StoryLab's name has changed to Digital Media Labs StoryLab has undergone a name change in 2016 to Digital Media Labs. This change better reflects the actual services offered in this facility, located at the Main Branch of Tacoma Public Library. As before, we offer digital media production tools to help young artists create their own…
Agenda for the Board of Trustees February 20, 2019 Meeting
The monthly meeting of the Library Board of Trustees will take place on February 20, 2019 at 5:30 PM at the Center at NorPoint (4818 Nassaw Ave. NE (Room: Cascade Hall North). Please see the attached 2019-02-20-Library-Board-of-Trustees-Agenda…
Valentine’s Day Winner
It was a very sweet Valentine's Day for lucky Albert Lee (2nd from right), winner of the Central Area Progressive Improvement Association raffle held in 1969. He is shown accepting the keys to a brand new 1969 Volkswagen outside the association's 922 South "K" (now Martin Luther King Jr. Way) Street headquarters. Pictured alongside Mr…
Music CD Sale
Feb 14, 15 and 16, 2019 10am – 6pm in the Teen Area at Kobetich Branch Hundreds of Music CDs in Popular, Country, Jazz and New Age Genres. Proceeds from the sale of these gently-used CDs go to support the Summer Reading Program. $1 each or if you buy four or more, 50 cents each…
Portrait of a Handsome Young Man
George Anthony Trudnich posed for a sepia portrait at the Richards Studio on February 2, 1957. He planned to give copies of his photograph as Valentine Day gifts. Trudnich was a clerk at Top Auto and resided at 2514 N. Starr. He was a graduate of Bellarmine and attended the College of Puget Sound. Trudnich…
Kindergarten at Cholla’s Corner
Doris (Mrs. Eldon R.) Hubner and her deer Chihuahua Cholla were known to thousands of kindergarteners as stars of television show "Kindergarten at Cholla's Corner" in the 1960s. Mrs. Hubner, for years a kindergarten teacher at Washington School, brought fun and learning, songs and riddles, and the basic principles of good citizenship, safety and hygiene…
Adding To The Awesome – LEGO At The Library
In our opinion, LEGO has always been awesome, and we’re sure lots of folks, young and old, agree. Now, with The LEGO Movie 2 : The Second Part arriving in theaters, the time is right for LEGO to be even more awesome. Tacoma Public Library has the books and DVDs to fuel your own adventures…
Forward! Avanti!
In February of 1964, Captain Davies, stationed at Fort Lewis with the Sixth Army, and his wife happily accepted the keys to the new Avanti sport sedan that he won in a contest sponsored by Sears, Roebuck and Co. from an unidentified car dealer. Introduced by Studebaker in 1962, the Avanti was designed by one…
LibraryReads February 2019
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. Subscribe to Tacoma Library’s e-Newsletter service and get the Library Reads picks and more delivered straight to your inbox. Check out the LibraryReads’ picks for February 2019: The Silent Patient…
referenceUSA: featured eResource of the month
Find people, find customers, find jobs, all with the database referenceUSA from your Tacoma Public Library. ReferenceUSA puts worlds of information data at your fingertips so you can turn facts into success. Using referenceUSA you can: Find a loved one or friend’s contact information Learn from business winners what key decisions brought them success…
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