Food Matters
COOKING WITH ITALIAN GRANDMOTHERS: Author Jessica Theroux will sign her book, Cooking with Italian Grandmothers: Recipes and Stories from Tuscany to Sicily, at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3 inside The Mark (407 Columbia St., Olympia). Aperitifs are a certainty. FESTIVUS: Minoela (604 Fawcett, Tacoma) will host a holiday wine, chocolate and
Music Features & Columns
After interviewing Hot Panda's Chris Connelly, I accidentally left my recorder taping for ten minutes as I breathed heavily and read Twitter. I'm afraid to listen. Besides being generally ashamed of hearing my big fat mug heaving sluggishly as I stare deeply into my glowing computer screen (were it not for
Features
I haven't told any good stories lately. I mean this column is called "Grocery Stories" after all. What's the deal? So this week I have a good story and some suggestions for shopping attire etiquette. Do you I have your attention? Yeah, it's pretty weird. Last night I was invited over
Stage & Visual Reviews
Big Brother is watching. He peers out from the walls of Fulcrum Gallery. In this instance "Big Brother" is the brother of artist Nicki Sucec, whose show at Fulcrum is a homage to her brother and a testament to the variety and creativity that can be unleashed by taking a
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Big Brother is watching. He peers out from the walls of Fulcrum Gallery. In this instance "Big Brother" is the brother of artist Nicki Sucec, whose show at Fulcrum is a homage to her brother and a testament to the variety and creativity that can be unleashed by taking a
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This year marks Cash Flow Show III, but the package is as tight as ever. Local artists you know and love, slinging a bounty of artistic goodness priced at $25 or less, will set up shop and give you an even better-than-normal excuse to skip the malls: Help Grit City's
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If there's one thing the youth of today are missing out on it's morbid-ass playground rhymes. Where would we be without gems like: "Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks. When she found what she had done, she gave her father forty-one"? Friday, Theater Artists Olympia
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Coming to Tacoma on Friday is a documentary called Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry, about the life and times of Norman "Sailor Jerry" Collins, a legendary tattoo artist. His style was distinct - often featuring nautical imagery, colorfully presented with much attention to detail and shading. Sailor Jerry tattoos, as they
Stage & Visual Reviews
Comedian W. C. Fields once quipped, "Never work with animals or children." Fortunately, Tacoma Little Theatre ignored his admonishment and produced Annie. In the director's notes, Michael O'Hara comments we are ". . . still dealing with the familiar themes of unemployment, poverty, hunger, stock market woes and war as
Features
Rumors have been flying through the Tacoma hip-hop community about dealings between El Potrero Night Club and local law enforcement. For over a month El Potrero has been under heavy scrutiny of the Tacoma Police, the Washington State Liquor Control Board, and the local Fire Marshall. This scrutiny culminated the
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Billed as "the best party of the season," there's no reason to assume anything else when it comes to the Beautiful Angle Holiday Party and Poster Sale Saturday at King's Books in Tacoma. Kicking off at 7 p.m., the event will be a, well, beautiful exposition of everything Tacoma's underground-legend
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They're still going strong, and still swarming The Swiss to do good, get loaded, raffle shit off, and enjoy the spirit of the season. The Friends of the Holidays benefit is Sunday at The Swiss, and the T-Town institution shouldn't disappoint: Mercedes Nicole, the Malcolm Clark Band, Fingertips, the Randy
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Fight as you may, it's officially "the season." Kids are already sitting on various Santa laps at malls across the country, and A Christmas Story is probably already re-running on TBS. The Tacoma Symphony Orchestra and Chorus will spend Saturday and Sunday at the Pantages Theater doling out "beloved" seasonal
Cup Check
STRIKE ONE Got a call from a Cup Check fan on the office phone this week (translation: Operations Manager Bill White hollered at me from down the hall) about the need for something in this week's column about the Miami Heat. The team was struggling and floundering, and Lakers coach Phil
Scene It
Outside of Tacoma's Loose Wheel is a sign alerting passersby that the bar is "All the Sports ... all the Time." Underneath that proclamation is another sign, this one reading, "Pull tabs. Good Friends ... Spirits." Interesting, I think to myself. Why would the Loose Wheel want to take up valuable
Arts Features
On the stairs on 12th Street in downtown Tacoma leading from Pacific Avenue up to Commerce Street, there is a new piece of large-scale public art called Projecting Drop, which was part of a larger renovation of the area next to the Pacific Plaza building. Projecting Drop was designed by
Nightlife It List
Could a person, in theory, get laid somehow by attending the annual holiday classic that is Rich Wetzel's Big Band Christmas? There's no doubt in our mind. Mix the bravado (and snappy suits) of Wetzel, the always on point Groovin' Higher Jazz Orchestra, and an evening full of big band
Music Features & Columns
GHOST FEET >>> Friday, Dec. 3 Ghost Feet don't tread as lightly as their name might imply, but they do skip across subgenre boundaries with the ectoplasmic ease of something truly spectral. Theirs is richly textured electronic music, with resounding, chiming melodies and cascading bittersweet synth lines slipping and sliding around an
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Dude ... the Black Crowes are coming to the Emerald Queen Casino Saturday. I'm soooo going to let my hair down for that one. Wait! My hair is always down! I'm unemployed and rarely shower. I haven't cut my hair since Mellencamp dropped the "Cougar." Wait? What was I talking
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The Revolution is coming. No, I'm not talking about when anarchy takes control, the roads devolve into some sort of Mad Max scenario and R.R. Anderson finally gets the recognition he deserves; rather, I'm talking about Doxology's new record, The Revolution, which the band will officially celebrate the release of
