Friday, March 16, 2012

Tacoma Events March/April

Tacoma 11/11/11 by Shelley McElhiney*

Some of the interesting things happening in March & April in the Tacoma area:

3/17 Blue Octopus
7PM
Wine & Canvas
$124
Ages 21 & up
For more info:
Phone # (253) 678-4776
http://calendar.thenewstribune.com/tacoma_wa/events/show/239159304-wine-and-canvas

3/20 to 4/10 Tuesdays Tacoma Metal Arts Center
6PM to 9PM
Beginning Jewelry/Metalsmithing
$165 (4 sessions)
For more info:
http://www.tacomametalarts.com/
http://calendar.thenewstribune.com/tacoma_wa/events/show/236653264-beginning-jewelry-classes

3/24 Thurston County Fairgrounds
Farms Forever Art Show & Dinner
4:30PM to 9PM
$45 single, $80 couple
ages 21 & up
For more info:
http://calendar.thenewstribune.com/lacey_wa/events/show/242991864-farms-forever-art-show-and-dinner
http://communityfarmlandtrust.org/

3/24 Lakewood Pierce County Library
12PM
Pierce County Reads- Origami workshop
ages 18 & up
For more info:
http://calendar.thenewstribune.com/lakewood_wa/events/show/244665744-pierce-county-reads-origami

3/24 Sunset Studios
Tacoma Arts & Crafts Meetup
10AM
Polymer Clay Series Part one
$15
For more info & to sign up for the meetup group:
http://www.meetup.com/tacomaartsandcrafts/

3/26 to May 5 Throwing Mud Gallery
6PM to 8:30PM
Pottery Class
$160
For more info:
http://calendar.thenewstribune.com/tacoma_wa/events/show/249108144-pottery-class-at-throwing-mud-gallery
http://www.throwingmudgallery.com/class_info.html

3/28 King's Books
7:30 to 9:00PM
CLAW Open Swim
Cartoonist's League of Absurd Washingtonians
Open cartooning
For more info:
http://www.kingsbookstore.com/CLAWmar

3/30 University of Puget Sound
11Am to 4PM
Collins Memorial Library, The Link
6th Annual Edible Book Festival
For more info:
http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/collins-memorial-library/edible-books/

http://calendar.thenewstribune.com/tacoma_wa/events/show/247754344-6th-annual-edible-book-festival

3/31 Freighthouse Square
10 AM
I CAN! All ages family arts celebration
For more info:
http://calendar.thenewstribune.com/tacoma_wa/events/show/246224364-i-can-all-ages-family-arts-celebration

4/1 King's Books
6 to 8PM
Wayz and Means Film fest
Short films celebrating letterpress & book arts
$20
For more info:
http://www.kingsbookstore.com/wayzmeans

4/14 King's Books
11:30AM to 3:30PM
Cave Paper Covers & Decorative Stitches: Series III
$60 covers $45 class fee & $15 materials fee
For more info & to pre-register:
http://www.kingsbookstore.com/cavepaperapr

4/14 Tacoma Public Library Moore Branch
1PM to 4PM
A Vision Board Workshop with Kathy Brassil
kids & up
free
For more info:
http://calendar.thenewstribune.com/tacoma_wa/events/show/245760844-a-vision-board-workshop-with-kathy-brassil

4/22 King's Books
11AM to 4PM
Wayzgoose! Letterpress & Book Arts Extravaganza
For more info:
http://www.kingsbookstore.com/wayzgoose

4/29 King's Books
12Pm to 4PM
Vegan Bake Sale
For more info:
http://www.kingsbookstore.com/veganbakesale

Ongoing third Saturdays
3/17, 4/21*
Tacoma EtsyRain Meetup
9:30 AM
Sunset Studios*
*Unless otherwise announced
For more info & to sign up for the meetup:
http://www.meetup.com/tacomaartsandcrafts/events/49351652/

Ongoing Monthly King's Books
Books for Schools Program
Help donate books for local classrooms through King's Books
For March: Jason Lee Middle School "The Dream Keeper & Other Poems"
For more info:
http://www.kingsbookstore.com/schools

For more info on any of these events, please contact the sites listed.

Any artsy/craftsy things interesting going on in your area?

*Photo by Shelley McElhiney, all rights reserved