Get in on the action at Tacoma Film Festival, where for seven days you can eat, drink and talk cinema until the awards come home. Screen films from film makers all around the world, including from film makers in your Pacific Northwest backyard. You'll find all the films showing at Tacoma's cool Grand Cinema.
Book a royal romantic getaway at Thornewood Castle. Escape to one of the few genuine private castles in the United States and the only one on the West Coast. Spend the night at the English Tutor Gothic mansion in the Grandview Suite with 16th century stained glass windows, and a beautiful view of the rolling gardens and scenic lake.
The stage is set, the audience settles in, and an evening of symphonic harmony and entertainment unfolds at the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra. Enjoy the sweeping sounds of the 80-piece symphony as they play musical wonders like Beethoven's Ninth and Hollywood's Greatest Melodies at the hands of Maestro Harvey Felder, noted as "one of America's promising conductors," by Symphony Magazine.
Musical family entertainment sings at Tacoma's Children Musical Theater. Touted as the "Best Entertainment Sound in Puget Sound," the company has produced award winning musical theater since 1994. Sing and clap along to fun and famous musicals like Peter Pan, Happy Days and Xanadu.