Chuck Close, one of America’s foremost portrait artists, speaks with New York School poet Bob Holman about their collaborative work in A Couple of Ways of Doing Something: Photographs by Chuck Close, ...more

Chuck Close, one of America’s foremost portrait artists, speaks with New York School poet Bob Holman about their collaborative work in A Couple of Ways of Doing Something: Photographs by Chuck Close, Poems by Bob Holman. Reflecting on his forty-year career, Close will discuss his approach to capturing images of longtime friends through multiple media. Holman will perform the praise poems written to accompany the portraits. Seating for this program is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Advance purchases are highly recommended. A Couple of Ways of Doing Something: Photographs by Chuck Close, Poems by Bob Holman is generously sponsored by Vision Tacoma and Union Bank of California. Education programming is supported by Jon and Mary Shirley. <<less

Don't forget to make your Mom feel special this year! Take her to Emerald Downs for a day she'll never forget. Mom's special day will include free massages and a special brunch buffet! Call 253-288-77 ...more

Don't forget to make your Mom feel special this year! Take her to Emerald Downs for a day she'll never forget. Mom's special day will include free massages and a special brunch buffet! Call 253-288-7711 for seating and dining reservations. <<less

What's better than breakfast in bed? Taking a tram ride after a catered breakfast in the Fir Bough Café at Northwest Trek. See if you can spot the earliest of Trek's babies in a very special Mothers D ...more

What's better than breakfast in bed? Taking a tram ride after a catered breakfast in the Fir Bough Café at Northwest Trek. See if you can spot the earliest of Trek's babies in a very special Mothers Day celebration for you and yours. No matter your age (or your mom's) there is something to enjoy at Trek on her special day. Reservations required for the 8:30 a.m. breakfast. Fee includes access to the park for the day. <<less

Recognize Mom at Lakewold's 10th anniversary of this event. Treat Mom to a catered buffet and a stroll through the gardens. Or, bring the family, a blanket, and a picnic lunch and spread out on the la ...more

Recognize Mom at Lakewold's 10th anniversary of this event. Treat Mom to a catered buffet and a stroll through the gardens. Or, bring the family, a blanket, and a picnic lunch and spread out on the lawn. Reservations required. <<less

Mother's Day Music! A three person flute ensemble from the UPS School of Music performing for everyone's mother to enjoy. Wander through the polka dot plants, enjoy the beautiful new display on tea an ...more

Mother's Day Music! A three person flute ensemble from the UPS School of Music performing for everyone's mother to enjoy. Wander through the polka dot plants, enjoy the beautiful new display on tea and take a deep breath of oxygen-rich air at the conservatory this Mother's Day! <<less

You Can't Take It with You is a Pulitzer Prize winning comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, and was the basis for the 1938 Academy Award winning film directed by Frank Capra. At first the Sycamo ...more

You Can't Take It with You is a Pulitzer Prize winning comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, and was the basis for the 1938 Academy Award winning film directed by Frank Capra. At first the Sycamores seem mad, but it is not long before you realize that if they are mad, then the rest of the world is madder. In contrast to these delightful people are the unhappy Kirbys. <<less

You Can't Take It with You is a Pulitzer Prize winning comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, and was the basis for the 1938 Academy Award winning film directed by Frank Capra. At first the Sycamo ...more

You Can't Take It with You is a Pulitzer Prize winning comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, and was the basis for the 1938 Academy Award winning film directed by Frank Capra. At first the Sycamores seem mad, but it is not long before you realize that if they are mad, then the rest of the world is madder. In contrast to these delightful people are the unhappy Kirbys. <<less

This 8th Annual regional festival inspires people to welcome wildlife into their backyards through green and sustainable gardening and landscape practices. Don't miss highlights: keynote speaker David ...more

This 8th Annual regional festival inspires people to welcome wildlife into their backyards through green and sustainable gardening and landscape practices. Don't miss highlights: keynote speaker David Mizejewski, host of Animal Planet's show Backyard Habitats, a concert by Tickle Tune Typhoon, a certified Garden Tour and a guided Bird Walk. The Kids Zone will feature bouncy toys, train rides, art activities, Junk Chime, kids costume parade and more. Adults will enjoy the arts and craft marketplace, educational exhibitors and workshops too. There's also a Recycled Art Show and Competition! And best of all - Its FREE! <<less

