Two Five Trees !
If you’re looking for a way to combat the guilt you usually get after cutting down a living tree; only to wrap it in lights you leave on all day and night…. I have the cure.
Visit our friends at Two Five Trees in downtown Tacoma where you’ll feel better knowing you’re supporting a Tacoma community collaboration and helping those in need. (don’t forget to bring some food to donate !)
About Two Five Trees
After months of planning and a lot of collaboration with Go Local, Downtown Merchants Group, the Chamber of Commerce and various city departments, Two Five Trees will be open for business Friday! Come on down for the best deals on Christmas trees in town (feel free to call it a Holiday tree for any wanting a tree without the “Christmas”). We’re excited to participate in the return of celebrating the holidays in our beloved Downtown!
Location: Tollefson Plaze, Downtown Tacoma, S. 17th and Pacific Ave
Dates and Times: Starting Friday, November 27th, through Tollefest, on to the end of the season.
What: Lowest prices on Christmas trees in Tacoma; free candy canes, hot chocolate, and boughs; complimentary loading and twine; lots of fun events.
Trees: Blue Spruce, Grand Firs, Douglas Firs, Nobles, Table Top Nobles, White Pine–all grown locally.
Events: Two Five Trees will be a featured part of Tollefest 2009, the first weekend of December. Keep checking back here for details on other fun events lined up like pictures with Santa and live choral performances.
Community: Two Five Trees is firstly about the community of Downtown Tacoma and Tacoma at large. Bring a can of food down and get $1 off your tree. Know a family that can’t afford a tree? Write us and tell us why you think they should be a recipient of one of the trees we’re giving to families in need. But, let’s be honest, doing something, anything, in Tollefson is a community effort in itself. It’s time that Downtown and Tacoma have more feet on the street and engaged in civic centers… even if just to buy a Christmas tree.
Stand Up for Darfur!
Thursday April 16th 7 – 8:30pm
First United Methodist Church – 621 Tacoma Avenue South
In honor of Genocide prevention month Tacomasocialjustice.org will be sponsoring an event focused on the genocide in Darfur, Sudan. The program will include guest speakers and a candle light vigil in solidarity with the people of Darfur.
The speakers list will include:
Nick Coddington a teacher at Charles Wright Academy who has been honored as Educator of the Year by the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous and the Spirit of Anne Frank Award from the Anne Frank Center in New York City for his work on tolerance and justice issues.
A documentary about the Rwandan genocide created by local high school students.
Seth Weinberger – Assistant Professor of Politics and Government at the University of Puget Sound.
This event is presented by The Micah Project, Stand up for Darfur Tacoma and Tacoma Social Justice.
To learn more about the Genocide in Darfur visit www.savedarfur.org
Rita From The Dockyard Derby Dames Knows...
…I don’t know 100% what tacomaness is, but I think it is both gritty and beautiful… like rollergirls:
Dockyard Derby Dames ~ Season 3 Bout 2
Womens Flat-track Roller Derby
Saturday, May 9th — 6:00pm
Tacoma Soccer Center
2610 Bay Street E, Tacoma
Tickets are $10 in advance at www.brownpapertickets.com, $12 at the door. Ages 5 and under are Free.
The rough and tumble rollergirls of Tacoma are into their third season. If you haven’t experienced them yet, get ready to see womens athletics like you’ve never seen it before. In addition to sport, there is also plenty of room for personal expression from the customized uniforms to the each skater’s own adopted persona.
