Oct 17 Friday
Sponsored by KNKX. October is Tacoma Arts Month, featuring a wide variety of arts and culture events, programs, and exhibits for all ages all around Tacoma, some of which are free. There is something for everyone to enjoy: music, dance, and theater performances; hands-on experiences; cultural events; visual art exhibits; literary readings; workshops; and film screenings.
All you have to do is choose what you want to enjoy. Take this opportunity to experience something new as we celebrate Tacoma’s cultural community!
Sponsored by KNKX. SIFF's annual DocFest will return October 16-23, 2025 at SIFF Cinema Uptown and SIFF Cinema Downtown. Keep your finger on the pulse of the best new documentaries from around the world at the fifth annual SIFF DocFest.
The SIFF audience has long demonstrated a love for great docs, and we pride ourselves on bringing you the best. Attendees of our Seattle International Film Festival flock to documentaries and consistently rate them among the highest for audience awards. You clearly love documentaries—so, we created this festival just for you!
It’s time to build a scarecrow! Scarecrows on Front is back and more delightful than ever! Have fun being creative as you design and build a scarecrow out of whatever materials you like! All entries should include an APPLE and are to be dropped off at the Historic Shell Station by October 17, 2025.
Scarecrows will be exhibited Downtown through Saturday, November 1. DIA may be reached at 425.391.1112 with any questions.
Build at work, home, or participate in community scarecrow building.A straw and a burlap bag for the head are provided at no charge by the Grange starting 10/4 – 10/17.The Grange is located 145 NE Gilman Blvd, Issaquah, WA 98027, 425.392.6469.
Please thank the Grange Team for supporting Issaquah Goes Apples & our community scarecrow making!
Community Scarecrow building – you are encouraged to bring items and an apple to personalize your scarecrow.
During Issaquah Goes Apples on Saturday, October 18th 9am – 2pm. Scarecrow making will be behind the Historic Shell Station at 232 Front Street N.
Echoes of the Floating World features a striking collection of 18th, 19th and early 20th-century Japanese woodblock prints from the Tacoma Art Museum and others, displayed alongside works by contemporary Northwest artists. This exhibition honors the rich legacy of ukiyo-e while exploring its cultural impact on today’s artistic expressions.
Hours-
Monday CLOSEDTuesday CLOSEDWednesday 10 am – 5 pmThursday 10 am – 8 pmFriday 10 am – 5 pmSaturday 10 am – 5 pmSunday 10 am – 5 pm
We are protesting project 2025. TacomaRama marching band will join us for the next 4 years. We will meet each month on the Saturday closest to the 18th each month. Always 10am, always Reconciliation park. Feel loved and supported.
The period from the 1870s to the 1900s, known as the Gilded Age, saw the rise of the railroad, textile industry, and production. It also saw a rise in migration to US cities, providing workers to fill low paying jobs producing many of the fashions of the era. This era marked a turning point in fashion as new technologies and changing cultural norms transformed the ways in which people dressed.
Explore this history and enjoy the rare chance to see clothing, notions, and artifacts of the period from the Washington State Historical Society collections.
Never Turn Back: Echoes of African American Music unveils the profound legacy of Gospel, Blues, Jazz, and Soul artists who shaped the soundscape of American culture and used their music as instruments of resistance, identity, and representation.
Gospel, Blues, Jazz, and Soul embody the profound influence of African American music on culture and history. From the spiritual foundations and transformative movements of Gospel hymns to the revolutionary improvisations of Jazz, the Blues’ Southern roots rising from the Mississippi Delta, and Soul’s powerful amplification of the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements, these genres have defined the unique sound and undying spirit of a nation that continues to echo through contemporary Black music today.
Stories are shaped by the ways we tell them. In Shaping the Story: Designs for the Theatre by Carey Wong, go behind the scenes to see how theatre sets bring stories to life. During a career spanning over 50 years, Carey Wong has designed sets and costumes for more than 300 productions, including operas, plays, musicals, and ballets.
This exhibition features scale models of his designs in addition to costumes, set pieces, and stories of Washington’s rich entertainment history. From sketches of an idea to fully realized sets, explore how a designer’s decisions craft the world of a story.
Want to learn to paint trees? Join me, award-winning artist Nancy Romanovsky, in my new course starting in October: 6-week in-person painting course.
Learn about tree structure and improve your painting skills while creating your own series of tree studies and paintings. I will be painting in oil, but other opaque media is ok as well (acrylic or gouache).
October’s Untethered OdysseyOctober 3 - November 1st
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 4pmOpening Reception: October 3, 6pm-9pm1213 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225
Untethered Odyssey invites viewers on a journey through diverse artistic landscapes where meticulous craft meets unbounded imagination. This compelling group exhibition celebrates the courage to venture beyond familiar territories, exploring the delicate balance between control and spontaneity across four distinctive artistic voices.
The exhibition features Liz Cunningham's exquisite beaded jewelry, lovingly constructed one tiny bead at a time into contemporary wearable sculptures; Jeana Esser-Lang's bold and whimsical compositions that take fearless liberties with color and space; Libby Sullivan's mixed media collages where mysterious women encounter otherworldly powers amid fragments of found materials; and Rock Morris's philosophy of "perfect imperfection," creating works of intense layering and strong lines that emerge from his creative subconscious to embody nature's raw beauty.
Allied Arts is a non-profit gallery, all proceeds from sales go towards supporting the arts in our community.
For more information visit www.alliedarts.org, call us at 360-676-8548 or email us at gallery@alliedarts.org.
