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
August – October 2023 Aug – Oct 2023
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Aug
1
Tue
Arts Night Out Block Party 2023 @ Hilltop Heritage Middle School
Tickets
Aug 1 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Save the date for Hilltop Artists’ annual block party!

Stop by the Hilltop Heritage hot shop to see glass demos; grab a free snack, groove to the beat, and enjoy hands on arts and crafts.

This year, our partners from the Imagine Justice Project will join us. Check out exciting booths and activities from our collaborators in youth-serving organizations. Roster to be announced!

So many more exciting activities are in the works: we’re excited to bring the community together this summer.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Education Family Events Kids Tags: #ArtsNightOut #HilltopArtists HilltopHeritageMS
Aug
12
Sat
Notes from Purgatory: Menopause Journaling Workshop @ Lauda
Tickets
Aug 12 @ 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Sasha Davies, author of The Menopause Companion, will lead this in-person, small-group workshop.

Through a mix of creative prompts and small group discussion, we’ll write and/or draw our way toward understanding who we are as our bodies change and who we hope to become.
Open to anyone contemplating or experiencing their transition to menopause. You don’t have to be a “writer” or an “artist” to attend! We will not be evaluating each other’s work.

Cost: Workshop only: $15 | Workshop + Copy of The Menopause Companion: $30

p.s. If you’ve not been yet, you’re going to LOVE Lauda. Plan on coming early or staying late to shop a little. It’s the most delightful stationery shop around–pens, journals, cards, watercolors!!!–they have all of my favorite things.

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Categories: Health and Wellness Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: Creative doodling journaliing menopause workshop writing
Aug
17
Thu
Evergreen Tacoma College Tour: Explore a World Where Education and Community Meet @ Evergreen-Tacoma
Tickets
Aug 17 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

TACOMA—The Evergreen State College Tacoma Campus is excited to announce its upcoming Summer College Tour scheduled from 1-4 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 17. This event will provide prospective students with a unique opportunity to explore a wide range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs designed to pave the way for rewarding careers in various fields such as:

  1. Community and Organizational Development
  2. Law, Justices and Public Policy
  3. Public Administration and Management
  4. Environmental Studies and Public Health
  5. Social and Human Services
  6. Education and Outreach
  7. Early Childhood Development

During the tour, attendees can meet staff and faculty members who contribute to Evergreen-Tacoma’s reputation for academic excellence. Dr. Marcia Tate Arunga, Dean of the Tacoma Campus, will also be present to share insights about the unique learning environment and the college’s dedication to fostering a supportive and inclusive community.

Evergreen-Tacoma is in the heart of the historic Hilltop neighborhood at 1210 6th Avenue. For more information contact Stella Haioulani or Lawrence Norman.  For more information about the Tacoma campus, please visit the website.

 

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Categories: Education
Aug
19
Sat
14th Annual Parkland Pace or Race @ Washington High School
Tickets
Aug 19 @ 8:30 am

Registration, course map, and results can be found at https://patriotcrosscountry.com/ppr

Cost – $15

Online Registration closes on August 18th at 11:59 PM
Registrations are also accepted on the day of the event for an additional charge of $5

8:30 AM – Registration/Packet Pick Up Opens
9:20 AM – Registration/Packet Pick Up Closes
9:30 AM – Start of Event
10:30 AM – Start of Awards

USATF certified 5K course is flat and fast
Raffle prizes are given away at awards ceremony
Ribbons are given to top 3 in each gender and age group
Medals are given to 1st place overall male and female
All proceeds benefit Washington High School Cross Country

For More Information:
Allen Culp
253-219-5252
aculp@fpschools.org

This event provides funds to purchase shoes and uniforms for local youth runners, as well as provides a college scholarship for a graduating senior

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Categories: Health and Wellness Outdoor Recreation Sports Tags: 5k Kids Run walk
Sep
9
Sat
Intro to Woodworking: Crafting Your First Birdhouse @ Foss Waterway Seaport
Tickets
Sep 9 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

In this class, run in collaboration with Toolbox Laboratories, you will learn the introductory woodworking skills necessary to construct your very own birdhouse. You will be the creative mastermind behind design elements and decoration, to create the (bird) home of your dreams!

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Arts and Entertainment Education Home and Garden Workshops, Classes and Lectures
Sep
24
Sun
Self-Defense and Empowerment Workshop @ Tacoma Aikikai Dojo
Tickets
Sep 24 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Join Tacoma Aikikai for a one-day introduction to Embodied Empowerment and Self-Defense in a space welcoming all women-identified, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming folks.

Our philosophy is that we all have something to teach and learn about tapping into our internal power. Hone awareness, set boundaries, and learn verbal, emotional, and aikido-based physical skills to defuse, deflect, and evade vulnerable situations.

