Tacoma Light Trail
2022-01-12 17:00 - 21:00, 2022-01-13 17:00 - 21:00, 2022-01-14 17:00 - 21:00, 2022-01-15 17:00 - 21:00, 2022-01-16 17:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Tollefson Plaza, 1548 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, WA, 98402, United States
Come explore Tacoma’s free winter festival of light art and sound downtown! Drive, ride or walk around a Trail of over 30 light art exhibits in windows and buildings, each with their own music or poetry and viewable 5-9pm every night. Join live music, circus, spoken word and light art performances 6-8pm Fridays and Saturdays in Tollefson Plaza, with community art-making, hot chocolate and food trucks. Free for all ages!

Pajama Storytime with TPL
2022-01-12 19:00 - 19:30, 2022-01-19 19:00 - 19:30, 2022-01-26 19:00 - 19:30, 2022-02-02 19:00 - 19:30, 2022-02-09 19:00 - 19:30, 2022-02-16 19:00 - 19:30 | WA
Join Tacoma Public Library for an evening of stories, activities, and songs in a LIVE stortyime for families and children of all ages on Wednesdays at 7:00 pm.
Please note:

Online registration is required.
Please provide an adult’s email address when registering.
You’ll receive a link to the Zoom meeting 1 hour before the program.
Suitable for: Baby, Preschool, Grades K-5

Awakening Dreams: MLK Day
2022-01-17 11:00 - 13:00 | Eastside Community Center, 1721 E 56th St, Tacoma, WA, 98404, United States
The Imagine Justice Project and community partners are coming together to honor and celebrate the life, message, and accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. They’re planning a fun day of community building for the whole family. Eat food, do crafts, play games and win prizes all while getting connected to community resources at no cost!

Winter Scavenger Hunt at TPL
2022-01-19 08:00 - 17:00, 2022-01-26 08:00 - 17:00 | WA
Join the Moore and South Tacoma branches throughout December and January for a fun winter scavenger hunt around the library. Find hidden images around the library and see if you can find them all! There will be new pictures each month! Suitable for: Baby & Preschool, Grades K-5, Grades 5-8
Moore TPL Branch: 215 South 56th St. Tacoma WA 98408
South Tacoma TPL Branch: 3411 South 56th St. Tacoma WA 98409

The Rainbow Fish Workshop with Tacoma Musical Playhouse
2022-01-22 10:30 - 11:30 | WA
Act out the story with Tacoma Musical Playhouse!
TMP will teach some basic acting skills through character, movement/dance and performance work through the book The Rainbow Fish. We will read the story and kids will get to participate in several activities intended to bring the book to life using theater skills!
Please note:

Online registration is required.
Please provide an adult’s email address when registering.
You’ll receive a link to the Zoom meeting 1 hour before the program.

TPL Kit: Lunar New Year
2022-01-25 12:00 - 20:00 | WA
Celebrate The Year of the Tiger with a festive Lunar New Year craft with all supplies included. No registration is required.
Visit any Tacoma Public Library branch starting Tuesday, January 25th to pick up a kit while supplies last.
Program kits are a fun way to bring our arts and crafts activities home with you. There is no live program element to program kits —take one home and let it spark your creativity!

Free Museum Admission
2022-02-03 17:00 - 20:00, 2022-02-10 17:00 - 20:00, 2022-02-17 17:00 - 20:00 | Tacoma Art Museum, 1701 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA, 98402, United States
Visit the Tacoma Art Museum today!
TAM has Free Neighborhood Nights where they are open late and there is FREE admission for the community every Thursday, 5 – 8 pm!

Small Island Big Song
2022-02-04 19:30 - 20:30 | Pantages Theater, 901 Broadway, Tacoma, WA, 98402, United States
Get tickets today: Small Island Big Song- Tacoma Arts Live

Hear those who sing for the seas. Islanders who share an ancient seafaring ancestry and language journey together for this multimedia concert performance that features eight musicians and vocalists from the nations of New Zealand, Malaysia, Taiwan, Australia, Madagascar, Easter Island, Solomon Islands, and Papua New Guinea.
This program has evolved from visits to 16 Island Nations, and work with over 100 artists, solo artists, elders, community groups and grassroots musicians, all recorded in their homelands in nature using traditional instruments and languages, with each contributing to the other’s songs. The result is a stunning musical collaboration that reunites the distant yet interconnected musical traditions of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Melanated Market Valentines Event
2022-02-05 - 2022-02-06 | South Hill Mall, 3500 S Meridian, Puyallup, WA, 98373, United States
The Melanated Market is excited to be back and hosting events in a new location! They will be hosting back to back events at the South Hill Mall, in the former Lane Bryant across from the food court, on February 5th and 6th.
They’ll have a variety of small businesses that offer handmade goods that range from bath and body products, jewelry, home decor, clothing and so much more! This market is family friendly and for all nationalities.

