Gig Harbor Film Festival attendance up 57% from 2023
Oct 01, 2024 | By: Carolyn Bick2024 Gig Harbor Film Festival awards went to “First We Bombed New Mexico,” “7000 Miles,” “Dawgfather” director Kent Loomer and others.
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Harbor Happenings | Fall fun starts this week
Oct 01, 2024 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonCorrection: Fox Island Octoberfest is Friday, Oct. 4. An earlier version misstated the day of the event. The annual Scarecrow Festival kicks off the Halloween season from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at Sehmel Homestead Park. PenMet’s Scarecrow Festival includes a pumpkin launch, peeweee rodeo, Markers Market, and an assortment of vendors.
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Day Tripper | A spooky stop on our Puget Sound Loop
Sep 26, 2024 | By: Mary WilliamsI admit it. I’m easily distracted. Staying focused is not my strong suit. Take last year, when I set out on a daytrip to Port Townsend to check out the place that’s reported to be one of the most haunted towns in the Pacific Northwest, if not the entire United States. Instead, I ended up
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Wingnut Metal Works makes fine art from spare parts
Sep 26, 2024 | By: Marsha HartRepurposing old, rusted metal into art that is both functional and decorative has been a hobby for Ray Swift since his high school days. Recently, Swift launched a business, Wingnut Metal Works, from his shop at his home on Raft Island. He learned to weld while working for a sculpture professor at Pacific Lutheran University
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A candid discussion of mental health struggles and seeking help, in recognition of Suicide Prevention Month
Sep 24, 2024 | By: Carolyn BickReader warning: This article contains discussion of suicide, suicidal ideation, eating disorders, and self-harm. Heather Arneson is the artist behind LIVEeachmoment Art, a small, mental health-focused art business Arneson opened in 2020. Arneson has struggled with her mental health for more than 15 years, and this decade-and-a-half’s worth of personal experience informs her work. In
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Harbor Happenings | Film Festival, Cider Swig and Pier Into the Night
Sep 24, 2024 | By: Charlee Glock-JacksonThe Greater Gig Harbor Foundation’s Cider Swig is Saturday in Tacoma while the first Pier Into the Night of the season is that evening.
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Film festival headliner shines spotlight on a good coach who was also a good person
Sep 23, 2024 | By: Vince DiceWhen a friend pitched him the idea of making a movie about former University of Washington football coach Don James, Kent Loomer was skeptical. He didn’t want to make a football movie. Nor did he want to make what he called a “puff piece.” But Mike Martin, a longtime friend and big-time Husky football fan,
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Gig Harbor Now and Then | If only they had followed their own advice
Sep 23, 2024 | By: Greg SpadoniWho knows how old these people would have turned if they hadn’t picked up a bad habit. And about that term, “would have turned …”
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Two In Tow & On The Go | Last weekend for the Puyallup fair
Sep 20, 2024 | By: Tonya StricklandDon’t miss the thrills and country charm of the Washington State Fair this weekend as its 2024 run enters its final three days. Here’s a roundup of our top activities to check out!
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Harbor History Museum working on repairs to Our Fisherman, Our Guardian
Sep 19, 2024 | By: Vince DiceSculpture repairs could be wrapped up soon, after which the city can reinstall the canoe onto the sculpture at Austin Park at txʷaalqəł Estuary.
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