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TODAY - Saturday, October 24
Proctor Farmers’ Market - 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM / Proctor
Reconciliation Walk - 10:45 AM / History Museum
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
Sunday, October 25
Logger 5K - 9:00 AM / UPS
Sister Cities Fall Festival - 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM / Eastside Community Center
Family Fun Skate - 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM / Armory
Trick or Treat the Ave! - 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM / 6th Avenue
Xolie Morra - 5:00 PM / Spanish Ballroom
Damon Wayans Jr. - 6:00 PM / Tacoma Comedy Club
Adult Late Skate - 8:30 PM - 11:00 PM / Armory
Monday, October 26
Carving as Medicine - 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM / Tacoma Boat Builders
Fun Run/Walk - 6:00 PM / Fleet Feet Proctor
Parks Budget Hearing - 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM / Parks Tacoma HQ
Monday Mic - 7:00 PM / Tacoma Comedy Club
Tuesday, October 27
Free Percussion Workshop - 5:00 PM / People’s Community Center
University Symphony Orchestra - 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM / PLU
Daniel Inamorato - 7:30 PM / UPS
Electric Taco Tuesday - 8:00 PM / Airport Tavern
Wednesday, October 28
Babies on the Trail - 10:00 AM / Point Defiance Park
CheapSk8 - 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM / Armory
A Gathering of Poets - 6:00 PM / Swasey Library
Weener - 7:00 PM / Spanish Ballroom
Thursday, October 29
Macabre Jewelry Workshop - 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM / Fern Hill Library
Night at the Museum - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM / UPS
Nightmare Before Christmas Sing-Along - 7:00 PM / Theatre on the Square
Pipes Spooktakular - 7:30 PM / UPS
Friday, October 30
City Services Expo - 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM / Tacoma Dome
Spooky Organ Concert - 5:00 PM / St. Luke’s Episcopal
Night of the Living Bands (SOTA) - 7:00 PM / Real Art Tacoma
All Hallows' Eve Party - 7:00 PM - 11:59 PM / The Valley
The Cherry Orchard - 7:30 PM / UPS
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TODAY - 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
Sunday, October 25
UPS vs Willamette (Men's Soccer) - 12:00 PM / East Field
UPS vs Willamette (Women's Soccer) - 2:45 PM / East Field
Monday, October 26
📱 High School Sports Events - Volleyball, Water Polo
Tuesday, October 27
📱 High School Sports Events - Volleyball, Soccer, Water Polo
Wednesday, October 28
📱 High School Sports Events - Volleyball
TCC vs Clark (Women’s Soccer) - 2:00 PM / TCC Campus
TCC vs Centralia (Men’s Soccer) - 4:15 PM / TCC Campus
TCC vs Highline (Women’s Volleyball) - 6:30 PM / Titan Gym
Thursday, October 29
📱 High School Sports Events - Volleyball, Soccer, Swimming, Water Polo
Friday, October 30
📱 High School Sports Events - Football, Tennis, Volleyball
PLU vs Lewis & Clark (Women's Volleyball) - 7:00 PM / Olson Gym
UPS vs Linfield (Women's Volleyball) - 7:00 PM / Memorial Fieldhouse
REI’s Garage Sale Returns to Tacoma—But There’s a Catch
The REI Garage Sale is back in Tacoma for the first time since 2020. The one-day event is part of a 10-store test of a reimagined version of the longtime member favorite.
Used outdoor gear, clearance, trade-ins and a few member perks are on the schedule—but there’s a catch for shoppers who aren’t already co-op members. Here’s what Tacoma’s event will look like, and what REI is hoping to learn from bringing the sale back.
Read our full Tacoma Local Minute article here.
TAM’s New Exhibit Finds Strange Beauty Beneath Cargo Ships
From a kayak on the Duwamish River, photographer Eirik Johnson looked up at the massive hulls of cargo barges—and found an unexpected subject. His photographs are at the center of Leviathan Rising, a new Tacoma Art Museum exhibit opening Oct. 29.
The show also brings in Japanese fishing floats and sounds recorded underwater in the Duwamish. The full experience begins before visitors even reach the gallery.
Read our full Tacoma Local Minute article here.
Why Tacoma’s Orchard Street Shelter Is Moving to South Tacoma
Tacoma plans to move a 40-unit emergency micro-shelter from North Orchard Street to a former shelter site in South Tacoma by Nov. 16. The new location previously operated as another micro-shelter, and the move is needed to make way for a planned cancer care and treatment center.
The shelter is intended to serve about 60 people, with a primary focus on families. City staff will hold a community meeting Oct. 29—here’s what will stay the same for residents and what neighbors can learn about the move.
Read our full Tacoma Local Minute article here.
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