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THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT'S UP THIS WEEKEND >>> WEATHER REPORT Friday: Rain, hi 52, lo47 Saturday: More rain, hi 52, lo 47 Sunday: Even more rain, hi 51, lo 46 >>> FRIDAY, JAN. 14: JIM BASNIGHT Jim Basnight - of the Moberlys fame - will be playing Friday at The Harmon Tap
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HUBBUB >>> The Hub - Harmon Brewery's popular, bicycle-themed restaurant in the Stadium District - will sling $3 drinks tonight, beginning at 6 p.m. For those who need specifics: Sex on the Beach, Sex on the Bar, well pours and all Harmon ales. That's really all I have to say. LINK: South Sound
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THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT'S UP THIS WEEKEND >>> WEATHER REPORT Friday: Showers, hi 48, lo 36 Saturday: Showers, chance of mixed snow, hi 43, lo 33 Sunday: Chance of snow, hi 40, lo 28 >>> SATURDAY, JAN. 8: BODYBOX CD RELEASE A mix of funk, folk, bass-driven soul/hip-hop and alternative rock, a
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THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT'S UP THIS WEEKEND >>> WEATHER REPORT Friday: Partly sunny, cold, hi 37, lo 25 Saturday: Partly sunny, hi 39, lo 30 Sunday: Partly sunny, hi 43, lo 33 >>> FRIDAY, DEC. 31: THREE DOG NIGHT The song is actually called "Joy To The World," but that doesn't mean
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IT'S GO TIME >>> You mapped it out: disappear into the basement with your Sailor Jerry Rum and eggnog and wait this holiday madness out. But now Saturday is staring you straight in the face. Your guilt hurts like a mofo. Time to slap some O Holy Crap! on your face
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HERE COMES THE SUN >>> This post hits the street with about five days of shopping left. That means acute cases of both Worldmarketophobia and Costcophobia are increasingly appearing in the mindscapes of the frenzied. Symptoms include fierce scowls, crabby retorts, rolled eyeballs, thinly disguised venomous sarcasm and jumpy middle fingers. One
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THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT'S UP THIS WEEKEND >>> WEATHER REPORT Today: Partly sunny, cold, hi 46, lo35 Saturday: Chance of rain, hi 42, lo 35 Sunday: Chance of more rain, hi 43, lo 38 >>> FRIDAY, DEC. 17: HANDEL'S MESSIAH Celebrate the coming of the Anointed One. No, not Bobble Tiki. We're talking
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IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE SUMMER >>> Here we are, clamped firmly in winter's dismal, rime-curdled armpit, and I'm in full-on hibernation mode. Fortunately, my projected schedule for the next two months includes plenty of worshipping the space heater, taking hot showers and slaughtering my friends at Scrabble; but
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A BIG BAND CHRISTMAS >>> This Saturday, Wetzel and his Groovin' Higher Jazz Orchestra will push the Santa chair front and center for trumpeter Mike Vax. Vax will join Wetzel's annual "A Big Band Christmas" show, this time bringing holiday cheer to Tacoma Community College's Auditorium beginning at 7:30 p.m. The
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THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT'S UP THIS WEEKEND >>> WEATHER REPORT Friday: Partly sunny, hi 46, lo 33 Saturday: Partly sunny, hi 43, lo 34 Sunday: Partly sunny, noticing a pattern here, hi 55, lo 38 >>> THURSDAY, DEC. 2-FRIDAY, DEC. 3: THE CASH FLOW SHOW III This year marks Cash Flow Show
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PROMOTIONS ARE COOL >>> The Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum Girls are hanging out at The Swiss for another 30 minutes tonight then heading over to the Gruv Lounge and Nightclub at 10 p.m. They're pumping Friday's Blue Mouse Theatre screening of Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry - the documentary of Norman "Sailor
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BROADWAY CENTER SCORES ONE, TOO >>> Last night we posted a ditty about the Tacoma Arts Commission's awesome news of their $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Tonight, the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts throws on the party hats with the news that they scored a $25,000
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WAKE UP! >>> The Pantages Theater will be converted into a 19th-century German reform school Saturday, Jan. 22 when the Broadway musical Spring Awakening arrives for two shows. The Tony Award-winning production follows the story of Wendla and Melchior, two star-crossed teens who seem to encounter every possible teenager obstacle in
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HUMP DAY HANG >>> Traditionally, the night before Thanksgiving is one of those blotto pre-family-disaster nights when GAP-forward and booze-and-tattoo types grind out all that angst on the dance floor in an effort to escape the next day in a haze. I'm in. Maybe it’s because you’re young and have nothing better
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RIDER ALERT >>> Eggnog has been done. Cider is sort of a fall thing. What's really good, as a my-car-is-wrapped-around-a-telephone-poll-and-I-must-take-the-bus drink is hot cranberry juice. Add just a few cloves and a couple sticks of cinnamon and - mmm ... it's good. Put some in a Thermos and take it with
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THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT'S UP THIS WEEKEND >>> WEATHER REPORT Friday: Rainy and miserable, hi 43, lo 37 Saturday: Exactly the same,with a slight chance of snow showers, hi 43, lo 31 Sunday: Partly sunny, but cold, hi 39, lo 28 >>> FRIDAY, NOV. 19: GODDESS OF COMMERCE GATEWAY PROJECT BENEFIT The gradual
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TODAY AT THE OLYMPIA FILM FESTIVAL >>> Zach Carlson and Bryan Connolly, editors of Destroy All Movies!!!: The Compolete Guide to Punks on Film, will screen two films highlighted in their book – Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1981) and Times Square (1982) at 7:30 p.m. inside the Capitol Theater
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THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT'S UP THIS WEEKEND >>> WEATHER REPORT Friday: Mostly cloudy with some sun, hi 51, lo 38 Saturday: Cloudy with a little rain, hi 50, lo 44 Sunday: Mostly cloudy, hi 52, lo 43 >>> FRIDAY, NOV. 12-SATURDAY, NOV. 13: THE FURNITURE SERIES The dance begins in the eyes of
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TACOMA WEAVERS' GUILD HAS BEEN SWAPING YARN FOR A LONG TIME >>> We here in Spew have a humble mission. We only want to be your conscience; we only want to influence everything you do. To entertain yourself, that is. Now, we have been talking among ourselves, and we have reached
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THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT'S UP THIS WEEKEND >>> WEATHER REPORT Friday: Mostly cloudy with a shower, hi 56, lo 44 Saturday: Mostly cloudy with a little rain, hi 57, lo 52 Sunday: Mutha fuckin' rain, hi 52, lo 39 >>> FRIDAY, NOV. 5: DANCE OLY DANCE It's the first Friday of the month
