The Ocean Fest fun continues - with Tacoma Ocean Film Fest! Don't miss this, folks. Starts Wednesday.See you there!Rosemary Three nights of amazing ocean film, plus a weekend of marine biologist beachwalks at extreme low tides... | | | | View this email in your browser | | | | | | | | | | | DIVE INTO OCEAN FILM | | | | | | | | | | | THREE NIGHTS OF OCEAN FILM The second annual Tacoma Ocean Film Fest is happening this week! From 7-9pm Wed-Thur-Fri at The Grand Cinema, dive into local and global ocean film. Tickets $12/$10/free for Tacoma students. Here's the lineup: 7pm June 15: ISLAND SONG Rooted (Mia Kami, Tonga) - A music video from Nia Tero about indigenous guardianship of our oceans. Voice Above Water (Dana Frankoff, USA, virtual Q&A) - A 90-year-old who picks up plastic trash from a canoe to save his Indonesian island. Small Island, Big Song (Tim Cole, Australia) – U.S. PREMIERE - Stunning island music and dance from the Indian and Pacific Oceans, that preserves history, culture and our planet's future. 7pm June 16: GIANTS OF THE DEEP The Forest Stands Tall (Abbey Dias, Seattle, in-person Q&A) - Dive into California's kelp forests with this Seattle scientist and new filmmaker! 2022 Ocean Fest Youth Story Contest film winners (filmmakers in-person) - The best of this year! Giant Pacific Octopus (Samantha Hanna, Gig Harbor, in-person Q&A) - Explore under the Narrows Bridge to find the elusive octopus of legend and science. Featuring local divers! 7pm June 17: FOR LOVE OF ORCAS For the Love of Salmon (Jan Vozenilek, Canada) - A short about the extraordinary lengths one Indigenous woman will swim to raise awareness of her beloved salmon species. Coextinction (Gloria Pancrazi, Canada, virtual Q&A) - Go on a journey around the Salish Sea to discover how we can protect our resident orcas - and ourselves. | | | | Tickets | | | | | | | | | | | | | Explore low tide! Join our fabulous marine biologist Orian Grant for guided wildlife walks at super low-tide. Free! All ages. 2-3pm Sat June 18: Owen Beach; 3-4pm Sun June 19: Titlow Beach. Explore this incredible world and the animals who call it home.   | | | | | Beachwalks | | | | | | | | | | Sneak peek of our opening night Film Fest feature, "Small Island Big Song." Get tix now! | | | | | | | | Tacoma Ocean Fest is a free festival held on World Ocean Day weekend on Tacoma's waterfront.  We lift up diverse voices and bring our community together with arts, sciences and water fun to celebrate the ocean, learn about its threats and get inspired to protect it. CELEBRATE | LEARN | PROTECT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Copyright © 2022 Tacoma Ocean Fest, All rights reserved. You're on this list because you gave your email at an Ocean Fest event. You'll get sneak peeks and fun details about the festival. We promise not to spam you! If you do want to unsubscribe, just let us know. But we'll miss you. Our mailing address is: Tacoma Ocean Fest705 Dock StTacoma, WA 98402 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. | | | | -- Rosemary Ponnekanti, director(she/her/hers) Tacoma Ocean FestLantern Paddle: June 10, 2022Beach Cleanup: June 11, 2022Ocean Fest: June 12, 2022plus a whole month of ocean love and events...tacomaoceanfest.org Facebook Twitter Instagram Celebrate | Learn | ProtectI acknowledge the land I sit and occupy today as the  traditional home of the Puyallup, Duwamish, Tulalip, Muckleshoot, and Suquamish tribal nations.  Without them I would not have access to this working, teaching, and learning environment.  I take the opportunity to thank the original caretakers of this land who are still here.