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…
Minutes of the Board of Trustees July 17, 2019 Meeting
The 2019-07-17-Library-Board-of-Trustees-Minutes were approved at the August meeting of the Library Board of Trustees.
Minutes – Board of Trustees August 7, 2019 Study Session
The 2019-08-07-Library-Board of Trustees-Study-Session-Minutes were approved at the August meeting of the Library Board of Trustees.
Thank you for your food donations Tacoma!
This summer, TPL patrons donated 1,407 pounds of food during our Summer Reading Club Food Drive from June to August! All TPL branches collected non-perishable food items such as baby formula, pasta, and canned vegetables and soups. Donations were collected by St. Leo’s Food Connection. St. Leo’s Food Connection began as a small, neighborhood food…
The Thomas Handforth Digital Collection
The Thomas Handforth Digital Collection is comprised of the artistic output of Thomas Handforth and related items in the collections of Tacoma Public Library. Tacoma Public Library received the Handforth Collection in a number of increments from the Handforth family, and from a number of his friends and associates, along with a small collection from…
Baseball Past Watching Over Baseball Future
Past and possible future baseball stars stare into the August, 1961, night. The little boy, lying down on the grass, is believed to be Bucky O'Brien, the ball boy for the Cheney Studs, a team sponsored by local lumberman and philanthropist, Ben Cheney. Both he and his older counterpart, believed to be his father Eddie…
Wheelock Book Club
Join us at the Wheelock branch September 4 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm, to discuss National Book Award Finalist, Okay for Now (2011) by Gary D. Schmidt. As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends, an abusive father, and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats…
Book Club Kits
Tacoma Public Library has book club kits that you can reserve for pick up at the branch of your choice! What are book club kits? They are sets of multiple copies of a title that can be checked out and used for your own book group or group of friends. The kits check out for 56…
Tacoma Air Show 1948
The Tacoma Squadron, Civil Air Patrol sponsored the Tacoma Air Show August 19, 1948, at Spanaway Sky Ranch. The exhibition was for the benefit of the cadets' treasury and funds were used for the purchase of new equipment for the unit. Major Orville French, commanding officer of the squadron, left, shows tickets to Joe Sim…
Agenda for the Board of Trustees August 21, 2019 Meeting
The monthly meeting of the Library Board of Trustees will take place on August 21, 2019 at 5:30 PM at the Swasey Branch. Please see the attached 2019-08-21-Lib
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