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No seating for you The Weekly Volcano has noticed a rather unusual trend of late — everything seems to be getting smaller (except, of course, for us, but that’s another story). McMansions are downsizing into lofts; iPods go “mini” and “nano,” and if cell phones seem to be getting bigger, well,
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Before the dancing began, Tacoma showed up at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center full of high spirits and fabulous clothes for the Tacoma Art Museum’s fund-raiser gala “The Night Tacoma Danced: European Cabaret.” At first glance, the made-up mini people with interesting hair and makeup lurking near the convention center
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Before the dancing began, Tacoma showed up at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center full of high spirits and fabulous clothes for the Tacoma Art Museum’s fund-raiser gala “The Night Tacoma Danced: European Cabaret.” At first glance, the made-up mini people with interesting hair and makeup lurking near the convention center
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Both Hoopla and Sweet Life used their exquisite customer service to let me know about some fun new spring arrivals. Sweet Life, whose style can be described as making mom happy through making kids cute also makes moms happy through lingerie and bath and body items (hey, moms are women, too!),
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Both Hoopla and Sweet Life used their exquisite customer service to let me know about some fun new spring arrivals. Sweet Life, whose style can be described as making mom happy through making kids cute also makes moms happy through lingerie and bath and body items (hey, moms are women, too!),
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I ran into my friend Roger who has just finished his stint at the Art Institute of Seattle’s Culinary School. Decked out in his apprentice chef smock and checkered pants (apparently good taste doesn’t extend to kitchen wear), he spoke reverently about the passion his instructors bring to their craft
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I ran into my friend Roger who has just finished his stint at the Art Institute of Seattle’s Culinary School. Decked out in his apprentice chef smock and checkered pants (apparently good taste doesn’t extend to kitchen wear), he spoke reverently about the passion his instructors bring to their craft
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This week my fate has officially been sealed — and it’s on wheels, four per foot. In December I scored a spot on the Dockyard Derby Dames, Tacoma’s very own all-girl, flat track Roller Derby league. Amidst my already overbooked schedule, I’ve been training like crazy, up to three nights of
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This week my fate has officially been sealed — and it’s on wheels, four per foot. In December I scored a spot on the Dockyard Derby Dames, Tacoma’s very own all-girl, flat track Roller Derby league. Amidst my already overbooked schedule, I’ve been training like crazy, up to three nights of
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“Stretched Horse,” 2004, concrete and steel, by Mike Moran ‘Survey’ says ... mike moran’s paintings are the real treasure at the evergreen galleries / by alec clayton The Mike Moran exhibition continues through March 16 at Evergreen Galleries, Gallery IV in Olympia. The survey of works created between 1982 and 2007 covers the
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“Stretched Horse,” 2004, concrete and steel, by Mike Moran ‘Survey’ says ... mike moran’s paintings are the real treasure at the evergreen galleries / by alec clayton The Mike Moran exhibition continues through March 16 at Evergreen Galleries, Gallery IV in Olympia. The survey of works created between 1982 and 2007 covers the
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Two Sarahs arrive in Tacoma this weekend with a mighty tough assignment: trying to capture one of the greatest icons of female sexuality ever created — Carmen. Massachusetts native Sarah Heltzel, who spent the last two seasons with Seattle Opera’s Young Artist Program, performed her first Carmen this fall at Skagit
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Two Sarahs arrive in Tacoma this weekend with a mighty tough assignment: trying to capture one of the greatest icons of female sexuality ever created — Carmen. Massachusetts native Sarah Heltzel, who spent the last two seasons with Seattle Opera’s Young Artist Program, performed her first Carmen this fall at Skagit
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Thursday POP the lund bros. It’s one thing to have one musically inclined child, but two? Good genes I suppose. In the tradition of Oasis and the Kinks, the Lund Bros. are considered the kings of pop in their hometown of Tacoma. With catchy guitar hooks, poppy rhythms, and in sync harmonies,
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Thursday POP the lund bros. It’s one thing to have one musically inclined child, but two? Good genes I suppose. In the tradition of Oasis and the Kinks, the Lund Bros. are considered the kings of pop in their hometown of Tacoma. With catchy guitar hooks, poppy rhythms, and in sync harmonies,
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They describe their music as “modern hard-rock melodies with a few old school headbangers sprinkled in.” Old School Drop Out is not a band that caters to people who would be just as happy with a jukebox. They don't take quarters for song requests. They stake their territory as a
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They describe their music as “modern hard-rock melodies with a few old school headbangers sprinkled in.” Old School Drop Out is not a band that caters to people who would be just as happy with a jukebox. They don't take quarters for song requests. They stake their territory as a
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On Friday, March 2, the Mob Law, Totalisti, Counterfist, and the Funky Monkey’s Damon Stuart will be at The South Sound Garage, unleashing their real-deal metal chops, and in Stuart’s case his mouth, to celebrate the club’s grand opening. Although The Garage opened its doors briefly in December to give
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On Friday, March 2, the Mob Law, Totalisti, Counterfist, and the Funky Monkey’s Damon Stuart will be at The South Sound Garage, unleashing their real-deal metal chops, and in Stuart’s case his mouth, to celebrate the club’s grand opening. Although The Garage opened its doors briefly in December to give
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Sitting in the lobby of the Sheraton Tacoma Hotel as Wintergrass swirled around him, Josh Carter looked conspicuously non-banjoesque and took some time to describe elements of his look for the Weekly Volcano. The fabulously zebra Guess? pants were found at urbanXchange, several sizes too large. Carter’s girlfriend (coincidentally last week’s
