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Seattle underground staples Alpha P and Sleepwalkers will join Brazilian hip-hop nomads Fato Criminal to present Rhym’ in the Revolution at the Clipper Saturday. Fato Criminal wants you to know that in January 2000 the Salvadorian state water company raised water prices by 300 percent for those who used the
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Maxwell’s Speakeasy + Lounge at 454 St. Helens is a brilliant confluence of elements. The recently opened hangout occupies the first floor of the newly renovated Walker apartments, and is equal parts style, class and comfort. Its clean, pseudo-art deco interior is misleadingly chic. Despite its posh interior, when it
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Urban Art Festival and Seattle-based arts collective Artifakt have cooked up something you’d be a fool to miss. The Urban Art Festival Fundraiser, Thursday, May 8 at The Swiss, will feature Tacoma-born, Seattle-based hip-hop crew Life Cycle, sonic wizards The New Law, Can-U, DJs Hannibal and Grym. Life Cycle sounds
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Urban Art Festival and Seattle-based arts collective Artifakt have cooked up something you’d be a fool to miss. The Urban Art Festival Fundraiser, Thursday, May 8 at The Swiss, will feature Tacoma-born, Seattle-based hip-hop crew Life Cycle, sonic wizards The New Law, Can-U, DJs Hannibal and Grym. Life Cycle sounds
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As one of Tacoma’s true hip-hop pioneers, General Wojack remembers when gangster rap was created by real thugs — when violence, the struggle to survive, and the anger of young hip-hop artists were more than a pop culture fantasy used to sell records. Wojack also remembers a time
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As one of Tacoma’s true hip-hop pioneers, General Wojack remembers when gangster rap was created by real thugs — when violence, the struggle to survive, and the anger of young hip-hop artists were more than a pop culture fantasy used to sell records. Wojack also remembers a time before hip-hop
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The latest brave souls to open a club in downtown Tacoma have one thing that many of their now-deceased forerunners didn’t — a good plan and something for everyone. Named for the Roman hybrid goddess, Juno has plenty of variety worked into its weekly offerings — a mechanical bull, a
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The latest brave souls to open a club in downtown Tacoma have one thing that many of their now-deceased forerunners didn’t — a good plan and something for everyone. Named for the Roman hybrid goddess, Juno has plenty of variety worked into its weekly offerings — a mechanical bull, a
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Hip-hop took a blow this week as Broadway Center for the Performing Arts administrators announced they were pulling the plug on a Rottweiler Records CD release party Friday that would have included headliner and hyphy pioneer E-40. BCPA officials report the show was cancelled after Tacoma police supplied them with
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Hip-hop took a blow this week as Broadway Center for the Performing Arts administrators announced they were pulling the plug on a Rottweiler Records CD release party Friday that would have included headliner and hyphy pioneer E-40. BCPA officials report the show was cancelled after Tacoma police supplied them with
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A group of local and state officials have taken a large step in their efforts to save Tacoma’s historic Murray Morgan Bridge. The bridge was closed last year, after years of neglect, when Washington State Department of Transportation officials determined that corrosion had made it unsafe to carry traffic.
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A group of local and state officials have taken a large step in their efforts to save Tacoma’s historic Murray Morgan Bridge. The bridge was closed last year, after years of neglect, when Washington State Department of Transportation officials determined that corrosion had made it unsafe to carry traffic. House
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There are plenty of unsung hip-hop heroes in Pierce County. It took the urging of Seattle-based Musica Entertainment to get people out to sing, though. If you love hip-hop, you are invited to lend your voice to the chorus this Friday, Jan. 18, at the Washington State History Museum, when
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There are plenty of unsung hip-hop heroes in Pierce County. It took the urging of Seattle-based Musica Entertainment to get people out to sing, though. If you love hip-hop, you are invited to lend your voice to the chorus this Friday, Jan. 18, at the Washington State History Museum, when
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Before there were cities, governments or tacos, ancient people endeavored to sculpt natural substances into meaningful forms — monoliths to honor the seasons, shaped mounds of earth to celebrate ancient gods. Since then, environmental sculpture has become an ever-mutating pursuit, employing a vast, varied and growing variety of media —
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Before there were cities, governments or tacos, ancient people endeavored to sculpt natural substances into meaningful forms — monoliths to honor the seasons, shaped mounds of earth to celebrate ancient gods. Since then, environmental sculpture has become an ever-mutating pursuit, employing a vast, varied and growing variety of media —
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Learning how to control voltage changed my life,” says sonic alchemist Daniel Farrell. Farrell, also known as Myello Electronics, is a sound artist — and a whole lot more. He sculpts waveforms, tones and resonances like Pollack sculpted splattered paint into nearly perfect geometric forms. While he considers himself a
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Learning how to control voltage changed my life,” says sonic alchemist Daniel Farrell. Farrell, also known as Myello Electronics, is a sound artist — and a whole lot more. He sculpts waveforms, tones and resonances like Pollack sculpted splattered paint into nearly perfect geometric forms. While he considers himself a
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It’s time to banish the ghost of 2007 once and for all, Tacoma. It’s been two years since teetotaler Tacomans had something to do on New Year’s Eve. Well, this year, dry or sauced, there will be more than enough for everybody thanks to the return of First Night, which
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It’s time to banish the ghost of 2007 once and for all, Tacoma. It’s been two years since teetotaler Tacomans had something to do on New Year’s Eve. Well, this year, dry or sauced, there will be more than enough for everybody thanks to the return of First Night, which
