October 1, 2017
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 just for you.
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.
 Photos: Candlelight Tour at Fort Nisqually, photo by Russ Carmack/Metro Parks Tacoma; Tacoma Film Festival; Tacoma Film Festival Opening Night; Footloose the Musical at Tacoma Musical Playhouse; Kaleidoscope: the Tacoma Arts Month opening party.
October 4
Kaleidoscope: the Tacoma Arts Month
opening party | The Spire | 710 S. Anderson | 6 PM -
9 PM | Free | http://www.tacomaartsmonth.com
Reusable Bag-Making Workshop | Morgan Family Y, Community Art Studio | 1002 S Pearl Street | 7:45 PM - 8:45 PM | Free | http://www.ymcapkc.org
October 5
Tacoma Film Festival Opening
Night | The Grand
Cinema | 606 S. Fawcett Avenue | 7 PM - 10:30 PM | $15 -
$20 | http://www.tacomafilmfestival.com
October 6
Candlelight Tour |
Fort Nisqually Living History Museum | 5400 N. Pearl Street | 7
PM - 10 PM | $10 - $15, Free for children 3
and younger | https://www.metroparkstacoma.org/fort-nisqually-living-history-museum
Footloose the Musical |
Tacoma Musical Playhouse | 7116 Sixth Avenue | 7:30
PM | $31 adult, $29 senior/military/student,
$22 children, $27 groups of 10 or more | http://tmp.org/
Ongoing
T is for Tacoma, Y is for YMCA Community Alphabet Book Project | The Morgan Family YMCA | 1002 S Pearl Street | Monday - Thursday 4:45 AM - 10:30 PM, Friday 4:45 AM - 9:30 PM | Free | http://www.ymcapkc.org
12th Annual Tacoma Film Festival | The Grand Cinema, The Blue Mouse, King's Books, Union Club | 606 S. Fawcett Avenue | October 5 - 12, hours vary; see website for full schedule | $8 matinee, $10 general, $25 special event, $150 VIP Festival Pass | http://www.tacomafilmfestival.com
STEAM Studio | Children's Museum of Tacoma | 1501 Pacific Avenue | Wednesday - Sunday 10 AM - 5 PM | Free with Pay As You Will Admission | http://www.playtacoma.org
Still Life | Children's Museum of Tacoma | 1501 Pacific Avenue | Wednesday - Sunday 10 AM - 5 PM | Free with Pay As You Will Admission | http://www.playtacoma.org
 Photos: Open Figure Session at Feast Arts Center; Creative Colloquy Crawl; FabLab Tacoma Designer Bootcamp
October 2
Rockaraoke |
Jazzbones | 2803 6th Avenue | 10 PM | no cover charge | http://www.jazzbones.com
Open Mic |
The Swiss | 1904
Jefferson Avenue | 7 PM - 10 PM | no cover charge | http://www.theswisspub.com
October 3
Creative Colloquy Crawl |
Various locations in the Stadium District | 744 Market Street | 6 PM -
9 PM | Free | http://www.creativecolloquy.com
If Cars Could Talk: A
Designer's Journey | LeMay-America's
Car Museum | 2702 E. D Street | 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Complimentary
with museum admission ($10 - $18) | education@americascarmuseum.org
Designer Bootcamp |
FabLab Tacoma | 1938
Market Street | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM | $450 | http://www.fablabtacoma.com/events/classes
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
Exploring Text & Image:
A Conversation about Artists' Books |
University of Puget Sound, Collins Memorial Library, 2nd Floor, Archives
Lecture Room | N. 18th & Union Avenue | 1 PM -
2:30 PM | Free | http://www.pugetsound.edu/news-and-events
Blues Jam with Roger
Williamson | Stonegate |
5421 South Tacoma Way | 8 PM - 12 AM | No cover
charge | http://www.stonegaterocks.com
October 4
Pouring Picasso |
Open Arts Studio | 109 N. Tacoma Avenue | 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM | $35 | http://www.openartsstudio.com
