South Sound Cinema
According to Priceline, round trip air fare to Mumbai is currently running around $1,300. Happily, the Lakewood Arts Commission is giving away a cinematic tour of five Asian cities free this Labor Day weekend. You'll be home by Monday night, and all you'll buy is the snacks. First stop: 1938 India,
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Good ideas have a way of sticking around, which is exactly the story of Olympia's annual Hip-Hop 4 The Homeless event, going down this weekend at The Loft on Cherry. Saturday night, talents like Afrok, XP, Sista Hailstorm, Night Fox, Josh Rizeberg, Collective Love Unlimited, Hollywood Kill Krew and Never
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For the longest time, I couldn't have told you why those two W's sitting next to each other in the middle of Slowwave made me feel so uneasy. Slowwave (whom some may know as, formerly, Freeze & Fur Coat) mirror my anxieties with their music, which, lovely though it may be,
Reviews
If your culinary tastes range between chili cheese fries and steak and lobster, or anything else in between, then the Cascadia Grill in Olympia is just the place for you. It is a family-friendly restaurant offering fresh food from nearly any food category that you may be craving at that
Advice Goddess
QUESTION: I met a guy online, and after two four-hour phone conversations, he declared he felt a "deep connection." We had a romantic date, during which he made repeated declarations of his feelings. The next morning, he sent a somewhat angry text, observing that I'd logged in again on the
Outdoors
Boat lovers of all ages will be thrilled with the 42nd Annual Olympia Harbor Days taking place over Labor Day weekend, Sept. 4-6. This free, three-day festival aims to celebrate the history of tugboats in the South Sound. Guests of the festival can come down to Olympia's Percival Landing Park
Nightlife It List
Pub trivia nights can either ignite the party or stifle the mood. McNamara's Pub & Eatery in DuPont does everything possible to avoid being a major buzz kill. Every Wednesday McNamara's Pub starts team trivia at 7 p.m. Irish-inspired food helps trivia players stock up on brainpower before the trivia
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The Vault in Olympia is a fitness guru's dream hangout. The club is crowded with young, buff Marines. Guys with tight shirts and girls with calves so toned they could cut glass frequent the club. Plus, a stable of DJs and a pole to dance on keep the calories burning.
Nightlife It List
Westgate Bar and Grill is pretty much your typical dive bar. A dinner menu of burgers, a smattering of dartboards and barstool bingo. What separates Westgate Bar and Grill from other dives is their nightly karaoke offering. Nightly. That means seven nights a week there's potential to meet your Celine
Archives
A totally renovated Cheney Stadium will cut down on the lines to buy beer between innings. What? You want more news on the renovation? But, um, why? I've told you the important part: increased concession space at remodeled Cheney Stadium means quicker lines at the hot dog stands. Buy a beer
Outdoors
I've lived in Washington for seven short years now, but yes, I have made the pilgrimage to Puyallup to attend the state fair. It's a rite of local citizenship. My wife, an immigrant from that far-off land called Wichita, impressed upon me an obligation to sample Fisher scones with raspberry
Features
This week ... Place: Dorky's Bar Arcade Open since: Sept. 28, 2010 Owners: Les Voros-Bond and Caroline Dennewith Cost of all games: 25 cents What I just lied about: Newer pinball games are actually 50 cents Total pinball machines: 11 Most popular game: TMNT Percentage of readers who will know what TMNT stands for: 87% Oldest games: Space Invaders
News Front
Ronald Raymond isn't expecting Arnold Schwarzenegger to show up flexing and posing. But Raymond is hoping some facsimiles arrive, or at least some want-to-be look alikes step up on the stage Saturday, Sept. 5 at the body building championship at Joint Base Lewis-McChord's Nelson Recreation Center. It's all about incentive. "That's right,"
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Scott Cossu's a laudable pianist, and his compositions have a playful precision to them. While his lite jazz isn't for everyone, in some circles, Cossu's type of music is seeming less and less like a guilty pleasure, and more like an unexpected muse - the last sacred temple of musical
Music
There's a strong case to be made for the importance of New Age, soft rock, smooth jazz and "adult contemporary" as influences on modern electronic and indie music. Hear me out. Previously taboo realms of unambiguous, technically-minded schmaltz are inspiring visionary musicians like Oneohtrix Point Never, Dolphins into the Future,
Arts
Jared Abwawo is both a math teacher at Tacoma Community College and a photographer. Where many mathematicians may consider solving the Rubik's Cube an artform (or, worse, solving an equation) Abwawo is a master at combining calculus with composition, algebra with art. As such, he has succeeded in defying nerdy
Food Matters
BEER DINNER: Executive Chef Gabriel Cabrera and beer monger Scott McDowell pair Oregon's Deschutes Brewery with Northwest flair in five courses at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28 at Salty's at Redondo Beach (28201 Redondo Beach Dr., Des Moines). The cost is $64.99. BACON: Doyle's Pubic House (208 Saint Helens Ave., Tacoma)
News Front
Sixteen servicemembers reported Aug. 23 to the military's first training camp for women's rugby, including a soldier from Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Armed Forces Sports has been working for about a decade to set up a female rugby program, said Steven Dinote, who directs the sports program for The Department of Defense. "It's
Outdoors
The yellow lines on his map that marked the routes Gino Moroni has ridden his motorcycle across the state, told the story. Perched on his bike, he's been there, seen that. "I've done all this yellow stuff," Moroni said with a grin, pointing to his map highlighted with yellow lines. There's a lot
Sipping Out
Thursday, Jan. 27 Small Vineyards Tuscan Wine Dinner, 6:30 p.m., $80, Primo Grill, 601 S. Pine, Tacoma, 253.383.7000. Half-price wine, all night, Harmon Tap Room, 204 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma, 253.212.2725. $3 Thursdays: $3 beer, $3 wells, $3 for two hot dogs, 4 p.m. to close, Hell's Kitchen, 928 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.759.6003. Wine
