One of America's Oldest Singing Traditions Comes to Tacoma
Beginning February 4, 2012, Tacoma will host a regular Sacred Harp Shape-Note “singings.”
Sacred Harp is an original, nearly 200-year-old American musical form sung a cappella. The name comes from the book that is most widely used, “The Sacred Harp”, but it is also called shape-note singing because – well – the notes have shapes.
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The six featured Tacoma artists — Julian Peña, Kelsi Finney, Gabriel Brown, Kirsten Marie Pisto, Meghan Mitchell, and Branden Urban — all work with vivid curiosity, fearlessness, and a commitment to both internal and external exploration. They create in order to uncover something more, something new, to challenge them.
Read articleChristine Gregoire's Budget Cuts
Community writer Tasha Ina Church ponders the legacy of Governor Christine Gregoire. In this debut article for Post Defiance, Tasha explores the impact of Gov. Gregoire’s budget cuts as well as asks thought-provoking questions about the voting habits of Washingtonians.
Read articleHappy Chinese New Year! Report Your Monkeyshines Findings
There are more than 500 hand-blown glass balls hidden in Tacoma for anyone to find and claim.
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Goldfinch has been “an active part of the arts community in Tacoma for many years, and I think that using a random space in the city to record in a non-sterile environment makes the most sense,” singer Aaron Steven says. “After all, we are not a hermetically sealed city, and I don’t believe our art should be, either.”
Read articleNative Quest: Tacoma’s New Native American Cultural Center & Bookstore
Native Quest represents an important addition to local cultural life boasting 80,000 volumes and 6,000 titles covering all aspects of Indian history and culture. Native Quest is a great place to meet for coffee or lunch, to have a meeting, or to learn about the historical underpinnings of Tacoma and its tribes.
Read articleOf Comics and Kings
A pleasing, almost old-fashioned way to while away an evening, a graphic-novel-focused book club is a delightful opportunity to stretch and use all those quietly stagnating critical discourse muscles again, long neglected since college graduation (and to unabashedly nerd out about superheroes with a sympathetic group).
Read articleBook Clubs for All
There are many compelling reasons to join a book club. Wish you read more? Read too much all alone? Don’t know what to read? New in town? Don’t have a lot of friends? Don’t have friends that like what you like? Tired of your friends and want a whole new pack of literarily-minded buddies? Book clubs can remedy any of these conundrums.
Read articleThe City of Contained Destiny
Residential market stagnation, urban demographic shifts and commercial realignments have compelled us to look to the past for solutions. Rethinking density and prioritizing mass transit are positive examples of this. But have we truly dug far enough back into human history to find answers?
Read articleA Sweet and Hole-some History of Tacoma Doughnuts
I know you are trying to keep your New Year’s resolution, but did you know that Tacoma was once home to “The Doughnut King?” Read this article by staff writer Kate Albert Ward to learn more about the enduring romance between Tacomans and this delectable treat.
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