October 2, 2016
Welcome to the first week of Tacoma Arts Month! If you are looking for
something to liven up the usual weekday routine, keep reading. You are sure to
find something right up your alley.
These newsletters will be
sent twice weekly throughout October - one highlighting weekday events and one
highlighting weekend events. For more information, go to TacomaArtsMonth.com or check out each
presenter's website.
 Images courtesy of: Paradigm Talent Agency, Broadway Center presents Dr. John & The Nite Trippers; Artist Trust, How to Talk about Yourself and Your Artwork; Tacoma Film Festival; Wren and Willow, Your House has DNA: Remodeling Historic Interiors; Tacoma Film Festival, As You Are; Tacoma Film Festical, Tresspass
October 4
How
to Talk about Yourself and Your Artwork | Feast Arts Center |
1402
S. 11th Street |
6
PM - 8 PM | $20 AT members, $25
non-members |
zach@artisttrust.org
October 6
Tacoma
Film Festival |
The
Grand Cinema & other venues around Tacoma | 606 S. Fawcett Avenue |
10
AM - 11 AM |
$10
- $150 |
http://www.tacomafilmfestival.com
Your
House has DNA: Remodeling Historic Interiors | B
Sharp Coffee House | 706 Opera Alley | 5:30
PM -7 PM | Free | http://www.cityoftacoma.org/hpevents
October 7
Dr. John & The Nite Trippers | Pantages Theater | 901 Broadway | 7:30 PM | $39 - $110 | http://www.broadwaycenter.org
The
Addams Family |
Tacoma
Musical Playhouse |
7116
6th Avenue |
7:30
PM |
$22
- $31 |
http://www.tmp.org
Tacoma Film Festival | The Grand Cinema & other venues around Tacoma | 606 S. Fawcett Avenue | 10 AM - 11 AM | $10 - $150 | http://www.tacomafilmfestival.com
 Photos courtesy of: Leonard Pitts Jr., University of Puget Sound, An Evening with Leonard Pitts Jr.; Michael Craft, LeMay: America's Car Museum, If Cars Could Talk: Classic Brightwork; Tacoma Public Library, Book Talk and Signing with Annie Marie Musselman and Brenda Peterson
October 3
An Evening with Leonard Pitts Jr. | Schneebeck
Concert Hall, University of Puget Sound |
N. 14th & Union Avenue | 8
PM | $20
| http://www.pugetsound.edu/news-and-events
Musical Theatre Jazz (ages 7 - 10) | Urban Grace | 902 Market Street | 4:15 PM |
$15, new students: 1st week of
unlimited classes for $15 |
http://www.smactac.com
Musical Theatre Jazz (ages 11+) | Urban Grace | 902 Market Street | 6:15 PM |
$15, new students: 1st week of
unlimited classes for $15 |
http://www.smactac.com
October 4
Ukulele Singalong Circus | Studio
6 Ballroom | 2608
6th Avenue | 6
PM - 8 PM | $8 | http://www.studio6ballroom.com
If Cars Could Talk: Classic
Brightwork | LeMay
- America's Car Museum | 2702
E. D Street | 11:30
AM - 12:30 PM | Free
with admission | http://www.americascarmuseum.org
Book Talk and Signing with Annie
Marie Musselman and Brenda Peterson, Author and Photographer of Sanctuary and
the Future of Wolves in North America |
Tacoma Public Library, Wheelock
Branch | 3722
N. 26th Street | 7
PM | Free
| http://www.tacomalibrary.org
Open Mic @ The Antique Sandwich Co. | The Antique Sandwich Co. | 5102 N.
