​ ________________________________ [Tacoma Arts Month 2016] October 24, 2016 TACOMA ARTS MONTH Even as we head into the final week of Tacoma Arts Month, there is no shortage of things for you to do. Below you will find suggestions of 46 arts, cultural, and community events for you to participate in. Get out and see how the arts are at work in Tacoma! And, while you are out enjoying these events, take a selfie and post to social media with #TacomaArts. You'll automatically be entered into a drawing to win some fabulous prizes. For more information about the #TacomaArts Challenge, go to TacomaArtsMonth.com<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Il5XOMpT6l9UqV3ktWMjE7vqRgfxELrUsaASVrPLGwgo4Wfq9eSBcsOAbAU3deWeuO3e23H1M2oX0wAugGF1QnnOICzrPF_jDMn6wrDXqdDT5HcxqQLf673QJrVdMRb4Qer942G8zR-7oYw-N6fVPTE7wfFiyTqoT8_O2mGN-nMsz7UdicwCQ14IAL-MbHml-a3qIYJnV-ekcj7KlPLOBrGXF9PmvZhVnI9DozG6UlHMdOrlKn-Y704Abgw606S3gvy3Jx6kmzpBK75UFPemHqhd7n7qm6_kVCD3h0_tj4AEoRduas9v3nfT0s-Csj61&c=SrS_lQZEOaK7OYHvqnWeQUMqrmty5zcIWzVYb5SNamgmVkzXB7XFjw==&ch=kiat-fWkFui_QKRU02eEYIUZ1Nu7kFd09v4Ly5N5fCr-MOG0zEy4Cw==>. ________________________________ This Week's Feature Events [Feature Oct 24] Images courtesy of: Kat St. John Photography, Poetry off the Page: Tell Your Children & Let's Don't Be Crazy; Blake R. York, Tacoma Little Theatre, Dracula October 24 Poetry off the Page: Tell Your Children & Let's Don't Be Crazy | The Grand Cinema | 606 S. Fawcett Avenue | 6 PM - 9 PM | Free | http://www.nwrpoets.org October 28 Dracula | Tacoma Little Theatre | 210 N. I Street | 7:30 PM | $24 adult, $22 senior/student/military, $20 children 12 and under | http://www.tacomalittletheatre.com ________________________________ More Happenings this Week [Oct 24] Images courtesy of: Tournees Film Festival, Pacific Lutheran University, Troubled Water (De Usynlige); ChristineEss Young, South Sound Center for Spiritual Living, Labyrinth Workshop; Tacoma Public Library, Book Talk, Performance & Signing with Nick Adams, Author of My Dear Wife and Children: Civil War Letters from a 2nd Minnesota Volunteer; Tacoma Public Library, Book Talk and Signing with David George Gordon, Author of The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook October 24 "Words in Dust and Literary Fireworks: Contemporary Chinese Book Arts" by Amanda Clark | University of Puget Sound, Collins Memorial Library, Room 020 | N. 18th & Union Avenue | 3 PM – 4 PM | Free | http://www.pugetsound.edu/calendar 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 October 25 WordPlay | Write253 | 1310 MLK Way | 6 PM | Free | http://www.write253.com/wordplay-workshops Forgotten Faces: Tacoma's Jewish Pioneers | Washington State History Museum | 1911 Pacific Avenue | 12 PM | Free with admission | http://www.washingtonhistory.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 Vegan Book Club | King's Books | 218 St. Helens Avenue | 7 PM | Free | http://www.kingsbookstore.com 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 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 October 26 12th Annual Hispanic Film Festival - El Abrazo de la Serpiente | University of Puget Sound, McIntyre Hall, Rausch Auditorium | 1500 N. Warner | 6:30 PM | Free | http://www.pugetsound.edu/calendar Tournees Film Festival - Troubled Water (De Usynlige) | Pacific Lutheran University, Ingram Hall, Room 100 | 12180 Park Avenue S. | 5 PM | Free | http://www.plu.edu/marcom/news/2016/09/28/tournees-film-festival Book Talk and Signing with David George Gordon, Author of The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook | Tacoma Public Library, Moore Branch | 215 S. 56th Street | 5:30 PM - 7 PM | Free | http://www.tacomalibrary.org Book Talk, Performance & Signing with Nick Adams, Author of My Dear Wife and Children: Civil War Letters from a 2nd Minnesota Volunteer | Tacoma Public Library, Wheelock Branch | 3722 N. 26th Street | 7 PM | Free | http://www.tacomalibrary.org Labyrinth Workshop | First Congregational Church, Multipurpose Room | 7209 S. Puget Sound Avenue | 6:45 - 8:15 PM | Free, donations accepted | http://www.southsoundcsl.com Open Mic Night | Tacoma Comedy Club | 933 Market Street | 8 PM | Free | http://www.tacomacomedyclub.com Midweek Swing, Blues, and Fusion | Studio 6 Ballroom | 2608 6th Avenue | 8:30 PM | $5 | http://www.studio6ballroom.com Buddha Painting Made Ease | Artful Dreamers