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When learning numbers in Japanese, it becomes clear that counting plays a very important cultural role. It’s not so much for arithmetic but more for identifying things and people in a way that is in line with the orderliness of the culture. There are two counting methods: one is the ichi,
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Nine years ago, a newbie Tacoma resident ventured onto Sixth Avenue to see what “Art on the Ave” was all about. “I saw, like, four tables and a couple of people walking around,” recalls Claudia Riedener with a chuckle. This year, as she pokes her head out onto Sixth Ave, she’s likely
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This column, Drink of the Week, is about booze — sometimes expensive drinks, sometimes good drinks, rarely bad drinks, many times cheap drinks. Cheap drinks for cheap bastards like me. One day, if I become a day trader, I’ll drink at some of those restaurants on Ruston Way all day long.
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If there’s one thing I’ve learned from writing for this fine rag, it’s that you all LOVE Carmen when she’s on vacation. So with that, I have some music for your nibble-worthy ears. I just got started with another one right now! So many of you followed my Hawaiian adventures and escapades, and
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Art, art, art! I’ve been trying to collect some art that wasn’t mass-produced, since “mass produced” and “art” seem contrary to me. In place of the somewhat tilted sandy beach black and white photograph in our bedroom, the significant one and I will be seeing the lushness of a black and white
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SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, (253) 627-TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TW = TicketsWest, (800) 325-SEAT, www.ticketswest.com TWEB = Ticketweb, (866) 468-7623, www.ticketweb.com on sale now Creedence Clearwater Revisited Shelton. July 13 8 pm. $34-$45 (Little Creek Casino. 800.667.7711). Josh Wolf Seattle. July 13-14 8:30 and 10:30 pm. $20 (Mainstage Comedy and Music Club, TM). Jane Monheit Seattle. July
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“Dames at Sea” “Dames At Sea,” a version of the long-running, off-Broadway musical homage to the classic Hollywood musicals of the 1930s, follows the story of a bumpkin girl who finds her way to the big city. [Paradise Cabaret Theatre, through July 8, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 4 p.m. Sunday, $15-$20, 9911
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There is something about dinosaurs that makes people turn their heads and stare. It could be their massive teeth and their scale-covered skin. Or it could be their bubbly personalities and live-and-let-live lifestyle. Dinosaurs always draw a crowd. A gathering of more than a dozen of the prehistoric loafers will be
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It’s official — First Night Tacoma-Pierce County is back and promises to be bigger, better and more piratey than ever (Piratey is a word. Look it up). Debt-free and ready to roll, the resurrection of Tacoma’s annual non-alcoholic, arts-enriched, sumptuous, family-friendly New Year celebration is alive in a way that
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How is it I’ve not yet been into Girl Talk/The Nail Shoppe/ As It Is? The three businesses share a space, with Stephanie Wilson owning Girl Talk, Stephanie’s husband owning As it Is, and Cortney Young owning The Nail Shoppe. Since I’ve had snaggle-toe issues, I called recently. And since the stars
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Iman. Kirsten Dunst. Gisele Bundchen. Tyra Banks. Cindy Crawford. Cameron Diaz. Naomi Campbell. Heidi Klum. Claudia Schiffer. Uma Thurman. What do all these women have in common? Each has been represented — or is represented — by Elite Model Management, who will be sending scouts to the South Hill Mall on Saturday,
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Jason Gutz, sporting the latest in runway-chic summer fashion for resident aliens, pauses outside the garage “set” of the movie “The Obituary Writer.” His coat, a military surplus find, would have gone well with the cavalry gaiters he almost wore (which didn’t fit over his black boots), the car-manifold chest piece
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The best part of “License to Wed” comes fairly late in the movie, after you haven’t laughed nearly enough, after you’ve looked at your watch a half-dozen times, and long after you’ve decided you don’t care about the characters, not one bit. It’s when John Krasinski punches Robin Williams in the
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His name is Cendtary Xeno, and he goes by Cen. He sings, plays guitar, and writes most of the music for Dem Zaing. The dark sounds are, to me, a sort of cave-meets-metal thing where, if I used my kid’s visualization techniques of music, I’d visualize blacksmiths working on a subterranean level
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Trombonist Randy Oxford is up to it again. In conjunction with the Mineral Lake Event Center, he and his band will be presenting the Mt. Rainer Country Music Festival at the Loggers Jubilee outdoor arena. Oxford has brought in an impressive lineup for this summer blast including Nashville recording artist Jonathan
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Even though I’m your official nightlife correspondent, I have to confess that I’m not perfect. I wish it was possible for me to be in all places at all times (even though it might seem like that really is the case), but I am only one, singular girl. The point of the
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THE TOUR Public art tours Back when I worked in downtown Olympia, I faced cockroaches the size of mice, mice the size of cats, and cats with nasty cases of pinkeye. And that was just in my office. Would it make you feel better if I told you that the office is
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Friday, July 6 BLUEGRASS picket range bluegrass band Wikipedia says Picket Range is a small, extremely rugged subrange of the North Cascades in the northwestern part of the American state of Washington. MySpace says it’s a bluegrass band from, of all places, Seattle. So, I get it, bluegrass is considered to be
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Friday, July 6 BLUEGRASS picket range bluegrass band Wikipedia says Picket Range is a small, extremely rugged subrange of the North Cascades in the northwestern part of the American state of Washington. MySpace says it’s a bluegrass band from, of all places, Seattle. So, I get it, bluegrass is considered to be
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iRetarded. iEmbarrassing. If you take an honest look at the iPhone phenomena — you know the one, it’s been endlessly reported on, talked about, blogged about, and generally forced down our throats since the iPhone was released last week — how can you not hang your head in shame? Driving around Tacoma
