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    Dia de los Muertos at Tacoma Art Museum brings skulls and skeletons, art and joy

    Friday, October 15, 2021 10:00 AM by Matt Wakefield

    For one-and-a-half weeks in October starting next Wednesday, a colorful, visually astounding - if often misunderstood - celebration of life takes center stage at Tacoma Art Museum. Dia de los Muertos,
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    The Best Places to See the Sunset in Tacoma and Pierce County

    Tuesday, September 21, 2021 1:00 PM by Matt Wakefield

    A wise person once said (or more accurately, I once saw on an Instagram caption) that “sunsets are proof that no matter what happens, every day can end beautifully.” As last gasps of daylight go,
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    The Kinsey Collection Opens this Weekend in Tacoma

    Friday, July 30, 2021 3:00 PM by Matt Wakefield

    Starting tomorrow, July 31 and open through November of this year, the Kinsey Collection - one of the most comprehensive exhibitions celebrating the achievements and contributions of Black Americans -
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    Tags: museums

    Low-key cool features of Tacoma hotels

    Thursday, July 15, 2021 11:00 AM by Matt Wakefield

    Sometimes it’s the things below the surface that make a hotel the perfect place for your stay, or your meeting. It's the things you never thought to ask about that turn out to be the things you
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    A springtime reopening of Tacoma, Mount Rainier, and Pierce County

    Friday, March 12, 2021 1:00 PM by Matt Wakefield

    Flowers aren't the only things about to reopen after a quiet winter in Tacoma and Pierce County. Tacoma's Museum District is about to spring back into action, and attractions all over Pierce County
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    Museums are reopening this spring, and Pierce County moves to Phase 3

    Thursday, March 11, 2021 7:00 PM by Matt Wakefield

    Today feels like a big, cautious sigh of relief. There's no denying that Tacoma has missed its Museum District over the last few months during the COVID-related restrictions. Having so many major
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    A Love Letter to the Small Town of Wilkeson

    Tuesday, March 2, 2021 6:00 PM by Matt Wakefield

    If you’re driving through Wilkeson and you’re sleepy, it wouldn’t take much to convince yourself that you’d nodded off for a few seconds and dreamed you’d been ripped backward in time a hundred years.
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    Evenings Alight on the Tacoma Light Trail

    Wednesday, January 13, 2021 3:00 PM by Matt Wakefield

    Holiday lights have come down, but Downtown Tacoma is still awash in the warm glow of light, hope, and community. Arts groups, businesses, and other non-profit organizations have banded together on
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    Downtown Sumner's Americana turns to pure holiday ambiance in December

    Tuesday, December 1, 2020 10:00 AM by Matt Wakefield

    Ambiance is the word you can't avoid in Sumner during the Holiday season. But unlike some other "holiday towns," Sumner's ambiance has grown slowly, naturally over time. It was developed by locals,
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    Snowshoe your way to Paradise - or Longmire - at Mount Rainier

    Monday, November 30, 2020 1:00 PM by Matt Wakefield

    This year, while the Ranger-led snowshoe tours at Paradise are on a COVID-required hiatus, you can rent snowshoes the National Park Inn General Store at Longmire ($14.50 for adults, $10.50 for
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