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

Our editors will review and post within a few business days.

Agenda
Agenda
May – June 2021 May – Jun 2021
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May
21
Fri
2021 Virtual Puget Sound Days on the Hill @ Puget Sound Partnership Zoom
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May 21 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

The Puget Sound Partnership and Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission invite you to participate in our final virtual Puget Sound Days on the Hill session on Friday, May 21, from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time. We’ll discuss Puget Sound restoration and protection, salmon recovery efforts, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and infrastructure, among other topics, with Senator Maria Cantwell, Representative Adam Smith, and Representative Rick Larsen.

We encourage participants to submit questions for our speakers in advance, and questions must be submitted by 2 p.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday, May 19. There will also be an opportunity to post questions during a moderated Q&A session.

Advance registration is required and will close at 2 p.m. Pacific Time on Thursday, May 20. More details and registration info are available at https://www.psdoth.org.

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Categories: Education Local Government Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: climate change environment Infrastructure Puget Sound salmon
May
25
Tue
Pierce County Habitat Stewards Training @ Zoom - Virtual event
Tickets
May 25 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

The National Wildlife Federation is offering a specialized, multi-week online training to teach you how to help others create and restore wildlife habitat in backyards, schoolyards, and other private and public areas. You get to meet and interact with local conservation professionals and other similarly interested folks while participating in this engaging, fun and highly informative online program!

Benefits include: a comprehensive, digital training manual with local resources; instruction from local professionals; and continued support from NWF staff.

Expert speakers will present on topics such as:

-Gardening for wildlife
-Improving soil quality
-Habitat restoration
-Mushrooms and fungi
-Bird friendly gardening
-And much more!

Classes will take place May 25th, 27th, June 1st, and 3rd from 6:00 – 7:00 pm via a free video conference platform.

A COVID-safe School Yard Habitat installation field trip will be held Saturday, May 29th and Sunday, May 30th. Participants are asked to attend one, but are welcomed to attend both events.

REGISTER AT: https://pierceco2021.brownpapertickets.com

*Scholarships are available! No one will be turned down due to lack of funds. Email WAEducation@nwf.org for more information.

**We will be sending you regular workshop communications via email. Please give us a valid email address at checkout so that we can email you an invitation to the online workshop, and other important program updates.

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Categories: Education Family Events Home and Garden Volunteering and Community Enrichment Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: birds climate change environment garden green habitat restoration soil sustainable wildlife yard
May
27
Thu
Celebrating Dreams: Strength in CommUNITY @ Online
Tickets
May 27 @ 5:45 pm – 7:00 pm

Celebrate woman-owned businesses during Celebrating Dreams: Strength in CommUNITY
Registration is now open for this free virtual event to connect with other female entrepreneurs, mentors, resources, and leaders – all while celebrating female entrepreneurship.

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Business Networking Events Education Women Focused Events Tags: #BusinessImpactNW #CelebratingDreams #WomeninBusiness #WomanOwned #WomenEntrepreneurs #SmallBusinessBigImpact
Pierce County Habitat Stewards Training @ Zoom - Virtual event
Tickets
May 27 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

The National Wildlife Federation is offering a specialized, multi-week online training to teach you how to help others create and restore wildlife habitat in backyards, schoolyards, and other private and public areas. You get to meet and interact with local conservation professionals and other similarly interested folks while participating in this engaging, fun and highly informative online program!

Benefits include: a comprehensive, digital training manual with local resources; instruction from local professionals; and continued support from NWF staff.

Expert speakers will present on topics such as:

-Gardening for wildlife
-Improving soil quality
-Habitat restoration
-Mushrooms and fungi
-Bird friendly gardening
-And much more!

Classes will take place May 25th, 27th, June 1st, and 3rd from 6:00 – 7:00 pm via a free video conference platform.

A COVID-safe School Yard Habitat installation field trip will be held Saturday, May 29th and Sunday, May 30th. Participants are asked to attend one, but are welcomed to attend both events.

REGISTER AT: https://pierceco2021.brownpapertickets.com

*Scholarships are available! No one will be turned down due to lack of funds. Email WAEducation@nwf.org for more information.

**We will be sending you regular workshop communications via email. Please give us a valid email address at checkout so that we can email you an invitation to the online workshop, and other important program updates.

Read more
Categories: Education Family Events Home and Garden Volunteering and Community Enrichment Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: birds climate change environment garden green habitat restoration soil sustainable wildlife yard
Jun
1
Tue
Pierce County Habitat Stewards Training @ Zoom - Virtual event
Tickets
Jun 1 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

The National Wildlife Federation is offering a specialized, multi-week online training to teach you how to help others create and restore wildlife habitat in backyards, schoolyards, and other private and public areas. You get to meet and interact with local conservation professionals and other similarly interested folks while participating in this engaging, fun and highly informative online program!

Benefits include: a comprehensive, digital training manual with local resources; instruction from local professionals; and continued support from NWF staff.

Expert speakers will present on topics such as:

-Gardening for wildlife
-Improving soil quality
-Habitat restoration
-Mushrooms and fungi
-Bird friendly gardening
-And much more!

Classes will take place May 25th, 27th, June 1st, and 3rd from 6:00 – 7:00 pm via a free video conference platform.

A COVID-safe School Yard Habitat installation field trip will be held Saturday, May 29th and Sunday, May 30th. Participants are asked to attend one, but are welcomed to attend both events.

