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Listen for the honking and yelling, and then maybe you'll see them: cyclists moving in and out of traffic, between parked cars, then braking hard in front of Fulcrum Gallery on Hilltop Tacoma. Eliot Lipp, Rockwell Powers and Lozen - a musical dream lineup for many - will fill the
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Link to previous installment. Part Two Indeed, Deception Pass Marina was scenic and picturesque, but definitely closed. As we sided up to the dock, we saw one other occupied craft. It was an Emergency Response boat - a big red thing with a lot of obvious wear reflecting many a trip
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It started with a prayer. If you believe in such things, it was a synchronicity - a meaningful coincidence. Three evangelical types - an older African-American woman and a nice-looking young black couple with a baby - showed up on my doorstep. They arrived just 10 minutes before I sat
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It wasn't long into Animal Fire Theatre's outdoor production of Macbeth before I was reminded of Jerzy Grotowski's indispensable book, Towards a Poor Theatre. It's a must-read for any director. Theater can't hope to compete with film in terms of spectacle, so Grotowski argued it should concentrate on writing and
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Legendary producer and MC Warren G will grace Tacoma this weekend, headlining a dope show for any hip-hop head to consume. Joining the legend on stage will be Tacoma's own Fice, Island Trybe, and EvergreenOne and Todd Sykes with DJ Slimrock - known collectively as City Hall. One Warren Griffin III,
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Legendary producer and MC Warren G will grace Tacoma this weekend, headlining a dope show for any hip-hop head to consume. Joining the legend on stage will be Tacoma's own Fice, Island Trybe, and EvergreenOne and Todd Sykes with DJ Slimrock - known collectively as City Hall. One Warren Griffin III,
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The Outfit Theatre Company is 11 friends and colleagues who want to make the kind of theater that they want to make. This may seem like a pointless tautology, but in the world of commercial theater, survival often requires a single-minded focus on what other people want. "It's really difficult to do
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Here & Now, the latest show at Fulcrum Gallery, is an investigation of the styles and concerns of Tacoma artists of different generations, from Lynn Di Nino, born in 1945, to Ian Wheelock, born in 1997 - 16 artists in all including students from the Hilltop Artists in Residence Program. So
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Even if you don't live in Gig Harbor, you simply must have Hy-Iu-Hee-Hee on your tavern resume. Nestled back from Gig Harbor's main waterfront drag, Hy-Iu-Hee-Hee is located on a rural road - the type of road where I imagine a murderer would dump their dead bodies. As a matter
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Laura's Bayview Bar & Grill Where: 229 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma, 253.327.1015Hours: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner dailyCuisine: American and European inspired dishes made from all original recipes. Steak, seafood, pasta, burgers, appetizers, soup, and
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Musicians Exchange operates with a mission to support up-and-coming musicians and provide them with inexpensive instruments and equipment to pursue their dreams. “It’s not the logo on the instrument that makes you good,” says owner Robert Richholt. His Musicians Exchange buys, sells, trades and consigns on South Tacoma Way. Richholt, who
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Last Saturday marked a monumental day in this writer’s life. In a move I’d envisioned many times over the last year, I opened my MySpace account, clicked on “edit profile,” and with a single tear of joy dripping from each of my bloodshot eyes, I calmly made a mouse click that
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Thursday, April 26 Janiva Magness [blues] Big Mamma Thornton, Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith might have not received the attention their male counterparts did, but all were equally influential in bringing the blues out of the juke joints and into the mainstream. In the late ‘60s, Janis Joplin proved that white girls
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So you want to throw a surprise party? Take a look at how our friends at the Tacoma Art Museum do it. They’re throwing a big old “Happy 100th Year, Frida!” bash on Friday, and they’ve pulled out all the stops. What are they doing that you can take inspiration from? Have your
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I like surprises. The good kind of surprises, like a birthday party or finding an extra bottle of premium vodka in the cupboard. And certainly not the bad kind, like a spider in your shoe or absolutely NO vodka in the cupboard. This week's grocery story was a bit of
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. BLUES Dave's of Milton Milton. Blues Jam, hosted by Doug McGrew. 7:30 pm. NC. Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 8 pm. The Spar Tacoma - Old Town. Jerry Miller. 8
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OSAMA BIN ROCKIN Friday, July 23 Tacoma's Osama Bin Rockin did not win "Best Band Name" in the 2010 Weekly Volcano Best of Tacoma poll. That's unfortunate, because they probably should have. Sure, there are some pretty sick-ass band names out there, some fairly memorable monikers, but just hearing this band mentioned
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I don't envy aging rock stars. It seems like, for the vast majority, aging in the music business is a lose-lose situation. Most likely an aging rock star will never make music that's as creatively satisfying - or "good," as we'll call it - as the music they made when
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In 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 chuckle, or
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Cheers South Hill Grill Bleu cheese crumbles lay scattered across mixed leafy greens, grilled, sunny yellow squash, dark green zucchini, mellow red onion and sweet mandarin orange wedges with a citrus marinade finale. Mmmmmm, summer has arrived. If you're like me, you appreciate the fact that Cheers South Hill Grill's menu has