A Proud Heritage- Finding your African American Roots
2022-02-05 09:00 - 14:00 | Tacoma Family History Center, 1102 S Pearl St, Tacoma, WA, 98406, United States
Registration link: A Proud Heritage- an African American Family History Event

For many African Americans, finding your ancestors can be especially challenging. To celebrate Black History Month, the Tacoma Family History Center is hosting a free genealogy workshop designed specifically for individuals with African American ancestry. It will be held February 5, 2022 from 9AM to 2PM. The event is FREE, and will be held at 1102 S. Pearl St. This workshop will offer step-by-step advice to African-Americans on how to find your roots and trace your family tree. It will also feature tips on how to tell your own personal family story for your descendants.
Thanks to the partnership between FamilySearch International, The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, and The Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society the historical records of millions of men, women and children of African decent have been digitalized are now free and searchable online. The workshop will focus on how to find, and access these records.
Beverly Grant, retired Pierce County Judge, will open the workshop with personal insights on what is means to have “A Proud Heritage”.
The event will also feature guest speaker Thom Reed, Director of African Heritage Initiatives of North America and Deputy Chief Genealogical Officer for FamilySearch International. He will share his insights on African American records, research, and experiences and how connecting with our ancestors “completes us”.
Breakout sessions include classes on “Freedman Bureau and Bank Records,” “DNA Testing & Genealogy,” “Identifying and Preserving Photos & Recording Stories,” “Journaling,” “Creating a Family tree & Pedigree,” “Interviewing & Recording Relatives,” “Searching through Pierce County Historical Records,”” RootsTech: What is it and how to navigate this Free event?” Tours of the Tacoma Family History Center will also be featured.
Alex Haley, author of Roots said, “In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep to know our heritage. Join us in discovering your roots, and begin recapturing your own family tree.

South Hill - Housing Help Pop-up Event
2022-02-09 14:00 - 17:00 | South Hill Library, 15420 Meridian East, South Hill, WA, 98375, United States
Experts at Tacomaprobono’s Housing Justice Project and Pierce County Human Services will answer legal questions and provide help applying for rental/utility assistance programs.
Do you have questions about eviction? Do you need help with past due rent or utilities because of COVID-19? This drop-in Housing Help clinic is designed for you.
Talk with staff from Tacomaprobono and Pierce County Human Services, to get answers to your basic questions about eviction prevention related to COVID-19, legal protections for tenants, the Eviction Moratorium, and the Eviction Resolution Program, or apply for rental/utility assistance on-site. Tacomaprobono will also be able help determine if you’re eligible for 1:1 assistance through their legal clinics, and complete that intake process.
Please register in advance to help us get an idea of how many attendees to expect.

Tillicum - Housing Help Pop-up Event
2022-02-11 14:00 - 16:00 | Tillicum Library, 14916 Washington Avenue Southwest, Tillicum, WA, 98498, United States

TAM Talks | On Native Land
2022-02-12 13:00 - 14:00 | WA
On Native Land: An Overview on Indigenous Sovereignty and Relationship to Place
Who owns the land on which the Tacoma Art Museum and the library were built? Here in Tacoma, the land has been under the stewardship of the Puyallup Tribe since time immemorial. The issue of who claims ownership of the land and Native American sovereignty are subjects the Tacoma Art Museum begins to grapple with in the new exhibition On Native Land: Landscapes from the Haub Family Collection.
In this inaugural TAM Talk, Museum Educator and artist Vanessa Harriss will begin to unravel the topic of Native sovereignty and how Native tribes use their independence to care for their communities. This lecture will provide a further understanding of TAM’s current exhibition, On Native Land, and the question of who has a right to the land.
Register for this TAM Talks event.
All programming takes place at the South Tacoma Branch, 3411 S 56th Street, Tacoma, WA 98409. Get more information and directions here.
For questions, please contact Kyley Butler, Public Programs Coordinator.

