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Connect to Community: 5 Tacoma Opportunities

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This one is just going to stay home and stay snuggly, but she fully supports your community engagement. And if you need to send out some messages of love and just don’t know where to aim them, she’s ready to accept those telepathic vibrations of aff…

This one is just going to stay home and stay snuggly, but she fully supports your community engagement. And if you need to send out some messages of love and just don’t know where to aim them, she’s ready to accept those telepathic vibrations of affirmation.

This week’s post leans on the weekend side of things. There’s a lot going on around Tacoma this weekend. You might get the feeling that has a lot to do with Valentine’s Day, but you can pretty much opt out of celebrating it and still find lots to do.

Get in on some local history, pick up a craft pack in Old Town, and participate in markets (virtual and pop-up variety!). Pre-pandemic, Tacoma was really getting going with street markets, weekend markets, farmers’ markets, night markets, and we miss those! It’s true shopping online is a very different experience, one that emphasizes (by its absence) the beauty and connection of meeting face to face, on the sidewalk, on a patio, on a closed street, but the makers are still out there making and they could use our support until we can go to markets in person again. Explore your options with 5 events below.

Connect to Tacoma with Events & Gatherings

Images from La Paloma Marketplace

Images from La Paloma Marketplace

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Friday & Saturday
February 12 & 13
10 am - 8 pm
Online
(Giveaways on Sunday!)

This is one chance to see what our local creative makers have been up to lately! See what they’ve made with their own hands, guided by creative vision. Visit La Paloma Marketplace Friday through Saturday to meet local makers, artists, and creators. Maybe even get in on the giveaway!

Included in this La Paloma Marketplace event at 8 pm on Friday night is a Live Art Sale by Petal on Park Ave. Get inspired and discover a local creative person you might not know about already! Maybe you’ll fall in love with a painting or an image of one of your favorite Tacoma views. Petal on the Ave will have some Valentine gift options from their shop at the event too!

Image from Casita Tacoma

Image from Casita Tacoma

2. Valentine’s Weekend at Casita

Saturday & Sunday
February 13 & 14
Casita - 3819 S Park Ave, Tacoma


Choose a day or come both days because if you don’t, you’ll be missing something! Wear your mask and do all those things you already know to do. Then forget about the pandemic while you get a photo taken, sample some CBD coffee, buy some sweet baked goods (including Filipino desserts on Sunday), and shop custom garments. You’ll be feeling lovely by the time you leave.

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3. Craft Saturday - Oxen Bracelet

Saturday, February 13th
11 am - 1 pm
Job Carr Cabin Museum
2350 N 30th St, Tacoma

Mark your calendar for 2nd Saturdays at Job Carr Cabin Museum! This month’s free craft kit includes everything you’ll need to make an oxen bracelet. Pick up your kit from the front porch of the cabin and please respect social distancing. Craft Saturdays are designed with kids in mind, and you’ll find instructional videos online if you need help with your activity once you get home.

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Image from Hilltop Action Coalition and Evergreen Tacoma

4. Black History on the Hill Series

Monday, February 15th
6 pm
Online

The Hilltop Action Coalition and Evergreen State College Tacoma have teamed up to present this Black History on the Hill Series. Join your neighbors online on Monday evenings for community updates and special guests! This week, Tacoma’s Leah Ford of the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department will join the conversation.

Image from Tacoma Public Library

Image from Tacoma Public Library

5. Black Voices from Tacoma’s Musical Past

Thursday, January 18th
6 - 7:30 pm
Online

Join the Tacoma Public Library and Tacoma Historical Society with Tacoma music historian Kim Davenport as Kim highlights Black musicians in Tacoma’s past. Their music is a powerful part of Tacoma’s legacy. Learn, listen, see, explore.

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10 Ways to Give Local Love - 2024
10 Ways to Give Local Love - 2024

This year we’re back with a list of 10 ways to give love in December. You’ll find our guide for local gift giving with holiday markets and some of our favorite small shops included, and 5 suggestions for giving to unknown neighbors outside your circle of friends. All 10 ways of giving put love into the Tacoma community! Read on for the magic of a musical play given by kids, a list of local cafes for coffee lovers, a gift card drive to support clients at the YWCA, a nostalgic holiday movie marathon, a way to support health and care for folks who can’t afford insurance, a chance to transform $1 into 2 meals, and the best local spots to shop for little ones.