Book Club: Just Mercy |
Wheelock Public Library | 3722 North 26th Street | 6:30
PM - 7:30 PM | Free | http://www.tacomalibrary.org
Open Figure Session |
Feast Arts Center | 1402
S. 11th Street | 6 PM - 8 PM | $20 | http://www.feastarts.com/classes
Open Model Session |
Pacific Lutheran University, Ingram Hall, Room 126 |
S. 121st Street & 8th Avenue S. | 6 PM - 8 PM | Free
Martin Biehl from the Kon
Tiki Museum | Pacific
Lutheran University, Anderson University Center, 101 | 12180 Park Avenue South | 7
PM - 9 PM | Free | http://www.plu.edu
University Jazz Ensemble |
Pacific Lutheran University, Eastvold Auditorium |
12180 Park Avenue South | 8 PM - 9:30 PM | Free |
http://www.plu.edu
Midweek Swing, Blues, and Fusion |
Studio 6 Ballroom | 2608 6th Avenue | 8 PM | $5 | http://www.studio6ballroom.com
Open Mic Night |
Tacoma Comedy Club | 933 Market Street | 8 PM | Free | http://www.tacomacomedyclub.com
Leify Green |
Stonegate | 5421
South Tacoma Way | 8 PM - 12 AM | No cover charge | http://www.stonegaterocks.com
Daily Art Activity | Children's Museum of Tacoma | 1501 Pacific Avenue | 3 PM - 4 PM | Free with Pay As You Will Admission | http://www.playtacoma.org
STEM Activity | Children's Museum of Tacoma | 1501 Pacific Avenue | 11 AM - 12 PM | Free with Pay As You Will Admission | http://www.playtacoma.org
 Images: King's Bookstore presents Penelope Scambly Schott & Julene Tripp Weaver Poetry Event, "Bailing the River" Penelope Scambly Schott & "truth be bold" Julene Tripp Weaver; Tacoma Film Festival presents The Square at TFF Movie & Dinner; The Veldt Preview Party
October 5
Evening Preview Party for
Glasnost & Goodwill: Citizen Diplomacy in the Northwest |
Washington State History Museum | 1911 Pacific Avenue | 5:30
PM - 8 PM | $15 non-member, Free for members |
http://www.washingtonhistory.org
Penelope Scambly Schott
& Julene Tripp Weaver Poetry Event | King's Books | 218 St.
Helens Avenue | 7 PM | Free | http://www.kingsbookstore.com
Behind the Archives Door:
Zines and More! | University of Puget Sound, Collins
Memorial Library, 2nd Floor, Special Collections Room | N. 18th & Union
Avenue | 4 PM | Free
| http://www.pugetsound.edu/news-and-events
Family Craft |
Wheelock Public Library | 3722 North 26th Street | 4:30
PM - 5:30 PM | Free | http://www.tacomalibrary.org
Beginning/ Intermediate
Adult Ballet with Jo Emery | STAR Center
| 3873 S. 66th Street | 6:45 PM - 8 PM | $50 per
month (4 classes) or $15 drop-in fee | http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/metro-arts
Adult Jazz Dance
Performance Class with Jo Emery | STAR Center | 3873 S. 66th
Street | 8 PM - 9 PM | $50 per month (4 classes) or $15 drop-in fee | http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/metro-arts
Life Drawing - Long Pose |
Tacoma Academy of Fine Art | 301 'A' Puyallup Avenue | 6 PM - 9 PM | $20 | http://www.tacomaacademyoffineart.org
Kickin' It with Jon And Greg |
Tacoma Comedy Club | 933 Market Street | 8 PM | $15 | http://www.tacomacomedyclub.com
Power Rock Jam |
Stonegate | 5421
South Tacoma Way | 8 PM - 12 AM | No cover charge | http://www.stonegaterocks.com
Daily Art Activity |
Children's Museum of Tacoma | 1501 Pacific Avenue | 3 PM
- 4 PM | Free with Pay As You Will Admission |
http://www.playtacoma.org
STEM Activity |
Children's Museum of Tacoma | 1501 Pacific Avenue | 11
AM - 12 PM | Free with Pay As You Will
Admission | http://www.playtacoma.org
October 6
The Kareem Kandi World
Orchestra at Peaks and Pints | Peaks and Pints | 3816 N.
