5 Things To Do Today: National Night Out, Blues Jam, Cool Tunes for Kids, Ladies Hip Hop, Fluent Steps

By Nikki Talotta on August 7, 2012

1. 120 blocks in Tacoma neighborhoods will be celebrating the 29th annual National Night Out. Food, fun and festivities are planned to in order to help make Pierce County a safer place. National Night Out is designed to be an effective and enjoyable program to promote neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships. Find your own block party or join the Gig Harbor Police Department for their celebration on the Gig Harbor Civic Center Lawn. 3510 Grandview St., Gig Harbor,253.514.5966.

2. Stonegate Welcomes Host Rafael Tranquilino Band For Rockin' Blues Jam along with David Dickerson, bass and Glenn Hummel, drums. In The Rum Lounge. 9 p.m. No Cover
Happy Hour 4-6 p.m. $1 Tacos & $2 Tequila Not 21? Listen To Music In Game/Dining Area while playing pool, darts or ping pong! Stonegate, 5421 S. Tacoma Way, Tacoma,253.473.2255.

3. With non-stop interaction, engaging songs, comedy and surprises, Eric Herman's show will have the audience smiling from ear to ear, dancing from limb to limb and laughing from nose to foot. This event is part of Summer Reading, a Timberland Regional Library districtwide program. It is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Lacey Timberland Library and the City of Lacey Parks and Recreation, 6:30 p.m., Thomas Huntamer Park, 618 Woodland Square Loop SE, Lacey.

4. Calling all Mamas and Ladies 25 years and older. Come join in this dance aerobics class. More fun than the stair steppers and treadmills. Every Tuesday. 6 p.m., $8 drop-in, $30/month,  D.A.S.H Center for the Arts, 1504 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, 253.507.9466.

5. Martin Blank's Fluent Steps: Located in the Main Plaza Reflecting Pool, this installation is a visual exploration capturing the chase between the macro and micro qualities of water using glass. Museum of Glass, 1801 Dock Street, Tacoma, 253.396.1768.


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