Stage
The show is called Access Denied, but it should be Access by Invitation Only or Access at Your Own Risk. It's the follow-up to Mineral's popular chastity belt show from a year ago. The walls are lined with artist-designed chastity belts displayed on female-form mannequins. They express 21st century takes
Arts
If Debi Hays has anything to do about it, ballet in the Tacoma area is about to take on a new dimension. After recently opening a new ballet school called Ballet Arts Tacoma located downtown at Urban Grace Church, Hays is ready to shake things up and is looking
Archives
I can't remember the last time I was in a Billy McHale's. As a matter of fact, I don't think I've ever been in a Billy McHale's. No, wait, I remember once (a long, long time ago), having some drinks in a place with a mini choo-choo train circling overhead,
Food Matters
Worth the bridge toll Last May Mizu Japanese Steakhouse opened a new location in Gig Harbor. The entrance features a captivating ceiling-to-floor water feature; big red letters spell "Mizu" across backlit white screens that are the backdrop for eight teppanyaki iron grill stations; red and black accents and rich, dark
Features
From traditional Swedish herring and kosher Jewish beef tongue to African Cape Malay yellowtail garlic - and onion - pickling recipes, methods and ingredients differ wildly (just as use of the word pickled may refer to deep purple beets or your neighbor's red nose and consistent slur). Pickling foods is
Archives
"Hipster" is such a loaded word, and one that I'm generally opposed to. For the purposes of this article, however, I will use it constantly. Depending on who you ask, it could mean anything from Day-Glo-loving rich kids who are up on the latest fashions and look down upon those who
Features
Well, it's finally here. For those of you who live near downtown Tacoma or the Stadium District, your newly revamped neighborhood grocery store Stadium Thriftway, is finally having their Renovation Celebration beginning today. What's not to love about these guys and this grand accomplishment? It took more
Listings
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Acoustic open mic hosted by Leanne Trevalyan. 8 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. Rialto Theater Tacoma - Downtown. The Christmas Revels. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $12-$32. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and Grill Tacoma - Northend.
We Recommend
Thee Oh Sees are not shy about what they do. This is made evident by "Warm Slime," the opening track on their album of the same name. At 13 minutes, it's a vast, towering tribute to '60s psychedelia, warts and all. The one-two bass line pounding on
Music
Thee Oh Sees are not shy about what they do. This is made evident by "Warm Slime," the opening track on their album of the same name. At 13 minutes, it's a vast, towering tribute to '60s psychedelia, warts and all. The one-two bass line pounding on and on and
Nightlife It List
Play bingo with those not just killing time before the Grim Reaper calls their number. Every Wednesday at The New Frontier, bingo players are treated to a rather boisterous evening of number-calling by the lovely Brooke. The music rocks, the prizes are craptastic and there's something very satisfying about yelling
Nightlife It List
After the stress of the workweek, the weekend is a welcome chance for rampant partying and hedonistic self-abuse. That's why the ideal Sunday is usually anchored by a movie because the dark room feels good on our aching eyeballs. Well, OK, this movie night is a little different. This Sunday,
Nightlife It List
There‘s nothing on Friday-night TV, so you might as well dust off those dancing shoes and head over to your favorite arty fun house, the Speakeasy Arts Cooperative for Back to School night. "Ring-ring," says the bell. DJs DefCon 1, Bennienugs, Chris Savenetti and Michael Sherman will be schooling you
Scene It
My modus operandi for my night at Latitude 84 is simple: don't get stabbed. The bar's patrons are notoriously ill-mannered. Google Latitude 84 and find security footage of the club's outdoor patio, where a heavyset man cold-clocks a woman, shatters a glass in her face, and consequently sends her to the
We Recommend
The first time I saw Allan Boothe perform, it was a solo set at a benefit show at The New Frontier for the Squeak and Squawk music festival. His performance was bizarre. He stood atop an amp, clear across the room from the stage, guitar in hand,
Music
The first time I saw Allan Boothe perform, it was a solo set at a benefit show at The New Frontier for the Squeak and Squawk music festival. His performance was bizarre. He stood atop an amp, clear across the room from the stage, guitar in hand, back to the
Music
THE DIRTY BIRDS >>> Friday, Sept. 10 Olympia's the Dirty Birds are consistently awesome, a musical staple for the thousands of rock-hungry partygoers who need a tight set to rattle their bones and cure their jones. The band's garage punk/surf-a-billy roots branch into states of sophistication and skank with the well-placed hum
News Front
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,
Listings
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. St. Practice Day. 5 pm. Rialto Theater Tacoma - Downtown. The Christmas Revels. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $12-$32. Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Wed
People Rule
It's official. Col. Leonard J. Kosinski will assume command of the 62nd Airlift Wing from current Commander Col. David Kumashiro in 2015. Kosinksi currently works as the vice commander of the 60th Air Mobility Wing on Travis Air Force Base, California, where he is responsible for the readiness and well being
