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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Agenda
Agenda
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Oct
1
Sun
Craftopia: Pumpkin Wall Hanging @ Craftopia
Tickets
Oct 1 @ 12:00 pm

Get feeling fall and festive with this awesome pumpkin decoration! Great for on a wall, on your door, or even as a centerpiece for your table. You’ll be able to weave and decorate your pumpkin wreath form with a variety of ribbons, ropes, beads and fabrics, then add any other festive decorative embellishments to really make your seasonal décor pop. You can even add fairy lights to brighten these shorter, darker days. Ages 16+
$20 per person. Register at www.craftopiawa.com

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Categories: Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: arts and crafts
Craftopia: Bleeding Candles class @ Craftopia
Tickets
Oct 1 @ 2:00 pm

Things are getting spooky with these amazing candles that bleed when they burn! These candles are hand-dipped in red wax first to create a bleeding core, then select your outer color to finish off your stylish seasonal candle. We will be using very hot wax and our hands, so this class is for ages 14+ (younger may attend with parental supervision, but please contact us first).
$10 per person. Register at www.craftopiawa.com

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Categories: Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: arts and crafts
Oct
2
Mon
Craftopia: Mosaic Pendants class @ Craftopia
Tickets
Oct 2 @ 3:30 pm

Put your mosaic skills to the test with these wonderfully unique pendants! Each participant can make two and you can turn them into necklaces, keychains, or whatever else your heart may desire.
$50 per person. Ages 16+ Register at www.craftopiawa.com

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Categories: Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: arts and crafts
Craftopia: Beginning Weaving class @ Craftopia
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Oct 2 @ 4:30 pm

In this class, learn the basic techniques of weaving to create your own wall hanging. Choose from a variety of colors, materials, and styles of yarn and rope to make your very own hanging art piece! While the technique is fairly simple, this can be a time-consuming process, so learners may need to complete their project at home.
$15/project. Recommended for ages 12+.
Register at www.craftopiawa.com

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Categories: Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: arts and crafts
Oct
3
Tue
The Art, Poetry, and Ecology of Cascadia @ Washington State History Museum
Tickets
Oct 3 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Registration Required

Hear from some of the talented contributors to Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry, which brings together art, poetry, and stories holding scientific, sensory, and cultural knowledge to celebrate and illuminate Cascadia, the diverse ecoregion stretching from Alaska’s Prince William Sound to Northern California and from the Pacific Coast to the Continental Divide.

Contributors will also participate in a question and answer session with the audience and an informal book signing.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Tags: Poetry
Hey Singers! 
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Oct 3 @ 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
Oct
6
Fri
Craftopia: Quilled Cards class @ Craftopia
Tickets
Oct 6 @ 4:30 pm

Try your hand at the ancient art of rolling paper. We’ll discuss tools of the trade and learn several rolling techniques before being set loose to make your very own quilled creation. Each month we will bring you a design showcasing different quilling skills. Our theme will be a pumpkin design, though students may choose to do their own design as well.. You can make your creation on cardstock to fold into a card or a canvass if you prefer.
$15 per person. Recommended for ages 7+
Register at www.craftopiawa.com

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Categories: Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: arts and crafts
Craftopia: Fiberholics Anonymous meet up @ Craftopia
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Oct 6 @ 5:00 pm

Do you love yarn?  Is your embroidery thread collection of epic proportions? Are hooks, needles, and looms filling your space?  Then this is the place for you!  Join us once a month for a fiber-lover meet-up.  The first Friday of every month from 5-7pm, our community room will be opened for fiber artists of all varieties to hang out, work on projects, chat, laugh and relax.
Light refreshments are available, but feel free to bring your own food and drink as well.  RSVP’s are appreciated but not required. www.craftopiawa.com

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Categories: Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: arts and crafts
Fall Interchangeable Door Hanger Paint Party @ Crafty AF Studio
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Oct 6 @ 5:00 pm

welcome that will be a permanent part of your sign.

Then we will paint the insert for your door hanger!
We will have a few options available at every class, so you can choose what matches your personality and decor. We will paint and assemble in the class.
I will be helping you try different techniques such as blending, ombre, distress and more so you can create a piece that you love.

Please reserve your spot 48 hours in advance. No Cancellations within 48 hours. We work hard to cut and prepare all the pieces needed for classes. If you do need to cancel for any reason, we can work with you and make a DIY kit, open studio, or credit for a future class.

Please arrive 15 min early so we can start on time.
We do provide aprons, please wear clothes that you do not mind getting paint on. It happens.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment
University of Puget Sound Jacobsen Series: Dawn Padula, mezzo-soprano and guests @ Schneebeck Concert Hall
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Oct 6 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Enjoy this faculty recital featuring Dawn Padula, mezzo-soprano with Jessica Hall, collaborative pianist; and guests Brian Smith, drums; and Rob Hutchinson, bass.

All are invited to a reception following the program hosted by the SAI international music fraternity.

Tickets: $20, general; $15 sr. citizen; military, Puget Sound faculty, staff, and Community Music participants.

Admission is free for current Puget Sound and K-12 students. Please obtain a complimentary ticket and show your student ID at the door. Please note that this event will not be live streamed.

Dawn Padula is the School of Music’s director of vocal studies and professor of voice. For this performance, she is joined by faculty colleagues and special guest artists.

Named in honor of Leonard Jacobsen, former chair of the piano department at Puget Sound, the Jacobsen Professional Artist Series was established in 1984 and features School of Music faculty and their guests. Ticket sales support the Jacobsen Series Scholarship Fund, which awards annual music scholarships to an outstanding member of Sigma Alpha Iota, international music fraternity.

For more information about the Jacobsen Series, visit pugetsound.edu/jacobsen

Event Location
University of Puget Sound campus, Schneebeck Concert Hall.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Tags: dawn padula jacobsen series university of puget sound vocals
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