Pierce County Events Calendar

Pierce County Events Calendar

This calendar is the place to find fun events happening throughout Pierce County, including Tacoma, Puyallup, Lakewood and beyond.

Have an event that isn’t listed? Please email events@SouthSoundTalk.com with the following information:

  • Name of Event
  • Date, time and location (name of business if applicable and complete address)
  • Organizer(s) name
  • Cost
  • URL to purchase tickets
  • Website URL
  • SHORT description of the event
  • Photo

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Jun
4
Tue
Solo Performance Workshop @ Urban Grace: The Downtown Church
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Jun 4 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

This workshop is for anyone who is interested in creating a theatrical solo performance. You can be an actor, dancer, circus artist, musician, storyteller or anyone that wants to do something different.

The only requirement is that you have an IDEA. It can be a prop, a movement, a word, a thought, etc.

Michelle Matlock will lead the group through a creative process that she has used to develop her solo work for the past 20 years (Check out her projects and results here ). This process includes theater games, exercises and discussions that provoke, material development, build characters, motivation, storytelling, stage presence, writing and of course just getting on your feet and starting.

It all starts with what motivates you! Creating an original new work is a journey that requires a safe and open space with constructive feedback. This workshop is exactly that and much more.

Michelle will lead 1 three-hour workshop per week for 9 weeks. During the 10th week, each participant will present up to 10 minutes of new material at a Work In Progress Showcase (free invite-only, family and friends) at Black Box Theater (In the Pantages Theater building).

Each participant will get a digital video of their own performance.

8 students required. 10 max.

WORKSHOP STARTS TUESDAY MAY 28TH 6:30 PM TO 9:30 PM AND CONTINUES EVERY WEEK ENDING ON TUESDAY JULY 23, 2019. Each workshop is designed to build on the last one, so please plan on attending all 9 dates.

The Work-In-Progress presentation will be the following week after the last workshop. Most likely on a Sunday afternoon.

PAYMENT OPTIONS

Option 1:
Early Bird Special: $285.

Early Bird Special Ends April 30, 2019

Secure your spot with $25 Deposit on this site (Tax and Fee will not go towards the balance due).

OR

contact Michelle@circleup.fun to pay a deposit, make payment arrangements or pay the total using an alternative method.

** If you pay a deposit the remaining balance of Early Bird price is $260 and will be due by April 30, 2019**

(Circle Up will contact you and discuss how you want to pay the remaining balance).

Option 2:

Regular Price: $325
Secure your spot with a $25 deposit on this site (Tax and Fee will not go towards the balance due.)

OR

contact Michelle@circleup.fun to pay a deposit, make payment arrangements or pay the total using an alternative method.

**If you pay a deposit the remaining balance of $300 due by May 21, 2019.**

(Circle Up will contact you and discuss how you want to pay the remaining balance).

Option 3:
Don’t secure your spot and just contact Michelle@circleup.fun to pay the total $325 on or before May 21, 2019. If a spot is still available you are in!

ALL PAYMENT OPTIONS WILL CLOSE MAY 21, 2019 @MIDNIGHT

Please email Michelle@circleup.fun if you would like to arrange another form of payment and/or make payment arrangements. We are open and able to work with you and alternative forms of payment.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Theater Performances Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: Acting Charcterwork Circle Up Events Solo Performance Workshop
Hey Singers! 
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Jun 4 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Hey Singers! 

Hey, Singers, be our guest to explore Tacoma’s largest a capella chorus in the barbershop style at 7 pm, every Tuesday. Join us at 602 N. Orchard. tacomavocalstandard@gmail.com or Facebook: TacomaVocalStandard

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Arts and Entertainment Music Concerts
History Pub: Eyes of the Totem @ McMenamins Elks Temple
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Jun 4 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

McMenamins Elks Temple, the Washington State Historical Society and the Tacoma Historical Society bring you Eyes of the Totem. This 1926 visual masterpiece was filmed in Tacoma and Steilacoom, when Tacoma housed a Hollywood-quality film studio!
Hear the story of how Tacoma became the home of a major motion picture studio during the 1920s. See a screening of Eyes of the Totem and enjoy a presentation about the nearby locations used in the film, the backstory of director W.S. Van Dyke ( who went on to be nominated for Academy Awards for films like The Thin Man and San Francisco with Clark Gable, Jeanette McDonald and Spencer Tracy), and the unlikely events leading to the rediscovery of the lost Eyes of the Totem film just a few years ago.

It will also be a chance to learn about the history of Tacoma in the movies, including the lost Weaver Studio films that were made nearby, other major and minor productions shot in the area. Learn about how film and the movies have shaped Tacoma’s theatre district and visual arts.
Presented by Michael Sullivan, Pacific Northwest historian, and Bill Baarsma, Tacoma Historical Society President. Guests are welcome to purchase food and beverages at any of the restaurants/bars within the Elks Temple, and bring it into the beautiful Spanish Ballroom for History Pub. There will also be a bar in the Ballroom before and during the program.
Why not stay the night too? Mention you’re attending the History Pub and receive 15% off your hotel room that night.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events
Jun
6
Thu
Jay Thomas Quartet @ Vashon Center for the Arts
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Jun 6 @ 7:30 pm

Jay Thomas, a native of Seattle who grew up in the middle of the fertile jazz scene of the sixties, is a versatile multi-instrumentalist (trumpet, flugelhorn, saxophones, and flutes). His music has been described as earthy and lyrical with the blues and swing always in evidence. “You can recognize jazz as an art form,” says Mr. Thomas, “but remember, it also used to be danced to. And that became part of people’s lives.”

