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
October – December 2019 Oct – Dec 2019
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Oct
5
Sat
The 2nd Annual Sustainability Summit for South Sound Women in Business @ RAIN Incubator
Tickets
Oct 5 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

The 2nd Annual Sustainability Summit for South Sound Women in Business is Oct 5, 9-4 in downtown Tacoma! Topics include financial sustainability, environmental
equity, greening your purchases, branding your sustainable business, building community, and more! Tickets are sliding scale and all levels of registration include coffee + keynotes + breakout sessions + vegan/gluten free lunch + more! This
event is open to anyone who identifies as a woman or nobinary person.

Registration, volunteer and financial aid: https://www.allisonbishins.com/register/conference

For more information on speakers and details, check out:
https://www.facebook.com/events/779801159089734/

Questions? Email allisonbishins@gmail.com

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Categories: Women Focused Events Tags: branding community community building Empowering women Enviroment environmental equity financial planning small business sustainability women; businesswomen; networking; empower; sisterhood
Oct
9
Wed
Stewardship Work Party at Mount Rainier Gateway Preserve @ Mount Rainier Gateway Preserve
Tickets
Oct 9 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

We will be removing invasive Himalayan blackberry from our Mount Rainier Gateway Protected Area. Himalayan blackberry is a nasty invasive that can quickly out-compete native vegetation and prevent it from growing. It’s important that we work to control the blackberry so our forests can thrive!
We will be working rain or shine, so please dress for the weather.
We will provide tools including gloves, coffee, water, and snacks.
We will be meeting at Ashford County Park. Please follow the Registration link and register to receive our exact meeting location and driving directions.

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Categories: Outdoor Recreation Volunteering and Community Enrichment Tags: community conservation service stewardship volunteer volunteering
Oct
16
Wed
Ocean5 Cereal Challenge for World Food Day @ Ocean5
Tickets
Oct 16 @ 3:00 pm

On Oct 16, BRING IN ONE BOX OF CEREAL, GET A FREE LASER GAME at Ocean5! (Limit 1 free game per person). All boxes will be donated to GH FISH Food Bank.

Did you know that 11% or over 800 million people go hungry every day? And did you know there is an entire day dedicated to tackling world hunger?

World Food Day is celebrated annually on October 16th around the world. It’s a day to come together to declare a commitment to end worldwide hunger from our lifetime.

The Ocean5 and Table 47 team invite you to join us to support families in our own community. At Gig Harbor’s FISH Food Bank (http://www.ghpfish.org/), CEREAL is one of their most needed items in October. So, let’s collect as many as we can together!

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Categories: Volunteering and Community Enrichment Tags: laser tag worldfoodday
Oct
17
Thu
David Guterson, Turn Around Time Author Talk @ The Mountaineers Tacoma Program Center
Tickets
Oct 17 @ 7:00 pm

Join us as we welcome the award-winning author of “Snow Falling on Cedars” David Guterson for a reading and discussion of his new book-length poem “Turn Around Time: A Walking Poem for the Pacific Northwest” (Mountaineers Books). David’s newest work is a narrative poem in elegant verse about trails and hiking, wilderness and wonder, aging and myth that will appeal to lovers of literature and poetry as well as nature and the outdoors.

The book is wonderfully illustrated by Washington artist Justin Gibbens (www.justingibbens.com)

6:30 pm Social Half Hour
7:00 pm Author presentation and Q&A
8:15 pm Author Book Signing

This event is co-presented with King’s Books and The Mountaineers Tacoma Branch

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Categories: Author Talk Tags: hiking hiking trails literature nature outdoors Poetry The Cascades
Oct
19
Sat
Free Community Shred Event @ O Bee Credit Union Fern Hill
Tickets
Oct 19 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Free Community Shred Event
O Bee hosts a free community shred event on Saturday October 19th from 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Open to the public – limit 2 grocery sized bags per person. Protect yourself fraud and identity theft by shredding sensitive documents on-site with LeMay Mobile Shredding.

Date:
Saturday, October 19, 2019
Time:
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Location:
O Bee Fern Hill Branch
8002 Pacific Ave
Tacoma, WA 98408

For more info visit: www.obee.com/events

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Categories: Health and Wellness Home and Garden Tags: free shredding shred shredding event
Stream Cleanup: Protect and Restore Clover Creek Creek, Salmon Are Orca Food!
Tickets
Oct 19 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Creeks are vital to the health of salmon breeding which provides a critical food source for the Orcas.The Chambers Clover Watershed Council invites you to join us to improve water quality for our community – salmon and Orcas included! We will pick up trash along Clover Creek in Lakewood. The creek has a low water level this fall and a variety of trash needs to be removed. Join us for an hour or longer! We will provide trash bags, some gloves, snacks, and directions. Please: Dress for the weather! Wear boots/waders for the muddy or low water creek bottom; Bring garden or work gloves; Bring water to drink.We will meet at the end of 47th Avenue SW in Lakewood (map below). The parking area will be marked with orange cones.

