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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The cast and director of Oleanna join the podcast to talk about the new show at Tacoma Arts Live. The play reinvestigates a script from thirty years ago that tells the story of sexual harassment…

Once a year, the We Art Tacoma podcast geeks out on movies. This year’s guests are Chase Hutchinson and Andrew Hammond. Chase writes for The News Tribune on film and other topics. Andrew is a…

Artist Lisa Kinoshita kicked off an important discussion on Facebook when she wrote, TACOMA (POP. 213,418) NEEDS AN ARTS CRITIC.” And what a dialog ensured! I sat down with Rosemary Ponnekanti, the last full-time art…

David Fischer, Executive Director of Tacoma Arts Live, sits down to look back at the year in Tacoma arts and then look ahead to First Night! First Night buttons are $14 through December 30 and…