Are you a poetry lover who also loves nature? Celebrate National Poetry Month with the Tahoma Audubon Society, Tacoma Public Library and Pierce County Library on Sunday, April 8th from 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm at Tacoma Nature Center. Read aloud a nature-themed poem from a published author or your own work and listen as…
Easter Is Just a Hop Around the Corner!
Pacific Northwest Bell employee tentatively identified as Candy Young gives a hint that Easter is around the corner and with Easter, the arrival of the Easter Bunny. Dressed in a rabbit costume with "paws" flapping "ears" and two enormous "front teeth" she reclines atop a mountain of "eggs." A big carrot provides nourishment. This April…
Science Fiction and Fantasy Bookclub
Join us for our Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Club at Fern Hill Branch on April 4th, 2018 from 6:30 pm to 7:45 pm. The first book we will read is Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided. We will meet the first Wednesday of each month. About Ready Player…
Creative Events From Crafts to Coding for Teens and Preteens – Spring 2018
Teens and preteens we know you love to invent, create, and imagine. Let’s make it happen. Join us to release some creative energy in the library! Explore these events occurring in March and April. Hyperlinked titles lead to further information. Crafts! Crafty Reader’s Club - Make fun and fancy crafts at multiple locations. Discuss…
Dick Keniston
The most promising of the 1941 Lincoln High School sprinters was Dick Keniston. The powerful runner was better than six feet tall and weighed in at 200 pounds. Dubbed the "big blond bullet" by the Lincolnian yearbook, he ran the 220-yard dash in 22.7, which was then an exceptional time for early season sprinting. He…
USS U.S. Grant
Enhanced for a better copy on the front page of the March 24, 1938 Tacoma Times, welcoming planes from Fort Lewis have been superimposed over the U.S. Grant transport ship arriving in Commencement Bay. The transport was crowded with 1235 officers and men from the 15th U.S. Infantry, their wives and children returning from China…
Agenda for the Board of Trustees March 21, 2018 Meeting
The monthly meeting of the Library Board of Trustees will take place on March 21, 2018 at 5:30 PM at the Main Branch in the Board Room (3rd floor). Please see the attached 2018-03-21-Library-Board-of-Trustees-Agenda…
Skipping into Spring
These Washington Elementary School students are enjoying the coming of Spring in March 1939. They are now just a hop, skip and jump from the carefree pleasures of summer. Skipping rope are, left to right, Charlotte Ann Nelson, Beverly Grace Richardson, and Grace Loudin. Neighbor Billy Myers (age 12) sits on his bicycle observing the…
Alligator Wishes
On March 14, 1966 Lisa Long calmly held a three-year-old alligator as she prepared to put it into the tiled pool located at the foot of the winding staircase next to the Bon Marche (now Macy’s) in the Tacoma Mall. The reptile was "dressed" in a small, hand-knitted red turtleneck sweater; his mouth was tied…
Author Visit Katrina Shawver: “Henry – A Polish Swimmer’s True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America”
Wednesday, March 21, 2018 6:30pm -7:45pm Main Branch Olympic Room Please join author Katrina Shawver as she discusses her nationally-acclaimed biography Henry – A Polish Swimmer’s True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America. The author writes: “Told in interview format, Henry [Zguda] relates a life as a champion swimmer and coach, interrupted by 3…
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