Arts & Entertainment

Whether you’re looking to be entertained or enlightened, Gig Harbor Now covers fun and informational events taking place in the community.

Gig Harbor Dance Team boogies away with a state title

Apr 14, 2022 | By: Christina T Henry

Members of the Gig Harbor High School Dance Team held hands and squeezed their eyes shut, praying, hoping. When second-place Shorewood was announced, “we started just immediately crying because we

Vandals deface Gig Harbor artist’s mural of support for Ukraine

Apr 07, 2022 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

A local artist’s gesture of support for the people of Ukraine — a mural of a sunflower set against the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag — was vandalized

Schedules set for Summer Sounds, Friday Movie Night

Mar 29, 2022 | By: Gig Harbor Now Staff

The popular Summer Sounds at Skansie concert series will return starting June 28, the city of Gig Harbor announced this week. In addition to setting the schedule for the 10-week

Girl Scouts created a sign for the garden

Food and friendships grow at Wilkinson Farm community garden

Mar 22, 2022 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

The arrival of spring also heralds the arrival of gardening season. For gardeners who don’t have food-growing space at home, the community garden at Wilkinson Farm Park can be a

Peninsula School District elementary school students will learn the importance of salmon in Northwest cultures and how to draw and paint their own fish after receiving a Creative Endeavor Grant from the Gig Harbor Arts Commission.

Gig Harbor Arts Commission awards grants to local groups

Mar 18, 2022 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

Ten local organizations have been awarded Creative Endeavor Grants by the Gig Harbor Arts Commission for projects ranging from band concerts to craft workshops to poetry readings. This year’s awards

The Shamrock'n the Harbor run/walk, a fundraiser for the Gig Harbor Senior Center, is scheduled for March 19, 2022.

St. Patrick’s Day-themed run raises money for Gig Harbor Senior Center

Mar 16, 2022 | By: Vince Dice

Looking for a way to extend your St. Patrick’s Day celebration, and exercise away some of that Irish stew and Guinness at the same time? The first Shamrock’n the Harbor

Gig Harbor-based nonprofit helps assure that everyone can take the stage

Mar 07, 2022 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

Movies have the Oscars. Music has the Grammys. And web-based media have the Webby Awards, sponsored by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences. On Feb. 28, IADAS presented

‘Empty Bowls’ event helps fill hungry tummies

Feb 27, 2022 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

Artists donate the bowls, restaurants provide the soup for Altrusa fundraiser March 5 at Chapel Hill Church.

Hearing examiner decision on Olalla Valley Winery events delayed again

Feb 23, 2022 | By: Charlee Glock-Jackson

Kitsap County is reviewing whether Olalla Winery violated its conditional use permit. The decision was expected 10 working days after the Dec. 16 hearing.

New museum exhibits feature little boats, racing roosters

Feb 10, 2022 | By: Gig Harbor Now Staff

Boats from 14 inches to 14 feet are on display at Harbor History Museum, along with photographs and ephemera from Clarence Shaw’s racing roosters.

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