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
February – March 2023 Feb – Mar 2023
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Feb
15
Wed
Tree and Shrub Planting with Nisqually Land Trust @ Anderson Island Protected Area
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Feb 15 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Join us on Anderson Island to plant trees and shrubs. These plants will help restore native forest near South Oro Bay.

This event requires you to drive your own vehicle onto the Anderson Island Ferry out of Steilacoom, WA (unless, of course, you live close to or on Anderson Island). The ferry costs around $20 round trip for the driver and an average size vehicle (there is a senior discount).

Take the 8:20 ferry to Anderson Island. We will finish the work party in time for you to catch the 12:45 pm ferry, and there are also return times at 3:15PM and 4:25PM,

Once on the island, you will head to the worksite, following the directions sent to you via e-mail with your registration confirmation. The work site is a 10-minute drive from the ferry terminal.

Register via Eventbrite for directions to the worksite (click “Tickets” for the link).

Work parties are rain or shine. Individual, pre-packaged, light snacks are provided. Minors are welcome provided they are accompanied by an adult.

Contact Emily at emily@nisquallylandtrust.org with any questions.

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Categories: Volunteering and Community Enrichment Tags: Anderson Island conservation nisqually land trust stewardship
Feb
22
Wed
Craftopia: Packing Party @ Craftopia
Tickets
Feb 22 @ 5:00 pm

Join us once a month to help prepare and pack up craft kits. These kits are donated free of charge to the Tacoma Public Library and Pierce County Library systems. The libraries then distribute them to the community so people of all ages can learn new projects and explore their creative side.
Packing parties include prepping of supplies and stuffing ziplock bags with materials. We stuff between 100-300 bags each time, so lots of repetitive motion. Beverages and snacks are provided, but feel free to bring your own as well.
RSVP’s appreciated but not required.
www.craftopiawa.com

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Categories: Volunteering and Community Enrichment Tags: arts and crafts
Feb
25
Sat
No Place Like Home Gala & Auction @ Fircrest Golf Club
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Feb 25 @ 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Join Rebuilding Together South Sound as we go Back to the Future for our first in-person ‘No Place Like Home’ Gala and Auction since February 2020! We’re bringing back all of your favorites… Silent & Live Auctions, Hosted Bar for your favorite adult beverages, our famous Dessert Dash, Head or Tails, Fund-A-Need, getting the chance to meet and hear about one of our homeowners’ stories and more!

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Business Networking Events Non-Profit Fundraising Events Volunteering and Community Enrichment
Feb
28
Tue
Stayed on Freedom: A Book event with Michael Simmons and Dan Berger @ Tacoma Arts Community Center
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Feb 28 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

The Black Power movement is often associated with iconic spokespeople, but its momentum was due, in part, to the work of those with untold stories. UW-Bothell Professor and historian Dan Berger’s new book Stayed On Freedom: The Long History of Black Power through One Family’s Journey focuses on the story of Zoharah Simmons and Michael Simmons: two unheralded, grassroots Black Power activists who dedicated their lives to the fight for freedom.
Michael Simmons will join author Dan Berger for a discussion about his life and the recently released book, moderated by Social Justice Fund NW Executive Director Valériana Chikoti Bandua Estes.

RSVP here: https://forms.gle/t6qqkdjfaZ1G9x3i9

Dan Berger is professor of comparative ethnic studies at the University of Washington Bothell. He is the author or editor of several books and curates the Washington Prison History Project. His most recent book is Stayed on Freedom: The Long History of Black Power Through One Family’s Journey, just published by Basic Books.
Michael Simmons has been a domestic and international human rights activist for 60 years. Beginning as an organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and later as Director of European programs for the American Friends Service Committee, Michael’s work has taken him to Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. For 18 years, he co-founded and ran the Ráday Salon, an independent human rights learning and discussion program in Budapest, Hungary. He also taught courses on African American History and US Elections at the Budapest campus of McDaniel College

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Categories: Author Talk Volunteering and Community Enrichment Workshops, Classes and Lectures
Mar
1
Wed
Tree and Shrub Planting with Nisqually Land Trust @ Anderson Island Protected Area
Tickets
Mar 1 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

We’re back out on Anderson Island, and we need your help to finishing plant trees and shrubs near South Oro Bay.

This event requires you to drive your own vehicle onto the Anderson Island Ferry out of Steilacoom, WA (unless, of course, you live close to or on Anderson Island). The ferry costs a little under $20 round trip for the driver and an average size vehicle (there is a senior discount, and the Land Trust can reimburse you for the cost). You can see more details about ferry costs at this link.

Take the 8:20 ferry to Anderson Island. There are return times of12:45PM, 3:15PM and 4:25PM, and you can learn more about the ferry times here. We will finish the work party in time for you to catch the 12:45 pm ferry.

Once on the island, you will head to the worksite, following the directions sent to you via e-mail with your registration confirmation. The work site is a 10-minute drive from the ferry terminal.