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Categories: Health and Wellness
Oct
7
Sat
2nd Annual Fall Classic @ PLU Meadows Disc Golf Course
Tickets
Oct 7 @ 7:30 am

Online registration closes on October 4th at 11:59 PM
Registrations are also accepted on the day of the event for an additional charge of $5

7:30 AM – Registration + Bib Pick Up Opens
8:50 AM – Registration + Bib Pick Up Closes
9:00 AM – Start of 1K Kids (Cost is $5 / Registrations are only accepted on the day of the event)
9:15 AM – Start of 5K
High School Cross Country races will follow this event

Course is mostly flat with some gently rolling hills on grass and dirt trails
Event shirts are available for purchase on site

1K Kids Awards:
Every kid receives a prize

5K Awards:
Ribbons are given to top 10 in each gender as they finish

For More Information:
Allen Culp
253-219-5252
aculp@fpschools.org

Jesse McNeil
253-359-6497
jmcneil@fpschools.org

This event provides funds to purchase shoes and uniforms for local youth runners, as well as provides a college scholarship for a graduating senior

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Categories: Health and Wellness Outdoor Recreation Sports Tags: 1K Kids 5k
Beer and Bites Dinner and Auction Benefiting South Sound CARE Foundation @ The Waterfrom Venue at Narrows Marina
Tickets
Oct 7 @ 5:00 pm

ANNUAL AUCTION BENEFITING SOUTH SOUND CARE FOUNDATION CELEBRATES 10 YEARS

Beer & Bites is October 7th! 

Beer & Bites, the annual event and auction benefitting The South Sound CARE Foundation (CARE) will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Saturday, October 7th 2023. All proceeds from this annual event go towards expanding clinical trials and research for patients fighting cancer in the South Sound. Historically a cancer diagnosis in the South Sound meant an immediate referral to Seattle or cancer centers far beyond. Since 2008, the South Sound CARE Foundation has been expanding access to the very best care for patients in the Puget Sound region. Important trials are conducted locally, patients are living longer and they are living better lives. Beer & Bites helps fund this research and provide access to care that patients were previously unable to find locally.

Spearheaded by CARE’s Founder, Dr. Frank Senecal, and Gordon Rush, a CARE Emeritus Board Member and Founder of The Rush Companies, Beer & Bites got its start in 2013 as a way to get the local community involved in improving treatments options for a disease that has touched far too many: cancer. The 10th annual Beer & Bites fundraiser will be held at The Waterfront Venue at Narrows Marina. The generosity of the local community has allowed Beer & Bites to raise more than $7.6 million over the last 10 years to bring important research to our area and to allow cancer patients to stay close to home, surrounded by their support systems during some of the most challenging times of their life.

“Finding a better way to care for our patients and a better way to treat the cancer – whether it is surgery, immune therapy, chemo therapy, or radiation therapy—all depend upon good clinical research,” said Dr. Frank Senecal, Founder of the South Sound CARE Foundation. “Beer & Bites helps make that research possible.”

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Categories: Education Food & Beverage Health and Wellness Non-Profit Fundraising Events
Oct
19
Thu
Workshop: How Does a Place Get a Name? @ Washington State History Museum
Tickets
Oct 19 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Join Indigenous educator Owen Oliver (Quinault/Isleta Pueblo) to explore how a place gets a name and what the names of specific locations can teach us about values held by communities. Participants will consider how we can use place names to enhance community connections and build strategies to engage with Tribes to revitalize place names.

This workshop is free and open to the public. Teachers who attend the workshop will be eligible for clock hours toward continuing education requirements.

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Categories: Education Local History Tags: education
Oct
22
Sun
Women’s Intro to Woodworking @ Foss Waterway Seaport
Tickets
Oct 22 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Join us for an intro-level woodworking class for women and nonbinary folks!
In this one-day class, you will learn how to use an assortment of woodworking power and hand tools to fabricate a toolbox. You will be guided through transferring measurements from paper plans, cutting lumber to length, and assembling it into a finished product. Join us in the Heritage Boat Shop to explore the basics of woodworking in a hands-on, mentorship-based class, and take your new toolbox home!
Instructed by Alice Clabaugh (she/her), a graduate from the Wood Technology Marine Carpentry program.
WHEN: Sunday, October 22; 10AM – 4PM
WHERE: 705 Dock Street, Tacoma WA 98402

Ages 1?8+

Museum admission is included with ticket. Parking, food, and beverages are not included.

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Arts and Entertainment Education Home and Garden Women Focused Events Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: #art art workshops classes Empowering women Woodworking
August – October 2023 Aug – Oct 2023