Pierce County Events Calendar
This calendar is the place to find fun events happening throughout Pierce County, including Tacoma, Puyallup, Lakewood and beyond.
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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
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.
Get ready for the largest job fair and resource fair in Pierce County! Collaboration for a Cause features more than 100 employers and resources to connect you to finding quality employment and stability. This event is open to the public and is free to attend! All are welcome!
Talk directly with employers who are hiring for open positions right now! Some employers will conduct on-the-spot interviews at the event! On-site resume prep and guidance will be available to ensure your resume is ready for distribution to employers. Pre-event Job Club sessions are also available throughout the month of October to help you prepare for interviews and upgrade your resume.
Connect to resources and services including:
Basic Needs
Employment
Education & Training
Health
Youth
Veterans
Disabilities
Learn more about the Collaboration for a Cause event series at pccetf.org/collaboration-for-a-cause
The Tacoma Home + Garden Show returns to the Tacoma Dome from January 25-28, 2024, with its most extensive showcase yet, boasting a 20% increase in size and first day admission is free courtesy of Hunt’s Services! Local HGTV celebrities Lyndsay Lamb and Leslie Davis from Unsellable Houses are back as guest speakers, sharing home design and remodeling insights. With over 300 brands, local residents can shop for home-related products and services, witness stunning displays, connect with industry experts, and glean insights from renowned local and international home professionals. Now in its 41st year, the show promises an expansive exhibit featuring a larger Local Makers Market, Plant Market, and an elevated roster of exhibitors from across the PNW. Engage with home and gardening experts like Marianne Binetti, Ciscoe Morris, Sue Goetz, and more through diverse seminars. Experience creativity, artistry, and find inspiration at the biggest Tacoma Home + Garden Show yet. Enjoy complimentary free parking daily and download a $5 off admission coupon at https://www.tacomahomeandgardenshow.com/
The Tacoma Home + Garden Show returns to the Tacoma Dome from January 25-28, 2024, with its most extensive showcase yet, boasting a 20% increase in size and first day admission is free courtesy of Hunt’s Services! Local HGTV celebrities Lyndsay Lamb and Leslie Davis from Unsellable Houses are back as guest speakers, sharing home design and remodeling insights. With over 300 brands, local residents can shop for home-related products and services, witness stunning displays, connect with industry experts, and glean insights from renowned local and international home professionals. Now in its 41st year, the show promises an expansive exhibit featuring a larger Local Makers Market, Plant Market, and an elevated roster of exhibitors from across the PNW. Engage with home and gardening experts like Marianne Binetti, Ciscoe Morris, Sue Goetz, and more through diverse seminars. Experience creativity, artistry, and find inspiration at the biggest Tacoma Home + Garden Show yet. Enjoy complimentary free parking daily and download a $5 off admission coupon at https://www.tacomahomeandgardenshow.com/
The Tacoma Home + Garden Show returns to the Tacoma Dome from January 25-28, 2024, with its most extensive showcase yet, boasting a 20% increase in size and first day admission is free courtesy of Hunt’s Services! Local HGTV celebrities Lyndsay Lamb and Leslie Davis from Unsellable Houses are back as guest speakers, sharing home design and remodeling insights. With over 300 brands, local residents can shop for home-related products and services, witness stunning displays, connect with industry experts, and glean insights from renowned local and international home professionals. Now in its 41st year, the show promises an expansive exhibit featuring a larger Local Makers Market, Plant Market, and an elevated roster of exhibitors from across the PNW. Engage with home and gardening experts like Marianne Binetti, Ciscoe Morris, Sue Goetz, and more through diverse seminars. Experience creativity, artistry, and find inspiration at the biggest Tacoma Home + Garden Show yet. Enjoy complimentary free parking daily and download a $5 off admission coupon at https://www.tacomahomeandgardenshow.com/
The Tacoma Home + Garden Show returns to the Tacoma Dome from January 25-28, 2024, with its most extensive showcase yet, boasting a 20% increase in size and first day admission is free courtesy of Hunt’s Services! Local HGTV celebrities Lyndsay Lamb and Leslie Davis from Unsellable Houses are back as guest speakers, sharing home design and remodeling insights. With over 300 brands, local residents can shop for home-related products and services, witness stunning displays, connect with industry experts, and glean insights from renowned local and international home professionals. Now in its 41st year, the show promises an expansive exhibit featuring a larger Local Makers Market, Plant Market, and an elevated roster of exhibitors from across the PNW. Engage with home and gardening experts like Marianne Binetti, Ciscoe Morris, Sue Goetz, and more through diverse seminars. Experience creativity, artistry, and find inspiration at the biggest Tacoma Home + Garden Show yet. Enjoy complimentary free parking daily and download a $5 off admission coupon at https://www.tacomahomeandgardenshow.com/
This focal point of Point Defiance Park has more than an acre of rose gardens, the oldest of which was established in 1895.
