Creative Colloquy Crawl
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2026
6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Tacoma's annual literary crawl returns!
Wander through downtown venues and experience an evening of live readings, storytelling and performances from local writers, poets and creatives. It’s an evening to choose your own adventure with each stop offering a fresh lineup and new atmosphere mixing literature with Tacoma's nightlife for a one-of-a-kind community celebration of story.
6:30 P.M.
Women Who Write Together | MANUSCRIPT
Women Who Write Together is just what the name says…a diverse group of women who gather to write about topics that impact and showcase women’s perspectives, the motto, “When one woman shares her story, another woman feels less alone.” The pieces the group writes are tender, funny, badass, and the resulting discussions are rich and spirit-filling. (all ages)
Voices of the Diaspora | THE GRAND CINEMA
What do we hold onto when we leave a homeland, or grow up generations removed from one? Five poets with Vietnamese, Latine/x, Persian, Balkan, and Tigrayan roots explore the longing for connection, the pull of cultural memory, and the uneasy space between wanting to belong and remaining an outsider. From the rhythms of Persian mystic traditions to the invisible borders of refugee life, these poems reckon with displacement and generational loss while making room for healing, reclamation, and new definitions of what constitutes home. Featured readers include Chi Onah, S. Salazar, Raanah Amjadi, Dario Cvencek, and BeeLyn Naihiwet. (all ages)
7:30 P.M.
a show about nothing | PUGET SOUND PIZZA
NOTHING matters! Nothing MATTERS! An invitation to explore the unbearable lightness of nothing. Featured readers include Nick Stokes, Jenni Prange Boran and Heather Momyer. (21+)
Radio Theatre Live | Venue TBD
Obscure Studios presents a world premiere of its next audio drama podcast, Belgrave, a supernatural workplace comedy set in a small Pacific Northwest town that's harboring more than its share of secrets. Be the first to hear members of the cast read excerpts from the show's first season, complete with music and sound effects. (all ages)
South Side Stories | MANUSCRIPT
Three Tacoma writers take us on an exploration of place. Animals escape from the Detroit Zoo and wreak havoc in Livonia, Michigan, in James Keith Smith's 'Fence.' In Ed Komenda's writing, the South Side of Chicago is its own grit-infused character, and John Paolilla leads us through his younger years in NWC and Western Mass with pocket-change aplomb. (all ages)
8:30 P.M.
ON AIR: Conversations with Frank Herbert | PUGET SOUND PIZZA
Join Sasha Victor and Michael Haeflinger in an improvised conversation with Tacoma's Frank Herbert, author of Dune, on the theme of the Mythology of Futurism. Audience members will be invited to join the chat throughout the night by reading excerpts from Dune. (21+)
9:30 P.M.
AFTER-PARTY | DOYLE’S PUBLIC HOUSE’S THE SNUG
Meet up when it’s all said and done to connect and conspire with fellow “crawlers” at Doyl'e’s. Some snacks will be available in the Snug (while supplies last - venue is 21+)