SUNDAY, JULY 18, 2010 >>>
1. The Broadway Center for the Performing Arts throws a party celebrating its upcoming season with quizzes, $1 drinks, prizes, a season preview and a chance to purchase tickets before the general public, beginning at 5 p.m. inside the Pantages Theater Lobby.
2. The skies over Joint Base Lewis-McChord will be filled with MiG Fury, T-33 Ace Maker, C-17s, F/A-18 Super Hornet, Tuskegee P-51 Redtail and many more planes - as well as static displays - when the gates open at 8 a.m. for Air Expo 2010, which kicks off at 12:30 p.m.
3. It's Kids' Day at the South Tacoma Farmers Market at 56th and Washington Street from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Beside the usual fare, expect a dance recital by Jo emery Ballet, face painting, balloons, walking animal characters at the off-duty teachers rock band Board of Education. It will be a hoot.
4. Beginning at 1 p.m. around Fireman's Park (South Eighth and A Street, Tacoma) history enthusiasts may enjoy a free one-hour narrative tour of the history of the Thea Foss Waterway, then walk to the 11th Street Bridge and learn why the bridge is so kickass.
5. The Northend Blues Vespers features Little Bill & the Blue Notes with horns from 5-7 p.m. followed by a barbecue fundraiser dinner to raise money for Shared Housing Services - all going down inside the Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Tacoma.