In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Tacoma marketed itself in a variety of ways, including song. Several songs, such as “You’ll Like Tacoma,” and “Watch Tacoma Grow,” were aimed to be catchy jingles for...

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Kim Davenport—Tacoma Booster Songs

This episode, Rosemary Ponnekanti is back for a record third time in 2020 to talk about a new project—Tacoma Light Trail, a festival/walk/driving tour of light centered around downtown Tacoma. From Wright Park to Dock...

Rosemary Ponnekanti—Tacoma Light Trail

Michael. Liang of Spaceworks Tacoma is back on the podcast to talk about what’s happening with Tacoma’s artists, creatives, and entrepreneurs. He also shares some resources for shopping local this holiday season. Enjoy! Links Spaceworks...

Michael Liang—Spaceworks Tacoma

David Fischer, Executive Director of Tacoma Arts Live, joins the podcast to talk about how TAL has been navigating the pandemic, virtual shows (such as The Muse Hour with Karamo Brown on Saturday October 17)...

David Fischer—Tacoma Arts Live

David Setford, Executive Director of Tacoma Art Museum, joins the podcast to talk about reopening plans at TAM on October 9 and what he sees going forward at museums in general. Tacoma Art Museum will...

David Setford, Tacoma Art Museum

Two guests join the podcast today to talk about Tacoma Ocean Fest. Executive Director Rosemary Ponnekanti talks about the origins of Tacoma Ocean Fest’s unique blend of art and science. She also shares how the...

Rosemary Ponnekanti and Dakota Camacho—Tacoma Ocean Fest

Dr. Kimberly Keith joins the podcast to talk about Hilltop Artists, which teaches youth to blow glass and a whole lot more. The organization was recently honored as the Washington State Organization of the Year....

Dr. Kimberly Keith—Hilltop Artists

The doors to the Grand Cinema have been closed since March, but that doesn’t mean everything has stopped. Executive Director Philip Cowan talks about how you can stream new movies through the Grand, their online...

Philip Cowan—Grand Cinema

Christina Butcher is the founder of Blue Cactus Press, a small Tacoma-based press that focuses on poetry, fiction, and essays. She shares how she ventured into Tacoma’s literary and books arts scene to create books...

Christina Butcher—Blue Cactus Press

Creative Colloquy has been going strong for six years now with regular events for writers of all sorts. During the pandemic, they’ve adapted to virtual hangouts every Monday night at 7:00. Jackie Casella and Jonny...

Jackie Casella and Jonny Eberle—Creative Colloquy (Virtual Edition)

Michelle Matlock is originally from Tacoma, but her career took her far. She wrote, acted, and produced her own shows in New York. She learned clowning and circus arts and eventually created a character for...

Michelle Matlock—Circle Up

Ingrid Barrentine joins the podcast to talk about her photography. She got the photo-bug at 19 as a hobbyist and managed to create a professional career as a photographer. For Channel 253 this week, she...

Ingrid Barrentine—Photographer

Amy McBride, of the City of Tacoma’s Office of Arts & Cultural Vitality, joins the podcast to talk about how arts organizations and artists are doing in Tacoma during the COVID-19 pandemic, and some of...

Amy McBride—Tacoma arts during a pandemic

Writer Tamiko Nimura joins the podcast today to talk about her life as a writer, writing the biography of State Senator Rosa Franklin, the first African-American woman to serve in the Washington State Senate. We...

Tamiko Nimura—Writer and Biographer of Senator Rosa Franklin

The You’ll Heart Tacoma sign has been making the rounds around Tacoma. It’s a mashup of the classic You’ll Like Tacoma sign from 1909 and the new 253 Heart. On this episode we dig into...

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