Pearl Street | 7 PM - 10 PM | $3 adults, $1 children, $2 member, Free for
performers | http://www.victorymusic.org
From the Eye of the Storm:
Perspectives on Climate Change by Barry Goldstein | Trimble
Hall Forum, University of Puget Sound |
N. 14th & Lawrence | 4
PM | Free
| http://www.pugetsound.edu/news-and-events
Hip Hop (ages 8+) | Urban Grace | 902 Market Street | 4:15 PM |
$15, new students: 1st week of
unlimited classes for $15 |
http://www.smactac.com
Cheer & Dance (ages 7 - 10) |
Urban Grace | 902 Market Street | 5:15
PM | $15,
new students: 1st week of unlimited classes for $15 | http://www.smactac.com
Cheer & Dance (ages 11+) | Urban Grace | 902 Market Street | 6:15 PM |
$15, new students: 1st week of
unlimited classes for $15 |
http://www.smactac.com
Twinkle Tots (ages 2 - 3.5) | Urban Grace | 902 Market Street | 5:15 PM |
$7.50, new students: 1st week of
unlimited classes for $15 |
http://www.smactac.com
Ballet (ages 4 - 6) | Urban Grace | 902 Market Street | 5:45 PM |
$15, new students: 1st week of
unlimited classes for $15 |
http://www.smactac.com
 Photos courtsey of: Pei Pei Sung, Tacoma Art Museum, Lunch and Learn; Tim Mansen, Tacoma Academy of Fine Art, Life Drawing - Long Pose
October 5
Regency Strings | Jennie
Lee Hansen Recital Hall Room 306, Mary Baker Russell Music Center, Pacific
Lutheran University | 12180
Park Avenue S. | 8
PM | $8
general, $5 military/55+/alumni, Free PLU/18 and under | http://www.plu.edu/music
"Splintering the Soul: A
Reading of Beauty in Toni Morrison" by Althea Tait | University
of Puget Sound, Trimble Hall, Trimble Forum |
1500 N. Warner | 4
PM - 5:30 PM | Free
| http://www.pugetsound.edu/calendar
Creative Colloquy Crawl | Various
venues in Theater District and Stadium District | 706 Opera Alley | 6
PM - 9 PM | Free
| http://www.creativecolloquy.com/creativecolloquycrawl
Lunch and Learn | Tacoma
Art Museum | 1701
Pacific Avenue | 12
- 1 PM | Free
| http://www.tacomaartmuseum.org
Visiting Artist Simone Fezer | Museum
of Glass | 1801
Dock Street | 10
AM - 5 PM | $15
adult, Free member, $5 child, $12 senior/student/military | http://www.museumofglass.org/event-calendar?cid=1&ceid=1937&cerid=5051&cdt=10%2f5%2f2016
WordPlay | King's
Books | 218
St. Helens Avenue | 5
PM | Free
| http://www.write253.com/wordplay-workshops
Midweek Swing, Blues, and Fusion | Studio
6 Ballroom | 2608
6th Avenue | 8:30
PM | $5
| http://www.studio6ballroom.com
Open Mic Night | Tacoma Comedy Club | 933 Market
Street | 8 PM | Free | http://www.tacomacomedyclub.com
Lotus Flower | Artful
Dreamers Studio | 2926
S. Steele Street | 8:30
PM | $35,
20% off 1st class | http://www.artfuldreamers.com/lotus-flower
Musical Theatre Jazz (ages 4 - 6) | Urban Grace | 902 Market Street | 4:15 PM |
$15, new students: 1st week of
unlimited classes for $15 |
http://www.smactac.com
Fab 50+ Greek Dancing | People's
Community Center | 1602
S. MLK Jr Way | 1
PM and 6 PM | $2
| http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/metro-arts
Hip Hop (ages 4 - 6) | Urban Grace | 902 Market Street | 4:15 PM |
$15, new students: 1st week of
unlimited classes for $15 |
http://www.smactac.com
Hip Hop (ages 7 - 10) | Urban Grace | 902 Market Street | 5:15 PM |
$15, new students: 1st week of
unlimited classes for $15 |
http://www.smactac.com
Hip Hop (ages 11+) | Urban Grace | 902 Market Street | 6:15 PM |
$15, new students: 1st week of
unlimited classes for $15 |
http://www.smactac.com
Hip Hop in Heels (ages 11+) | Urban Grace | 902 Market Street | 7:15 PM |
$15, new students: 1st week of
unlimited classes for $15 |
http://www.smactac.com
Ballet (ages 11+) | Urban Grace | 902 Market Street | 5:15 PM |
$15, new students: 1st week of
unlimited classes for $15 |
http://www.smactac.com
Ballet (ages 7 - 10) | Urban Grace | 902 Market Street | 6:15 PM |
$15, new students: 1st week of
unlimited classes for $15 |
http://www.smactac.com
Contemporary Jazz (ages 11+) | Urban Grace | 902 Market Street | 7:15 PM |