Graham - Housing Help Pop-up Event
2022-02-15 15:00 - 17:00 | Graham Library, 9202 224th Street East, Graham, WA, 98338, United States

Fife - Housing Help Pop-up Event
2022-02-17 14:00 - 16:00 | Fife Library, 6622 20th Street East, Fife, WA, 98424, United States

Free Museum Admission
2022-02-17 15:00 - 20:00 | WA
Have you been to the Washington State History Museum or the Museum of Glass here in Tacoma?
There are free admission days for the whole community on third Thursday of each month.

Washington State History Museum
1911 Pacific Avenue Tacoma, WA 98402
Free admission for the History Museum is from 3:00-8:00 PM

Museum of Glass
1801 Dock Street, Tacoma, WA 98402
Free admission for the Glass Museum is from 5:00-8:00 PM

National Day of Remembrance
2022-02-17 18:00 - 20:00 | WA
Join the Washington State History Museum on Feb. 17 in honoring the lives impacted by Executive Order 9066. National Day of Remembrance (observed annually on Feb. 19) recognizes President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signing of Executive Order 9066 and the subsequent incarceration of nearly 120,000 people of Japanese descent living mostly in Washington, Oregon, and California.
This fascinating two-part program will be streamed via Facebook Live!
6:00 PM – Scholarly Selections: Becoming Nisei – Japanese American Lives in Prewar Tacoma. Hear from University of Washington Tacoma’s Lisa M. Hoffman, professor of urban studies and author of Patriotic Professionalism in Urban China: Fostering Talent, and Spaces of Danger: Culture and Power in the Everyday.
7:00 PM – Fujitaro Kubota and His Garden film screening and Q&A. This documentary film examines the enduring dreams and legacy of immigrant and nurseryman Fujitaro Kubota, a self-taught gardener who built a thriving landscape business and, through many years of work and challenges, toiled and shaped a landmark Japanese garden in South Seattle. While incarcerated at the Minidoka (Idaho) concentration camp during World War II, Kubota also created a memorable garden in the desert where he was held. The film screening will be followed by Q&A with contributors to the companion book, Spirited Stone.
You do not need a Facebook profile to watch the program.
Click here to join: Washington State History Museum | Facebook

24th Annual Asia Pacific New Year Celebration
2022-02-19 11:00 - 18:00 | McGavick Conference Center, 4500 Steilacoom Blvd SW Building 23, Lakewood, WA, 98499, United States
Asia Pacific Cultural Center (APCC) will host their biggest annual event, the 24th Annual Asia Pacific New Year Celebration, in person at the McGavick Conference Center in Lakewood, Washington, on February 19, 2022, from 11:00am-6:00pm. Each year they feature a different country or culture as the host, and this year they are featuring China with its rich history and heritage. This annual event honors and celebrates the vibrant cultures of Asia and the Pacific Islands that APCC serves and represents here in the Greater Puget Sound.
Audiences will see demonstrations from China, as well as Guam, Philippines, Fiji, Vietnam, Korea, Thailand, Samoa, Japan, and many other countries. Everyone who attends this day-long event will experience folk music and dances, exciting martial arts, delicious food, and many other wonderful cultural presentations. Attendees can visit many resource booths, cultural displays, food booths, and a variety of vendor tables. It is a FREE family-friendly event for all ages.
The day kicks off with the colorful Drum of All Nations during the Opening Ceremony. Then throughout the day the audience will see Hawaiian dance from Halau Naniloa Mana’oakamai Okeala Akua, Korean drums from Morning Star, traditional dance from the Indonesian Cultural Association, the Pierce College Taiko Drum Corps, and much more. For more details, please visit the APCC website at www.APCC96.org .
APCC is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization who represents and serves 47 countries with the mission to “bridge communities and generations through arts, culture, education, and business”. Washington is a wonderful kaleidoscope of races and ethnicities with more than 952,00 people who are Asian or Pacific Islander. The 24th Annual Asia Pacific New Year Celebration is one way for APCC to proudly honor the Asia Pacific people in our community.
