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Upcoming Future Events

All Events are at King's Books, Unless Otherwise Noted

 

April 7  *  7 pm.  IHAF: Polka Party!

IHAF Club hosts a Polka Party as our ridiculous way to get fit.  Since we don't live in a city civilized enough to have a polka bar, we will listen to polka in hi-fi and dance like we're in northern Wisconsin.

 

IHAF (Intermittent Health And Fitness) Club is a group of individuals concerned about your health.  Consisting of both lackadaisical and hardcore members, this open group meet intermittently to engage in fun fitness activities. IHAF Club.  You join club?

 

 

April 8  *  11 am.  Healthy Tacoma Community Roundtable. 

41,000 Tacoma workers don't earn a single paid sick day on the job.  Join us to find out how we can make our city a healthier place to live, work and raise a family!  Sponsored by Coalition for a Healthy Tacoma.  RSVP to Nathe Lawver.     

 

 

April 8  *  7 pm.  Craft Night: Paper Flowers!

Tacoma Is For Lovers presents Craft Night!  Each month features an artist who will introduce a new craft.  The first 1 ½ hours will be devoted to learning the necessary techniques.  After which, people can continue working on the activity or work on other projects.  This month features Laurie Cinotto teaching paper flower making.  The $15 fee covers materials plus a small donation to TIFL and King's Books.  Please pre-register with sweet pea so that we know how many materials to bring!

 

Tacoma Is For Lovers is a community-based organization which annually produces an Artist Craft Fair which promotes the visibility of local artists and encourages reuse, intentionality, sustainability and high craft.

 

 

April 9  *  7 pm.  Distinguished Writer Series and Open Mic.

This monthly event features a Distinguished Writer and an Open Mic for poets.  This month features Rena Priest.  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.

Rena Priest is a poet and printmaker living on the fringes of New York City. She has been a featured reader in the Perfect Sense Reading Series, the At-Large Mixer, and the Graduate Reading Series at Cornelia Street. She holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College and is presently completing her first full-length book of poems.  Read her poems here and here.

 

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Tuesdays       10 am - 5 pm

Open later for Events


April 12  *  7 pm.  Graphic Novel Book Club.

At 1022 South, 1022 S J St, Tacoma

Join this book club perfect for people just starting to read graphic novels or confirmed geeks. April's book is Me and the Devil Blues I: The Unreal Life of Robert Johnson by Akira Hiramoto, books available for purchase at King's Books.  Come join us! We meet the second Monday of every month at 1022 South, Hilltop's book-themed cocktail lounge. Note: Must be 21 to go to 1022 South. Email sweet pea or call 253.627.8588 for more information. To view books previously read, click here.  If you're on Facebook, join our group!  

 


April 14  *  7 pm.  A Celebration of Howard Zinn.

Please join us in a celebration of the life and works of Dr. Howard Zinn.  We will remember and honor the work Zinn has accomplished and begin to organize in ways we can further and continue his contributions to society.

 

 

 

 

April 15  *  7 pm.  Campaign Financing Discussion. 

America in Solidarity presents their Third Thursday discussion. Every month they will feature a speaker or panel to discuss an issue relevant to working families in Pierce County. April is a discussion about Campaign Financing: Free Speech or Corporate Domination? 

America In Solidarity is a grassroots effort of working Americans to focus our country's politics and economics on the necessity of job security, workplace safety, health care, wages and protection of the American worker from the Homeland threat of corporate greed.

 

 

 

April 16  *  7 pm.  Talk on Permaculte Design Process.

Sustainable Tacoma-Pierce presents on ongoing series of open-to-the-public presentations in conjunction with their Tacoma Permaculture Design Course.  April features Paul Kearsley of Exos Design talking about the Permaculture design process.  Cost is a sliding scale, $10 - $5, although students in the permaculture course pay no extra fee. 

 

 

 

 

April 20  *  7 pm.  Banned Book Club.

At Tempest Lounge, 913 MLK Way, Tacoma

Join this graphic book club reading books that have been banned or challenged.  April's selection is In Country by Bobbie Ann Mason, books available for purchase at King's Books  Come join the discussion. We meet the third Tuesday of every month at Tempest Lounge. Note: Must be 21 to go to Tempest or accompanied by an adult. Call 253.272.4904 or email sweet pea for more information. For a list of the most frequently challenged books of 2008, click here. To view books previously read, click here.  

 

 

April 22  *  6:30 - 9 pm.  Scrabble Rousers!

Calling Word Nerds and Scrabble Sharks! Get ready for a special Murder Mystery edition of Scrabble Rousers, a competition suitable for all levels. Participants establish their own skill level: beginner, intermediate, or expert. People are paired off to battle it out in two successive, exceedingly fun games. Entrance fee is $10 per person with proceeds directly benefit the Tacoma Community House Student Scholarship Fund, which assists students as they transfer from TCH to community college. Tacoma Community House is an 100 year old nonprofit that provides a variety of services to the community, including adult education, bilingual job assistance, and youth programming.  The MC for the night is King's Books own sweet pea

 

 

April 24  *  2 - 4 pm.  Ann Wright Talk. 

Coffee Strong presents Ann Wright as she leads an invigorating discussion framing the multiple costs of wars in the Middle East and the cost to soldiers and civilians on all sides of the issue. Ann will discuss strategies for moving our work forward with returning soldiers. We plan to frame effective, powerful messages about the costs to ALL of us with never-ending wars destroying lives.  A fundraiser for Coffee Strong, the Fort Lewis G.I. Coffeehouse.   

 

Ann Wright is a retired Colonel and diplomat who served in Somalia, Uzbekistan, and Mongolia.  She is a tireless advocate for military sexual trauma victims and was Citizen of the Year in Atlanta in 2009.

 

 

 

 

April 25  *  12 - 4 pm.  Wayzgoose! 

Join us for our sixth annual Letterpress and Book Arts ExtravaganzaOver 22 printers, book artists, or organizations will be present!  Meet local printers and view their wares!  Print your own keepsake!  Make paper!  And, of course, Steamroller Printing, thanks to a grant from the Tacoma Arts Commission!  Learn more

 

 

 

 

May 10  *  7 pm.  Graphic Novel Book Club.

At 1022 South, 1022 S J St, Tacoma

Join this book club perfect for people just starting to read graphic novels or confirmed geeks. May's book is Aya by Marguerite Abouet and Clement Oubrerie, books available for purchase at King's Books.  Come join us! We meet the second Monday of every month at 1022 South, Hilltop's book-themed cocktail lounge. Note: Must be 21 to go to 1022 South. Email sweet pea or call 253.627.8588 for more information. To view books previously read, click here.  If you're on Facebook, join our group!  

 

 

 

 

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