Monthly Archives: November 2010

Tacoma Little Theater Mural

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Tacoma Little Theater Mural

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This is an older photo (when it wasn’t raining) of today’s new place. The mural of a stage with famous characters and scenes is on the side of the Tacoma Little Theatre Building. The property is at 210 N. I Street in the Stadium District and had originally been an auto repair shop. It was sold to the Tacoma Drama League in 1940 and became a theater.

Per information from Tacoma Public Library the Tacoma Little Theatre is one of the oldest community theaters in existence in the United States. A photo of the building from 1960 can be found here.

http://search.tacomapubliclibrary.org/images/dt6n.asp?un=2&pg=1&krequest=Tacoma+Little+Theatre&stemming=On&phonic=&fuzzy=&maxfiles=5000

Information about the theater is at http://www.tacomalittletheatre.com/

The mural was created by Mary Mann, who also did the mural on Stadium Thriftway. Check out her website, she does lovely work!
http://www.marycmann.com/about.html

Vertical Garden

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Originally uploaded by Gexydaf

 

To continue the art theme for the month of November, today’s new place is Goodwill’s Milgard Work Opportunity Center at 714 S. 27th St. In particular, the Living Wall or Vertical Garden at the Center is spectacular! It was designed by Patrick Blanc and has nealry 100 plant species. As you can see by the photo, the garden is really large at 20’x40′.  These sites explain it better than I could!

http://www.vegitecture.net/2009/09/tacoma-goodwill-green-wall.html

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw/2010642515_pacificplife10.html?cmpid=2628

The Milgard Center itself, which opened in September 2009, is pretty spectacular. I was taken out for lunch there by a dear friend and the food was wonderful and very reasonable. The public Neighborhood Bistro Restaurant is open M-F, 11 – 1:30.  http://tacomagoodwill.org/about/mwoc/

Votes for Women, Celebrating 100 Years

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What a thrill to go to the Day of Jubilation at the historic Lord Mansion, which functions as the State Capital Museum and Outreach Center. The Day of Jubilation celebrated the 100th anniversary of women getting the vote in Washington State. The American Association of University Women Washington State hosted a the event, which was a pink tea. Many of the guests came in period custom and were in character.

AAUW-WA’s website is http://www.aauw-wa.org/

AAUW-WA is a fine organization devoted to advancing equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research.

The website for the Lord Mansion is here
http://www.wshs.org/scmoc/building.aspx

Rosewood Cafe for a Wonderful Lunch

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Rosewood Cafe

Originally uploaded by Gexydaf

The Rosewood Cafe between the Proctor District and the Stadium District is just what a cafe should be. They have wonderful, creative food, an extensive selection of wine and pitch perfect service.

3323 North 26th Street
Tacoma, WA 98407-6236
(253) 752-7999

http://www.rosewoodcafe.com/about.html

Connie’s Donuts

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I had planned to go take a photo of some delightful art today, but the rain and being tired conspired against me and I simply stopped at one of my favorite donut shops. I haven’t been here for a while because I like their donuts too much! But it was a lovely treat to start the weekend and I only bought 1/2 dozen and three people will eat them.

The Hand of God, the Youth For Christ Mural

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Today I drove past the Youth for Christ mural on the Alliant Continuum Care Building at 201 N. I Street in Tacoma. The City of Tacoma Public Art Tour site describes the mural as “Two joining hands are rendered by the inclusion of small religious symbols”. It is, of course, a variation of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam which is a fresco on the Sistine Chapel.

The website for Alliant Continuum Care is here http://www.alliantcare.com/ , but I went to the property to see the mural. Part of my effort to see new places with art as part of Tacoma Arts Month.

http://www.tacomaculture.org/arts/resource/ArtAtWorkTacoma/web/Default.htm

Hilltop-McCarver Mural

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Today I stopped at one of Tacoma’s newest installations of public art, the 60 foot long Hilltop-McCarver Mural at 2143 Martin Luther King Jr. Way. Since this mural was dedicated recently on October 16th, I had seen a couple of photos. The mural itself is bold, whimsical and very well done. But I guess I had been assuming that it was the background for a park or public space and it is really just the background for a vacant lot that was pretty muddy when I took the photo. So lingering isn’t encouraged, which is a shame because there is so much detail to examine. The building that provides the wall space for the mural is vacant.

For two great sites that discuss the mural, go here:

http://marlinpeterson.com/mural-unveiling-in-tacoma/

http://spaceworkstacoma.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/hilltop-mural-unveiling-saturday-october-16-at-4pm/

Voting at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church

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Ok, I really didn’t need to go to the polls because I had already voted by mail. But I wanted to take a photo of a polling place and the one at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church at 3315 S. 19th Street in Tacoma was handy. I watched many voters coming and going and it made me happy to see so many taking this seriously.

As far as the church itself, it has very little internet presence, so I still don’t know much about it. I can say that it has a lovely building and a well tended yard!

The website for the Pierce County Auditor’s Office is http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/pc/abtus/ourorg/aud/elections/main.htm

 I also received another FourSquare badge for voting!  http://foursquare.com/

People’s Park Mural

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I was thinking that since November is Tacoma Art Month, that I’d try to do most of my new place of the days with an art theme. First up is the mural in Peoples Park at 924 Martin Luther King Jr. Way. I cleverly took this photo yesterday when it wasn’t raining and then drove past again today so that I could say I’d been there! I love this mural which depicts the area as it use to be including a trolley and a farmer’s market. At first I thought the trees were in the way of the mural, but now I think they add to the photo 🙂

For more information on Art Month, check out the Art at Work site http://www.tacomaculture.org/arts/resource/ArtAtWorkTacoma/web/Default.htm

And for a great overview of art in Tacoma go to http://wspdsmap.ci.tacoma.wa.us/website/art/splash2.htm

For more info on People’s Park, go here http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/page.php?id=620

http://wspdsmap.ci.tacoma.wa.us/website/art/splash2.htm