Are you feeling the urge for spring? There's no need to wait until March 20th! Join Blue Cactus Press, Voices of Tacoma, and Tacoma Tree Foundation to rise, shake winter from your bones, and usher in spring with a daylong feria under Tacoma’s urban canopies — both arboreal and social. Feria offerings include a morning somatics and writing workshop; an afternoon community conversation and hands-on planting activity for families; and an evening baile led by DJs Smokey Wonder and YAYA-SOL. ¿Te urge que llegue la primavera? ¡No tienes que esperar hasta el 20 de marzo! Acompaña a Blue Cactus Press, Voices of Tacoma, y Tacoma Tree Foundation, levántate, menea tus huesos hasta que se les escurra el invierno, y dale la bienvenida a la primavera bajo los doseles tacomeños, tanto los sociales como los arbóreos. Acompáñanos en este día de feria, que incluye ejercicios somáticos y taller de escritura por la mañana, una conversación comunitaria y actividades de siembra para toda la familia por la tarde, y en la noche, baila al ritmo de los DJs Smokey Wonder y YAYA-SOL. Saturday, March 9th - 9-10am: Somatics writing workshop led by Joy Muhammad and Claudia Janeth Linares of Girasol Counseling. *Please register below.* - Taller de escritura somático presentado por Joy Muhammad y Claudia Janeth Linares de Girasol Counseling. - 2-4pm: Community conversation led by Tacoma Tree Foundation and Burl Battersby of Voices of Tacoma, and planting activities and crafts led by the Tacoma Tree Foundation. *Please register below.* - Conversación comunitaria orquestrada por Burl Battersby de Voices of Tacoma y Tacoma Tree Foundation, y actividades de siembre guiadas por Tacoma Tree Foundation. - 6-8pm: Baile! led by DJ Smokey Wonder and DJ YAYA-SOL. Move your body, tune-into the rhythms around you, and make some heat! - ¡Baila al ritmo de DJ Smokey Wonder y DJ YAYA-SOL. Mueve tu cuerpo, conéctate a los ritmos que te rodean, y caliéntate! - Register here: https://tacomatreefoundation.org/calendar/under-the-canopy Burl E. Battersby *Voices of Tacoma: A Gathering of Poets* A *Tacoma Arts Initiative Program *Project Be! Eugene Be! Creative <http://beeugenebecreative.com> (206) 406-8838 <http://voice.google.com/calls?a=nc,%2B12064068838> <http://voice.google.com/calls?a=nc,%2B12064068838>