6-Pack of Things To Do in Tacoma: Nov. 17-23, 2025

This week in Tacoma unfurls like a magic-lantern fever dream — time-traveling faith films, meteorological rituals, ASMR dumpling enchantments, multilingual holiday cabarets, hand-made wonderlands, and a resurrected wrestling carnival thundering back into the Armory, all swirling together in one gloriously unhinged November gyre.

The Ground Beneath Our Feet at the Blue Mouse | Tuesday–Wednesday, Nov. 18–19

Proctor’s historic movie house taps into the luminous imagination of 21-year-old filmmaker Lauren Havel with The Ground Beneath Our Feet, a time-slipping parable about Emma Bryant, a young woman buckling under the dim static of modern life until an old diary in her grandfather’s home cracks open a doorway to a different era entirely. What follows is a quiet, glowing pursuit of the thing our century has misplaced — not something to seize, but something to receive. Havel’s knack for weaving spiritual longing into small-budget cinema shines again, reminding viewers that some truths echo louder when whispered across time. Christian film, 7 p.m., Blue Mouse Theatre, 2611 N. Proctor St., $12.75 at box office, photo courtesy of Lauren Havel Films.

Peaks & Pints Cooler Postfunk: ColdFire Brewing Easy Tiger Pilsner

Ease back into the world with a pilsner that prowls instead of pounces — ColdFire’s Easy Tiger, all crisp elegance and slow-burn swagger. Each sip glides like a clean, sunlit stroke across the palate, whispering grain, grass, and the kind of quiet confidence only a perfectly chilled lager can pull off. Drink it like a soft exhale after the chaos, a cool-down for the senses, a reminder that even tigers know when to stretch, blink, and purr their way into the evening.

Peaks & Pints Pray For Snow Party | Thursday, Nov. 20

The mountain prophets are stirring, the clouds are making up their minds, and somewhere above the Cascades the snow gods are flipping a cosmic coin. Which means it must be time — once more — to gather, toast, and collectively nudge winter into existence. Peaks & Pints’ third annual Pray For Snow Party returns with frostbitten zeal: Old Stove’s Warming Hut Winter IPA leading a parade of cold-season brews, heaps of winter swag from Oneball, Smith, and Tilted Owl, and lift tickets to Crystal Mountain dangling like early Christmas miracles. Every pint fuels another plea to the sky with proceeds benefiting the Crystal Mountain Volunteer Ski Patrol. Winter party, 5 p.m., Peaks & Pints, 3816 N. 26th St., Proctor District, no cover.

ASMR Dumpling-making Theater | Thursday, Nov. 20

Down on the Tacoma Arts Live Tacoma Armory’s vast parade floor, the act of folding a dumpling transforms into an amplified sensory ritual as artist Yixuan Pan turns communal cooking into a soft-focus, sound-driven exploration of labor, memory, and care. Each crimp, pinch, and fold becomes a whisper of immigrant kitchens carried across generations, rising and falling like choreography you can hear before you understand. Part performance, part meditation, part beautifully tender protest, the evening invites you to taste with your ears as much as your heart. From Scratch: Tasting the Tenderness in Food Production, 7 p.m., Tacoma Armory Parade Floor, 1001 Yakima Ave., free with RSVP.

Peaks & Pints Cooler Postfunk: Epic Brewing Big Bad Baptist Samurai

Come down from the dumpling whisper with a beer that moves like a moonlit blade. Big Bad Baptist Samurai trades bourbon thunder for sake-barrel calm — espresso, roasted malt, and a silvered sweetness gliding in quiet precision. A dry, meditative finish resets the senses and sends you back into the night calm, centered, and just a touch dangerous.

Jessica Fichot: Holidays Around the World | Friday, Nov. 21

The Tacoma Armory turns incandescent as Jessica Fichot brings her kaleidoscopic holiday cabaret to Tacoma, a multilingual tour through global celebrations stitched with French chanson, 1940s Shanghai jazz, gypsy swing, and international folk magic. Expect bilingual Rudolphs, shimmering Spanish carols, Chinese New Year sparkle, toy-piano charm, and a voice that leaps between cultures like it’s crossing light beams. The result is a warm, swirling holiday lantern of a night — radiant, bright, and joyfully borderless. Holiday music, 7:30 p.m., Tacoma Armory Parade Floor, 1001 Yakima Ave., $46 at tacomaartslive.org.

Peaks & Pints Cooler Prefunk: Yonder Cider Wassail

Set your holiday orbit humming with a cider that glows like a lantern swung through winter air. Yonder’s Wassail wraps apples in spice, warmth, and just enough festive mischief to make multilingual carols feel inevitable. Sip, brighten, repeat — then step into Jessica Fichot’s world ready to glow in every language she sings.

Tacoma Is For Lovers Artist Craft Fair | Saturday–Sunday, Nov. 22–23

For a whole weekend, King’s Books becomes a handmade constellation as Tacoma Is For Lovers fills the aisles with pottery, prints, textiles, jewelry, illustrations, curios, and the kind of beautiful oddities that sip your attention like tea. Each day features a completely different lineup, turning the space into two shifting mini-universes of local creativity. It’s equal parts neighborhood reunion, indie-market fantasia, and affirmation that Tacoma’s creative heartbeat pulses brightest when the sky goes gray. Artist craft fair, 11 a.m.–4 p.m., King’s Books, 218 St. Helens Ave., free to wander and wonder.

Peaks & Pints Cooler Prefunk: Cellarmaker Brewing Repeating Symbols

Tune your creative radar with a hazy that hums like a well-loved sketchbook — Cellarmaker’s Repeating Symbols, all citrus drift, soft lychee glow, and hop-born déjà vu. Each sip loops back on itself in the nicest way, nudging your brain toward color, texture, and the irresistible urge to pick up something handmade. Drink, wander, repeat — then head to King’s Books ready to fall in love with art you didn’t know you needed.

Grit City Championship Wrestling | Saturday, Nov. 22

After nearly 60 years of silence, the Tacoma Armory’s wrestling ghosts stir as Grit City Championship Wrestling storms back into the building where legends once collided. Hilltop native Diafullah “The Butcher” Dobashi resurrects the city’s gritty ring lineage with a roster of characters straight out of fever dreams: Petrov the ruthless enforcer, lucha legend Astro Imperial, KISW’s chaos-savant Steve Migs, the horror-born Rat King, rising star Cole Rivera, and a cadre of fierce women wrestlers who redefine the word “impact.” Add Dirty Tribe’s reggae-rock fire and a cameo from Howard Stern’s Wack Pack alum Gary the Conqueror, and the night becomes a roaring, sweat-lit opera of athletic theater and hometown pride. Wrestling, 7:30 p.m., Tacoma Armory Parade Floor, 1001 Yakima Ave., tickets $31.75–$67.25 at tacomaartslive.org.

Peaks & Pints Cooler Prefunk: Boneyard Beer Hop Venom

Prime your inner heel-turn with a beer that hits like entrance music — Boneyard’s Hop Venom, all fanged citrus, coiled pine, and unapologetic bite. One sip and the bloodstream starts cutting promos, flexing bravado you didn’t know you had. Drink it like a pre-match ritual, then march into Grit City Wrestling ready to cheer, boo, and body-slam the night.

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