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Sgt. Stephanie Banuelos thinks that leadership comes through experience and taking advantage of opportunities.“By taking advantage of what the Army has offered me, I have learned – and continue to learn – how to be a good leader,” said the BOSS (Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers) team installation leader, as
A permanent patio enclosure has been installed in front of Pacific Avenue’s newest bistro, Seven-Oh-One. Also permanent, the bar inside is complete and the happy hour is up and running smoothly. From 4:30-6 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, bar menu tappas and martinis are only $3. Crostini topped with pork and
Every neighborhood has one — a local tavern that only the regulars truly appreciate, a local version of Cheers where everyone knows your name. The Parkway Tavern has been serving locals with excellent pub grub, hosting brewery nights and sponsoring local softball teams for decades. The Parkway steers away from
Brad Oberhofer is one of the ones that got away. Having found success at Tacoma School of the Arts, Oberhofer fulfilled the promise that all art students make to themselves: he left. Having studied music for most of his lucid life, he finally got out of dodge, heading for New
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ADAM: A tentative romance blossoms between a young man with Asperger’s (Hugh Dancy) and a young woman (Rose Byrne) touched by him. He lacks social skills and instincts, she coaches him, he begins to experience unfamiliar emotions. They make a pleasant couple, but the story is a little too tidy.
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The Tacoma Rainiers are out of town, but that doesn’t mean you have to forgo an evening of fierce, hard-hitting competition Saturday. Lace up your skates and sharpen your elbows, because the Dockyard Derby Dames’ flat track roller derby league invades Pierce College Saturday night for an All-Star Bout. Come
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So I was wondering what I was going to write my column about this week and was chatting with some actress friends of mine about the state of modern theater. They lamented about there not being a lot of great roles for woman that don't involve being a vixen, hooker,
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Dun Juan I always recommend your column; however, I take issue with your slamming “Joe Spokes” for not directly asking out the girl in his bike group. Besides, only a fool would take a woman on a date and pay. It takes discipline, but if I invite a woman out, I
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It’s a new week, which means it’s time for a new installment of Bobble Tiki’s South Sound music notes column. Let’s get rolling… First of all, please excuse Bobble Tiki this week. He’s a bit frazzled and a bit fried. He spent all Saturday last weekend “relaxing” at Music
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Dear reader: If you’re going to be in Seattle anytime in the next six weeks, please stop by the Convention Center downtown to see my show Definitions of Space. I’m showing with three other artists, two from Tacoma and one from Port Orchard. From Port Orchard comes Patrice Tullai. The Tacoma
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THE KAMIKAZIES Saturday, Aug. 22 Scorching. This would be one word to describe the Kamikazies’s brand of no holds barred rock and roll. Two other words might be drunk and disorderly, but let’s not delve into name-calling or nitpicking. The bottom line is this relatively new Seattle band has its blackened heart
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Sometimes the themes that clamor for our artistic attention are overwhelming. The old Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times,” takes on a special significance for artists. Chandler O’Leary and Jessica Spring know this, and chooses to focus at least one series of print creations on the mystery and
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Roger Ebert’s review of Inglourious Basterds 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 Inglourious Basterds Score: Four out of four stars Stars: Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz and Diane Kruger Directed by: Quentin
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Brad Oberhofer is one of the ones that got away. Having found success at Tacoma School of the Arts, Oberhofer fulfilled the promise that all art students make to themselves: he left. Having studied music for most of his lucid life, he finally got out of dodge, heading for New
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New bar, new bev, new beats A permanent patio enclosure has been installed in front of Pacific Avenue’s newest bistro, Seven-Oh-One. Also permanent, the bar inside is complete and the happy hour is up and running smoothly. From 4:30-6 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, bar menu tappas and martinis are only
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Sweatshop Union plays Olympia tonight The award-winning Canadian Hip-Hop group, Sweatshop Union will rock the crowd at Olympia’s Royal Lounge (311 Capital Way, downtown Olympia) tonight combining conscious lyrics, crowd-rocking tactics and a long and rich history of representing the best of hip-hop straight from the ‘much-slept-on, vastly beautifully land of
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It’s Friday night at the bar. Your boyfriend has just finished his hiccup-filled rendition of AC/DC’s “Back in Black”. You’re out of smokes, and Jägermeister is dripped down the front of your favorite white hoodie. The bartender is shooting dirty looks, and the bathroom has a line a mile long. Yep,
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If I was reminded of one thing last weekend at Music and Art in Wright Park — it was the power of history and friendships in a place like Tacoma. Or is that two things? Crap. OK — if I was reminded of two things last weekend, it was the power
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Thursday, Aug. 20 Half-price wine, Maxwell’s Speakeasy, 454 St. Helens, Tacoma, 253.683.4115. Wine tasting, five pours for $5, Vinum Coffee and Wine Lounge, 1001 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.572.8215. Wine tasting, noon to 6 p.m., complimentary, Walter Dacon Winery, 50 S.E. Skookum Inlet Road, Shelton, 360.426.5913. Friday, Aug. 21 Wines from the Loire Valley tasting, 3-6
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SUMMER LUNCH SERIES Food and entertainment on a large slab of concrete, every Friday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., through Sept. 18 at 17th and Commerce in Tacoma. COOKING DEMONSTRATION Garfield Book Company hosts “Julia! A Cooking Celebration,” Aug. 20 from 6-8 p.m. at 405 Garfield St. in Tacoma. The class is free. WEEKEND