$15, new students: 1st week of
unlimited classes for $15 |
http://www.smactac.com
October 6
Halloween Costume Sewing Workshop | Tacoma
Tool Library | 1314
MLK Jr Way | 6
PM - 8 PM | Free | http://www.tacomatoollibrary.com
Tacoma Film Festival - Opening Night - As You Are | The Grand Cinema | 606 S. Fawcett Avenue | 7 PM | $20 general, $15 member | http://www.tacomafilmfestival.com/tacoma-film-festival-events/tff-opening-night-1
Singing the Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar
| University
of Puget Sound, Kilworth Memorial Chapel |
1500 N. Warner | 7:30
PM | Free
| http://www.pugetsound.edu/calendar
Murder is Served - A Murder Mystery
Dinner | The
Social Bar and Grill | 1715
Dock Street | 7:30
PM | $50
includes dinner and show | http://www.tacomalittletheatre.com
Visiting Artist Simone Fezer | Museum
of Glass | 1801
Dock Street | 10
AM - 5 PM | $15
adult, Free member, $5 child, $12 senior/student/military | http://www.museumofglass.org/event-calendar?cid=1&ceid=1937&cerid=5051&cdt=10%2f5%2f2016
Christopher Titus - Born with a
Defect | Rialto
Theater | 310
S. 9th Street | 8
PM | $25
- $45 | http://www.broadwaycenter.org
Jubal Flagg And Gabriel Rutledge | Tacoma Comedy Club | 933 Market
Street | 8 PM | $16 - $22 | http://www.tacomacomedyclub.com
Intuitive Painting | Artful
Dreamers Studio | 2926
S. Steele Street | 8:30
PM | $25
| http://www.artfuldreamers.com/intuitive-painting-3
Life Drawing - Long Pose | Tacoma
Academy of Fine Art | 301
'A' Puyallup Avenue | 6
PM - 9 PM | $20
| http://www.tacomaacademyoffineart.org
Twinkle Tots (ages 2 - 3.5) | Urban Grace | 902 Market Street | 10 AM | $7.50,
new students: 1st week of unlimited classes for $15 | http://www.smactac.com
Twinkle Tots (ages 3.5 - 5) | Urban Grace | 902 Market Street | 10:30 AM |
$7.50, new students: 1st week of
unlimited classes for $15 |
http://www.smactac.com
Acro (ages 6 - 9) | Urban Grace | 902 Market Street | 4:15 PM |
$15, new students: 1st week of
unlimited classes for $15 |
http://www.smactac.com
Acro (ages 10+) | Urban Grace | 902 Market Street | 5:15 PM |
$15, new students: 1st week of
unlimited classes for $15 |
http://www.smactac.com
 Photos courtesy of: Simone Fezer, Museum of Glass, Visiting Artist Simone Fezer; Pacific Lutheran University, University Jazz Ensemble; SPUN, Spuntoberfest; Tim Mansen, Tacoma Academy of Fine Art, Open Studio - Portrait Drawing
October 7
University Jazz Ensemble | Karen
Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Eastvold Auditorium, Pacific
Lutheran University | 12180
Park Avenue S. | 8
PM | $8
general, $5 military/55+/alumni, Free PLU/18 and under | http://www.plu.edu/music
First Friday Gallery Talk: A
Revolution You Can Dance To |
Washington State History Museum | 1911
Pacific Avenue | 3
PM | Free
with admission | http://www.washingtonhistory.org
Tacoma Film Festival - Friday Feature - Tresspass Against Us | Blue Mouse Theatre | 2611 N. Proctor Street | 7 PM | $10 general, $7.50 Grand member | http://www.tacomafilmfestival.com/tacoma-film-festival-events/tff-friday-feature
Weird Elephant at Tacoma Film Festival - The Monster | Blue Mouse Theatre | 2611 N. Proctor Street | 10 PM | $10 general, $7.50 Grand member | http://www.tacomafilmfestival.com/tacoma-film-festival-events/weird-elephant-at-tff-the-monster
Tacoma Film Festival - The Veldt Preview Party | Breaker Studio-Gallery | 747 S. Fawcett Avenue, Suite B | 9 PM - 1 AM | $10 general, $7.50 Grand member | http://www.tacomafilmfestival.com/tacoma-film-festival-events/tff-veldt-preview-night
Death and the Maiden | Karen
Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Studio Theater, Pacific Lutheran
University | 12180
Park Avenue S. | 7:30
PM | $5
| http://www.plu.edu/communication-theatre/theatre/theatre-season
Murder is Served - A Murder Mystery
Dinner | The
Social Bar and Grill | 1715
Dock Street | 7:30
PM | $50
includes dinner and show | http://www.tacomalittletheatre.com
Candlelight Tour | Ft.