Margaret Bullock, Curator of Collections and Special Exhibitions, leads an up-close experience with a rarely seen artwork from the museum’s collection. The program is free with museum admission. Secon ...more

Margaret Bullock, Curator of Collections and Special Exhibitions, leads an up-close experience with a rarely seen artwork from the museum’s collection. The program is free with museum admission. Second Tuesdays are made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. <<less

PLU's MediaLab presents a premiere screening of the documentary “New Year Baby.” Born in a Thai refugee camp on Cambodian New Year, filmmaker Socheata Poeuv grew up in the United States never knowing ...more

PLU's MediaLab presents a premiere screening of the documentary “New Year Baby.” Born in a Thai refugee camp on Cambodian New Year, filmmaker Socheata Poeuv grew up in the United States never knowing that her family had survived the Khmer Rouge genocide. In this documentary, she embarks on a journey to Cambodia in search of the truth and why her family's history had been buried in secrecy for so long. The film is a part of a series being shown this spring at PLU that preview Independent Television Service documentaries before they are broadcast on PBS-member stations across the country. <<less

Enjoy a 9-hole or 18-hole round of golf with friends, family, co-workers, or business associates while supporting the Northwest Youth Sports Alliance (NYSA) and Meadow Park Junior Golf activities. Aft ...more

Enjoy a 9-hole or 18-hole round of golf with friends, family, co-workers, or business associates while supporting the Northwest Youth Sports Alliance (NYSA) and Meadow Park Junior Golf activities. Afterwards, sample several different exciting wines courtesy of WineStyles Wine & Gifts.
For non-golfers, wine-tasting only reservations are available. All participants must be 21 years of age and have valid identification.

Golf and participation prizes will be awarded each month to several lucky attendees.

To reserve your spot for the tasting, pre-payment is required. Sorry, no refunds or rain checks available. Walk up participation will be available only on a space available basis. <<less

In celebration of national bike month in May, the City of Tacoma invites local artists to transform ordinary bicycles into surrealist-inspired works of art for display at Tacoma Art Museum. For FREE T ...more

In celebration of national bike month in May, the City of Tacoma invites local artists to transform ordinary bicycles into surrealist-inspired works of art for display at Tacoma Art Museum. For FREE Third Thursday on May 15, selected artists featured in the City of Tacoma Zeit-Bike contest will talk about their inspiration and creative process. Zeit-Bike is supported by the City of Tacoma, Pierce County, Pierce Transit, Tacoma Art Museum, and a Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) grant. <<less

Written by Michael Frayn, the Broadway hit NOISES OFF mixes mockery and homage, and Frayn heaps into this play-within-a-play a hilarious melee of stock characters and situations. Directed by Professor ...more

Written by Michael Frayn, the Broadway hit NOISES OFF mixes mockery and homage, and Frayn heaps into this play-within-a-play a hilarious melee of stock characters and situations. Directed by Professor Jeff A. Clapp. "Voices rise and trousers fall... A farce that makes you think as well as laugh." -London Times Literary Supplement. "As side-splitting a farce as I have seen. Ever? Ever." -N.Y. Magazine. <<less

A runaway audience smash at the Sundance Film Festival, SON OF RAMBOW is a hilariously fresh and visually inventive take on friendship, family, film heroes and the death-defying adventures of growing ...more

A runaway audience smash at the Sundance Film Festival, SON OF RAMBOW is a hilariously fresh and visually inventive take on friendship, family, film heroes and the death-defying adventures of growing up in the video age. It all begins in 1980s Britain, when young Will Proudfoot, raised in isolation among The Brethren, a puritanical religious sect in which music and TV are strictly forbidden, encounters something beyond his wildest fantasies: a pirated copy of RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD. His virgin viewing of the iconic thriller blows his mind – and rapidly expanding imagination – wide open. Now, Will sets out to join forces with the seemingly diabolical school bully, Lee Carter, to make their own action epic, devising wildly creative, on-the-fly stunts, not to mention equally elaborate schemes for creating a movie of total commitment and non-stop thrills while hiding out from The Brethren. But when school popularity finally descends on Will and Lee in the form of, oui, the super-cool French exchange student, Didier Revol, their remarkable new friendship and precious film are pushed, quite literally, to the breaking point . . . Filmed in a creatively mad-cap, homemade style with a mostly amateur cast and a wry, comic-tinged nostalgia, creative visionaries Garth Jennings and Nick Goldsmith, AKA Hammer & Tongs (HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY), manage to capture both the agony and the giddy ecstasy of a camcorder childhood with humor, poignancy and a rousing dose of cinematic panache. <<less

