The Gritty City Sirens burlesque troupe likes to say that they put the T and A in Tacoma. Two performers, Rosie Cheex and Ava D Jor, share their story about how they got into burlesque,...

Rosie Cheex and Ava D Jor—Gritty City Sirens

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Jamika and Katy are back in the host chairs, excited to learn from dindria of the Tacoma Public Library’s Community Archives Center. dindria and the Tacoma Public Library team are collecting stories and oral histories...

Community champion dindria barrow and the collective power of storytelling

The “Off the Record” podcast is normally available exclusively for Channel 253 members. But this was a special enough episode we wanted to publish it widely. If you appreciate this interview with Gregory Youtz about...

“The Tacoma Method” | A special “Off the Record” with Gregory Youtz

Eden Redmond is the Institutional Giving Manager and one of the representatives of TAM WU: Tacoma Arts Museum Workers United. She graciously educates the We Art Tacoma team on the importance of union recognition and...

Reimagining the Museum with Eden Redmond: Why the Tacoma Art Museum Staff is Unionizing

Jamika and Katy talk with Grit City Magazine publisher and writer Sierra Hartman. Sierra and his publishing partner Sara Kay received the Amocat Art Award for Arts Patron. Sierra shares the trials and joys of...

The Beauty of Grit City Magazine with Sierra Hartman

Jamika and Katy talk with author and community builder Tamiko Nimura about her well-earned Amocat Art Award for Community Outreach by an Individual. We explore her incredible literary and historical work, and “wax rhapsodic”! Listen...

Rosie Cheex and Ava D Jor—Gritty City Sirens

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