Nisqually | 5400
N. Pearl Street | 7
PM | $12
general, $8 youth ages 4 - 12 |
http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/calendar/?cid=4343&park_id=129
Chihuly Walking Tours | Museum
of Glass | 1801
Dock Street | 2
PM - 3 PM | $10
per person. Does not include museum admission ($15 adult, $5 child, $12
student/senior/military, Free members) |
http://www.museumofglass.org/event-calendar?cid=1&ceid=1915&cerid=0&cdt=10%2f1%2f2016
Visiting Artist Simone Fezer | Museum
of Glass | 1801
Dock Street | 10
AM - 5 PM | $15
adult, Free member, $5 child, $12 senior/student/military | http://www.museumofglass.org/event-calendar?cid=1&ceid=1937&cerid=5051&cdt=10%2f5%2f2016
Spuntoberfest | SPUN
Clay Arts Studio & Gallery |
923 Martin Luther King Jr. Way | 5
PM - 8 PM | $40
| http://www.spuntacoma.com
Expressing Motherhood | Tacoma
Youth Theatre | 924
Broadway | 7:30
PM | $25
| http://www.expressingmotherhood.com
Emo Philips | Tacoma Comedy Club | 933 Market
Street | 7:30 PM & 10:30 PM | $20 - $25 | http://www.tacomacomedyclub.com
Symphony Orchestra | Schneebeck
Concert Hall, University of Puget Sound |
N. 14th & Union Avenue | 7:30
PM | Free
| http://www.pugetsound.edu/news-and-events
"Poetry and War: Another Way of
Healing," by Mario Escobar |
University of Puget Sound, Collins
Memorial Library, McCormick Room |
N. 18th & Union Avenue | 12
PM | Free
| http://www.pugetsound.edu/calendar
Ladies Night Out | Throwing
Mud Gallery | 2212
N. 30th Street | 6
PM - 9 PM | $15
+ price of pottery you paint |
http://www.throwingmudgallery.com
Latin Nights, Fusion, Ballroom &
More | Studio
6 Ballroom | 2608
6th Avenue | 8:30
PM | $10
| http://www.studio6ballroom.com
Kay Miyagi with Phinisey and Sean
Brooks | Jazzbones | 2803 6th Avenue | 8 PM
| $10 | http://www.jazzbones.com
Open Studio - Portrait Drawing | Tacoma
Academy of Fine Art | 301
'A' Puyallup Avenue | 9:30
AM - 12:30 PM | $20
| http://www.tacomaacademyoffineart.org
Ballroom- Friday Night Lesson & Dance | STAR Center | 3873 S. 66th Street | Lesson 7 PM - 8 PM, Dance 8 PM
- 10 PM | $8 - $22 | http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/metro-arts
 Discover all that Tacoma has to offer when you attend and share your arts and culture experiences this fall. It's easy!
- Take a selfie at each Tacoma arts event you attend this October
- Post to the social media of your choice using #TacomaArts and mention the name of the event
- Be instantly entered to win one of three fabulous prize packages
Find out more about the TacomaArts Challenge
Sponsored by the Arts & Culture Coalition of Pierce County
Photo courtesy of: Erik Hanberg
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 October 15 & 16
11 am – 5 pm
34 locations around Tacoma
FREE!
You
are invited inside the working studios of 57 local artists to learn about the
artistic process, ask questions, and purchase one-of-a-kind creations. All
studios will feature demonstrations or will have hands-on activities for
visitors. This is a free, family friendly, self-guided tour. Check
out the Tacoma Studio
Tour webpage for all the details including an interactive map so you can plot you custom
tour course.
Tacoma Studio Tour Passport - Visit and Win!
Make sure to have your Studio
Tour Passport stamped at each studio location you visit. Once you've collected
at least 8 stamps, send us the page and you'll be entered into a drawing for a
chance to win one of several fabulous prize packages containing artwork
hand-crafted by a selection of artists on this tour. The Tacoma Studio
Tour Passport can be picked up at all studio locations during the tour or print your own Tacoma Studio Tour Passport.
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 This October provides the
perfect opportunity for you to expand your knowledge base and learn new skills.
From dance to literary arts, music to visual arts, or even a culinary arts
class, Tacoma offers an exciting array of workshops and classes for children to
adults. Find what
interests you!
Photo
courtesy of: FabLab, Designer Bootcamp
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 From museums to galleries
to local businesses, art is everywhere you turn in Tacoma. Find out more about the locations that have special exhibits this October as well as places
that show work year-round.
Photo
courtesy of: Museum of Glass, Into the Deep. Dale Chihuly; Persian Sea Forms, 1988; Collection of Museum of Glass, gift of George F. Russell, Jr.; Photo by Terry Rishel.
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