From Lakewood west of IH5, proceed south down Bridgeport Way toward JBLM.
When you reach Pacific Hwy, turn left onto Pacific Highway.
Proceed past Denny’s for about 1/2 mile.
Turn right onto 47th Avenue SW. There is a Ford dealership at this corner.
Drive 1/2 mile to the end of 47th where it dead ends at Clover Creek. Look for orange cones and parking.

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Categories: Outdoor Recreation Volunteering and Community Enrichment
Nov
8
Fri
Lusio Lights @ W.W. Seymour Consservatory
Tickets
Nov 8 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Party with plants! See the botanical gardens lit up with light and music!
About this Event
At Lusio Lights, The Conservatory becomes a tropical gallery, featuring illuminated sculptural installations interacting with rare plants, curated by Lusio!

Discover fascinating artworks by light artists. See the beautiful botanicals lit with light.
These sculptures are temporary, and can only be enjoyed over the special, two night event!

The Conservatory is transformed at Lusio – enjoy refreshments, dancing, and fun each evening of this two-night event.

Friday Nov 8th
21+
7pm-10pm

Saturday Nov 9th
All Ages
6pm-9pm

ADVANCE TICKETS

Members $15
Non-members $20
Day of — $25 for everyone/at door
Kids 12 & under get in FREE

TICKETS ON SALE AT
https://secure.qgiv.com/for/lulight/event/804956/
FEATURING

Projection mapping video art onto the plants!

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Glowing origami lily gardens!

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Live laser dome exhibit!

*

Interactive abstract LED creations!

*

Hubble Space LED photography!

*

Mega Tetris exhibit!

*

Botanical lighting by LUSIO!

*

+ DJ J-Justice

Beer, Wine and non alcoholic beverages available for purchase

More info at https://www.lusiolight.com

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Arts and Entertainment Family Events Home and Garden Music Concerts Non-Profit Fundraising Events
Nov
9
Sat
Lusio Lights @ W.W. Seymour Consservatory
Tickets
Nov 9 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Party with plants! See the botanical gardens lit up with light and music!
About this Event
At Lusio Lights, The Conservatory becomes a tropical gallery, featuring illuminated sculptural installations interacting with rare plants, curated by Lusio!

Discover fascinating artworks by light artists. See the beautiful botanicals lit with light.
These sculptures are temporary, and can only be enjoyed over the special, two night event!

The Conservatory is transformed at Lusio – enjoy refreshments, dancing, and fun each evening of this two-night event.

Friday Nov 8th
21+
7pm-10pm

Saturday Nov 9th
All Ages
6pm-9pm

ADVANCE TICKETS

Members $15
Non-members $20
Day of — $25 for everyone/at door
Kids 12 & under get in FREE

TICKETS ON SALE AT
https://secure.qgiv.com/for/lulight/event/804956/
FEATURING

Projection mapping video art onto the plants!

*

Glowing origami lily gardens!

*

Live laser dome exhibit!

*

Interactive abstract LED creations!

*

Hubble Space LED photography!

*

Mega Tetris exhibit!

*

Botanical lighting by LUSIO!

*

+ DJ J-Justice

Beer, Wine and non alcoholic beverages available for purchase

More info at https://www.lusiolight.com

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Arts and Entertainment Family Events Home and Garden Music Concerts Non-Profit Fundraising Events
Nov
11
Mon
Veteran’s Day Laser Game Special @ Ocean5
Tickets
Nov 11 @ 11:00 am – 9:00 pm

In honor of Veterans Day, all Laser Game play on Nov 11 is by donation!
That means you can donate any amount ($1 and up, please), and 100% of the proceeds will be given to the Permission to Start Dreaming Foundation, here in Gig Harbor.
Join us to support this awesome local organization that helps veterans, first responders, and their families in our own community.
All Day.

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Categories: Family Events Non-Profit Fundraising Events Volunteering and Community Enrichment Tags: donation laser tag Veteran veteran's day
Dec
10
Tue
Light Plantasia @ W.W Seymour Conservatory
Tickets
Dec 10 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Lusio presents
LIGHT PLANTASIA
at the W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory

Take a stroll through the wonderland that is Light Plantasia!

For 5 nights you can enjoy the botanical gardens inside the W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory lit with the art of light for a stunning and unique holiday excursion.

This is not your regular holiday christmas light show 😉

Light Plantasia will feature various light exhibits by local artists woven directly into the gardens and incredible lighting designed to create an entirely new world after dark. Enjoy a luminous journey through a rainbow of botanical landscapes as we paint the plants with lights!

All Ages Welcome!

ADVANCE TICKETS

Tickets – $12 each
Packages of 5 tickets for $50
Free for kids 3 and under!

*tickets are good for one evening*

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https://www.metroparkstacoma.org/conservatory

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Categories: Family Events Home and Garden Non-Profit Fundraising Events Seasonal and Holiday Events
October – December 2019 Oct – Dec 2019