The exhibit will feature works in a variety of media by current TCC Art Department faculty members Matt Allison, Marit Berg, Kenyon Cooke, Melinda Cox, Anthony Culanag, Frank D'Ippolito, Alice Di Cert ...more

The exhibit will feature works in a variety of media by current TCC Art Department faculty members Matt Allison, Marit Berg, Kenyon Cooke, Melinda Cox, Anthony Culanag, Frank D'Ippolito, Alice Di Certo, Kyle Dillehay, Suzanne Kjelland, Richard Mahaffey, Jennifer Olson-Rudenko, Reid Ozaki, Richard Rhea and Beverly Smith Pelech. <<less

In celebration of national bike month in May, the City of Tacoma invites local artists to transform ordinary bicycles into surrealist-inspired works of art for display at Tacoma Art Museum. For FREE T ...more

In celebration of national bike month in May, the City of Tacoma invites local artists to transform ordinary bicycles into surrealist-inspired works of art for display at Tacoma Art Museum. For FREE Third Thursday on May 15, selected artists featured in the City of Tacoma Zeit-Bike contest will talk about their inspiration and creative process. All Zeit-Bike programming is free with museum admission. Zeit-Bike is supported by the City of Tacoma, Pierce County, Pierce Transit, Tacoma Art Museum, and a Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) grant. <<less

Seattle artist Martin Blank is one of America's most significant figurative sculptors, and the Museum of Glass is please to announce a future permanent installation of Blank's work in the Main Plaza r ...more

Seattle artist Martin Blank is one of America's most significant figurative sculptors, and the Museum of Glass is please to announce a future permanent installation of Blank's work in the Main Plaza reflecting pool.  This complex installation will push the physical and aesthetic qualities of glass into new territory.  Blank will use his extended residency at the Museum to create the glass components.  Don't miss this unique opportunity to follow the entire creative process - from molten raw materials in the furnace to dynamic engaging sculpture in the reflecting pool.  <<less

Activities includes 10k volksmarch, K9 dog demonstration, modern and historic military displays, new car show, rides, activities, games, food and craft/retail booths, NW Military Star competition, Civ ...more

Activities includes 10k volksmarch, K9 dog demonstration, modern and historic military displays, new car show, rides, activities, games, food and craft/retail booths, NW Military Star competition, Civil War reenactment and medieval battle, rove around entertainers, jugglers, clowns, stilt walkers, parachute jump. Visitors with no military affiliation, must use exit 119, Dupont Street. <<less

Each Saturday morning Garfield Book Company at PLU hosts story time and a craft project for children’s of all ages. A special reading and signing with children’s book illustrator Margaret Chodos-Irvi ...more

Each Saturday morning Garfield Book Company at PLU hosts story time and a craft project for children’s of all ages. A special reading and signing with children’s book illustrator Margaret Chodos-Irvine of the Caldecott-winner “Ella Sarah Gets Dressed” on May 17 <<less

Break out the Black-eyed Susans and sing a few lines of "Maryland, My Maryland!" The second jewel of the legendary Triple Crown will run at Pimlico on May 17. It's at this historic race where the Trip ...more

Break out the Black-eyed Susans and sing a few lines of "Maryland, My Maryland!" The second jewel of the legendary Triple Crown will run at Pimlico on May 17. It's at this historic race where the Triple Crown hype really begins! Be sure to be at Emerald Downs to see how it all plays out. <<less

It's free, fun and informative for all ages. "Gardening with Ciscoe" broadcast LIVE, Two MAGIC OF RECYCLING shows preformed by magician Steffan Soule, the Reptile Man, Sardis Raptors, Trout Pond, Hou ...more

It's free, fun and informative for all ages. "Gardening with Ciscoe" broadcast LIVE, Two MAGIC OF RECYCLING shows preformed by magician Steffan Soule, the Reptile Man, Sardis Raptors, Trout Pond, Hourly Drawing for giveaways, Scavenger Hunt for prizes and much more.
Over 150 exhibitors and presenters providing information and resources on Recycling, Safe Reliable Water and Energy, Affordable Housing, Green Building, Low Impact Development, Health Care, Local Farms, Roads/Transit, Emergency Preparedness, and other topics. <<less

