Daily Dim Sum - Friday, October 28, 2011

Dia de los Muertos at TAM

Looking for something fun and free, and maybe a little different to do this Sunday before Halloween? Yeah, us too. Instead of watching slasher movies and sticking your hand in a goopy pumpkin, how about a free community festival to honor loved ones who have passed away with traditional Latin American art, food, live music and dance? The Tacoma Art Museum, in partnership with Centro Latino brings you the Dia de los Muertos Free Community Festival – a chance to see and participate in traditional art forms celebrating and honoring the dead in a festive atmosphere. And don’t worry, you have the chance to decorate a sugar skull, so there’ll be candy there too. Event details on the “Tacoma Art Museum website.”: http://www.tacomaartmuseum.org/Page.aspx?cid=7498

Trunk or Treat
While we focus our attention on the shiny new LeMay museum rising up next to I-5, we sometimes forget about the old LeMay site out at Marymount. This weekend could be your opportunity to get out to Marymount and enjoy a bit of candy and cars at the LeMay Trunk or Treat event. “Children trick-or-treat outdoors by going from car trunk to car trunk to get their bag filled with goodies. Individuals or groups host and decorate a trunk and provide the candy to be given out to the children at the event.” Cars and candy … perfect. Oh, and FREE! Read more at LemayMarymount.org

Tacoma Transportation App

Do you ride the bus or train? Ever wish there was a better way to get information on your smart phone? Well, now there’s an app for that. Visit www.soundtransit.org on your phone and you’ll find improved access to trip-planning features. No download necessary – you should be automatically re-directed to the smart phone-friendly site.

Visit The Daily Index for more details of the upgrades.

Art at Work

Tacoma’s 10th annual Art at Work Month kicks off next Thursday with a free opening party and the Amocat Awards at the Museum of Glass.

When: Thursday, November 3, 2011, 6 – 8:30 pm
How much: Free
What else?: Appetizers, Celebrity Cake Studio cake, see the exhibits and live music and entertainment.
More info: TacomaCulture.org

Oh, and have you seen the Art at Work swag – designed by Art Chantry? ..
These very cool keepsakes will be available at the party. And of course there will be literally hundreds of Art at Work events throughout November. So much art, so little time.