Register via Eventbrite for directions to the worksite (click on “Tickets” for the link).

Work parties are rain or shine. Individual, pre-packaged, light snacks are provided. Minors are welcome provided they are accompanied by an adult.

Contact Emily at emily@nisquallylandtrust.org with any questions.

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Categories: Volunteering and Community Enrichment Tags: Anderson Island conservation Enviroment nature nisqually land trust salmon stewardship tree planting
Mar
4
Sat
Site Steward Workshop with Nisqually Land Trust @ Eatonville Community Center
Tickets
Mar 4 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Do you have a love for the land, and the plants, animals and the other life it supports? Do you want to help take care of the special places you love? Do you like spending your free time walking through the woods?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, becoming a Site Steward with the Nisqually Land Trust may be a good fit for you. Our volunteer stewards “adopt” one of the Land Trust’s properties in the Nisqually River watershed, and periodically monitor it for positive and negative changes.

The Nisqually Land Trust (NLT) is a nonprofit that protects and stewards lands to permanently benefit the water, fish, wildlife, and people of the Nisqually River Watershed

We have over 6,000 acres of protected land, so the Site Steward Program increases our capacity to track changes and more effectively steward this land.

This Site Steward Workshop is an opportunity to learn about our Site Steward program and the work NLT is doing in the watershed. Current or returning site stewards are welcome to join us as well.

Please register through Eventbrite, so we have a headcount for the event. (Click on “Tickets” for the link.) You will also receive directions when you register.

Questions? Email Emily at emily@nisquallylandtrust.org.

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Categories: Volunteering and Community Enrichment Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: conservation environment environmental education nature nisqually land trust Nisqually River stewardship
Mar
18
Sat
Greater Gig Harbor Foundation’s Shamrock’n the Harbor, a 5K/12K Family Fun Run/Walk @ Cushman Trail Park
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Mar 18 @ 8:30 am

Greater Gig Harbor Foundation’s 2nd Annual Shamrock’n the Harbor is a 5K/12K family-fun run/walk. 100% of the proceeds from Shamrock’n the Harbor benefit the Greater Gig Harbor Foundation’s Gig Harbor Senior Center. The Senior Center is the only organization specifically working to meet the needs of our community’s seniors through regular programs, activities and services that enable them to remain active and thrive.

The courses follow the gorgeous Cushman Trail, with a few rolling hills to keep those legs awake and working; and for those doing the 12K you’ll get a gorgeous view from the Narrows Bridge. All ages can get seriously Irish while jigging o’er the hills, dales, and trails along your Shamrock’n journey!

All runners and volunteers are invited to the Post Run/Walk Céilí at Dunagan’s Irish Pub in Gig Harbor. Join us for awards, music and more!

The Run/Walk is limited to 200 participants, so prepare for some fun shenanigans and register today!

Find more information, registration and volunteer sign up by typing www.gigharborfoundation.org/shamrocknrun into any browser.

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Categories: Non-Profit Fundraising Events Sports Tags: #12K #gigharbor #gigharborseniorcenter 5k
Mar
22
Wed
Habitat Stewardship Work Party with Nisqually Land Trust @ Lackamas Flats Protected Area
Tickets
Mar 22 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Join us to remove tubes from our old plantings at our Lackamas Flats Protected Area. We put on these plant protectors to shield young plants from hungry wildlife, but now these plants have outgrown their tubes, and we need your help to take them away.

Register for directions to the worksite.

Work parties are rain or shine. Individual, pre-packaged, light snacks are provided. Minors are welcome provided they are accompanied by an adult.

Contact Emily at emily@nisquallylandtrust.org with any questions.

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Categories: Volunteering and Community Enrichment Tags: conservation nature nisqually land trust Nisqually River stewardship
Craftopia: Packing Party @ Craftopia
Tickets
Mar 22 @ 5:00 pm

Join us once a month to help prepare and pack up craft kits. These kits are donated free of charge to the Tacoma Public Library and Pierce County Library systems. The libraries then distribute them to the community so people of all ages can learn new projects and explore their creative side.
Packing parties include prepping of supplies and stuffing ziplock bags with materials. We stuff between 100-300 bags each time, so lots of repetitive motion. Beverages and snacks are provided, but feel free to bring your own as well.
RSVP’s appreciated but not required.
www,craftopiawa.com

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Categories: Volunteering and Community Enrichment Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: arts and crafts volunteering
Mar
24
Fri
Kitten Shower @ Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County Facebook Page
Tickets
Mar 24 @ 12:00 pm

Over the next several months, the Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County staff and volunteers will be undertaking lifesaving work for over a thousand fragile, young, homeless, and at-risk kittens from our community. Help the shelter prepare for a busy kitten season by tuning in on the shelter’s Facebook Live on Friday, March 24th at noon to watch a live Kitten Shower event!

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Categories: Family Events Home and Garden Non-Profit Fundraising Events Volunteering and Community Enrichment
February – March 2023 Feb – Mar 2023