This week the Tacoma Light Trail brings lanterns & dragons & puppets & Satellights - read all about it! (and check out the dragon video from last Saturday). Find a Dragon Parade & Satellight near you, make a lantern or get ready for New Year's Eve! | | | | | View this email in your browser | | | | | | | | | | | | | Lanterns & dragons! | | | | | | | | | | | | | Dragon Parades & Satellights THIS WEEK!We had a blast (literally!) at the first-ever Dragon Parade & Satellight event on the HIlltop Saturday! Join us this week for more at Eastside and South Tacoma. Follow a flaming dragon sculpture around the neighborhood with Tacomarama brass band, then play with Ecuadorian shadow puppets by Mauricio Robalino, sip Mad Hat hot tea and gaze at light projections by Permaculture Lifestyle Institute. - Dec. 7 at Boze Elementary - Dec. 11 at Whitman Elementary Parade maps and details on our website! FREE! All ages! Wear light, BE THE LIGHT! | | | | PARADE INFO | | | | | | | | | | | LIBRARY LANTERN WORKSHOPS Join artist Cheryl Rux of Bell St Creative and make lanterns at the library! This week it's upcycled cup lanterns (Thur) and a DIY Lantern Kit Giveaway (Fri). FREE! RSVP req. | | | | | SIGN UP NOW | | | | | | | ARTS IN THE ARMORY We're going to be at Arts at the Armory all weekend! Come check out this amazing fair of local artists, and visit our table to get Light Trail scoop and make ANOTHER lantern! 11am-5pm Dec. 10-11. 1001 S Yakima, Tacoma. | | | | | ALL THE DETAILS | | | | | | | | So. Grateful. We're so grateful to our sponsors and funders! They make it possible for us to bring light art to Tacoma. In particular, we're shouting out our Spotlight Sponsors - downtown businesses that show us lots of love! Zeeks Pizza, Camp Colvos, Second Use Recycle and Stocklist Goods - we love you too! 💛💛 | | | | | | Flaming dragon ahead! Check out the video from Saturday's Dragon Parade & Satellight on the Hilltop. More parades Dec. 7, 11 & 31. | | | | | | | | BE THE LIGHT. | | | | | The Tacoma Light Trail is a winter festival of light art and sound in downtown Tacoma. Using light to symbolize hope, truth and understanding, it unites the community, lifts up diverse voices and brings joy and healing to dark times. It also creates a vibrant downtown, supporting businesses and artists. | | | | | | | | | FOLLOW US! | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Copyright © Tacoma Light Trail 2021, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. | | | | | | | This email was sent to info@tacomalighttrail.org why did I get this?    unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences Tacoma Light Trail · 3325 N 21st St · Tacoma, WA 98406-6105 · USA | | -- Rosemary Ponnekanti (she/her)Director Tacoma Light TrailDec. 31, 2022 - Jan. 19, 2023 Light art downtown.A sound trail of music and poetry. Live music, circus and spoken word.Be the light.TacomaLightTrail.orgFacebook | Instagram Fiscally sponsored by Shunpike, a 501(c)3. Statement of Gratitude: We acknowledge the land on which we share light, art and story is the traditional home of the Coast Salish Peoples, including Puyallup, Duwamish, Tulalip, Muckleshoot, and Suquamish tribal nations. We are grateful to the original caretakers of this land who are still here. Along with our gratitude is our commitment to the ongoing work of uplifting Native communities, and to protecting the land and resources that sustain us all.