Quantcast
Channel: Post Defiance » Tacoma
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 57 View Live

Kye Alfred Hillig’s Real Snow

Kye Alfred Hillig's third record, Real Snow, came out this week. All twelve tracks showcase his talent for evocative poetry, but it is not a record one would expect him to make

View Article



Why Poetry Needs Tacoma

Every month has its evangelists, spreading the good news of that month’s theme. April is National Poetry Month, and even now advocates are distributing their literature on the merits of poetry. “Why do...

View Article

A Review of Laurie Cinotto’s “Itty Bitty Kitty Committee”

A review of Tacoma author and internet sensation Laurie Cinotto’s new book, The Itty Bitty Kitty Committee. It’s a book about rescuing, adopting, and raising kittens, including dozens of adorable...

View Article

On Fawcett

Past Firehouse No. 1. Past the roughs in McCormick Park, shouting above the fountain’s rush. Past a marooned mid-century bunker of a building, poker-faced without neighbors, brick end walls like...

View Article

Crosswalks: More than just paint on the asphalt

This guest post is part of an ongoing series of Tacoma musings I have after being away on the East Coast for two years. See my first post on transit here. Over the past few years I have spent a lot of...

View Article


Parkland is (still) burning

If you think the common attitude of most of the greater Puget Sound area (especially Seattle) towards Tacoma is a smoldering, condescending compilation of terms defining Tacoma as a gritty,...

View Article

Tacoma Gamers

Being a newbie to gaming, I wanted to get some advice on what to look for while visiting Tacoma’s stores. I reached out to a few friends to find out what characteristics each store should have. Their...

View Article

Out, brief candle: Tacoma charter review in memoriam

The question of whether Tacoma is well served by a City Manager form of government is vital, and it surely will be raised again in the next Charter Review process; but if proponents of change were...

View Article


Tacoma’s Most OK – 2014 Edition

  At Post Defiance, we love feedback from our readers. And what better way to get feedback than to hold a totally arbitrary popularity contest that attracts hordes who will probably never read Post...

View Article


Callaghan – End Paragraph

When someone like Callaghan leaves, they take all of that knowledge and part of our collective story with them. Someone will spend decades trying to relearn everything he already knew

View Article

Join us for a backyard concert with Josiah Johnson & Spirits of the Red City...

On Wednesday, August 6th, Post Defiance is hosting a special backyard concert at a lovely spot near the top of the N. 30th Street hill. Josiah Johnson, one of the vocal and songwriting forces behind...

View Article

If you’ve got it, haunt it: celebrate Halloween with the Tacoma City Ballet

Let’s face it – the probability of a Halloween night in the great Pacific Northwest leaving your child’s costume utterly unrecognizable is very high. Ghastly wind and piercing rain tend to leave your...

View Article

Running in Tacoma: a love story

Tacoma is a glorious place for a runner. With its many miles of sleepy residential grid streets, it is easy to navigate away from traffic. The city's hilly location and turn-of-the-century grading...

View Article


Reviving forgotten Tacoma traditions: Straw Hat Day

Though books of style etiquette may often gather dust today, Tacomans formerly celebrated Straw Hat Day, when men would exchange their winter hats for straw hats come the end of May.

View Article

Learning to love the Cross Orbweaver Spider

As commonplace in Northwest fall as clouds, the Cross Orbweaver spider (Araneus diadematus) takes up residence for the season, their pervasive webs stringing across windows, from tree to tree, from...

View Article


Tacoma artists versus the art world establishment

It’s been more than three years since Tacoma has a reliable, respected local art gallery. Three years ago I wrote about the closing of the Tacoma location of the William Traver Gallery and the...

View Article

Transcending trends: Tacoma and the flannel shirt

What is the history of flannel in Tacoma? How did it become such a ubiquitous symbol of the Northwest

View Article


A sweet and hole-some history of Tacoma doughnuts

Did you know that Tacoma was once home to "The Doughnut King?" Read this article by staff writer Kate Albert Ward to learn more about the enduring romance between Tacomans and this delectable treat.

View Article

Calculating Tacoma’s cost of living

Over the past few months, I have been paying close attention to the boiling pot that is Initiative 1 and have found myself increasingly unsatisfied with the dialogue from both sides. Detractors have...

View Article

Tacoma-inspired Halloween costumes

This year, forgo the debasing generic Halloween costume from a warehouse store in favor of a creative costume that displays your Tacoma pride. Join author Kate Albert Ward and local cartoonist R.R....

View Article
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 57 View Live




Latest Images