Tacoma Arts Month In The Cooler: Beer Meets Art

‘Tacoma Arts Month returns again, rich with art, words, movement, and music. Peaks & Pints co-owner Pappi Swarner has been writing about this month since its ragged inception — when a few dreamers convinced the city to make space for art to spill out of studios and into November’s damp air. Back then, he was at the helm of the Weekly Volcano alternative newsweekly, pounding out preview after preview, chronicling open studios and scrappy performances, and eventually receiving an AMOCAT Award himself on behalf of the Volcano. To see Tacoma Arts Month now, 24 years later, in October, is to witness an idea mature into a civic ritual: a proclamation, an award, and a kaleidoscope of events that remind us why Tacoma insists on making and remaking itself in color and noise.

This year, Peaks & Pints will be highlighting Tacoma Arts Month events with a suggested beer and cider pairing from our 13-door cooler. After you’ve wandered past pairing, clapped in a dark room, and danced your ass off, make your way to Peaks & Pints for a post-event libation. Here’s what we have paired so far. …

OCT. 31: The Rocky Horror Circus Show | Tacoma Armory Parade Floor

OCT. 24: Winds5: Woods | Tacoma Armory Roosevelt Room

OCT. 22: Mend by Yoshi Nakagawa | Woolworth Window #3 | On view through Dec. 9 | 1098 Commerce Street, Downtown Tacoma

OCT. 20: Undercover: New Play Readings — The Unshored by Maggie Lee | Tacoma Armory

OCT. 18: Stephanie Anne Johnson: Album Release Show | Tacoma Armory Parade Floor

OCT. 17: CAN I KICK IT? featuring Enter the Dragon |  Tacoma Armory Parade Floor

OCT. 16: Shaping the Story: Designs for the Theatre by Carey Wong | Washington State History Museum 

OCT. 13: Tacoma Arts Month: Introduction to Drawing @ Artsi Creative Space 

OCT. 11-12: Tacoma Arts Month Studio Tour | Citywide

OCT. 10: Rocky Sandoval: Live at The Eleanor | Tacoma Armory Roosevelt Room

OCT. 9: Neighborhood Nights | Tacoma Art Museum

OCT. 8: Frank Herbert Party! | Proof

OCT. 7: Tacoma Reads: Author Talk with Josh Tuininga | Tacoma Public Library Main Branch

OCT. 6: Script Readings With Tacoma Arts Live + Northwest Playwrights Alliance | Tacoma Armory

OCT. 5: The Kareem Kandi World Orchestra | Peaks & Pints | paired with Tilquin Oude Quetsche à l’Ancienne

OCT. 4: Kaleidoscope Opening Party | Tacoma Public Library Main | paired with pFriem Lemon Zest Farmhouse Ale

OCT. 3: LP And The Vinyl | Friday, Oct. 3 | Tacoma Armory Parade Floor | paired with Prairie Artisan Vinyl Stout

OCT. 1: Dressing the Gilded Age | Washington State History Museum | paired with Vice Beer We Are All Made of Stars

LINK: Peaks & Pints beer and cider cooler inventory