• Parents, grandparents, neighbors, family and friends who nurture children ages 6 and younger might want to check out the ongoing free Play to Learn program held at various locations in the area. Each week’s new theme offers individual play, group activities, songs and a circle time for adults and children. Here are some of the locations this week: 10-11:30 a.m. today, Charles Wright Academy, 7723 Chambers Creek Road W., University Place; 10-11:30 a.m. Thursday, Lakewood Library, 6300 Wildaire Road SW, Lakewood; 1:30-3 p.m. Thursday, Portland Avenue Community Center, 3513 E. Portland Ave., Tacoma; 10-11:30 a.m. Friday, Peace Community Center, 2106 S. Cushman Ave., Tacoma. playtacoma.org.
• Listen to civil rights icon Carlotta Walls LaNier, author of the memoir “A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School.” She will deliver the convocation speech at The Evergreen State College’s Tacoma Campus at 6:30 tonight; 1210 Sixth Ave., Tacoma; 253-680-3000, evergreen.edu.
Check out blog.thenewstribune.com/getout for more events or go to calendar.thenewstribune.com for more ideas.
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