WASHINGTON STATE HISTORY MUSEUM EVENTS, EXHIBITS AND PROGRAMS
October
PROGRAMS
“The Green Screen: A History of Environmental Films”
Oct. 15 @ 6:30 PM
Mark Madison, founder of the American Conservation Film Festival, will discuss how environmental films have inspired action and sparked interest over time. Join us to see and discuss clips from a variety of classic films that have shaped our awareness of the environment, and the animals who share the planet. In cooperation with “The Green Screen: Environmental Film Festival” in Tacoma happening throughout October in Tacoma.
"The Neighborhood: Creating Vibrant Communities"
Oct. 22 @ 6:30 p.m.
New Frontier Lounge, 301 E. 25 St., Tacoma
$7.50, students FREE w/ ID
Tickets at door if available, $10
For the past 50 years, America has been designing public spaces around the needs of automobiles. This deference to the car has significantly impacted our culture and day-to-day life in many negative ways. The speakers will discuss how the auto-centered model is beginning to change, and how well designed neighborhoods provide the key ingredients necessary for healthy communities with examples of vibrant places which are being planned, build and programmed by residents themselves.
Speakers: Eric O. Jacobson, urbanist; Jim Diers, author, lecturer at University of Washington.
August Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle III:
“Ma Rainey's Black Bottom”
Put on by Broadway Center for the Performing Arts at the Washington State History Museum
$14 Purchase tickets at BroadwayCenter.org.
Journey to 1920’s Chicago and join Blues siren Ma Rainey and her band’s recording session in this staged reading. Waiting on Ma Rainey to arrive, the band tells jokes and philosophizes about plans for the future. Tensions rise quickly, as strong personalities and ambitions of the members begin to clash. The story confronts issues of race, artistic differences and generation gaps.
EXHIBITS
Marking Time: Voyage to Vietnam
NOW - DECEMBER 13
Graffiti has long been a form of artistic or political expression; some call it art, some call it vandalism. But archeologists and art historians find it useful to provide insight into the minds of those who inscribe personal messages in public places. View graffiti-inscribed canvas beds once aboard the USS Walker, and personal stories of Americans traveling to the Vietnam War.
Organized by the Vietnam Graffiti Project, in partnership with the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
Fast Moving Water: The Hoh River Story
NOW – OCTOBER 18
Acclaimed nature photographer, Keith Lazelle, has captured the beauty of the Hoh River, one of only a few virtually intact rivers in the contiguous United States, in Fast Moving Water: The Hoh River Story. Explore the rich history and cultural significance of this ecosystem, including efforts to protect and preserve it. Organized by the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of Washington, Seattle, in collaboration with the Hoh River Trust.
For more information on these or any other events, exhibits or programs at the Washington State History Museum, please visit www.WashingtonHistory.org.
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About the
Washington State History Museum
The Washington State History Museum, flagship of the Washington State Historical Society, is located at 1911 Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma, just off 1-5. The Washington State History Museum presents exhibits, programs and events that bring Washington's history to life. The Washington State Historical Society has been dedicated to collecting, preserving and vividly presenting Washington's rich and varied history since 1891.
HOURS - Wednesday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., with extended hours and FREE admission every third Thursday from 2 - 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
ADMISSION - $8 for adults; $7 for seniors, age 60
and above; $6 for students and military with valid ID; children, age 5 and below, and members are always
FREE.
CONTACT – 1-888-BE THERE, www.WashingtonHistory.org
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