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The Evergreen State College is a place of boundless possibility. Or, at the very least, lots of vegan cookies and Ralph Ellison. On the boundless possibility front, take for example the Evergreen Student Music Project, helping college kids get their creativity on record since the early '70s. On Friday celebrate
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Did you realize there was such a thing as the Pierce County Gleaning Project? How about the Gleaning Book Club, which meets on the first Tuesday of every month at King's Books? Just struggling to understand what we're talking about? Well, "gleaning," as described by the aforementioned Gleaning Project, is
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On Saturday, March 4, the DuPont-Steilacoom subchapter of the Captain Meriwether Lewis Chapter of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA), in partnership with LeMay Pierce County Refuse and the CalPortland Company, is proud to present the second annual Hoops 4 Heroes to benefit the DuPont-Steilacoom AUSA subchapter. The brainchild
Nightlife It List
Knowing the nose of a vintage Bordeaux or how the dry spell in Italy affected this year's grape harvest isn't a hobby for everyone. But even if you prefer a nice shot-and-a-beer combo over the latest Côtes du Rhône, Swing in Olympia has you covered. During Swing's daily Lush Rush
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Not all bars contain the proverbial "meat." Some bars are better suited for lunchtime business deals. Some better for celebrating softball victories. And some bars feature plenty of chicken-fried steaks, but lack much in the way of a meat market. Legends Bar inside the Lakewood Denny's is a perfect spot
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Friday nights at the Big Whiskey Saloon are a sight to see. Drunken cowgirls. Muscular men in tight Levis. A steady diet of country videos playing over multiple big-screen TVs. And best of all, a wheel of drink specials that spins every 30 minutes. Anything from cheap Sex on the
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ANNOUNCER: If you grew up in the Lakewood area, then you either know Tijuana Taco as a high schooler hanging out there on a weekend night, or you worked behind the counter with a gaggle of your friends. Tijuana Taco has managed to stay in business despite the Taco Bells
Arts
The Evergreen State College Foundation recently received a $1 million grant from the Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies for the expansion of the Longhouse Education and Cultural Center's Indigenous Arts Campus. The Arts Campus provides teaching and learning opportunities for the creation of indigenous art forms, including those that may be
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As I was growing up, roller rinks represented ticking time bombs of messy emotional development. Birthday parties, graduation parties, post-soccer pizza parties - any reason to assemble a jumbled group of children would somehow coincide with a trip to a roller rink, and thus result in hormonally tormented proto-humans walking
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With James Jenkins of Mama Loves Daddy moving to Portland; the increasing irregularity of Drug Purse and Paris Spleen shows; the switch ideologically and title-wise from the Elephants to the Nightgowns; and with lots of people just getting their shit together-it seems as if the last vestige of the dirtbag,
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Walk, bike, drop in by parachute. However you do it, make your way to the Elks Lodge Saturday, June 4, for the third occasional Olympia Record Show. Naturally, the Olympia Record show will feature live music by DJ Wildman James and Selector Edmund, a full bar for those of drinking age
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I am both the best and worst person to be writing this column. I am married, therefore not looking to hit on and/or pick up anyone in any type of situation ... yet I absolutely love to check out what's grillin' inside today's meat markets. Besides - I have a
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This weekend, Evergreen Shakespeare's production of Romeo and Juliet is blooming in the former Griswold's Office Supply in Olympia, gutted by fire in 2004. Soon, there'll be much more growing in the long-vacant building - literally. Clifford Lee of Olympia, the building's owner, envisions not only a performance space, commercial and
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Tacoma has the divine privilege of welcoming another new comedy club to town. But there's slightly more to the story ... Comedian and filmmaker Aaron Flett-Riggs, sans former business partner Adam Norwest, will be bringing comedy back to the former Tacoma Comedy Club locale in Malarkey's on Tacoma Avenue. He'll launch this
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Plateau exhibits a heart-warming fondness for the harmonious, swaying pop of early Beatles, and the lovesick serenades of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Lead singer Adrian Tuohy's voice occasionally resembles the rougher edges that Valli's voice had when he dipped down into a lower range. He has a tinge
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Has there been a more welcome comeback in recent musical memory than that of longtime Tacoma sludge-metal stalwarts Argonaut? I think not. After a four-year (seems like longer) breakup, Argonaut reunited earlier this year to raised devil horns and frothing PBRs from most within Tacoma's music scene, with singer-bassist Matt
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Northwest Convergent Zone Radio (or NWCZ, for short) is a staunchly local, pro-Tacoma/South Sound online station broadcasting 24 hours a day at nwczradio.com. Despite having been disillusioned by years of toiling for stations on the corporate side of the dial, founder Darrell Fortune maintains a love of radio and underground
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American Astronaut is a bizarre new film classic, celebrating American underground rock, made by and starring Cory McAbee and other affiliates of the Billy Nayer Show, which has long stood as a shining example of the collision between alternative rock, filmmaking and performance art. A perpetually rotating stable of New
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QUESTION: I'm an African-American gay woman in my mid-20s. I initially had relationships with men, but I'm just not attracted to or compelled by them. Women make me feel alive, exhilarated, connected, and challenged, and sex is the bomb. So, I know I truly love women ... but most lesbians,
