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Grit City Magazine

  • 5.6.1
  • 2018-

A quarterly magazine focused on histories, profiles, essays, art, and photojournalistic documentation of aspects of Tacoma's society and culture. Each issue includes a supplemental art poster. This collection contains all issues of the magazine to the most current issue.

Grit City Magazine

Hard Copy 5

This edition includes sections:
-zombies taking over the city
-human trafficking in Tacoma
-the largest spiral staircase in Tacoma is hidden in a forest
-the Tacoma Women of Color Collective
-that enormous Tacoma Screw flag
Includes 11x17 digital print by Joseph Brooks

Hard Copy 6

This edition includes sections:
-the story behind Tacoma's stencil boy
-a piece on the high number of homicides that happened here in 2019
-a look at what is up with Takoma
-facts about the City of Destiny
Includes 11x17 digital print of a day-to-night photograph by Marvin Freeman

Hard Copy 18

This edition includes sections:
-Five Mile Drive
-Tales of a Tacoma Charter Dive Boat
-Cast of Thousands Studio
-Burning Hollywood
-Discernibly Turgid: The Awkward Legalities of Tacoma’s Adult Entertainment -Industry
-How to be a Californian in Tacoma
-Stories From the Neighbors
-Hard Knocks Part I
-Inside the Mind of Jerome Trescott
-All the Grit City Business Names That Shouldn’t Exist

Includes 11/17 print by local artist Jerome Trescott.

Hard Copy 3

This edition includes sections:
-Working in a tower crane
-Graffiti in Tacoma
-Cold water swimming
Includes 11x17 print by Taylor Rushing

Hard Copy 8

This edition includes sections:
-Growing Up With Ivan the Gorilla ®
-Am I the Asshole in This Pandemic?
-¡Viva el Halcón Negro!
-Narratives of Salishan
Includes 11x17 print by Lydia Selk

Hard Copy 9

This edition includes sections:
-Examining Racism in Tacoma
-18 Truths and a Lie: The Untold Stories of Beautiful Angle
-ʔabshəliʔ ti txʷəlšucid (Lushootseed Lives)
-The Dutchman
Includes 11x17 print by Tiffanny Hammonds

Hard Copy 12

This edition includes sections:
-Tug Life with Captain Katrina
-Cherchez La Moe’s
-Go to Tacoma; You’ll Like it
-Bridging the Gap Between Past and Present
-Grit City Meets the Gridiron
-Map It Like It’s 1981
-Flora and Fauna of Tacoma’s Intertidal Zones
-@tacoma: The Most Popular Inactive Instagram Account in Tacoma
Includes 11x17 print by Gerardo Peña (Periko The Artist)

Hard Copy 10

This edition includes sections:
-A Night of Squid Jigging on Les Davis Pier
-Tahoma Doesn’t Love Us
-You’ll Like Tacoma: Booster Songs of the City of Destiny
-I Spy, With My Little Eye—One Dumpster Fire
Includes 11x17 print by Amy Lewis

Hard Copy 13

This edition includes sections:
-Tacoma’s Hidden Magic
-Build. Destroy. Repeat. A Skater’s Labor of Love.
-Tacoma as a Tapestry
-Scrappdaddy To the Rescue
-Raise a Glass of Heidelberg Once Again
-Guess the Tacoma Spot
Includes 11x17 print by Leta Johnson

Hard Copy 15

This edition includes sections:
-Legitimate Pete: Rumrunning, Motherships, and the Pirate Hanging
-Revisiting the Star of Destiny
-Orpheus & Eurydice Rewritten
-Tacoma is Growing
-The Tacoma Mystery Map
Includes 11x17 print by Noah Struthers

Hard Copy 20

This edition includes sections:
-Tacoma Cemetery Nature Walk: Summer & Fall
-Presidents Suck, But Don’t Yell at Them to Help Tacoma
-Tacoma Has Always Been Rainy
-Seeking Friends in Tacoma
-Colliding in Place
-Tacoma State of Mind
-On Sobbing While Pole Dancing and The Divine Feminine
-Hard Knocks Part III
-Tacoma Horoscope
-Painting Through the Darkness

Includes 11/17 print by local artist Elexia Johnson.

Hard Copy 7

This edition includes sections:
-To Hell With Fusty Prudery in the City of Destiny
-Tacoma’s Slater Museum: Where Dead Things Come to Life
-Red Kelly for Governor! When a Jazz Bassist Got His Name on the State’s Biggest Ticket
-Patches, Beat Downs, & Good Clean American Fun
Includes 11x17 print by Cassandra Kuring

Hard Copy 11

This edition includes sections:
-Drag Night at Destiny’s
-Saying “So Long” To the ASARCO Smelter Stack
-Thank You for Fucking With Us—Etcetera
-Celebrating the Mundane: The Photography of Larry Abraham
Includes 11x14 print by graffiti artist, Deal.

Hard Copy 14

This edition includes sections:
-Bizarre Stories From the JBLM Public Affairs Office
-From East to West: Stories of Being Black on the Coasts
-A Brief History of the W. W. Seymour Conservatory
-A Year of Tahoma
-The House on Fawcett
-두려워 하지마 (Don’t be Afraid)
Includes 11x17 print by Paige Pettibon

Hard Copy 16

This edition includes sections:
-So You Want to Run for Mayor
-Psalm 139:22
-Disturbing the Peace
-The Perfect Wedding Dress
-Black on the Coasts Part III
-Russell Barnes and his Magical Miniature World
-Fix Your Sidewalks, Tacoma
-Medicinal Plants of the Port of Tacoma
-Bold Lines: The Unmistakable Art of Delaney Saul
Includes 11x17 print by Delaney Saul

Hard Copy 17

This edition includes sections:
-In Bloom: The Forgotten Tacoma Barn Where Nirvana Found Their Voice
-The Fisherman
-Examining Whiteness
-/imagine Tacoma
-Moving to Tacoma: A Gentrifier’s Guide
-How to Cook a Husband
-The Tigers of South Tacoma
-Uncovering Footage of the Narrows Bridge Collapse
-The Spicy Colors of OviArt
-WiFi Network Names According to Tacoma Neighborhoods

Includes 11/17 print by local artist OviArt.