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TODAY - 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
Friday, October 23
Dog Days - 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM / PDZA
Boo Five Three Beer Festival - 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM / Armory
Jamie MacDonald - 7:00 PM / Pantages
Bear Grease - 8:00 PM / Emerald Queen Casino
Saturday, October 24
Proctor Farmers’ Market - 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM / Proctor
Switch Saturday - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM / Moore Library
Stargazy Pie - 7:00 PM - 10:30 PM / Real Art Tacoma
Holst’s The Planets - 7:30 PM / Rialto
Tacoma Concert Band - Thriller! - 7:30 PM / Pantages
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TODAY - 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
Friday, October 23
📱 High School Sports Events - Football, Swimming
PLU vs Willamette (Women’s Volleyball) - 7:00 PM / Olson Gym
Saturday, October 24
📱 High School Sports Events - Football, Tennis
UPS vs George Fox (Football) - 1:00 PM / Baker Stadium
UPS vs Willamette (Women’s Volleyball) - 6:00 PM / Memorial Fieldhouse
PLU vs Willamette (Men’s Soccer) - 12:00 PM / East Field
PLU vs Willamette (Women’s Soccer) - 2:45 PM / East Field
Watch The Ring in the Museum of Glass Hot Shop—Then Stay for the Conversation
A horror movie, a glassmaking hot shop and a discussion of paranormal history are converging at the Museum of Glass. On Friday, October 23, the museum’s free “Movies in the Cone” series brings The Ring to the Hot Shop, followed by a conversation with a UW Tacoma professor and a museum staff talk on local true crime and paranormal lore.
The screening is part of a series exploring women, myth and media—and the museum is pairing the film with an unusual setting and a distinctly local discussion. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.; the film starts at 6 p.m. Free RSVP is requested.
Read our full Tacoma Local Minute article here.
Hilltop A Go-Go’s Former Home Is Getting a New Kind of Nightlife
The former Hilltop A Go-Go space is set to become Juke Garden, a Black-owned lounge built around karaoke, cocktails and community nights. The owner is targeting a November 7 soft opening, though the venue’s website currently confirms only that it plans to open in November.
The weekly plan includes karaoke Fridays, free community nights on Sundays and Saturday sessions where DJs and artists can leave with a produced recording of their set. What makes that Saturday idea different—and how the venue plans to use its Hilltop space—is part of the story.
Read our full Tacoma Local Minute article here.
Fort Nisqually’s Kitchen, Shop and Bastions Are Closing for Renovations
Four familiar parts of Fort Nisqually are about to disappear from the visitor experience for a while: the kitchen, sale shop and two bastions. The restoration is intended to preserve the buildings and make two of them easier to enter.
One part of the project involves temporarily lifting the kitchen and sale shop to replace their old foundations. Find out what else is changing, what visitors will miss during construction and when the buildings are expected to return.
Read our full Tacoma Local Minute article here.
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