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ANNOUNCER: What the heck is a hidden gem, anyway? The phrase rises from the mist of culinary cliché, a cheery, primordial beast eager to swallow any eye-opening South Sound dining experience that wanders unchained out of our delicious quotidian. So precious! So unexpected! So Dockside Bistro & Wine Bar! JAKE: Hidden
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About a year ago The Acme Grub Cage was purchased by an eager bartender and his customer. Together they are changing the way Tacoma views this once dilapidated dive bar. New wooden cabinets are stained and ready for the multitude of liquor bottles that will be available once their liquor
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Hags to riches My boyfriend of a year has his own home, as do I. He needs a roommate to help pay bills, and only a woman has responded. She'll have her own bedroom, but they'll share a bathroom. He advertised in the campus housing office, so she must be young,
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So often as I sit in a dark theater screening a new film, a little voice in my head goes off saying, “Here we go again! You’ve already seen this film.” Of course, it’s not that I’m actually watching the exact same movie, but especially when it comes to romantic
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Last week I was getting to the point of a nervous breakdown. The work world was relentlessly beating at my door, social endeavors were as demanding as ever, I could barely get to my volunteer activities, and on top of all of that, I had my first statistics test. Well, supportive
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No matter how much we want to deny it or discount it, the South Sound was built by and for the railroad that runs through it. Tacoma was the end of the line for the transcontinental tracks a century ago, and that fact continues to shape who we are as members
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Fantastic designer labels with excellent flattering cuts in some of the newest and hottest styles and pattern trends are what one will find at Envy, a North Tacoma boutique fully stocked with women’s clothing and accessories. Accessories, ah yes. Envy’s large wall displays that imitate art hold a princess’s ransom in
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Tonight 30 teams of filmmakers will converge on The Grand Cinema in Tacoma. They have all anticipated this night for weeks, maybe months. They cram into the theater lobby, receive their instructions, then rush out the door again. Their mission: create a short film entirely from scratch in only 72
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You may have seen their HBO series or clips of their performances on YouTube, but the first full-length album from Flight of the Conchords is now available. Although we’ve been singing “Business Time” since their six-song EP, The Distant Future, was released last August, their new self-titled album includes 15
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Tried spending a night on the phone dirty talking with a plate of risotto? Ever pick up a bananas Foster in a seedy bar? Sociologists, historians and anthropologists have long studied the feeding habits of humans, but should psychologists and psychoanalysts do the same? And if they did, what would they
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Shirts, tanks and sweaters have progressively gotten longer and longer over the past few years. This trend has made it difficult to find pants that won’t cause the bottom of the shirt to bunch up, making your lower stomach look like a giant round bulge. For 21-year-old Geraldine Picardol, studying
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Born and raised over on the West-sigh-eed, I lived this crazy cloistered existence, which encompassed unincorporated University Place (now citified), Lakewood and Ruston Way (see last week’s column). Everything else was too far away, and downtown Tacoma was strictly off-limits. I now live in the heart of Tacoma and make
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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 El Gran Combo Seattle. May 9 9 pm. $40-$50 (EMP/SFM@The Seattle Center, 206.770.2702). Bucky Pizzarelli Trio Seattle. May 13-14 7:30 pm. $23.50 (Jazz Alley, TM). The Posies, The Joshua Cain Band, Bumma Stoge
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Urban Art Festival and Seattle-based arts collective Artifakt have cooked up something you’d be a fool to miss. The Urban Art Festival Fundraiser, Thursday, May 8 at The Swiss, will feature Tacoma-born, Seattle-based hip-hop crew Life Cycle, sonic wizards The New Law, Can-U, DJs Hannibal and Grym. Life Cycle sounds
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The delightful and well-crafted Iron Man, based on the Marvel Comics franchise, is one of the smartest superhero films to come down the pike in some time. Robert Downey Jr. again reveals why he is one of the best actors of his generation — allowing himself simultaneously to be playful
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Hey look. It’s an article about Bob’s Java Jive. I bet it’s going to start with a beefy retrospective paragraph about when Nirvana did or The Monkeys didn’t play there, and mentions of Granny Go Go, and Bing Crosby, and There’s always something about The Monkeys. That’s the way all
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This spring and summer, Go Local! and Tacoma Farmer’s Market will offer chances to see, do, eat, experience, learn and, er, lounge at the soon-to-debut Local Living Lounge. Every Thursday, in conjunction with Tacoma Farmer’s Market, The Local Living Lounge will occupy the space officially known as Pierce Transit Theater
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Community Council: Mad as hell at Metro Parks The Community Council of Tacoma, which is made up of representatives from all of Tacoma’s Neighborhood Councils, will not be ignored. They’re mad as hell at Metro Parks Tacoma, and they’re not going to take it anymore — or at least much longer. Angered
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East Coast versus West Coast. Bobble Tiki’s not talking about a hip-hop war this time, rather the preconceptions and stereotypes that people from both places seem to harbor for the other. Bobble Tiki’s as guilty as anyone. Bobble Tiki figures everyone from New York is exactly like someone he’s seen on
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I’ve done a bit of trash talking about Neil Simon plays over the years. This is particularly because only about three or four of his plays ever seem to find their way onto a stage. Community theaters always seem to stage his “war trilogy,” and that’s about it. But there are
