduled for Sunday, October 18.
Monday, October 19
📱 High School Sports Events - Volleyball, Water Polo
Tuesday, October 20
📱 High School Sports Events - Volleyball, Soccer, Tennis
UPS vs PLU (Women’s Volleyball) - 7:00 PM / Memorial Fieldhouse
Wednesday, October 21
📱 High School Sports Events - Volleyball, Tennis
PLU vs UPS (Men’s Soccer) - 4:00 PM / East Field
TCC vs Lower Columbia (Women’s Volleyball) - 6:30 PM / Titan Gym
PLU vs UPS (Women’s Soccer) - 6:45 PM / East Field
Thursday, October 22
📱 High School Sports Events - Volleyball, Soccer, Swimming, Water Polo
Boo Five Three Is Bringing Beer, Food Trucks and Costumes to the Armory
Boo Five Three brings a Halloween spin to Tacoma Arts Live’s long-running beer festival. On Friday, October 23, the Tacoma Armory’s parade floor will fill with Washington breweries, while food trucks set up outside. The evening also includes a brewery booth decorating contest and a costume contest for attendees.
The festival is 21+ and runs from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., with early entry at 5:30. Tickets include a souvenir glass and eight drink tokens; designated-driver tickets include nonalcoholic beverages. The first 800 attendees will receive the festival’s 2026 commemorative tasting glass.
Read our full Tacoma Local Minute article here.
Fat Zach’s Pizza Is Bringing Its Food-Truck Roots to Tacoma
A former MOD Pizza space at Tacoma Mall is getting a new tenant: Fat Zach’s Pizza, a Washington chain that started as a food truck. Its first Tacoma restaurant is planned for this fall, though an exact opening date hasn’t been announced.
Fat Zach’s is known for oversized pizzas and specialty pies—including one with ranch, mozzarella and pickles. What else is on the menu, and how the local shop fits into the owners’ growing business, is part of the story.
Read our full Tacoma Local Minute article here.
A Tacoma Mall Walking Group Built Its Own Support Network
Before the shops open, Tacoma Mall has a regular crowd with somewhere else to be: walking laps, greeting familiar faces and meeting up afterward for coffee. One group includes about 25 people, ages 65 to 91, with some members who have been walking the mall for decades.
For them, the routine has grown into a support network. The News Tribune’s story follows how the group formed and the small ways its members look out for one another.
Read our full Tacoma Local Minute article here.
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