It’s tax season, and Tacoma Public Library and community partners are teaming up to offer services to help you file.
If you’re completing taxes yourself on
Your favorite GRAMMY-nominated artists are on hoopla!
The 66th GRAMMY Awards will take place Sunday, February 4, and you can stream the nominations on hoopla!
Tacoma Public Library’s Northwest Room awarded National Endowment for the Humanities grant
Tacoma Public Library (TPL)’s Northwest Room became the sole public library to receive a prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant award this week totaling $145,987. According to their January 9 press release, the NEH funded 260 projects worldwide with awards totaling $33.8 million. TPL’s award falls under the grant category of Cultural and Community Resilience. Led by…
Preschool Drive-In Movie Recap
The Fern Hill Branch meeting room turned into a drive-in movie lot on Saturday, January 6th. Preschoolers decorated their own cardboard box vehicles, drove them around the library, and then parked for the show. The kids proudly decorated their very first license plates, ensured their vehicles had the perfect number of wheels, and added other…
Jacqueline Noel Papers
Recently, the Northwest Room published the Jacqueline Noel Papers. These papers Include correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, and other documentation related to Jacqueline Noel's work at the Tacoma Public Library as the Head of the Reference Department and later as a City of Tacoma Librarian. Also included is information related to Noel's genealogical research and involvement…
Director’s Blog: January 2024
January is when we imagine the best versions of ourselves.
If becoming your best self means spending more time lost in a book, learning about literature, and
Christopher Petrich Photographs
The Northwest Room is pleased to announce the newly published Christopher Petrich Photographs in ORCA. Christopher Petrich was born in Tacoma and attended Bellarmine High School, Georgetown University, and the American University in Washington DC where he studied art, design, and art history. He also studied under fine art photographer Alan Ross. Petrich began his…
LibraryReads January 2024
Nothing says “must read” quite like a Librarian’s stamp of approval!
Every month LibraryReads.org releases the top picks for the month, as voted on by Librarians across the country.
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