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Gayle Selden was an easy interview seeing as we’re good friends who met during our first days together in the Junior League of Tacoma back in 2004. In 2006, with the help of a few JLT co-members, I embarked on beginning a little fund-raiser called Bib ‘n’ Bid — a
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Marco Benevento's new solo album, Me Not Me, explores a wide range of instrumental covers as well as a few original compositions. Me Not Me is Benevento's second solo album, following 2008's Invisible Baby, and is the first on his new record label, The Royal Potato Family. Reed Mathis (Jacob
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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 Candlebox Seattle. March 19 9 pm. $25 (Neumos, TW). Tony DeSare Trio Seattle. March 24-25 7:30 pm. $21.50 (Jazz Alley, 206.441.9729). George Duke Seattle.
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Bobble Tiki has just one simple message for Girl Trouble (whose 25 year anniversary show you can read about on page 13 in this fine rag): Halfway there. Yes, Bobble Tiki isn’t the type to be standoffish or pick a fight — especially with four old school Tacoma punks that are cooler
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Roger Ebert’s review of Watchmen ran in the print version of the Weekly Volcano. Ebert’s peeps will now allow us to run the review online. To read his review online, visit Ebert’s Web site. Watchmen Rating: Four out of four stars Stars: Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup and Matthew Goode Director: Zack Snyder Rated: R for
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Year 15 has arrived for RAGS, an annual charity fashion and art fund-raiser that benefits Pierce County’s YWCA Domestic Violence Programs, which is scheduled for March 13-15 at Larson’s Mercedes-Benz of Tacoma. More pointedly, the wearable art sale and gallery competition is a favorite among those who like to shop,
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The University of Puget Sound’s SCRABBLE Rousers club will host a tournament to raise funds for the Tacoma Community House with triple word scores. I’ve personally always enjoyed hanging onto the “Q,” where it hangs there on your rack like some ultimate weapon of destruction, waiting for that all-enabling “U”
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If you are looking for the DOPE hip-hop, the promotion team with the juice is bringing it … again. Homeland Security out of Olympia continues to consistently deliver quality hip-hop shows, with an emphasis on showcases for local and upcoming acts. Right up the pike is not different … The
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Roger Ebert’s review of Wendy and Lucy ran in the print version of the Weekly Volcano. Ebert’s peeps will now allow us to run the review online. To read his review online, visit Ebert’s Web site. Wendy and Lucy Rating: Three and a half out of four stars Stars: Michelle Williams, Will Patton
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There’s a machine gun on the wall at mineral. It’s made of bread, seed and salt; it’s in a glass-fronted display case with wire mesh, and it looks like some bizarre archeological find as if machine guns existed in the time of Homer’s Odyssey. That’s my imagination at work and
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Ethiopian Spicy Beef Infinite Soups’ Ethiopian Spicy Beef ($2.50 for 8 ounces) soup sent me frantically digging in my purse for bottled water. With ingredients such as yams, beef, poblano pepper, garlic, and ginger — it sounds pretty harmless, right? Yeah, the poblano had some kick but it was Wendy’s
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Good intentions However, sprinkler system law lacks common sense Sometimes, even with the best intentions in mind, lawmakers get it wrong. A perfect example can be found attempts to protect kids from toys made with lead. As you may recall, an uproar was created in 2007 by the discovery of lead in a
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I always hate it when people can’t explain a movie or theater production. It makes it seem like they didn’t watch the show carefully enough. But after seeing Centerstage Theatre’s production of Crucifer of Blood — A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, by Paul Giovanni and directed by Vince Brady, I can
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I saw them standing in front of Puget Sound Pizza as I turned the corner, emerging from a tilted and quiet Tacoma alley into the bustle that is PSP’s late breakfast rush. I was running 10 minutes behind schedule, of course, but they didn’t seem bothered. I lit a cigarette
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A Gig Harbor neurosurgeon who treated the teenage kayaker critically injured Sunday puts a twist on Steve Martin’s famous song: “Oh, I’m picking out a thermos, for you / Not an ordinary thermos, for you.” Just substitute “picking” with “smashing your face in.” MINUS 1 While it probably won’t do a
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Match dot con A woman wrote me on an online dating site. Her profile said she was 42. I'm 37, which isn't a big age difference, so we went out. We had a blast and were planning to go out again when she e-mailed and confessed she'll be 49 in
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These days there may be a good number of people suggesting that they’d sell their soul for a good job. It’s a point Kathryn Smith, General Director of Tacoma Opera, acknowledges even as she sees value in the arts. “All of what we do is important, but it’s not an electricity
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Ah, gawd! Another Girl Trouble article? Another Girl Trouble anniversary? The regularity with which I’ve written stories such as this prove two undeniable facts. Number one: Girl Trouble — the iconic, quirky, punk band that’s about as Tacoma as Tacoma gets — has left an indelible and important mark on
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City of Tacoma is set to get all gung-ho on going green. I mean really green. Like tree green. City officials in charge of Tacoma’s Urban Forestry program recently presented to Tacoma’s Environment and Public Works Committee a comprehensive set of policy guidelines that would make it easier for citizens
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Friday, March 6 Fridays Uncorked, 5-7:30 p.m., $12, Bayview School of Cooking, 516 Fourth Ave. W., Olympia, 360.754.1448. Wine tasting, 6-8 p.m., $7.50-$10, WineStyles Wine & Gifts, 2665 N. Pearl St., Tacoma, 253.756.1922. Saturday, March 7 Oregon Boutique Wines Dinner, 6:30 p.m., $75, Affairs Café & Bakery, 2811 Bridgeport Way W., University Place, 253.565.8604. Wine
