7th Annual Juror’s Invitational Exhibit
March 25 – April 26
March 29, 6 – 7:30pm opening reception
Award-winning artists from the 2023 Southwest Washington Juried Exhibition, selected by juror Nathan Barnes, are invited back to show new work in this group exhibition. Participating artists include Jane Degenhardt, Amy Fisher, JW Harrington, Bella Kim, Rebecca Madsen, and David Moore.
Lenor R Fuller Gallery
South Puget Sound Community College
2011 Mottman Rd SW, Olympia
Mother’s Day Brunch at Indian Summer
May 12, 10am – 2pm
Register by May 3, 360.459.4572
Celebrate mom and join us a brunch buffet featuring bottomless mimosas!
Indian Summer Golf & Country Club Embers Restaurant
5900 Troon Lane SE, Olympia
Spring Native Plant Sale
April 13 – 28 Online sales
May 4 – 6, 10am – 2pm, Pickup orders
Landscape your yard with plants that are native to our area. Planting natives ensures the conservation of our precious water resources and provides habitat for local birds, mammals and insects.
Tacoma Nature Center
1919 S Tyler, Tacoma
Guaranteed Education Tuition Now Enrolling
through May 1, 2024
Washington’s popular Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) program opens Wednesday, November 1 for a new enrollment period, providing families a fresh opportunity to start saving for future education and career training costs while their children are young. The 2023-2024 enrollment period runs through May 31, 2024, and provides a unique opportunity to prepay future tuition costs by locking in today’s rates. The unit purchase price for the new enrollment period is $120.16.
GET is a 529 prepaid tuition program, carrying a state-backed guarantee that units purchased today will always keep pace with in-state college tuition costs. “GET savers can literally buy tomorrow’s education at today’s price.
800.955.2318
WA529 Annual Art Contest: What is Your Dream Job?
Now through May 1
Kindergarten – 12th Grades
Students can enter for a chance to win $529 toward their future education goals in a WA529 GET or DreamAhead account.
To enter, students should create a work of original art depicting their future dream career. Entries will be judged based on creativity, unique style, artistic talent, and skill in portraying the student’s “Dream Job”. Two students in each grade level Kindergarten through 12th grade will be selected to win.
Enter online at: 529.wa.gov/art-contest
Tall Tales from Tacoma’s Old Town
April 25, May 23, June 27, 7pm
Free.
Join Old Town Tacoma in hearing tales of Tacoma’s first neighborhood. Presented by Tacoma Historian Michael Sullivan.
A series on the 4th Thursdays.
Slavonian Hall
2306 N 30th St, Tacoma
Classical Tuesdays in Old Town, Old Town Business & Professional Association
Almost Maine
April 26 – May 12, Fridays & Saturdays 7:30pm, Sundays 2pm
Pay what you can performance, May 9
ASL performance May 12
Welcome to Almost, Maine, a town that’s so far north, it’s almost not in the United States—it’s almost in Canada. And it almost doesn’t exist. Because its residents never got around to getting organized. So, it’s just…Almost.
Tacoma Little Theatre
210 N I St, Tacoma
tacomalittletheatre.com, 253.272.2281
Building a Child and Youth Centered Community Symposium
April 26, 8:30am – 12:30pm
Attend this half day symposium to learn from nationally renowned speakers, connect with the community, and collaborate on ways we can build a Pierce County where children and youth can grow up and thrive.
Clover Park Technical College
McGavick Conference Center
4500 Steilacoom Blvd SW, Lakewood
cycsymposium.org
City Nature Challenge
April 26 – 29
Free. All ages.
Join Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium staff, plus partners Northwest Trek and Woodland Park Zoo, in finding and documenting as much wildlife as you can! Report your findings on the iNaturalist app.
Get outside. Watch nature. ID and discover.
Help the Puget Sound area (including Tacoma, Seattle, Bellevue, Everett and any place within Snohomish, King and Pierce counties!) show the world how biodiverse our region is by making observations of local species during City Nature Challenge!
Get the iNaturalist app at: City Nature Challenge – Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium (pdza.org)
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
5400 N Pearl St, Tacoma
pdza.org
Comedy, Culture & Cars
April 26, 6pm – 11pm
21+
This event brings together Southeast Asian culture, Japanese cars, and premier Asian comedians for an unforgettable night of fun. There will be mouthwatering food vendors, bars to keep the spirits high, and DJ’s spinning a fusion of Southeast Asian, 90’s R&B, and Hip-hop.
The evening will be set against the backdrop of Shinka: An Immersive Japanese Automobile Exhibit
LeMay America’s Car Museum
2702 E D St, Tacoma
tacomaartslive.org