The Tacoma Refugee invites you to attend our free concert event on November 9th, happening at 7:30 pm in the University of Puget Sound's Schneebeck Hall, featuring guest Artist Rocky Sandoval, as well as many of our own original songs, a few of which have not yet been heard before. 🎤 Be prepared for a unique and engaging performance in which we are sure to lift your spirits, guaranteed to you to give you a contagious case of love, hope,…

With special guest and keynote speaker, Maurice Jones, president and CEO of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), a national community development financial institution, we will present current issues that are blocking people from escaping poverty. If you attended last year's summit, you helped to uncover some of the systemic issues like the childcare benefits cliff affect, much-needed policy changes and affordable housing, which emerged as key topics. This helped shape our agenda for 2019 as we bring a sharper…

The Chambers Clover Creek Watershed Council invites you to attend the annual Watershed Issues Forum on the afternoon of Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at Pacific Lutheran University. The theme of this year’s forum is LAKES. The audience for this event is students, shoreline property owners, other residents, and recreational lake users. Our goal is to raise the level of awareness and understanding of issues related to local lakes, and to inform people about how they can help protect, steward, and…

Communities In Schools of Tacoma is taking over the Swiss! This fundraising event will benefit children in our literacy programs at Arlington Elementary School. Nearly two-thirds of the students at Arlington are below their grade level in reading, and nearly 80% of the families are low-income. Communities In Schools offers literacy and enrichment programs at Arlington, designed to give students the skills and opportunities they need to thrive. Fifty cents of every draft beer and a percentage of food sales…

This Emergency Food Network event is an annual ritual enjoyed by more than 500 people each year. During Empty Bowls, attendees can choose from more than 1,500 bowls to purchase for the home and for holiday gifts. After purchasing bowls, guests are served a bowl of soup (in a separate bowl) donated by local chefs. Admission for Empty Bowls is FREE. Bowl prices start at $10. We hope to see you there!

Join the Gig Harbor Film Festival family of film-lovers on the last Wednesday of every month for some independent film enjoyment.

Join the L'Arche Tahoma Hope community for Advent Fair! A day filled with Advent arts, crafts, music and snacks. Please RSVP to info@larchetahomahope.org.