Tacoma Shows its Pride July 13 – 21st
The Tacoma Pride Festival is a celebration of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, and Allied Community and includes nine days of events. Check out the events and join us in celebrating equality – be proud, Tacoma!
Read articleCommunity Speech Therapy: Talking to Ourselves at TEDxTacoma
How do you encourage a city to improve and grow? How do you help connect good intentions with true and meaningful reforms? And who should be included in the conversation?
TEDxTacoma took a stab at addressing these provoking questions by gathering a collection of speakers to address the theme of “transformation.” The results, if nothing else, are keeping us talking.
Read articleThis Saturday: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
This Saturday, the all-male dance troupe “Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo” will grace the stage of the Pantages with their humorous, meticulous take on traditional ballet.
Read articleAn Introduction to "Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture"
”Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture” premieres in March at the Tacoma Art Museum. The much lauded and controversial exhibition explores same-sex desire in American…
Read articleTacoma’s Pace of Culture: Skateboarding
Skateboarding has reached a moment of tentative yet official acceptance in Tacoma.
On June 14, 2011 the City Council voted unanimously to reverse the ordinance banning skateboarding downtown. Incredibly, Tacoma is the first city in the nation to reverse such an ordinance, which was put in place decades ago to protect downtown properties from potential damage.
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