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There's a really big show at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts, and it's not on the stage. It's called Gold we have Spun from Straw! and it stretches throughout the Washington Center lobby, mezzanine and the upper balcony. The place is full of art. Really big art. Especially big
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Each year The Vagina Monologues is performed at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, and each year the event is one of the year's most memorable collegiate stage shows. Performed by Greeners, presented by the school's Women's Resource Center, and this year directed by Sam Cori and Cari Pendergrass, The Vagina
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Roger Ebert’s review of Moon 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. Moon Score: Three and a half out of four stars Stars: Sam Rockwell, Kaya Scodelario, Benedict Wong, Matt Berry,
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Roger Ebert’s review of Bruno 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. Bruno Score: Three and a half out of four stars Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen and Gustaf Hammarsten Directed by: Larry
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BRUNO: To describe Sacha Baron Cohen’s character Bruno as flamboyantly gay would be an understatement. He makes Bruce Vilanch seem like Mike Tyson. Bruno is disgraced in his native Austria when he wears a Velcro suit to Fashion Week and sticks to backdrops, curtains and models. It’s slapstick worthy of
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WINNER DINNER El Gaucho in downtown Tacoma hosts a wine winner with Long Shadows Vintners Friday, July 10 at $125 a pop. OH DESCHUTES 99 Bottles (35002 Pacific Hwy. S., Federal Way) celebrates Deschutes Brewery’s 21st anniversary Saturday, July 11, 2-5 p.m., with $1 samples. SUMMER NIGHT OUT The Melting Pot in downtown Tacoma has
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In the swelter of Independence Day, I’m collected by a rusted pickup driven by Tommy Dean’s father. From there, I’m taken to Dean’s trailer, the sound of firecrackers like white noise in the distance. I’m taken aback by how perfect these modest accommodations fit Dean’s aesthetic: in his world of
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Like emotions? Like, REALLY like emotions? Then you just might go nuts for Giacomo Puccini. The bad news is Giacomo Puccini, championed and ridiculed for his overly-emotional flare, died in 1922. The good news is the Northwest Sinfonietta is bringing Puccini's three great works, Madama Butterfly, La boheme, and Tosca to stages
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It’s a new week, which means it’s time for a new edition of Bobble Tiki’s South Sound music notes column. Let’s get rolling … Perhaps the most exciting news this week is related to Wright Park in Tacoma — and, no, it has nothing to do with the guy
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What's our favorite thing about the "Boobie Bash" scheduled for Valentine's Day at Hell's Kitchen? Well, you'll be happy to know the fact it inspired the Tacoma Weekly to run with the headline "Show your love for boobies this Valentine's Day" is only second on our list. Yes, it's hard to
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JAZZ UNDER THE STARS Thursday, July 9 Not sure what this means astrologically speaking, but it’s time again for the annual Jazz Under the Stars summer concert series, which kicks off tonight at the outdoor amphitheater of the Mary Baker Russell Music Center on the Pacific Lutheran University campus. In the wake
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King’s Books invites you to invoke your inner child and throw down on some triple word scores as it presents the next installment of Scrabble Rousers Tuesday. Unleash your desire with a game of Scrabble is the invitation — reclaim the innocence and power of shaping the word matrix. It’s
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For those of you who have been living under the rocks located outside of Kentucky Fried Chicken’s front landscaping, there is such a thing as locally grown organic produce. And for those of you who have not clued in to the uber-hip culture that surrounds everything locally grown and organic
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Shanghai House Where: 1126 Commerce St., Tacoma, 253.627.1859 Hours: Monday-Saturday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Cuisine: Chinese Scene: Casual Drinkies: Limited beer and wine, no liquor, soda, tea, coffee Damage: $4.50-$15.95 ANNOUNCER: Cellars Under Broadway, Thad Martin’s Djembe Soul and now Shanghai House. These three restaurants span a decade
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Courtesy photo “A PIECE OF ART”: Odessa Christiana and other local fashion designers present a fashion show Sunday on Sixth Avenue. Art on the Ave Tacoma neighborhood summer festival adds fashion BY PAUL SCHRAG It’s time to take over Sixth Avenue again, Tacoma, as dozens of artists, vendors, musicians, merchants and crazies prepare for another
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I’ve got some questions written out. The first one is this: “Where are you now? What are you doing right now?” I hate phone interviews. (“Phonies,” in the parlance.) They’re so awkward and, well, phony. No nuance. No mood. No raised eyebrows, smiles or furrowed foreheads. No waitress to tease. No
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Ah, summer in the South Sound. A time for baseball, camping, riding bikes, climbing trees, cooking out. Time for walking beaches and hiking mountains. A time to eat bear stew in McCleary, race boats in Olympia and geek out to world music in Tacoma’s Wright Park. That’s right, it’s festival
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We've sung the praises of Tacoma's Gritty City Sirens burlesque troupe, and also the praises of Olympia's much-heralded Tush! burlesque troupe. We've done a lot of singing, when it comes to local burlesque anyway. Rarely, if ever, however, have we gotten the chance to sing the praises of Tush! and
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In (almost) every issue of this fine rag my hack team of wannabe journalists and I tackle some of the most laughable criminal acts that have recently happened in our area. Then - if we're doing our job - we write about those crimes in a way that makes you
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Everyone likes a good party. Or almost everyone does. We've got this friend, Barry, who doesn't like parties AT ALL. He's adamant about it. But he's also in the minority. That's why we feel more than comfortable saying next Thursday's Best of Olympia 2012 Party at the 4th Avenue Tavern