What's New, Tacoma? 17 New Businesses + 3 Coming Soon
What's New, Tacoma? 17 New Businesses + 3 Coming Soon

There’s change in the air across Tacoma, the return of things once lost, the reopening of places once closed, the transformation of one restaurant into another, the creation of brand new places to gather, shop, eat, and drink. We’ve been experiencing this change across the city and wanted to pull some of it together in one place. What follows is a list of 17 new, renewed, and returned businesses along with 3 coming soon. See if you can enjoy and support something new this month; if you do, we’d love to hear about it!

Tacoma Community: 15 Things to Do in October
Tacoma Community: 15 Things to Do in October

We’ve rounded-up and narrowed-down 15 ways to get out into community this October. Don your most intellectual scarf and hat combination for a literary night, dance and eat with the Greeks, step into a candlelit tour our 1855, get psyched up about cycling (and bicycle fashion), try forest bathing, don your most eccentric scarf and hat combination for the film festival, write letters for fun, tour art studios, hear from Latinas who experience being The Firsts in so many ways, take a local art walk, and celebrate Día de los Muertos. We’ve got some ways to volunteer in here too—lend a hand with Habitat for Humanity, pick up litter, or pull weeds and plant seeds at a favorite park to keep Tacoma green.

Get Out of Town: Puget Sound Day Trips
Get Out of Town: Puget Sound Day Trips

Once in a while, we all need to get out of town. This month we’re sharing about Port Townsend and Vashon Island, two places we go again and again when a change of scene is calling. They’re places where the beach is always near, where parking is easy, where woods and trails beckon us away from the sidewalks. Places where small, local bakeries, coffee roasters, independent bookstores, and one of a kind shops outnumber chains by far. We’ll share some of the ways we pass the time and how we fill our stomachs (never a problem). Don’t worry too much about planning; these destinations are so close to Tacoma, you can show up again and try what you missed. Wake up one morning and just decide to go!

Tacoma Outdoor Dining Guide
Tacoma Outdoor Dining Guide

Want to go out and really be out—out in the open air, beneath a colorful umbrella, on a shaded patio, beside a bustling sidewalk, seated on a deck overlooking the water, pulled up to a bar counter by the street? We’ve gathered over 60 of Tacoma’s outdoor dining spots by neighborhood to get you started. Take a look at our list of restaurants, cafes, and bars with outdoor seating, then get yourself away from the screen, out the door, and into the life of Tacoma’s summer. See you out there!

Out on the Town 2024: Tacoma Tuesdays
Out on the Town 2024: Tacoma Tuesdays

Tacoma, Tuesdays, Trivia, Tacos, Talent. It’s the truth, there’s stuff to do. We have 19 of those things listed right here (twenty would have sounded so good) and not all of them start with “t.” There’s ballet and book club, wine and film, story time and bingo. So dust off your dancing shoes, clean your spectacles, strap the baby in a stroller, study up on random facts, warm up your vocal chords, and work up an appetite; it’s Tuesday in Tacoma!

Tacoma Love: 5 Good Things—Vol. 4
Tacoma Love: 5 Good Things—Vol. 4

This is not an ultimate, all time, best of the best, win or go home, top 5 list. No, we aren’t really bringing that kind of energy to life. This is the 4th edition of 5 things we like in Tacoma from a list of way more things we like in Tacoma. Sound good? An annual rogue art treasure hunt, a tiny slip of sandy beach, an old place to watch new and cult classic films, a weekly opportunity for repairing your stuff, and a spot where the noodles and broth fill you up in a good way. Some of it’s free. All of it’s good. We’re not making any other claims (who needs all that best-stress anyway?).

The Sunset Side: Tacoma's Other Waterfront
The Sunset Side: Tacoma's Other Waterfront

This month we're here to give a shout out to the other waterfront, the home of Titlow Beach, Seashore Drive, the iconic Narrows Bridges, and the Tacoma sunset. We’ll share where we eat and what we order, the trails we like to take, and what makes this side of the city feel like home. All you need is one evening for a waterfront getaway.

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