REGISTER AT: https://pierceco2021.brownpapertickets.com

*Scholarships are available! No one will be turned down due to lack of funds. Email WAEducation@nwf.org for more information.

**We will be sending you regular workshop communications via email. Please give us a valid email address at checkout so that we can email you an invitation to the online workshop, and other important program updates.

Read more
Categories: Education Family Events Home and Garden Volunteering and Community Enrichment Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: birds climate change environment garden green habitat restoration soil sustainable wildlife yard
Jun
3
Thu
Pierce County Habitat Stewards Training @ Zoom - Virtual event
Tickets
Jun 3 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

The National Wildlife Federation is offering a specialized, multi-week online training to teach you how to help others create and restore wildlife habitat in backyards, schoolyards, and other private and public areas. You get to meet and interact with local conservation professionals and other similarly interested folks while participating in this engaging, fun and highly informative online program!

Benefits include: a comprehensive, digital training manual with local resources; instruction from local professionals; and continued support from NWF staff.

Expert speakers will present on topics such as:

-Gardening for wildlife
-Improving soil quality
-Habitat restoration
-Mushrooms and fungi
-Bird friendly gardening
-And much more!

Classes will take place May 25th, 27th, June 1st, and 3rd from 6:00 – 7:00 pm via a free video conference platform.

A COVID-safe School Yard Habitat installation field trip will be held Saturday, May 29th and Sunday, May 30th. Participants are asked to attend one, but are welcomed to attend both events.

REGISTER AT: https://pierceco2021.brownpapertickets.com

*Scholarships are available! No one will be turned down due to lack of funds. Email WAEducation@nwf.org for more information.

**We will be sending you regular workshop communications via email. Please give us a valid email address at checkout so that we can email you an invitation to the online workshop, and other important program updates.

Read more
Categories: Education Family Events Home and Garden Volunteering and Community Enrichment Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: birds climate change environment garden green habitat restoration soil sustainable wildlife yard
Jun
6
Sun
Orca Action Month Virtual Kick-off Event @ Zoom
Tickets
Jun 6 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Join the Orca Salmon Alliance as we kick off the 15th annual Orca Month. This year’s theme “We Are Family” underscores the distinct connection between Southern Resident orca lives and human lives.
The virtual kick-off event is emceed by Alan Budwill of the Kent and Alan radio show, and includes:
– Presentations by Washington Poet Laureate Rena Priest, Washington Representative Debra Lekanoff and California U.S. Representative Jared Huffman
– Narrated video footage of Southern Resident orcas
– Research webinar with Ken Balcomb and Michael Weiss of the Center for Whale Research, Mike Ford of NOAA Fisheries, Monika Wieland Shields of Orca Behavior Institute, and Dr. Deborah Giles of Wild Orca
– Kid-friendly videos
– Video series – Zoom Around the World with Orcas

Please visit orcamonth.com for information on additional events throughout the month of June

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Categories: Education Family Events Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: education environment festival killer whale orca salmon
Jun
10
Thu
Curator Talk with Peter Boag: Crossing Boundaries: Portraits of a Transgender West @ Washington State History Museum
Tickets
Jun 10 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

FREE Facebook Live Presentation
Join us for an immersive discussion surrounding our newest exhibition with its curator, Peter Boag, Professor and Columbia Chair in History of the American West at Washington State University and author of Re-Dressing America’s Frontier Past. As Americans moved across the country to create new lives, some also used the opportunity to establish their authentic selves. Boag discusses his quest to find the history of those who changed their assigned genders when moving West and how they were written out of American history. WSHS Lead Curator Gwen Whiting gives a preview of materials used in the exhibition to illustrate these underrepresented stories. Join us at www.Facebook.com/HistoryMuseum/live

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Categories: Author Talk
Jun
12
Sat
Book Launch Party for the new book ” Better Than I Deserve” – The Life & Times of Cowboy Artist Fred Oldfield @ Fred Oldfield Center
Tickets
Jun 12 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Enjoy the Silver Sage Radio Players sharing excerpts from the book for the first time and meet the Author, Joella Oldfield!
Premier cowboy artist Fred Oldfield captured the weariness, the steadfastness, the strength and the humor of the cowboy, the mountain man, and the other characters as the old west struggled to become the new west. Now the whole story is available in a breathtaking new book, Better Than I Deserve, with more than 175 color pages and over 100 color photos of his paintings.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Author Talk Local History Tags: #tacomaartslive art arthistory booklaunch books cowboy cowboyart westernart
Book Launch Party for the new book ” Better Than I Deserve” – The Life & Times of Cowboy Artist Fred Oldfield @ Fred Oldfield Center
Tickets
Jun 12 @ 4:00 pm

Enjoy the Silver Sage Radio Players sharing excerpts from the book for the first time and meet the Author, Joella Oldfield!

Premier cowboy artist Fred Oldfield captured the weariness, the steadfastness, the strength and the humor of the cowboy, the mountain man, and the other characters as the old west struggled to become the new west. Now the whole story is available in a breathtaking new book, Better Than I Deserve, with more than 175 color pages and over 100 color photos of his paintings.

Read more
Categories: Arts and Entertainment Author Talk Local History Tags: #tacomaartslive art arthistory book booklaunch bookrelease
May – June 2021 May – Jun 2021