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South Tacoma Way is a major throughway linking Tacoma to Lakewood, and houses a diverse community of business establishments lined upon it. The Urban Spelunker has previously journeyed through Korea Town - Lakewood's International District that calls this road home - and now we will journey through another length -
Health
On occasion, Russ Carlson will be talking with another military veteran about coming out to golf with him. The vet will shake his head no, saying an injury he suffered wouldn't allow him to do that. Carlson will then reach for a golf club. "Then he'll bang it on his false leg
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As theme shows culled from a museum's permanent collection go, "Northwest in the West: exploring Our Roots" is not half bad. There are works that have been shown at TAM multiple times before, like Gaylen Hansen's iconic "Kernal Riding Through Snakes" and William Ivey's "Blues and Whites," and that's
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Prints are not what they used to be. Not that artists do not still make etchings, lithographs and silkscreen prints, but what they do with these and other print media - often in inventive and never-before-thought-of combinations and employing new digital technologies - can be like
Arts
Prints are not what they used to be. Not that artists do not still make etchings, lithographs and silkscreen prints, but what they do with these and other print media - often in inventive and never-before-thought-of combinations and employing new digital technologies - can be like nothing ever before seen. Frank
Food Matters
DISTILLERY'S NIGHT Gig Harbor's Heritage Distilling Company is invading Meconi's Pub (709 Pacific Ave., Tacoma) with drink specials, swag giveaway and more. It's your chance to meet the folks who concoct HDC's sweet, sweet nectars. Festivities occur 5-7 p.m. Friday, May 30. STONE SOUL PICNIC Every Friday during our brief warm weather months,
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Portland band Ages and Ages, without getting all touchy-feely, has eschewed apathy in favor of forthright optimism. Like the Arcade Fire did a decade ago, Ages and Ages recruit their entire band to sing at once, less for the sensation of catharsis, and more for the feeling of togetherness. Isn't
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Over the course of Union's short, locally brewed career - all two years of it - he's risen from general anonymity to the sort of name recognition that comes from having packed Jazzbones on a number of occasions, killed it at Art on the Ave, and received the positive
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Radiohead took a weird turn after OK Computer. Instead of jettisoning into the atmosphere of rock gods, they pulled back and decided to make music that they could enjoy, which meant alienating a section of their audience. They continued this trend, making their music more and more specific, until they'd
Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week and down the road. 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 Vanity: Seven Deadly Sins
PROMO
(CONTEST CLOSED) For this week's Morning Quickie e-newsletter contest we're giving away a pair of tickets to see the Tacoma Rainiers take on the Sacramento River Cats Wednesday, April 14. To enter the contest for the pair of tickets, send an email to feedback@weeklyvolcano.com.
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The Family Curse describe themselves as "electro filth rock," and that definitely does a more succinct job of letting you know what they're all about than I could. To be more specific, the Family Curse sound positively caked with grime and some weird sticky substance that you don't even want
News Front
Whether you commute onto Joint Base Lewis-McChord every day or travel anywhere between Tacoma and Olympia during rush hours, you're familiar with the congestion on Interstate 5. While the state and local agencies are definitely aware of the problem and actively working to find a solution, they also know that
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Public inebriation and the problems that go along with it can be the scourge of a neighborhood. Just ask residents of Tacoma's South End and East Side, where empty cans of beer and the smell of degenerate urine once ruled the day. Luckily, residents of the East Side and South End
Arts
Friday marks the return of an event that's quickly become a Tacoma underground institution - the Friday Frost Park Chalk-Off Challenge - or whatever it's officially called. The "official" name really isn't important: what's important is the action. Now entering season three of weekly Frost Park Chalk-Offs, the Frost Park chalk
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In an unexpected turn of events that has many alumni and current students scratching their heads (even more so than usual), The Evergreen State College announced earlier this week a plan to institute grades at the state's most liberal of liberal arts colleges by 2012. Originally founded in 1967 as
Music
It's a new week, which means it's time for a new installment of Bobble Tiki's South Sound music news and notes column. Without further ado, let's get rolling. Technology is constantly improving Bobble Tiki's life. Before the Internet, Twitter, Facebook and smart phones - the daily information that entered Bobble Tiki's