Studio | 2926 S. Steele Street | 8:30 PM | $35, 20% off 1st class | http://www.artfuldreamers.com/buddha 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 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 [Oct 28] Images courtesy of: Russian Grand Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty; Tim Mansen, Tacoma Academy of Fine Art, Open Studio - Portrait Drawing; SPUN, Spuntoberfest; Tim Mansen, Tacoma Academy of Fine Art, Life Drawing - Long Pose October 27 Night of the Musical Theatre: As We Stumble Along | Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Eastvold Auditorium, Pacific Lutheran University | 12180 Park Avenue S. | 7:30 PM | $5 | http://www.plu.edu/communication-theatre/theatre/theatre-season That's so TACOMA! | STAR Center | 3873 S. 66th Street | 6 PM - 8PM | $30 STAR Pass, $33 resident, $38 non-resident | http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/metro-arts-registration Craig Ferguson: The New Deal Tour | Pantages Theater | 901 Broadway | 7:30 PM | $19 - $69 | http://www.broadwaycenter.org Gabriel Rutledge | Tacoma Comedy Club | 933 Market Street | 8 PM | $10 - $16 | http://www.tacomacomedyclub.com Life Drawing - Long Pose | Tacoma Academy of Fine Art | 301 'A' Puyallup Avenue | 6 PM - 9 PM | $20 | http://www.tacomaacademyoffineart.org Intuitive Painting | Artful Dreamers Studio | 2926 S. Steele Street | 8:30 PM | $25 | http://www.artfuldreamers.com/intuitive-painting-3 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 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 October 28 ART BUILDING COMMUNITY: A Church Becomes an Art Cauldron | Whitney Arts Building, University of Washington Tacoma | 1901 Fawcett Avenue | 7 PM - 9 PM | Free | iasgen@uw.edu<mailto:iasgen@uw.edu> A Piece of My Heart | The Dukesbay Theater | 508 6th Avenue | 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | $15 | http://www.dukesbay.org The Sleeping Beauty | Pantages Theater | 901 Broadway | 7:30 PM | $49 - $89 | http://www.broadwaycenter.org Harvest Fest at People's Community Center | People's Community Center | 1602 MLK Jr. Way | 6 PM - 8 PM | Free | http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/calendar?cid=2577 Harvest Fest at STAR Center | STAR Center | 3873 S. 66th Street | 4:30 PM - 8:30 PM | Free | http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/calendar?cid=2579 Night of the Musical Theatre: As We Stumble Along | Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Eastvold Auditorium, Pacific Lutheran University | 12180 Park Avenue S. | 7:30 PM | $5 | http://www.plu.edu/communication-theatre/theatre/theatre-season Spuntoberfest | SPUN Clay Arts Studio & Gallery | 923 Martin Luther King Jr. Way | 5 PM - 8 PM | $40 | http://www.spuntacoma.com Gabriel Rutledge | Tacoma Comedy Club | 933 Market Street | 8 PM & 10:30 PM | $16 - $22 | http://www.tacomacomedyclub.com Freak Night | Tacoma Dome | 2727 E. D Street | 6 PM - 2 AM | $204 | http://www.tacomadome.org Open Studio - Portrait Drawing | Tacoma Academy of Fine Art | 301 'A' Puyallup Avenue | 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM | $20 | http://www.tacomaacademyoffineart.org Latin Nights, Fusion, Ballroom & More | Studio 6 Ballroom | 2608 6th Avenue | 8:30 PM | $10 | http://www.studio6ballroom.com 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 ________________________________ Share Your #TacomaArts Experience - and Win! [TacomaArts_Erik Hanberg] Discover all that Tacoma has to offer when you attend and share your arts and culture experiences this fall. It's easy! 1. Take a selfie at each Tacoma arts event you attend this October 2. Post to the social media of your choice using #TacomaArts and mention the name of the event 3. Be instantly entered to win one of three fabulous prize packages Find out more about the TacomaArts Challenge<http://tacomaartsmonth.com/> Sponsored by the Arts & Culture Coalition of Pierce County Photo courtesy of: Erik Hanberg ________________________________ October Workshops & Classes [Labyrinth] 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!<http://tacomaartsmonth.com/workshops-classes/> Photo courtesy of: ChristineEss Young, Labyrinth Workshop ________________________________ Art Exhibits [David Huchthausen] From museums to galleries to local businesses, art is everywhere you turn in Tacoma. 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