Arts & Entertainment

Whether you’re looking to be entertained or enlightened, Gig Harbor Now covers fun and informational events taking place in the community.

Day Tripper | A Gig Harbor walkabout

Mar 25, 2025 | By: Mary Williams

Day Tripper columnist Mary Williams opted to see her hometown through a tourists’ eyes this month.

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Can you spot a bottle job at 20 paces?

Mar 25, 2025 | By:

A Q&A with Ghostlight’s founder on upcoming production of “Steel Magnolias”

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Harbor Happenings | Circus of Second Chances visits Gig Harbor

Mar 25, 2025 | By:

Also coming up this week: the Greater Gig Harbor Foundation’s Crab Fest, Harbor WildWatch beach walks and more.

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Behind the Finds | Every picture has a story

Mar 24, 2025 | By:

In their latest storytelling collaboration, Gig Harbor Now writers Tonya Strickland and Greg Spadoni launch a new series where they tell the stories behind old photographs sold at second hand stores.

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Gig Harbor Now and Then | Behind the Finds: Every picture has a story (even if I have to make one up)

Mar 24, 2025 | By: Greg Spadoni

None of the stories Greg Spadoni wrote about the photos he found in a second-hand store are true. But they are funny.

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Harbor Happenings | Take a peak under the sea on the last day of winter

Mar 18, 2025 | By:

The first day of spring is Thursday, March 20. It’s time to start going outside again.

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Two In Two & On The Go | Our 2025 guide to summer camps for kids

Mar 14, 2025 | By:

Somehow, it’s that time again—to register kiddos for a local lineup of 2025 summer camps. Here’s a closer look at the camps available in and around Gig Harbor. 

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Harbor Happenings | Run ’til you’re green at Shamrockin’ the Harbor

Mar 11, 2025 | By:

Runners take to the Cushman Trail on Saturday for Shamrockin the Harbor, a fundraiser for the Greater Gig Harbor Foundation’s senior center.

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Gig Harbor Now and Then | The homestead confusion

Mar 10, 2025 | By: Greg Spadoni

Even if it’s literally carved in stone, sometimes a homestead is not a homestead.

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Council seeks comment on cultural access program proposal — and a sales tax to support it

Mar 06, 2025 | By:

The cultural access program would support local nonprofits and provide educational program. The city council must decide whether to put the question before voters.

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