The Spring 2009 edition of South Sound Magazine describes the scene aptly: “The bouts mesh a frenzy of sports action with a diverse atmosphere of wholesome counter-culture that attracts a dizzying assortment of Puget Sound residents. Veteran fans come equipped with lawn chairs and blankets, and sit as close as possible to the track, risking a player landing in their lap. Others observe the action from the bird’s-eye perspective of the beer garden, sipping two-dollar tallboys. Many simply meander through the festival, soaking in some of the best people watching south of Seattle’s Pike Place Market.” (http://www.southsoundmag.com/article_read.php?articleid=92)
Bout 2 of this season features a face off between the hard-hitting Maurading Mollys and the always-alluring Hellbound Homewreckers. In addition, the reigning champions, the Trampires, will go up against their fiercest competitors, the Femme Fianna, to see if they still have what it takes to be #1. If you haven’t seen flat-track roller derby, this action packed night will be a great introduction!
View all 2009 season bout dates or visit online anytime: www.dockyardderbydames.com.
Noteworthy Tacomans
Here’s a really old post, i somehow forgot to post. thanks again whoever you are for sending the info my way!
From:Unknown Noteworthy Tacoman
I stumbled on that blog a little while back, and I forgot to bookmark it. Thanks for the link.
As a gift I present to you a list of noteworthy Tacomans. This is the list I refer to when I feel like a nobody from Washington’s Armpit:
Noteworthy Tacomans
Tacoma brings out a unique color of art and music. A number of noteworthy individuals have come from Tacoma.
Sports
- Bowling legend Earl Anthony
- Auto racer Pat Austin
- Prize fighter Sugar Ray Seales
- NFL receiver Ahmad Rashad
- Major League baseball player Ron Cey
- Seattle Seahawks Cornerback Marcus Trufant
- Detroit Lions QB Jon Kitna was also born in Tacoma
- Atlanta Falcons DB Lawyer Milloy was raised in Tacoma
The Arts
- Singer Bing Crosby
- Author Richard Brautigan
- Author Frank Herbert
- Author Brent Hartinger
- Cartoonist Gary Larson
- Actress Dyan Cannon
- Actor Blair Underwood
- The Sonics (rock band)
- The Wailers (rock band)
- Musician Jerry Miller (Moby Grape)
- Girl Trouble (rock band)
- Musician Jerry Cantrell
- Punk/alternative country singer Neko Case
- Seaweed (band) (rock band)
- Glass artist Dale Chihuly
- Chef-author Jeff Smith learned to cook and began his career in Tacoma at the Chaplain’s Pantry, later known as the Gourmet Pantry (now closed), on Tacoma Avenue.
Criminal
- Homicidal former Chief of Police, David Brame
- Serial killer Ted Bundy
- Beltway snipers Lee Boyd Malvo and John Allen Muhammad shoplifted the Bushmaster XM-15 used in the attacks from Tacoma’s Bull’s Eye Shooter Supply, where they had also practiced their marksmanship
Political and Business
- Conspiracy gadfly Fred Crisman
- Puyallup Indian rights activist Robert Satiacum
- Andrew and Thea Foss, first owners and operators of Foss Launch and Tug Company
Tacoma Social Justice . org
I’m pleased to mention that some of Tacoma’s leading social activists have entered the t-town blogosphere to help raise awareness for local and global causes. If you made it to this year’s Save Darfur benefit at Doyle’s Pub, then you probably know Jessica, Aurora, Emily, Kendra and Terra!
Please take a moment to visit their site and introduce yourself. They would love to hear from you if you have a passion for social justice and want to write or contribute in any way!
Here’s a quick blurb from their site: tacomasocialjustice.org
Tacoma Social Justice was created in direct response to the lack of local media attention given to social justice issues and events. The purpose of this site is to unite the many social justice movements in Tacoma and provide an outlet for groups to promote events, share action alerts and keep people informed of issues in their community. We hope that this blog will promote advocacy, equality, tolerance and action.
Adopt a Seattleite
So we have this idea. Why not invite some of our friends, or complete strangers from King County down to Tacoma for a day or evening and show them what they’ve been missing.
First we should call our friends or find a place to post our invitation to some strangers. Second we need to find a group Tacomans willing to adopt these brave Seattleites…
And lastly we should create a handy list of responses everyone can use to counter any excuses or questions one might get.
