Erin Guinup started the Tacoma Refugee Choir as a way to welcome immigrants and refugees to our community. This innovative singing group is made up of both refugees and longtime residents. Bringing together Tacomans, new and old, forges new community bonds and strengthens our social ties, all around the love of music.
Erin shares the origins of the choir and what’s in store for it as it grows.
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The Tacoma Night Market is a legit phenomenon that draws thousands (really) of shoppers. Leah talks about how they founded the night market, and Gretchen, a jewelry-maker shares how it’s supporting her work.
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Jeff and Adrienne started with a stack of reclaimed wood. They turned that wood into some amazing pieces of furniture and built a business creating bookcases, tables, and more. Now with a fabulous workshop space on S 12th, this creative couple says that they couldn’t have built this business without the support they received in Tacoma. Check out their story.
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Film buffs Katy Evans and Jamika Scott will be co-hosting the VIP Room at the Grand’s Film Awards Party (where they will be screening the Oscars, just to be clear). They sit down in the studio to talk about the many controversies surrounding the Oscars this year, what you can expect at the Film Awards Party event, and they give some of their picks for the big award categories.
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Dani Shepherd works at the Tacoma School District and consults with FabLab Tacoma. She is fascinated by digital art platforms and has worked with laser cutters, 3D printers, video games, and more. These tools are open to artists at Tacoma’s FabLab.
On this episode she shares her background, and talks about how she uses her art to investigate her home country of Guatemala and explore the history of the Mayan genocide that was occurring around the time of her birth.
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If you’ve been near the corner of South Tacoma Way and Pacific Ave in the last week or so, you’ve likely seen a monster emerging from the ground. Gertie’s Ghost is a 40,000-lb steel sculpture in the works for several years. Funding came from Sound Transit’s percent for the arts program.
We dropped by to watch the final pieces being lowered into place and interviewed the artists in front of their newest work.
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This episode we sit down with Ms. Monkey and the Great Ape (wait, let us check that.). Yes, that is who we talk to. They are two of the anonymous monkeyshine artists behind a Tacoma tradition—so anonymous, in fact, that they asked us to modify their voices for this interview.
Ms. Monkey started Monkeyshines in 2003 and the Great Ape joined the cause three years later. Now, every year around Chinese New Year, this band of artists distribute glass orbs, medallions, and more for Tacomans to find. This year, they plan to have 2,000 objects hidden around town.
In the second half of the episode, John Murphy shares how he was inspired by last year’s hunt to become a “rogue” Monkeyshine artist this year. He has created sixty resin and ink pieces of art that he will be hiding.
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Jackie Casella comes onto the podcast to talk about Creative Colloquy, a monthly literary gathering that has been around for the last five years.
The next event is Monday, January 21, at 7:00 pm at Honey in Alma Mater. If your New Year’s resolution involved writing, bring your essay, poem, or short story and read it at the Open Mic following the featured writers.
Thanks to the Tacoma Arts Commission for their support of this podcast in 2019.
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Rock Hushka has been at Tacoma Art Museum for 17 years. He’s been there for three expansions of the museum, most recently with the opening of the Rebecca and Jack Benaroya Wing. Rock joins the podcast to talk about the new glass art in the wing, the legacy of Chihuly in the Northwest, and what the new wing means for Tacoma Art Museum (and Tacoma!).
The first public opening is January 19, but Tacoma Art Museum members can see the new wing starting next week.
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Andrew Fry has been singing and dancing his way across stages in Tacoma for years. A frequent cast member at Tacoma Musical Playhouse and Tacoma Little Theatre, he is now starring as Ebenezer Scrooge in holiday production of Scrooge at Tacoma Little Theater. Andrew talks about why he loves participating in community theater.
Chris Serface, Artistic Director at Tacoma Little Theatre (and also the Ghost of Christmas Present), is also in the studio to share the news of an important milestone: 100 years of TLT. It’s an impressive achievement for any organization.
Check it out.
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