Arts & Entertainment

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

Day Tripper | Taking a peak around the place where Twin Peaks was filmed

Sep 24, 2025 | By: Mary Williams

Day Tripper columnist Mary Williams ventures to North Bend, which has the last Starbuck’s before Snoqualmie Pass, some aging outlet malls and a cult classic TV history.

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Harbor Happenings | ChuSeok, Film Festival, breast cancer event highlight a packed weekend

Sep 23, 2025 | By:

Here’s what happening around the Harbor on the first weekend of fall.

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Take a peek inside the artists’ studios this weekend

Sep 18, 2025 | By:

The annual Open Studio Tour is Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with 54 artists participating at 23 studios.

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Drone Team’s first performance has Peninsula School District buzzing

Sep 17, 2025 | By:

The Drone Team takes to the skies on Thursday (Sept. 17) at Gig Harbor High School for its first performance.

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Mike Mitchell’s personal Vietnam story debuting at Gig Harbor Film Festival

Sep 16, 2025 | By:

Mike Mitchell of Gig Harbor created a one-man show about his experience as a Vietnam War veteran. It hits the big screen next week.

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Harbor Happenings | Open house set on Crescent Creek Park, Masonic Lodge

Sep 16, 2025 | By:

Also this week: The Open Studio Tour, a geoduck discussion, a Mystery Movie and more.

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Young filmmakers tell little-known story of a captured Southern Resident orca

Sep 15, 2025 | By:

“Echoes of the Sound,” a documentary about the capture of a young orca in Vaughn Bay in 1968, shows at the upcoming Gig Harbor Film Festival.

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Two in Tow & On the Go | A towering view, with a visit from Mr. (or Mrs.) Chonky

Sep 12, 2025 | By:

Who knew a fun afternoon of seal-spotting and crane-watching with two kids and a local dude who counts The Three Stooges as his personal heroes could double as a crash-course in global trade?

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Willits Canoes documentary making film festival debut in Gig Harbor

Sep 11, 2025 | By: Chapin Day

‘Makers on the Tides’ tells the story of the Willits brothers, who made their canoes on Wollochet Bay starting in 1914.

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Gig Harbor City Council expresses formal support for Cultural Access tax

Sep 09, 2025 | By:

Voters inside Gig Harbor city limits will decide on the Cultural Access program, which would increase the sales tax by 0.1%, in November.

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