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You have to walk up stairs. You have to walk down long halls. Technically, to see the art in the Tacoma Post office Building you have to, well, walk. Held the same night at the third Thursday Tacoma Art Mingle, the city-wide art walk, the Tacoma Post office Building ART
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So, they cut me open and saddled me. I came out of the surgery and recovery quite well. Looking back now, it seems almost comical that one of my first worries was whether I could rehabilitate my abdomen muscles in time to play two sets I had committed to
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You should really stop reading this right now. Seriously. It isn't that Searching for Sugar Man's plot developments are gotcha!-like, but this documentary does boast some bowl-you-over reveals best experienced blind. Swedish filmmaker Malik Bendjelloul treks his camera to South Africa to investigate the legend of Rodriguez, a '70s-era singer-songwriter
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DOA >>> Saturday, June 5 The South Sound has it made in the music department. This little watered-down peninsula not only generates amazing talent, but also attracts amazing talent; we get some of the best touring bands around. We are that sweet little spot between Portland and Seattle that other towns wish
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Here's a novel idea: Put rags and ribbons on the floor at the Museum of Glass. After all, there is breakable glass everywhere. Check that. Rags & Ribbons is actually a melodic rock band from Portland, Oregon. The band rocks the anthems, driven by classically-inspired piano. Progressive and post-rock influences
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Fact and fiction, truths and falsehoods, loyalty and betrayal, are at the core of this fascinating new film from director Lasse Hallstrom. Based on the intriguing, amusing and often disturbing story of literary hoaxer Clifford Irving and his attempt to convince the world he was Howard Hughes’ officially designated biographer,
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The old, wealthy husband. The young, beautiful wife. The torrid affair. The gun. The perfect crime. The surprise twist ending. These are the main ingredients of “Fracture,” director Gregory Hoblit’s latest film, in which he makes generous use of Hollywood’s tried-and-true recipe for intelligent thrillers — films that don’t rely
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on sale now Groundation Olympia. April 27 7 pm (all ages) and 11 pm (21+). $10, $15 booth (The Vault, www.buyolympia.com). The Presidents of the United States of America Parkland/Tacoma. May 4 8 pm. $20-$25 (Olson Gym, Pacific Lutheran University, TW). Hiromi Seattle. May 8-9 7:30 pm. $20.50 (Jazz Alley, TM). Lifesavas, Strange Fruit
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Immediately following the Tacoma Daffodil Grand Parade in downtown Tacoma Saturday, the Tacoma Jazz and Blues Festival will hit four downtown venues — Greater Tacoma Convention Center, The Swiss, The Harmon Pub and Brewery, and the Tacoma School of the Arts on Broadway. The Festival was founded in 2004 by Rich
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You're probably familiar with the Marcy Playground story - or at least the band's hit "Sex and Candy." The song came from Marcy Playground's platinum-selling, self-titled, major label debut, released by Capitol Records in '97 and highlighted by a grunge-stained take on folk rock and the occasional children's rhyme. As
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Roughly 15 years later, and millions of records removed (almost all of them sold in the late ‘90s - an era that feels like eons ago), John Wozniak is headed back to Olympia. And he's bringing the band that took him away in the first place, Marcy Playground, with him. If you
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Neil Simon's Plaza Suite debuted in 1968, four months before I was born, so it was probably inevitable that I found myself contemplating the passage of time as I watched Olympia Little Theatre's revival. In three acts, each of which take place in Suite 719 of the
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Neil Simon's Plaza Suite debuted in 1968, four months before I was born, so it was probably inevitable that I found myself contemplating the passage of time as I watched Olympia Little Theatre's revival. In three acts, each of which take place in Suite 719 of the Plaza Hotel in
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The 20th season of Harlequin Productions in Olympia begins this winter, so it was a fine time to sit with founding members Scot and Linda Whitney for a look back. What began as a fairly routine interview morphed into a fascinating conversation about one of theater's most daunting ongoing challenges:
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Look here, Tacoma Farmers Market. If you served alcohol, I wouldn't have to drag my ass outside of your barricaded confines for a little hooch after lunch; I'd have one-stop gluttonous shopping all within one downtown Tacoma block. But NO. Instead, you heed all county/city permits, rules and regulations -
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Our little Northwest piece of the world will take part in global fanaticism beginning June 11 when team captains shake hands for the first match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In the Tacoma area, Doyle's Public House is pretty much synonymous with soccer. Doyle's patrons are quite familiar with St.
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You poor, tragic thing. Your friends have all but deserted you for a fabulous holiday weekend camping in the mountains, and you are stranded, Banarama-style, here in the South Sound. The only way to exact revenge is to have a better time than those so-called friends. This calls for some
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Have I ever met someone of the goth persuasion? Sure. Could I pick a goth kid out of a lineup? Probably. Do I know what a goth actually is? No fucking clue. Goth is one of these frustratingly murky terms that worms its way into the zeitgeist, but after years of existing
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Saturday morning starting at Cheney Stadium, the 5K Undy 500 - described as a "brief run" (get it?) - will raise money for the Colon Cancer Alliance, a patient advocacy group dedicated to ending the suffering of colon cancer victims and raising awareness of colon cancer in general - the
