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The exhibition of photos by Virna Haffer at Tacoma Art Museum is a marvel. I had no idea what to expect heading into the gallery to see these works by an artist I had never heard of, and it was like wandering into a studio shared by the greatest photographers
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No one likes it when a party has to end. Cinegeek that I am, every year when the Tacoma Film Festival wraps I want it to start all over again, not only to replay the movies I did see, but to catch what I missed the first
Archives
Hooked on the straight stuff… Your friend offers you something that you innocently accept. You don’t realize the product will plunge you into a twitching need for more, more, more; the cheap substitute won’t do it for you, you need the good stuff. So it happened when Kris Blondin offered me the use
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Is it fame? Success? Giving back to the community? Being a role model, maybe? Volunteering? Supporting local military veterans and their families? A local college education (unless you're a Coug fan)? An overall persistent will to achieve bigger and better things for one's self, family and community as a whole
Nightlife It List
Some would argue that a dive bar like the China Clipper Club and Café is no place to party. But let us tell you something, friend: There's a little thing called class. Class is something you can't buy. Class is something inherited. Class is years and years of spilled drinks,
Nightlife It List
There are certain foods one should shy away from on a first date. Anchovies. Onion rings. Any sort of rare meat dish known to cause intestinal tract issues. Pizza, linguini and salad, however, are just fine. Especially fine when washed down with a nice glass of Chianti. Adriatic Grill in
Music
Photo: James Blunt gained international stardom as the singer and songwriter of "You're Beautiful," which scaled the charts in 2004. "Goodbye My Lover," the fourth single from his debut album Back to Bedlam, was a top-10 hit in the UK. He's touring in support of his recent album The Afterlove and as
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Listening to Gillian Welch - in particular her new album, The Harrow & The Harvest - there's a palpable yearning that lurks in and around her music. Welch's adherence to classicism in the areas of folk, bluegrass and country has about it the mournful pang of nostalgia for a time
Advice Goddess
QUESTION: My boyfriend of two years isn't overtly weird; he's actually a really nice, normal guy, but he has this "hobby" of going for walks totally naked. We live in Vermont, where this is actually legal. I tell him that women find this upsetting, but he is really turned on
Music
Photo: Ed Sheeran is the global superstar whose most recent album was the January 2017 ÷. It's already yielded two top-10 singles in the U.S., "Castle on the Hill" and "Shape of You." He also recorded
Features
Place: Mr. Jalapeño Serving: Mexican food Not actually: A dude named Mr. Jalapeño Much: To my disappointment Where: Bonney Lake I hardly: Go to Bonney Lake Because: It's too damn far away I get it: If you live in Bonney Lake But: Why would you live in Bonney Lake? It's: Too damn far away! Across the universe and up a
Scene It
The '80s rock club is my Holy Grail. A live band blasting metal hits. Tough guys in leather jackets tossing back beers. Bouncers, fresh out of prison, feathering their long, dangerous hair. Bodacious blondes strutting around the club. That's right. Bodacious '80s blondes. But the prototypical '80s rock club no longer exists.
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It's been two years and one month since instrumental rock band Waves and Radiation played its farewell show at Bob's Java Jive. On Saturday, the band will reunite for a special one-off return performance at the same coffee-pot-shaped venue where they called it a day back in 2009. Fans of
Travel
Sitting right off Interstate 90, an eight-hour drive from Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) sits Missoula, Montana. You may have stopped for gas on the trek cross-country not realizing the marvelous vacation destination that awaits you. Missoula offers the benefits of a city with modern up-to-date accommodations, the vibrant nightlife of
Sipping Out
Thursday, July 14 Half-price bottle wine night for wines less than $100, Maxwell's Speakeasy, 454 St. Helens, Tacoma, 253.683.4115. For A Song wine tasting, 5-7 p.m., $4, Amocat Cafe, 625 St. helens Ave., Tacoma. Half-price wine, all night, Harmon Tap Room, 204 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma, 253.212.2725. $3 Thursdays: $3 beer, $3 wells, $3
Food Matters
BEER BASH 7 Seas Brewing (3207 57thSt. Ct., Gig Harbor) is throwing a two year anniversary bash in their parking lot from noon to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 16. Besides a barbecue and bunch of 7 Seas brew, expect live music by Perry Acker, Shy Boys, China Davis and SweetKiss Momma. WINE
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC A Rhapsody In Bloom Florist and Cafe Latte Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Bill Davie. All Ages. 7 pm. Tumwater Farmers Market Tumwater. Nordic Exposure. All Ages. 11 am. NC. Hannah's Bar & Grille Olympia - Downtown. Open Mic. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Gann Brewer. All Ages. 6 pm. O'Blarney's Irish Pub Olympia - Eastside. Irish Sessions. Live traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino Band rockin' blues. 8:30 pm. NC. Summit Pub Puyallup. Tim
