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NEED TO SATISFY MY HABIT ELSEWHERE >>> It's not that I've been in denial, as they say in rehab. Denial is not my strong suit. For years I acknowledged my addiction with a blithe one-line toast: "Ah, coffee, the last drug of my generation." Technically, of course, it isn't the last drug.
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WELL, MAYBE NOT A 1,000 BUT CERTAINLY A LOT >>> Forget less is more. As far as we're concerned, more is more - which is why the more composers the better. Confused? It's simple: The University of Puget Sound will be hosting classical music composers from around the world (OK, our nation
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SHOULD BE A MAGICAL NIGHT ON SIXTH AVENUE >>> If Israel is the land of milk and honey, maybe Northern India is just the land of milk. Butter, milk, cream, and buttermilk are mainstays of northern Indian cuisine. Butter. Milk. Cream. Buttermilk. Are those not the absolute best things in life? So it's not
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BEER, MEAT, MOVIES AND BIKES >>> Update: The follow event sold out. The big wheels keep on turnin' down at The Mountaineers Club. South Sound road rebels are invited to steer their mean machines over to the Old Town Tacoma clubhouse sundown Saturday night beer, meat and a screening of The Road
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WHAT? NO FOOTLOOSE? >>> Earlier this week I asked The Barefoot Collective folks for a list of films they'll be screening Monday night as part of their Dance Film Night event. This morning the list arrived via a press release. No Footloose. I can only hope Barefoot will spin "Let's Hear it
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HERE COMES SONIC DRIVE IN >>> The old Godfather's Pizza/Classy Casuals building came crumbling down this morning making way for a future Sonic Drive In. Does anyone know if RR Anderson reported from inside this demolition as he did during the Luzon Building's destruction?
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OLYMPIA COMMUNITY ARTS ROUNDTABLE >>> What are your feelings on costumes? Like them? Well, let's start from the beginning. The Arts Commission of the City of Olympia invites local artists and arts organizations to join its March Olympia Community Arts Roundtable on costume design Monday, March 1 inside the Olympia Timberland
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LAKEWOOD CLUB TO REOPEN FRIDAY >>> The former McDonald's restaurant at the edge of the Lakewood neighborhood of Oakbrook that morphed into several nightclubs the past 15 years will reopen Friday as the third version of the Fan Club Sports Bar. Original Fan Club owners Don and Lisa Daniels (they
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SEE A CANADIAN MUSIC HALL OF FAMER LIVE >>> Just because he's always been bigger in his native Canada than down here doesn't mean veteran singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn won't draw you into his world. Cockburn loves his guitar and telling stories of his experiences traveling to less fortunate countries. And
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HEADS UP, ARTSY TYPES >>> Tacoma Art Place is running a contest that encourages amateur and professional filmmakers to create a 30 second video promoting the mission of the non-profit art center located on Hilltop Tacoma. Video submissions are due March 8, 2010. The videos will then be uploaded to YouTube
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CALLING ALL WASHINGTON STATE POETS >>> For a poet, that first book deal with a publisher is a career milestone, a ticket into academia, a potential pathway to immortality. It's also next to impossible. Exquisite Disarray Publishing could help make that poetry book deal a reality. The Tacoma-based literary arts organization
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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3, 2010 >>> 1. The IHAF (Intermittent Health And Fitness) Club is a maniac. It hosts a '80s Exercise Video Night at 7 p.m. inside King's Books. Bring a VHS tape and Legwarmers ‘cause it's going to be mondo. 2. Washington state Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark will discuss
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TUESDAY, FEB. 2, 2010 >>> 1. Hell's Kitchen adds the bands FunkyJahPunkys, Urban Evergreen, No Ground, and Dreams Jaded at 9 p.m. to its regular Tightwad Tuesday Night - $2 beers, $2 wells, $2 tacos - with no cover charge. 2. More than 24 artists show their works at the Social Injustice
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MONDAY, FEB. 1, 2010 >>> 1. Tacoma Community College hosts "You'll Never Look at Dinner the Same Way: A Symposium on the Way We Eat," which includes a screening of the documentary film Food, Inc., and will also consider Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma, from 11:30 a.m. to
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DO YOU HAVE THE WRITE STUFF? >>> Admit it - you've scribbled a few lines yourself, secretly on cafe napkins or extensively in ornate notebooks. Maybe it's time for you to go pro. Urban Grace: the Downtown Church announces the third annual Soul of the City Poetry Competition, the winner of which
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SATURDAY, JAN. 30, 2010 >>> 1. Ira Glass - host and producer of the monumental This American Life radio program - is all about the stories. Whether you consider him a journalist, a radio personality or just a nerd in horn-rimmed glasses, Glass' audio narratives are the work of genius,
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TELEPHONE ROOM HITS THE BOTTLE NEXT WEEK >>> Last year at a South Sound club I witnessed a bizarre twosome that wasn't 86ed for throwing drinks on people; instead a higher-up sent them to the downstairs bar, where they presumably would make less trouble (or at least make trouble less noticeably).
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FRIDAY, JAN. 29, 2010 >>> 1. To celebrate Dance Theatre of Harlem's 40th Anniversary a 14-member ensemble of young dancers trained in the DTH style has been touring the country for a year. They will perform in Tacoma tonight at 7:30 p.m. inside the Pantages Theater. 2. The Jacobsen Concert Series will
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PICK UP YOUR COPY TODAY >>> MARINEPOLIS SUSHI LAND: The popularity of conveyor belt sushi continues to grow with a new location in the Puyallup South Hill area. Smaller than other Sushi Land locations in Tukwila, Bellevue, and Lynnwood, this newest Sushi Land sits amid the hustle and bustle of
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THURSDAY, JAN. 28, 2010 >>> 1. Last Chance Romeos play an unplugged show at 8 p.m. inside Doyle's Public House. 2. The Tacoma Urban Orchestra will show support and solidarity for the devastated nation of Haiti with a $10 concert tonight at 7 p.m. inside Cutters Point Coffee in downtown Tacoma. Price
