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5 Hand-Picked Tacoma Podcast Episodes To Give a Listen To

Think of this as your handy guide to getting started in the Tacoma podcast scene. Rather than direct you to pages all willy nilly, we've asked podcast network Channel 253 to curate not only a list of great podcasts, but the very best episodes they've heard from each. Read More

Grit City Magazine Does the Grit City Podcast

Last week we met up with the guys from the Grit City Podcast because, well, we’ve got the same name... Read More

110 Years Later, You’ll Still Like Tacoma

In 1909, the “longest shoreline electric sign in the world” was lit up at the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition. Its 20-foot-high letters... Read More

A Closer Look at What Happened Last Weekend in Downtown Tacoma

Last Saturday evening around 6:00, a Tacoma Police Officer drove his 4,500 lb. cruiser over two human beings like speed... Read More

We’re A Little Jealous We Didn’t Get To Go To Tacoma Girls Rock Camp

*Nikki Max is a pseudonym generated by an online rock star name generator because the real “Nikki” requested we not... Read More

HERE’S YOUR WARNING: Ticketing for Driving & Electronics Use is About to Begin

This morning I drove on South 19th from Cheney Stadium to UW Tacoma and one thing was readily apparent: it's going to be easy pickings for police come January 2018 when they start writing tickets for hands-on electronics use. Read More

Some of the Greatest Art in Tacoma Is Literally up for Grabs

Are you in on this Tacoma secret? Maybe you’ve seen the clues without even realizing it. Once a month beautifully designed letterpress art posters are posted around the city, and if you can find one, it’s yours to keep. Read More

Coffee and Cuss Words: Meet Tacoma’s Poet Laureate

Abby Murray sips from her steaming cup of Darjeeling. Heat dances in fragile twirls, the air infused with subtle notes... Read More

Demand Justice for Manuel Ellis

The tragedy and injustice of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis enraged our nation and sent shockwaves around the globe. Less... Read More

Washington, Oregon, and Canada Walked Into a Bar. Things Got Hairy.

Hit up The Airport Tavern on South Tacoma Way on any given night and you're likely to spot a beard or two. Happen by when the Grit City Society of Beards (Grit City SOBS) is putting on a competition and you're in for a show. Read More

A little Backstory on Monkeyshines in Tacoma

If you’ve ever explained the concept of Monkeyshines to someone outside of Tacoma, there’s a good chance they just didn’t... Read More

A Cabin, a Beard, and a Pioneering Spirit: The Story of Tacoma’s Founding Father

What’s the best Christmas present you ever received? For Job Carr, it was probably finding the 138 acres that would become the city of Tacoma, which he claimed on Christmas Day of 1864. Read More

Making Space: The Life of Tacoma Civil Rights Activist Helen Stafford

Remembering Sonics Guy

Tacoma’s Looking for a New Poet Laureate

A Closer Look at What Happened Last Weekend in Downtown Tacoma

All the Tacoma Bernie Mitten Photos No One Asked For

Making Space: The Life of Tacoma Civil Rights Activist Helen Stafford

Remembering Sonics Guy

Tacoma’s Looking for a New Poet Laureate

A Closer Look at What Happened Last Weekend in Downtown Tacoma

All the Tacoma Bernie Mitten Photos No One Asked For

People of Tacoma

5 Hand-Picked Tacoma Podcast Episodes To Give a Listen To

Grit City Magazine Does the Grit City Podcast

110 Years Later, You’ll Still Like Tacoma

A Closer Look at What Happened Last Weekend in Downtown Tacoma

We’re A Little Jealous We Didn’t Get To Go To Tacoma Girls Rock Camp

HERE’S YOUR WARNING: Ticketing for Driving & Electronics Use is About to Begin

Some of the Greatest Art in Tacoma Is Literally up for Grabs

Coffee and Cuss Words: Meet Tacoma’s Poet Laureate

Demand Justice for Manuel Ellis

Washington, Oregon, and Canada Walked Into a Bar. Things Got Hairy.

A little Backstory on Monkeyshines in Tacoma

A Cabin, a Beard, and a Pioneering Spirit: The Story of Tacoma’s Founding Father