21 + to Participate
Saturday, May 17, 2008

Pre-1978

Registration 10:00 am - 12:00
Judging 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Trophies 5:00 pm
Jack Pot Winners Announcement 5:30 pm ...more

21 + to Participate
Saturday, May 17, 2008

Pre-1978

Registration 10:00 am - 12:00
Judging 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Trophies 5:00 pm
Jack Pot Winners Announcement 5:30 pm

Lots of Give-a-ways
A Great Time~ <<less

Written by Michael Frayn, the Broadway hit NOISES OFF mixes mockery and homage, and Frayn heaps into this play-within-a-play a hilarious melee of stock characters and situations. Directed by Professor ...more

Written by Michael Frayn, the Broadway hit NOISES OFF mixes mockery and homage, and Frayn heaps into this play-within-a-play a hilarious melee of stock characters and situations. Directed by Professor Jeff A. Clapp. "Voices rise and trousers fall... A farce that makes you think as well as laugh." -London Times Literary Supplement. "As side-splitting a farce as I have seen. Ever? Ever." -N.Y. Magazine. <<less

This concert is a collaboration with the Tacoma Youth Chorus, Judith Herrington and George Guenther, conductors. Our 2006 collaboration with this marvelous organization was so rewarding that we could ...more

This concert is a collaboration with the Tacoma Youth Chorus, Judith Herrington and George Guenther, conductors. Our 2006 collaboration with this marvelous organization was so rewarding that we couldn’t wait to share our music once again. The musical theme of the evening is music from our past: folk songs, spirituals, hymns, and tunes that remind us of our youth and journey through life. Each ensemble will present an individual set of pieces and then all singers will combine for a finish you will not want to miss. Highlights include music from Aboriginal chant, harmonic overtone singing, and the artistic blending of an Estonian folk song and an American spiritual. <<less

The beautiful waters of Commencement Bay, spectacular Mount Rainier & the Olympics provide an ideal venue for the dragon boat regatta. The event is an energizing team building activity for people ...more

The beautiful waters of Commencement Bay, spectacular Mount Rainier & the Olympics provide an ideal venue for the dragon boat regatta. The event is an energizing team building activity for people of all skill levels. The event promises to attract teams from Tacoma, Seattle & around the region. So, get ready to join the fun!!  Sanctioned by PDBA.  <<less

Tacoma Art Museum partners with United Cerebral Palsy of South Puget Sound to welcome children of all ages with cerebral palsy or other significant disabilities to attend a supportive, confidence-buil ...more

Tacoma Art Museum partners with United Cerebral Palsy of South Puget Sound to welcome children of all ages with cerebral palsy or other significant disabilities to attend a supportive, confidence-building, and enriching art experience led by specially trained art educators. Participants receive adaptive art supplies and activities to take home. This program is free, but registration is required by calling United Cerebral Palsy of South Puget Sound. <<less

Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) is a research-based curriculum that uses visual art to foster students’ capacities to observe, listen, think critically, and communicate. Yoon Kang-O’Higgins, VTS Regi ...more

Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) is a research-based curriculum that uses visual art to foster students’ capacities to observe, listen, think critically, and communicate. Yoon Kang-O’Higgins, VTS Regional Director, and Karin DeSantis, VTS Senior Research Associate lead the session for teachers and educators. Clock hours are available. Advance registration is required. Scholarships are available for educator professional development classes with support from WaMu. WaMu and the William W. Kilworth Foundation are proud supporters of Tacoma Art Museum's Teacher Development Programs. <<less

In honor of National Children’s Books Week, Garfield Book Company at PLU will host nightly readings and serve hot cocoa. Featured titles include “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” on Monday; “Little Critter” ...more

In honor of National Children’s Books Week, Garfield Book Company at PLU will host nightly readings and serve hot cocoa. Featured titles include “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” on Monday; “Little Critter” on Tuesday; “Curious George” on Wednesday; “Hedgie” on Thursday; Mother Goose nursery rhymes on Friday; and author and illustrator Margaret Chodos-Irvine reading her Caldecott-winning book “Ella Sarah Gets Dressed.” <<less