S. Why would I want to come down to Tacoma?
T. Because there’s more to Tacoma than the T-dome and Mall you pass on I-5, we’ll show you.
Tacoma! Rock On!
I just finished reading this really funny book called Rock On
Seattle (UPI) Early-morning pedestrians had to wonder: Who was the man making monkey sounds and throwing food scraps from a paper sack at passerby early Tuesday morning in downtown Tacoma?
The primate impersonator was none other than legendary Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose, apparently blowing off some steam after a long night of partying that started when the band completed its concert at the Tacoma dome the prior evening. Authorities said Rose’s actions were largely perceived as harmless and even entertaining by early-morning foot traffic that is until the rocker-turned-monkey-man started threatening to bite people.
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After sobering up, Mr. Rose agreed to pay a fine of $4,000 and commented, “I don’t know what to say about this one. I don’t know . . . we finished the show, I was backstage having a few beers with the guys, and I just thought to myself, ‘This [expletive] town needs a little visit from Mr. Monkey Rose and they’re gonna get one before the night’s over.’”
Damn straight… that’s exactly what this down needs!
Pierce County Aids Walk
From our great friend Aurora Jewell at Planned Parenthood:
“The Tacoma Planned Parenthood Action League is sponsoring a team for this year’s Pierce County Aids Walk and we want you to join our team! The walk will be held on Saturday, September 6 at the University of Washington Tacoma campus. You can register for our team online by clicking here or going to piercecountyAIDS.org and search for a team/sponsor. The team’s name is Planned Parenthood Action League Tacoma. Our goal is to raise $1,500.00.
Please contact me if you have any questions! Thank you for your continued support.
Best,
Aurora Jewell
publicaffairs@ppww.org
The Parkway Tavern: 3rd Annual IPA Fest!
This year’s beer list has just been posted!! The event is about a week away so get ready. Saturday August 23rd!
Anderson Valley 20th Anniversary Imperial IPA
Avery Maharaja Imperial IPA
Big Time Scarlett Fire
Deschutes’ Hop Henge
Dick’s Oak-Aged Cask IPA
Dogfish Head 90 Minute
Full Sail Son of Spot ‘07
Great Divide Titan IPA
Hale’s Aftermath Imperial IPA
Hood Canal Dabob Bay IPA
Iron Horse Black IPA
Lagunitas Hop Stoopid
Lazy Boy IPA
Lost Coast Indica IPA
Maritime Dry-hopped Imperial
Moylan’s Hopsickle Imperial IPA
Port Townsend Nitro Dry-hopped Hop Diggidy
Rogue Imperial IPA
Roots Organic Woody IPA
Sierra Nevada Torpedo
Snipes Mountain IPA
Victory Hop Wallop
Walking Man Homo Erectus
And So Much More….
Dear Tacoma..
How I am honored to be your friend, great Tacoma. You have for so long been only a city I traveled through via SR16, but in the past several years you and I, we’ve grown close.
Oh Tacoma: How I savor our nights we spend in the drizzle fo’ shizzle. Oh Tacoma: The thick aroma of your pulp mills is like the familiar sweetness of a lovers sweat..
Oh Tacoma, nestled ‘tween the Cascades and Olympics, with the beauty of the Thea Foss and prominence of one of the nations largest sea ports. In my eyes, your chief export is love. From the cobbled streets of Historic Stadium District, to the fine architecture of Old Town; from the bustle of 6th ave, to the hustlers on South Tacoma; From the hardwoods of the Parkway, to the shag of the World Famous Java Jive; let your justice and strength ring true like Karaoke at Jazz Bones. A city built divinely like the Kallipolis of Plato’s Republic; where both the proletariat and the bourgeois can share a Belgium ale, Burger Dip, and a sense of brotherhood.
I salute you, fine Tacoma: Godspeed, Cheers, and ‘Stay Classy..’
Zachary