[cid:image001.jpg@01D0EBDC.4E6EC880] Tacoma Arts Month Opening Party & AMOCAT Arts Awards Thursday, October 1 6 - 9 PM Historic Tacoma Armory, 715 S. 11th Street FREE! No RSVP required Get out and have some fun while helping us kick off Tacoma Arts Month on the right note. Enjoy a stellar line-up of entertainment including: * Music by Ken Jacobsen * Contemporary dance by the BareFoot Collective, Joel Myers & Voriece Miller, and TSOTA Dance Company * Samoan Village Dance by Asia Pacific Cultural Center * Poetry by Tacoma Poet Laureate Cathy Nguyen * Pop-up multi-media art exhibits by Christopher Jordan, Isaac Olsen, Jennifer Chushcoff, Nichole Rathburn, Janet Marcavage, Tim + April Norris, Terese Cuff, Elizabeth Gahan, Diana Leigh Surma and Judd Cohen * Aerial & cirque performances by Vuelta La Luna * Interactive art-making experience with 3 Square Blocks Experience the Historic Tacoma Armory and enjoy appetizers, dessert and a no-host bar. We'll be honoring the 2015 AMOCAT Arts Award winners and funding recipients. It's all free and open to the public - pack up the family, invite your friends and come help us celebrate! Presented by the Tacoma Arts Commission and Spaceworks Tacoma with support from the Historic Tacoma Armory. Mayor Strickland's presentation of the 2015 AMOCAT Arts Awards and recognition of the 2015 funding recipients<http://www.cityoftacoma.org/funding> begins at 7:45 pm Event Sponsors: Click! Cable TV, The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, Tacoma Weekly, Northwest Public Radio, KPLU, Weekly Volcano, South Sound magazine, ARCADE. [cid:image003.jpg@01D0EBDC.4E6EC880]<http://www.tacomaartsmonth.com/>Discover 300+ additional Tacoma Arts Month events, workshops, and exhibits online at TacomaArtsMonth.com<http://www.tacomaartsmonth.com/>. Naomi Strom-Avila Cultural Arts Specialist City of Tacoma 747 Market Street, Room 900 Tacoma, WA 98402 253.591.5191