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Contact us at:
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Upcoming Future Events
All Events are at King's Books, Unless Otherwise Noted
March
3 * 7 pm. Recess!
IHAF Club hosts a night of Double Dutch, Four Square, and Hopscotch as our ridiculous way to get fit. Practice your playground chants and come play with us.
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. Next event will be hulu hoop making/ twirling. IHAF Club. You join club?
March
4 * 6 - 9 pm. Bulletproof Mascara Book
Launch.
Celebrate the release of Bethany Maines'
new book Bulletproof Mascara, a female spy thriller.
Chémel Salon will be on
hand to provide mini-makeovers. There will be door prizes, uniformed
staff and a donation bar provided by
Doyle's Public House.
Bulletproof Mascara
follows linguist Nikki Lanier as she joins the "confidential side" of
Carrie Mae Cosmetics, a front for a
female
spy organization that uses covert means to help women. With gadgets
such as flash grenade lipstick and acid nail polish, she sets off on her
first mission to rescue an abducted activist outspoken in her work against
the Asian sex trade.
Bethany Maines is a Tacoma native who works as a graphic designer by day to cover for her other interests, including travel to exotic lands and kicking butt with her third degree black belt in karate. Bulletproof Mascara is her debut novel and she's working on the sequel.
March
5 * 6 - 9 pm. Art Opening.
Seventh grade students from Mason Middle School will present their work. All proceeds from the sale of artwork go to the Red Cross to support relief work in Haiti.
Every
Saturday * 10:30 am - 12 pm. The Secret Circus!
The Secret Circus is a show for kids of all ages showcasing some of the best in family entertainment in the Northwest. Come and bring your entire family for a fun-filled Saturday morning, every Saturday in March! Cost is $5 for adults and $2 for children.
March 6
* 2 - 4 pm. Midge Raymond Workshop and Reading.
Midge Raymond will lead a free
workshop on
Writing About Place. A good photo instantly conveys
what we need to know about a place, but how can we best accomplish this in
our writing? In this workshop, Midge will talk about how to use
verbal images and sensory details to create a vivid landscape for readers.
The session will address how to map out journeys (both literal and
emotional) on the page, how to go beyond mere description, and how to
bring readers into the worlds you create. The hour-long workshop will be
followed by a Q&A and a
reading
from Forgetting English. The event is free, but
please RSVP to sweet pea
so we know how many to expect.
Midge Raymond's short-story collection, Forgetting English (Eastern Washington University Press, 2009), received the Spokane Prize for Short Fiction. Her work has appeared in American Literary Review, Ontario Review, North American Review, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications. Her current projects are supported by an Artist Trust/ Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship.
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Helens Ave.
Tacoma, Washington 98402
253.272.8801
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Store Hours
Open Daily 10 am -
6 pm
except
Tuesdays 10 am - 5 pm
March
8 * 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. March's book is DMZ, Vol. 1: On the Ground by Brian Wood & Riccardo Burchielli. 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. The books are available for purchase at King's Books. To view books previously read, click here. If you're on Facebook, join our group!
March 11 * 7 pm. Craft Night!
Tacoma Is For Lovers presents Craft Night on a to-be-determined topic. Each month features an artist who will introduce a new craft. The first 45 minutes will be devoted to learning the necessary techniques. After which, people can continue working on the activity or work on other projects. 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.
March 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
Braden.
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 Tacoma Arts Commission and the Puget Sound Poetry
Connection.
Allen Braden is a local poet who has received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, an Artist Trust fellowship, an Artist Trust grant, the Emerging Writers Prize from Witness magazine, the Grolier Poetry Prize and other honors. His work is published in The New Republic, Virginia Quarterly Review, Shenandoah, Southern Review, Georgia Review and anthologized in Best New Poets 2005, and Spreading the Word: Editors on Poetry and Family Matters: Poems of Our Families. He is the former poet-in-residence for the Poetry Center and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and now teaches at Tacoma Community College.
March 12 * 6:30 - 9 pm. Scrabble Rousers!
Calling Word Nerds and Scrabble Sharks! Get ready for a
special Alfred Hitchcock 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.
March 12 * 7 pm. Talk on Ethnobotany and Traditional Ecological Knowledge.
Sustainable Tacoma-Pierce
presents on o
Pacific
Northwest Native American History, as she talks about
ethnobotany, traditional ecological knowledge, and sustainable living.
- Heidi Bohan is an ethnobotanist, cultural educator, sustainable living, permaculture designer, and freelance educator working with the Snoqualmie Tribe, Bastyr University, Northwest Indian College and through her own organization 'Native Arts & Cultural Center. She is also the Carnation Farmers market manager and Executive Director of the Sno Valley Tilth.
March
16 * 7 pm. Banned Book Club.
At Tempest Lounge, 913 MLK Way, Tacoma
Join this troubling book group reading books that have been banned or challenged. March's selection is Living Dead Girl by
Elizabeth Scott
March 18
* 7 pm. Langdon Cook Talk.
Langdon Cook
will talk about his book Fat of the Land: Adventures of a
Structured
around the seasons of the year, each chapter focuses on a specific food
type and concludes with a recipe featuring the author’s hard-won bounty.
Langdon Cook
left
his role as senior book editor at Amazon.com in 2004, to pursue life in
a cabin off the grid with his wife and son. Now a freelance writer and
editor, Langdon has written for the San Francisco Bay Guardian,
Outside, Gray’s Sporting Journal, Fly Fisherman,
the Stranger, Seattle Metropolitan, and
Conservation Magazine. His expertise in all matters of
foraging has been profiled in Bon Appétit and the Wall Street
Journal. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
March
19 * 7 pm. Revels Spring Sing at King's.
Puget Sound Revels invites everyone to come sing! Celebrate St. Patrick's Day and the Spring Equinox in song. Song sheets and refreshments will be provided. You are welcome to bring instruments.
March 26
* 6 pm. Pat Shannon Reading.
Pat Shannon will read from her new book Darwin's Prisoners,
a short story collection.
Pat Shannon