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BRING YOUR AUTOGRAPH BOOK THURSDAY >>> Good morning, South Sound! Schools are opening their doors this week: How's it feel to say goodbye to summer and get back on that education grind? Godspeed to all teachers, really. Speaking of teaching, you could learn a thing or two from the artists who will gather
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BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE A MILLION IN THE AREA >>> Neighborhood: Sixth Avenue, Tacoma Address/phone: 2607 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.572.2550 Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday Noshing/Sipping: Vegans, rejoice! Finally, a coffee joint for the
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EVERGREENONE AND TODD SYKES CD RELEASE >>> Remember CD listening parties? We would all gather at a local club, listen to every track while sipping tasty beverages. Ah, the 90s. I was a bit disappointed to hear EvergreenOne and Todd Sykes didn't schedule a listening party for Milk on Wax, which
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BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE A MILLION IN THE AREA >>> Neightborhood: Korean Town, Lakewood Address/phone: 3615 Steilacoom Blvd. SW, 253.584.0999 Hours: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday-Saturday, noon to 9 p.m. Sunday Noshing/Sipping: Five sandwiches including the delicious Rancho Californian with ham, precisely cut tomatoes, precisely cut cucumber and precisely torn lettuce stacked high
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BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE A MILLION IN THE AREA >>> Neighborhood: Fircrest Address/Phone: 1039 Regents Blvd., 253.564.7338 Hours: 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday Noshing/Sipping: A few sandwiches, wraps and paninis, salads, assorted bakery items, box lunches. The breakfast sandwiches are tasty. All your favorite espresso drinks -
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WHAT I FOUND LAST NIGHT DURING ARTWALK >>> Last night I found Maria Jost's Street Botany's Figure 8 poster "What is this Taraxcum officinale poster about?" at the Brick House Gallery. You can read the multiple choice answers clearer on her Street Botany's blog here. This poster and the previous seven
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CLOTHING. CULTURE. CONNECT. >>> Tacoma's a city that gets all damp in the pants over anything that's made with local love - from clothes to music to art. John Crouch, one of the founders of a new men's and women's skate culture clothing store in downtown Tacoma, knows this. He's
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TACOMA THIRD THURSDAY ARTWALK ACTIVATOR >>> After a month off, the Tacoma Third Thursday Artwalk ART BUS - proudly sponsored by the Weekly Volcano - is back for a motorized tour of downtown Tacoma galleries and spaces beginning at 5 p.m. Angela Jossy of the Speakeasy Arts Cooperative will step down
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FLIRTIN' WITH DISASTER >>> Weekly Volcano sales executive Tony Worrell does a perfect imitation of former Molly Hatchet lead singer Danny Joe Brown singing "Flirtin' With Disaster. It's perfect. And I could hear a little bit of that sound on my iPhone when Tony called in to let me know Molly Hatchet will
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TALKING GHOSTS, SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTMENT AND PANORAMIC VIEW >>> Are you ready to rock ... yourself into a blissful coma? What Brian Ellefson lacks in rattle-yr-beercoaster grit, he more than makes up for with mellow "adult alternative" chill music - think Jack Johnson (both were born in the Hawaii Islands). Any
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THE ALARM CLOCKS ARE RINGING >>> When God finally gets sick of all the molly-coddling New Testament crap and decides to once again go super-diluvian on our fornicating asses, which musical artist are you going to demand as the Ark's house band? Lady Gaga? Justin Bieber? (I laughed so hard writing
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MEATY >>> Good morning, Spew readers, and welcome to another installment of the Morning After. It's 75 degree right now with a projected high of 94. It's officially butt-sweat season. And with that physical discomfort comes discomfort of another kind: cranky neighbors. After a couple beers at The Red Hot's third
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DEFINITION OF AWESOME >>> "The most brilliant ideas in life are often the simplest, and in many ways the most obvious. The Red Hot's combination of stellar craft beer and hefty, unique hot dogs is just such a scenario. Who would have thought Tacoma would love to horf all-beef hot dogs
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CARRS NOW SERVES BREAKFAST ALL THE TIME >>> I had to take two aspirin after eating "The Undecided" breakfast entrée at Carrs Restaurant and Bar in Lakewood. The remedy wasn't need after consuming the massive meal. No, I jumped up to answer my phone outdoors and slammed the top of my
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MORE THAN JUST NOODLES >>> I can just hear moan, "Oh fabulous, here goes the Weekly Volcano waxing wonderful the Pacific Grill for the billionth time. Seriously?" Seriously. I think it would be a crime not to spread the good word about Chef Gordon Naccarato's takoyaki, one of the Japanese street foods
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REPRESENT >>> While preparing for my weekly disappoint where I attempt to find a wine bar in the South Sound open on a Sunday afternoon, I flipped through this month's Wine Spectator. And lo and behold, their "Best Restaurants For Wine Lovers" cover story includes a couple from the South Sound:
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LETTERS OF WISDOM >>> Artist James Sinding has turned Tacoma's Tollefson Plaza into a different type of hangout with his Letters exhibition - and harnessed more creative brain juices from its contributing artists than most group art shows can muster. As part of Spaceworks Tacoma Sinding dumped 5 square yards of
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WORKED SPACEWORKS >>> As the recession takes its toll on retailing, empty storefront windows throughout the downtown Tacoma area are turning into "artscapes," the result of an opportune alignment of interests among artists, landlords, city of Tacoma, Seattle-based arts non-profit Shunpike and the Tacoma Pierce County Chamber of Commerce. Spaceworks Tacoma
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DINING NEWS, NIBBLES AND BITS >>> Grand Opening: Will there be one of those really absurd, super-sized pair of scissors at the official Amocat Café ribbon cutting ceremony tonight from 5-9 p.m.? Tough to tell, but there will be healthy doses of Valhalla Coffee, city Councilman David Boe, Mayor Marilyn Strickland,
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NEW AND IMPROVED >>> I'll just come out and say it: Sweet Things Cupcakes & Couture in the Proctor District grabbed second place in our 2010 Best of Tacoma Readers' Poll. The cupcake shop scored a baker's dozen of votes - over and over. I'm sure there's something involving the word
