St. Leo Food Connection provides summer meals for kids at Main Library From June 24–August 28, 2026, Tacoma Public Library is partnering with St. Leo Food Connection by adding Main Library as a Summer Meal location. Youth ages 18 and under can pick up a healthy lunch from 1:30–1:45 pm Monday through Friday in…
Wingin’ It in the Northwest Room
By Spencer Bowman, Northwest Room Librarian The Spring bird migration in the Tacoma area has recently peaked. The highest predicted stopover density occurred in early to late May. According to the Purdue AeroEco Lab, the 90th percentile of migration activity for Washington State and the Puget Sound and Tacoma region was expected during the nights…
13 Ways of Looking at the Northwest: Pride
This post is part of the series 13 Ways of Looking at the Northwest. You can find the initial post here. By Heather Lowcock, Project Archivist, NHPRC Grant – News Tribune Collection New York City’s Christopher Street Liberation Day celebration in 1970 marked the first anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, a multi-day protest that began…
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