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TODAY - 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
Accessibility Session - 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM / People’s Community Center
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
Accessibility Session - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM / People’s Community Center
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
Saturday, October 31 - Happy Halloween! 🎃👻🦇
Wicked Fast Halloween 5K - 8:20 AM / Dune Peninsula
Proctor Farmers’ Market - 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM / Proctor
Dracula — The Romantic Ballet - 2:00 PM / Pantages
Trunk or Treat - 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM / LeMay - America’s Car Museum
Proctor Treats 2026 - 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM / Proctor
Tacoma Night Market - 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM / The Mothership
Clay Crows - 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM / PLU
Halloweekend - 8:00 PM - Steele Creek
Sunday, November 1
Día de los Muertos Festival - 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM / TAM
Day of the Dead Celebration - 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM / LeMay - America’s Car Museum
Sunday Market - 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM / 915 Broadway
Fall Bazaar - 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM / Tacoma Buddhist Temple
Family Fun Skate - 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM / Armory
Adult Late Skate - 8:30 PM - 11:00 PM / Armory
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TODAY - 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
Saturday, October 31
PLU vs Linfield (Men's Soccer) - 11:00 AM / East Field
UPS vs Lewis & Clark (Men's Soccer) - 11:00 AM / Baker Stadium
PLU vs Whitworth (Football) - 12:00 PM / Sparks Stadium
PLU vs Linfield (Women's Soccer) - 1:45 PM / East Field
UPS vs Lewis & Clark (Women's Soccer) - 1:45 PM / Baker Stadium
UPS vs Lewis & Clark (Women's Volleyball) - 6:00 PM / Memorial Fieldhouse
PLU vs Linfield (Women's Volleyball) - 6:30 PM / Olson Gym
Sunday, November 1
PLU vs Lewis & Clark (Men's Soccer) - 11:00 AM / East Field
UPS vs Linfield (Men's Soccer) - 11:00 AM / Baker Stadium
PLU vs Lewis & Clark (Women's Soccer) - 1:45 PM / East Field
UPS vs Linfield (Women's Soccer) - 1:45 PM / Baker Stadium
Where Is Tacoma Hardest to Get Around? The City Wants to Hear From You
Where are Tacoma’s sidewalks, curb ramps, crossings or bus stops hardest to use? The City is asking residents to help identify accessibility barriers as it updates its ADA Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan.
Two hybrid input sessions are scheduled this week at People’s Community Center, with a Zoom option. Community feedback will help the City set priorities for addressing barriers across Tacoma’s public right-of-way.
Read our full Tacoma Local Minute article here.
What’s Planned for Tacoma’s Church and Shelter Site on Orchard Street?
A proposed $50 million cancer center could bring oncology care, imaging, infusion services and clinical-trial offices to Tacoma’s West End. Its plans call for a three-story building designed around a forest theme, on a property that currently includes First Christian Church and a shelter village.
The proposal is still under city review, and the shelter is expected to relocate while the church’s future at the site remains unclear. Here’s what the plans say about the center, the property and the next steps.
Read our full Tacoma Local Minute article here.
The Narrows Bridge Repair Is Underway. Westbound Trips Could Take an Hour Longer
Two westbound lanes on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge are closed around the clock through Nov. 8 while crews replace a deteriorated section of an expansion joint. The HOV lane is open to all drivers, but afternoon trips from Tacoma to Gig Harbor could take an hour or more. The Jackson Avenue on-ramp to westbound SR 16 is closed too.
The work is a partial repair; WSDOT is planning a more extensive joint replacement in 2027. The closures are already affecting how commuters, educators and businesses plan their days.
Read our full Tacoma Local Minute article here.
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