100th Monkey on Wednesday

From what I can tell, the world is about to change.  Why?  Because the News Tribune has written about this month’s 100 Monkey.  We found ourselves at the last 100th Monkey at Club Zoe and were absolutely shocked at what we found.  What we saw was the true grass roots arts scene that we hoped existed in Tacoma, but had never seen.  Paintings lined the walls.  The live dance performance amazed us.  The live music kept us moving.  The people were open and friendly.  It felt like a Django rhythmed rave. 

We thought we had seen a lot of the art scene in Tacoma, but this really opened our eyes to the real scene.  There’s a lot more out there than we had ever imagined. 

My fear now is that it’s all going to change.  When we first walked into the 100th Monkey event we felt like we had stumbled onto something a bit magical and different – something underground, yet not.  If somebody knew about it, they were in the know.  If not, well, they weren’t.  We told friends about it afterwards.  They would either know all about it and were surprised we hadn’t been before, or they couldn’t understand at all what we were talking about.  We liked that.  Will the hipness fade a bit as its popularity expands and the rest of Tacoma finds out about it?  I hope not. 

The next 100th Monkey is Wednesday at the Working Waterfront Museum from 8:00 to 10:00 pm.

Link to the 100th Monkey 

Link to The News Tribune