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Contact us at:
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Upcoming Events
Check out this month's Art Exhibit!
November 12 * 7 pm. Distinguished Writer Series and Open Mic.
This monthly event
features a Distinguished Writer and an Open Mic for poets. This month
features poet Jody A.
Zorgdrager,
followed by an Open Mic, sign-up is at 6:30 pm. Admission is
free. The event occurs monthly the second Friday of every month at
King's Books. Sponsored by the
Puget Sound Poetry Connection and the
Tacoma Arts
Commission.
Jody A. Zorgdrager holds an MFA from Warren Wilson. Her first book, Of Consequence, was published in late 2008 by the Backwaters Press. Her poems have appeared in many journals, including Ploughshares, Michigan Quarterly Review, Antioch Review, Mid-American Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, and elsewhere. KUOW and The Seattle Times also have featured her work.
Tacoma Is For Lovers,
Indie Tacoma, and King's Books present our special two-day
holiday Artist Craft Fair! A multitude of artists will have
tables featuring arts, crafts, jewelry, letterpress prints, t-shirts and
more! Your purchases help support artists in Tacoma! We'll
also have a silent auction and other fun!
November 15 * 7 pm. Tacomics Book Launch.
Join us
for the release of RR Anderson's new collection 100 Tacomics: The
Secular & Apolitical Cartoon Life
of
Tacoma and her Moral People(s). Collecting Anderson's work
from the last four years, his political cartoons skewer local issues,
politicians, celebrities, and other tomfoolery. Funded by the
Tacoma Arts
Commission.
RR Anderson is one of the most curious characters in UFO lore and the history of underground cartooning. He fought bizarre underground beings in the caves of Alaska, was wounded by a laser before it was invented, and had a background with the clandestine branch of the CLAW (Cartoonist's League of Absurd Washingtonians). Anderson's artwork has appeared in the Juneau City Museum, The Alaska State Museum, FeedTacoma.com, Exit133.com, Juneau Empire, Tacoma News Tribune and the Tacoma Daily Index.
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Tacoma, Washington 98402
253.272.8801
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Store Hours
Open Daily 10 am - 6 pm
except
Tuesdays 10 am - 5 pm
November
16 * 7 pm. Banned Book Club.
At Tempest Lounge, 913 MLK Way, Tacoma
Join this sewer-minded book club reading books that have been banned or challenged. November's selection is Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett
November 18 * 7 pm. School of the Arts Writers
Bloc.
A night featuring poetry and
prose from the many talented creative writing students of Tacoma's School
Of The Arts.
Part
of
Art at Work: Tacoma Arts Month!
November
20 * 10:30 am - 6 pm.
Poetry Marathon!
Puget Sound Poetry Connection
presents their annual Poetry Marathon! This day-long
celebration features over thirteen poets and two Open Mic sessions!
November Art Exhibit
Blueprints & Souvenirs - photography by Steve McElrath
This exhibit showcases platinum/palladium and silver gelatin photographs of Tacoma's built environment. Six photographs adorn bookcases while a large-format handmade book houses photographs mostly of removed, restored, ignored or neglected structures, often left to rot. McElrath attempts to record the changes, to visually salvage the forgotten elements which still remain and discover the secrets the city continues to reveal. His intent has been to capture the spirit of place and to create and sustain memories, be they real or imagined. This work was created with the help of the Tacoma Artists Initiative Program.
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