26th Street | 8 PM - 11 PM | no cover charge | http://www.kareemkandi.com
Fences by August Wilson |
Pacific Lutheran University, Phillips Center, Studio
Theatre | 12180 Park Avenue South | 7:30 PM | $5 - $10 |
http://www.plu.edu
The Square at TFF Movie
& Dinner |
The Blue Mouse Theatre & Europa Bistro | 2611 N. Proctor | 7 PM
movie, 9 PM dinner | Movie: $7.50 - $10,
Dinner: variable pricing | http://www.grandcinema.com/events/friday-night-movie-dinner
The Veldt Preview Party |
King's Books | 218
St. Helens Avenue | 9 PM - 1 AM | $10 | http://www.tacomafilmfestival.com/tacoma-film-festival-events/the-veldt-preview-party
Thai Musical & Dance
Performance | University
of Puget Sound, Wheelock Student Center,
Upper Marshall Hall | 1500 N. Warner |
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Free
| http://www.pugetsound.edu/news-and-events
Ballroom Friday Night
Lessons & Dances | STAR Center
| 3873 S. 66th Street | lesson 7 PM - 8 PM, dance 8 PM - 10 PM | Residents: $20 both, $15 lesson, $11 dance; Non-residents:
$22 both, $16 lesson, $12 dance | http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/metro-arts
Open Studio - Portrait Drawing/Painting
| Tacoma Academy of Fine Art | 301 'A'
Puyallup Avenue | 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM | $20 | http://www.tacomaacademyoffineart.org
Da Roots Reggae Party |
Jazzbones | 2803 6th Avenue | 8 PM | $10 - $15 | http://www.jazzbones.com
Latin Nights, Fusion, Ballroom &
More | Studio 6 Ballroom | 2608 6th Avenue |
8:30 PM | $10 | http://www.studio6ballroom.com
Shawn Wayans |
Tacoma Comedy Club | 933 Market Street | 7:30 PM & 10:30 PM | $30 - $40 | http://www.tacomacomedyclub.com
The Royal We |
The Swiss | 1904
Jefferson Avenue | 9 PM - 1 AM | $8 | http://www.theswisspub.com
Daily Art Activity |
Children's Museum of Tacoma | 1501 Pacific Avenue | 3 PM
- 4 PM | Free with Pay As You Will Admission |
http://www.playtacoma.org
STEM Activity |
Children's Museum of Tacoma | 1501 Pacific Avenue | 11
AM - 12 PM | Free with Pay As You Will Admission
| http://www.playtacoma.org
Pouring Picasso |
Open Arts Studio | 109 N. Tacoma Avenue | 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM | $35 | http://www.openartsstudio.com
Wednesday, October 4
6 - 9 PM
The Spire, 710 S. Anderson
FREE!
Join us for a community celebration of the arts as we kick off Tacoma Arts Month and celebrate the 2017 AMOCAT Arts Awardees and funding recipients.
Enjoy a stellar line-up of entertainment including:
- Music by Will Jordan, Smokey Wonder, Travis Barker, Ben Wildenhaus, and Chromatography
- West African dance and drumming performance by T.U.P.A.C.
- Taiwanese dance performance by Asia Pacific Cultural Center
- Contemporary dance by Barefoot Collective
- Poetry by Tacoma Poet Laureate Kellie Richardson and Jinx Jones
- Staged reading of CLOSE written by Nick Stokes and directed by Jose Amador
- Multimedia art exhibits by Mauricio Robalino, Qin Tan, Gillian Nordlund, and Erika Ray
- Film screenings and popcorn with The Grand Cinema
- Hands-on art making with Tacoma Art Museum
- Button making and photo booth with TeenTix
Enjoy appetizers and no-host bar while we honor the 2017 funding recipients and AMOCAT Arts Award winners - Tacoma Housing Authority, Monkeyshines, and Michael Haeflinger.
It's all free and open to the public - pack up the family, invite your friends and come help us celebrate! Presented by the Tacoma Arts Commission and Spaceworks Tacoma; hosted by Tacoma Musical Playhouse; sponsored by Northwest Stage and The Grand Cinema.
 Discover - and share - Tacoma's arts and culture experiences this October and win great prizes. It's easy!
- Take a selfie at each Tacoma arts event you attend in October
- Post using #TacomaArts and mention the name of the event you attended. Make sure your post is public.
- 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: Mary Letterman
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 October 14 & 15
11 am – 5 pm
42 locations around Tacoma
FREE!
You
are invited inside the working studios of 70 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 your custom
tour course.
Tacoma Studio Tour Passport - Visit and Win!
Make sure to have your Studio
Tour Passport stamped at each studio address 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 Tacoma 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: Michaela Eaves and Sunday Hamilton, showing work at Tacoma Public Library's Handforth Gallery.
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