“…As conversant as he is with all the jazz idioms going beyond John Coltrane, Jay Thomas improvises with the joyous élan of his vintage progenitors…I’m brought back to the pure jazz feeling of the jam sessions of my youth.” — Nat Hentoff, Wall Street Journal

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment
Jun
7
Fri
Breakfast at the Cone @ Museum of Glass
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Jun 7 @ 7:30 am – 9:00 am

Museum of Glass’ 3rd Annual Breakfast at the Cone, the art of business, will focus on the importance of teamwork and its role in building and sustaining thriving communities. Proceeds from the event, which brings together the South Sound’s art and business communities to celebrate our shared commitment to the vitality of the region, will benefit museum programming, including Hot Shop Heroes™.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Education Family Events Tags: museum of glass
Laughing Mater June Comedy Showcase starring Kaisa Pylkkänen @ Alma Mater
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Jun 7 @ 9:00 pm

It’s the one-year anniversary of our chucklebaby! See an incredible international lineup, including:

Host
Erin Crouch splits her time between the Pacific Northwest and Eastern Europe, because she can’t get enough of rain and socialism. She has been featured on festivals like All Jane Comedy Festival (2018), Chicago Women’s Funny Fest (2018) and Alaska B4UDie (2019).

Featuring
Nikita Oster
Nikita insists he is very funny; he’s lived in Russia, Cambodia, Ukraine and the Netherlands and did not feel at home anywhere, until he met you. Nikita brings an outsider’s perspective to indoor events with material that is occasionally funny but consistently sad and absurd, much like himself.

Yumi Nagashima
In just three short years, stand-up comedian and actress Yumi Nagashima has made a splash on the North American comedy scene with her sassy stage presence and unique point of view. Yumi is a mainstay on the Vancouver comedy scene but she has performed in seven different countries and appeared on the CBC radio program “The Debaters.” She has been featured on NW Just For Laughs and was a finalist in the 2016 & ‘17 Yuk Off Competition. Yumi is also an accomplished actress and has many acting credits to her name, including “The Man in the High Castle”.

Headliner
Kaisa Pylkkänen
Kaisa is one of her native Finland’s top stand up comedians, as seen on Channel 4’s hit show Stand Up! She worked as a writer for television for over a decade before finally taking the stage back herself in 2010. Since then, she has revolutionized the scene for women in the industry in Finland with her five- woman collective “All Female Panel”, booking the most sold out stand-up shows in a club in Helsinki, as well as starting a new comedy festival to promote female comics. In her comedy, Kaisa has focused on turning anger into an art form, patriarchy into a joke and white wine into anti-aging cream.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Tags: 253 Alma Mater date night downtown tacoma Laughing Mater Local Art stand up
Jun
8
Sat
Tacoma Spring Fest @ Point Ruston
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Jun 8 @ 11:00 am – 6:00 pm

Urban Craft Uprising is thrilled to be hosting the first Tacoma Spring Fest in the beautiful area of Point Ruston on Saturday, June 8th. We are so pleased to have the space to feature 75 handmade artists and makers, of the quality fans have come to know and expect from our shows. This new public mixed-use space has an amazing view of Mt. Rainier, and has many sweeping views of the water and the ridge lines, a public park right down the steps from where our vendors will be, and a long biking/walking trail spanning the waterfront. We’ll also have food trucks, and with the neighboring restaurants’ outdoor patios essentially serving as built-in beer gardens, we expect shoppers you’ll want to stay and make a day of it!

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Categories: Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parades Food & Beverage Tags: art craft family friendly food truck handmade point ruston
Eliemann Brothers Charity Golf Tournament @ Eagles Pride Golf Course
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Jun 8 @ 11:30 am – 8:00 pm

Get into the Swing for our 5th Annual Golf Tourney! Tournament proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society through the Real Men Wear Pink campaign – imagining a world free from cancer. Kliemann Brothers want to help make it a reality. You can too.
Check in at 11:30am- Shotgun start at 1:30pm.

Contact: charity@kliemannbros.com with questions

Eagles Pride Golf Course 1-5 Exit 116 JBLM Lewis Main, WA 98433

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Categories: Family Events Health and Wellness Non-Profit Fundraising Events Outdoor Recreation Volunteering and Community Enrichment
Craft Saturday – Scavenger Hunts @ Job Carr Cabin Museum
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Jun 8 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Drop by Job Carr Cabin Museum for our monthly Craft Saturday event where we’ll have a variety of scavenger hunts available for all ages to explore Old Town Park and the Old Town Tacoma neighborhood. Activities are designed for children ages 3-9 and their families.

Admission to the Museum and all events are “pay as you can.”

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events
Run Lola Run @ The Grand Cinema
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Jun 8 @ 11:00 pm

Weird Elephant at The Grand Cinema celebrates the 20th anniversary of RUN LOLA RUN with a screening on Saturday, June 8 at 11pm.

After a botched money delivery Manni has 20 minutes to find the money or face retaliation. He turns to the quick-witted, resourceful Lola who sprints through the streets of the city trying to find the money somewhere or somehow.

Trailer and tickets: https://www.grandcinema.com/films/run-lola-run/

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Tags: film screening lgbtq Movie Screening Pride
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