Whether you’re looking to be entertained or enlightened, Gig Harbor Now covers fun and informational events taking place in the community.
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Gig Harbor will honor current and retired members of the military on Monday, Nov. 11 with military pageantry, guest speakers, food and music. The seventh annual Veterans’ Day celebration will take place at the Vintage Aero Museum from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The museum is located at 1108 26th Ave NW. This year’s celebration
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Yellow, aluminum-alloy stop signs were the norm before 1954.
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Master pumpkin carver Russ Leno made his annual Halloween appearance at Uptown to turn a giant vegetable into a work of art.
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Peninsula High school science teacher by day, performing artist in her off time, Ashley Ortenzo is one of dozens who will “fling joy” in the Puget Sound Midwinter Revels show in December. Ortenzo has been a science teacher for 24 years and lives in Gig Harbor, but it’s her first year at Peninsula High School.
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The annual downtown trick or treat takes place from 3 to 6 p.m. on Halloween night on Harborview Drive.
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Rex Davison is not a full-time actor. He’s actually a real estate agent. But this gives him a lot of flexibility, he explained while unwinding after a long day of moving boxes from Ghostlight Performing Arts’ old space in Bremerton to the small company’s new home at the Nichols Community Center on Fox Island. “I
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Chances are, you’ve heard recent news reports about additions to the Seattle waterfront. There’s a new elevated park built into the hill about half-way between Pike Place Market and the Seattle Aquarium. Opened a couple of weeks ago to much fanfare, Overlook Park intrigued me. With a constant case of FOMO, I decided there was
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The KGI (Key Peninsula-Gig Harbor-Islands) Watershed Council’s annual State of the Watershed meeting is at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23, at the Civic Center on Grandview Street. The KGI Watershed Council, an advisory board to Pierce County, provides educational programs, outreach and workshops on watershed issues. The council includes representatives from city of Gig Harbor
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The Halloween season brings trick-or-treat events downtown and at Uptown, the Witches Brew, Jack-o-Lantern Jubilee and much more.
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Final, definitive proof that the editor is in no way improving these columns, which are already perfect when they are submitted.
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