The site includes a garden of miniature roses, arbors of climbing roses, a picturesque wishing well and quaint gazebos.
From June through September more than 1,500 rose bushes provide a rainbow of colors including many variegated combinations. The garden is accredited by the American Rose Society as an All American Rose selection display garden..
The Rose Garden has two areas available for rentals – the big border and the gazebo.
The award-winning documentary film ISRAELISM will be shown on Saturday evening, March 16 at 7:15 at Tacoma Community College (Auditorium in Building 2, off South 12th Street).
Following the film, there will be a discussion and Q&A with Erin Axelman, the film’s director, and Simone Zimmerman, one of the two people featured in the documentary. Zimmerman is also a co-founder of If Not Now.
Israelism is about two young American Jews who were raised to unconditionally support Israel and then while visiting there, they witness the way Israel treats Palestinians. Initially devastated, they end up joining a movement of young American Jews who are battling the old guard to redefine Judaism’s relationship with Israel.
The film won a number of film-festival awards last year, including the Audience Award for documentaries at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, Best Documentary at the Arizona International Film Festival, and the Official Selection at the Brooklyn Film Festival.
“This is a Jewish AND an American story,” says Barb Stuebing of Spokane, “of coming to terms with some hard realities that are contrary to everything we’ve believed. Some of us had a Rodney King moment of realization, while others discovered it with George Floyd, or during the civil rights movement or the Vietnam War. Most of us at some point in our lives swam in some kind of ‘kool-aid’ and then had a reckoning. These two young Jews bring us along on their journey of understanding the moral challenges of Zionism.”
This event is sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace/Tacoma. Co-sponsors include the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace & Justice, Tacoma Democratic Socialists of America, and Veterans for Peace of Tacoma (134).
This event is free and open to the public. Find it on Facebook HERE. An RSVP is appreciated but not required (email address below).
For further information, write Tacoma@JewishVoiceForPeace.org
This Spring Break, the Hands On Children’s Museum will chomp, stomp, and roar with awesome dinosaur-themed activities and exciting special guests from March 23 – April 14. Examine real fossils with experts from the Burke Museum and Fossil Team PDX. Meet the Raptor Ambassadors with The Falconer and learn about birds of prey and their dinosaur ancestors. Explore epoch extinction events, create prehistoric cave paintings, dig for dino bones, watch wacky Dr. Science demos, join the dino stomp dance party, and more!
Special events and activities vary daily. See dates and times below.
Buy your tickets online to save $1 per ticket, get guaranteed admission, and enjoy quick check-in.
Exciting Spring Break Activities & Special Guests
• Build dinosaur skeletons
• Make dino feet, hats, and enjoy dinosaur coloring sheets in the Art Studio
• Make Pterodactyl flyers for the wind tunnel
• Draw with chalk and walk with giants as we compare ourselves to dinosaurs in the ODC
• Examine feathers, skins, and scales at the science table (March 25–30)
• Design dinosaur decorated rumble bots (March 25–30)
• The Museum will be closed for Easter, March 31
• Uncover ice cube archeology (April 1–4)
• Create prehistoric cave paintings (April 1–4)
• Explore epoch extinction events and make volcanoes erupt (April 1–7)
• Examine dinosaur fossils at the science table (April 1–7)
• Play with loose parts and learn about dino eating habits (April 1–7)
• Meet paleontologist and fossil preparator Kelsie Abrams and see real fossils from the Burke Museum (April 3–4, 10:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
• Meet paleontologist and founder of Fossil Team PDX Nico Spadafora and enjoy their fossil collection (April 5–6, 10:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
• Meet the Raptor Ambassadors with The Falconer and learn about birds of prey and their dinosaur ancestors (April 5–6, 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
• Launch comet catapults & design colorful asteroids (April 5–7)
• Silkscreen dino prints (April 6–7)
• Watch wacky Dr. Science demos (Intermittent)
• Join in the dino stomp dance party (Intermittent)
• Excavate dino bones in the ODC (weather permitting)
• Learn about the total solar eclipse (April 8)
• Examine fossils of the deep at the science table (April 8–14)
• Design dino pop up cards (April 9–14)
• Create tinfoil dino sculptures (April 9–14)