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A private theater company’s proposal to take over Federal Way’s Knutzen Family Theatre has some city officials up in arms. Administrators at Centerstage Theatre Arts Conservatory, which presents four annual performances at the city-run Knutzen Theatre, have presented city officials with a proposal. According to documentation accompanying the proposal, Centerstage
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Pierce County Councilmembers are scheduled to vote, near month’s end, on updates to our road map for garbage management, known officially as the Tacoma-Pierce County Solid Waste Management Plan (author’s note: not to be confused with the contract discussed on page 7 in this fine rag). The nearly 250-page document
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Well, Tacoma, Wintergrass may be moving into the streets. After a year of change and challenges, Wintergrass organizers say their home of nearly 15 years, the Sheraton Hotel turned Hotel Murano, has changed in a way that can not accommodate the freedom required of Tacoma’s signature bluegrass festival. “The hotel has
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Tacoma, meet Dave Jewett. When he’s not riled up about getting ignored by doctors, Dave is as open, honest and friendly a person as you’re likely to meet. Dave likes to watch movies with his friends on Saturday nights and doesn’t mind that they sometimes call him “Popeye.” Dave’s favorite
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A consortium of developers, city officials and other Tacoma boosters has announced a re-invigorated re-branding effort that endeavors to tell the world why it really is a good idea to live in Tacoma. Though no official artwork, slogans or jingles have been generated, the people involved say the message will
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It sounds too good to be true, but all accounts indicate that the recently-announced Sound Community Initiatives fund will play a brilliant role in revitalizing poor neighborhoods in Tacoma and beyond. Organized by members of the Martin Luther King Housing Development Association and local mogul Larry Kopp, the SCI fund
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No photo Crystal clear message YAYA media spreads the word on meth abusers / by robert dobbs This week at Olympia’s Capitol Theater, filmmakers from Oly-based YAYA Media will offer a deeper look into the lives of methamphetamine abusers — their struggles, their perspectives and their evaluation of prevention tactics and programs, among
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Ed. note: Matt Driscoll reviewed Santarchy on our blog, Spew. Finally, anarchy is coming to Tacoma, and it’s wearing a Santa suit. Well, hopefully hundreds of Santa suits. The pan-continental holiday riot known as Santarchy could easily be denounced as just another excuse to get s***faced — like wedding receptions or
