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I stood in the richly appointed editorial penthouse on the 46th floor of the sleek Weekly Volcano World Headquarters. The boss man loosened the top button on his blue butterfly shirt (not kidding) and angrily chomped on his Clif Trail Mix Bar (not kidding again). He looked like Charlie Skinner
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Above the busy port waters of Tacoma, just between the train tracks and the commotion of Pacific Avenue, a gem rises from the concrete, its two-story glass entrance beckoning sleekly at an inviting angle, the Tacoma Art Museum. Hidden within that gem is a magical place, a place where appearances can
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Walking into the installation of Tacoma Art Museum's upcoming exhibit, Marie Watt: Lodge, the first thing I see is a woman rolling back and forth on a 6-feet high stack of flattened blankets. Her arms are folded as if she's on fire and she's trying to put herself out. "That's actually
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It doesn't matter how many folks fill the booths and tables of the Tempest Lounge as I walk in to meet Steve Naccarato, he's the first person I notice. Even while seated at a dark corner table, Naccarato stands out in the crowd in a James-Bond-nowhere-to-hide kind of way. With
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Sure, the Mayans had a lot to say about 2012, but one thing they forgot to mention was that it would reckon the return of Tacoma's Squeak and Squawk Music Festival, running April 5-9. When Squeak and Squawk
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Sure, the Mayans had a lot to say about 2012, but one thing they forgot to mention was that it would reckon the return of Tacoma's Squeak and Squawk Music Festival, running April 5-9. When Squeak and Squawk originator Sean Alexander
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Sure, the Mayans had a lot to say about 2012, but one thing they forgot to mention was that it would reckon the return of Tacoma's Squeak and Squawk Music Festival, running April 5-9. When Squeak and Squawk originator Sean Alexander left Tacoma for
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Sure, the Mayans had a lot to say about 2012, but one thing they forgot to mention was that it would reckon the return of Tacoma's Squeak and Squawk Music Festival, running April 5-9. When Squeak and Squawk originator Sean Alexander left Tacoma for New York, this
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Sure, the Mayans had a lot to say about 2012, but one thing they forgot to mention was that it would reckon the return of Tacoma's Squeak and Squawk Music Festival, running April 5-9. When Squeak and Squawk originator Sean Alexander left Tacoma for New York, this third installment went
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Sure, the Mayans had a lot to say about 2012, but one thing they forgot to mention was that it would reckon the return of Tacoma's Squeak and Squawk Music Festival, running April 5-9. When Squeak and Squawk originator Sean Alexander left Tacoma for New York, this third installment went
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This Saturday, the historic walls of Tacoma's Immanuel Presbyterian Church will be filled with some very fresh sounds. Indie groups Pearly Gate Music, The Maldives and Pickwick make up the impressive line-up. An eye-stopping cobalt blue poster heralds the event as Cathedrals Tacoma: Part One. Cathedrals, a series with the simple
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This Saturday, the historic walls of Tacoma's Immanuel Presbyterian Church will be filled with some very fresh sounds. Indie groups Pearly Gate Music, The Maldives and Pickwick make up the impressive line-up. An eye-stopping cobalt blue poster heralds the event as Cathedrals Tacoma: Part One. Cathedrals, a series with the simple
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Opened two years ago this June, the Tap Room, with its backroom brewery, was initially an answer to the overwhelming demand for Harmon beer, but struggled with its identity as a business. For one thing, the location proved to be a challenge. With the Tap Room
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When the Harmon Brewery opened its doors in 1997 during the nascent re-imagining of Tacoma's downtown district, it looked pretty lonely on Pacific Avenue. Fast forward a decade, and the Harmon has not only survived, but thrived. With the addition of Harmon spin-off The Hub in the Stadium District, the
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Imported Tacoma resident Matt Lemanski has joined forces with King's Books to form its seventh active book club, the GLBT Book Club. Lemanski wanted to create a book club that would celebrate either works about the GLBT lifestyle or works written by an author in the GLBT community. Or both. The
Arts
Around these parts, Valentine's Day typically equals heart-shaped boxes of chocolates, red roses and inedible candies imprinted with sentiments of love that read more like text messages: HI LOVE, UR 2 NICE, etc. In amorous Spain, Catalonia to be precise, Valentine's Day is superseded by the late-April holiday La Diada de
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New York is the Big Apple. Seattle is the Emerald City. Tacoma? The City of Destiny. A group of ambitious Tacoma residents are taking this epic moniker seriously. Welcome to Camp 6, an organized collaborative movement promoting the merchants, culture and style that make Tacoma what it is. Fashion designer JD
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Tim Waer, executive director of the Tacoma-Pierce County Sports Commission, is glowing with that combination of exhaustion and exhilaration one gets at mile 23 of a marathon. For good reason. Over the past 50 days, he and his staff of six have scrambled to give life to a long-term idea
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Tim Waer, executive director of the Tacoma-Pierce County Sports Commission, is glowing with that combination of exhaustion and exhilaration one gets at mile 23 of a marathon. For good reason. Over the past 50 days, he and his staff of six have scrambled to give life to
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Lights, camera ... what's that humming noise? Tacoma-based producer Jason Ganwich frowns in the direction of a noisy cooler chilling beer at the Tempest Lounge at Ninth and MLK Jr., location of a recent shoot of the artistically challenging and thought-provoking series, The High Bar. An effort to stop the humming
