Nightlife It List
Dream of line dancing the Chasse, the Grapevine or the Weave? Or, do you have high hopes of being swept off the dance floor by that special someone? Big Whisky Saloon offers beginner and intermediate dance lessons every Thursday Night starting at 7:30. $5 gets you a drink and a
Nightlife It List
Ahh, Sundays in December. Is there any better time to sit back, sip on a beer, stuff your face with delicious food and watch strong men slam into each other on television? At the Weekly Volcano we don't think so. Luckily, Meconi's Tacoma Pub & Eatery has all our Sunday
Music Features & Columns
There had been talk of international touring on the strength of the Guns ‘n' Roses fame since almost the moment Duff McKagan and I started playing together. While it seemed like a no-brainer, and I was certain it COULD happen, if I had learned one lesson in the music business
Cup Check
STRIKE ONE It's the Major League Baseball off-season, meaning the "hot stoves" are heating up, and the Yankees are frantically throwing money at big-name free agents. While talk of where ace-pitcher Cliff Lee will end up next year has dominated most discussions, other - less crucial - tinkering is taking place
Stage & Visual Reviews
In the underrated Back to the Future Part II, Marty McFly revisits the sequel's predecessor, observing them from a few yards away. It's as if the events of the previous story are being retold by a second Marty, who sees them from just out of frame. That's the narrative conceit
Arts Features
Screw the Snuggie, and the pack of tighty-whities and the basket of over-priced, over-smelly hand lotions. This year, why not shop smart and creative at the 8th annual Duck the Malls event in downtown Olympia? A benefit for Olympia Film Society, the event hosts tons of artists and crafters and
Stage & Visual Reviews
The Spaceworks project continues to show innovative works by some of Tacoma's most interesting artists in some of the town's more interesting (if not always easy to see) venues. One of the more fascinating works in the program comes from Michael Kaniecki, a recent transplant from Moab, Utah, who said
Music Features & Columns
Inspired by greats like the Softies, the Field Mice and Beat Happening, Seattle trio Seapony's confectionary lo-fi pop has already caught the attention of DJs and bloggers nationwide, despite the band's relative infancy (they formed over the summer). And though their song "With You" has the unfortunate distinction of evoking
Music Features & Columns
ROY >>> Saturday, Dec. 11 It's not every day that you get a show from Ben and Dave Verellen's band Roy. In fact, as Tacoma music fans know all too well, it hasn't happened in three years. A veteran of notable recent-rock stalwarts like Helms Alee, These Arms are Snakes and Harkonen,
Music Features & Columns
Now that it's been several years since the Eagles' stranglehold on radio has been relinquished, it is acceptable to admit that you hate the band. Don't tell me "Hotel California" is "pretty good"; I don't care that the hotel is supposed to represent purgatory or whatever - the song is
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Over the years, The Fucking Eagles have worked hard to make a name for themselves, not only in the supremely ubiquitous genre of garage rock, but in a city like Tacoma - where garage rock bands seem to fall from trees. While many bands in these parts skew
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Not going to lie here: we really have no idea what Pokemon is about. I mean, we had a girlfriend in the '90s that was really into Pikachu, and later glo-sticks, and later ecstasy, but something tells us there will be very little ecstasy at the officially sanctioned Pokemon City
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Zak Morgan will bring his kids-centric shtick to the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts' Theatre on the Square this Saturday and Sunday. Crude, inappropriate, sure-to-draw-letters-of-ire jokes aside, Morgan's work is Grammy-nominated and described as sophisticated, heavy on the witty wordplay and full of lessons. That's exactly what kids today
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There is no party like a Bill of Rights party ‘cuz a Bill of Rights party don't stop! What!?! What!?! We SAID, there is no party like a Bill of Rights party ‘cuz a Bill of Rights party don't stop! Put your hands in the air y'all! Now scream! OK,
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Will the annual Stadium District Dickens Festival survive the neighborhood loss of El Guadalajara Mexican restaurant? Only time will tell. Luckily, the Harvester and Franco the Tailor are still there to up the Dickens-factor at the yearly neighborhood tribute to a time past, and more specifically, the writer who penned
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Do you like to "make"? How about "take"? Well, hot damn! The Bryant Montessori Middle School Third Annual Make and Take Craft Fair might just be your ticket. Provided you fork over the small entry fee, you and your family can do a circuit of at least 12 different craft
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Tacoma wants your feedback. Or, at the very least, the bigwigs are giving you a chance to offer it up at the Pacific Avenue Streetscape Charette - discussing the conceptual ideas for the Pacific Avenue Streetscape Project - of which Phase One will theoretically improve the right-of-way from Seventh
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This time of year heralds many things, including Seasonal Affective Disorder, ugly sweaters, Rankin Bass TV specials and, for music aficionados, the sweated-over year-end "best of" lists. In a similar spirit, Tacoman Andrew Childs has assembled his own Best of Tacoma 2010 compilation CD, which he'll be releasing at the
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Kenseth Thibideau's name may sound familiar from the Pinback and Three Mile Pilot portions of his resume, or it may not, but whether you've heard of the dude doesn't necessarily matter - he'll be in Olympia at Northern this week, so it'd be wise to familiarize yourself. Utilizing minimalist tendencies,
