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THE 2010 SOUL OF THE CITY POETRY PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP >>> You know you want to. Write a poem, that is. You've got that half-finished prose rotting away in a box in your basement and a house full o' kids to look after. Or you've simply told yourself that you'd like to,
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CREATIVE USE OF TACOMA'S VACANT SPACES >>> The City of Tacoma will look a little sweeter. Stop. Check that. Tacoma is already looking a little sweeter. As you travel around downtown Tacoma, you'll be treated to stunning pieces of artwork, illustrating the city's deep connection with arts and culture and the
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CATCH HIM AT HELL'S KITCHEN FRIDAY >>> Lemmy of Motorhead once mumbled, "If you don't like the Supersuckers, you don't like rock and roll." It's safe to say the same applies to Eddie Spaghetti, who, when not leading the Seattle-based rockers, unleashes solo material in dimly lit clubs - like our
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HE ACTUALLY WROTE "FREEDOMPALOOZA" >>> Bill Kaufman, CEO of Kaufman Kreative E-Commerce & Marketing, and board member of the Tacoma Events Commission - the organization that produces Tacoma's annual Fourth of July bonanza Freedom Fair - wrote an editorial in today's News Tribune listing 10 ways to save Freedom Fair. Last
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GOOD TIMES >>> Held every year in mid July, The Tacoma Old Town Music Festival - formerly the Old Town Blues Festival - crams around 20 blues-ish bands into a full day of wall-to-wall music. It kicked off yesterday morning with BluesBerry pancake breakfast featuring music by Mark DuFresne with
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THE NOSH PIT >>> The Nosh League's first gathering was a wine and cheese tasting last night inside Cork! A Wine Bar on Sixth Avenue. Besides the sweltering heat and a cranky bicyclist who threated a lawsuit over our sandwich board on the sidewalk, it was quite a lovely evening. Cork! opened
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BUST OUT SOME EARPLUGS >>> As we reported in early June, the Melvins were rumored to perform Monday, Sept. 27 at Hell's Kitchen – set to pierce your five senses with droning metal riffs, gut-wrenching drums and bass, and some very strange sounds. And then we waited for the official word. And
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CONGRATS TO OUR NEW HEAD BOOKWORM >>> In theory, every single person Tacoman Erik Hanberg sees in this town next winter will have a copy of "the book" somewhere on their person or property, dog-eared, damp with sweat, and, most importantly, read all over. He'll do his best to make it
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HERE COMES ANOTHER ONE >>> Shuanna Holt and Shane Siegfried will open Caffe Dei on Sixth Avenue tomorrow. They offer Ritual Coffee Roasters and True North Coffee drinks, and Macrina baked goods in a large open space with dark walls and art by Julie Luke. "We also use two different types of
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SO THAT WAS FUN >>> Tacoma rockers, hippies, hip-hoppers, drunks, kids, homeless, bicyclists, people wearing the Weekly Volcano's Best of Tacoma 3-D glasses, and even some artists converged on People's Park yesterday during the Urban Art Festival. Battling the Taste of Tacoma - and a few raindrops - a decent size
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WHILE YOU WERE OUT BICYCLING ... >>> The Grand Cinema Executive Director Philip Cowan just sent word that their special Thursday night screening of Chasing Legends - the documentary on the 2009 Tour de France through the eyes of the Columbia HTC professional cycling team and the legends of the sport
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A TASTY TIME IN GIG HARBOR >>> The idea at its most basic is this: Get a group of people with an interest in food and wine together, and let's see if we can have some fun and learn a little while discovering the affinities between particular foods and various wines.
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THE NOODLE BAR IS SET TO OPEN >>> Blame the economy's downturn. Or blame creative thinking. Whatever the reason, pop-up restaurants - temporary restaurants in private homes, other restaurants, galleries, street corners, abandoned buildings and, hopefully, the Weekly Volcano World Headquarters lunchroom - seem to be all the rage, at least
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SMALL CROWD BUT BIG, HAPPY MUSIC >>> Though The New Frontier Lounge didn't boast a shoulder-to-shoulder crowd, Bandolier filled the space with a mix of '50s pop, modern indie rock, twirling and fun. Building on the strong foundation of Lino Fernandez's guitar (you can hear every note) and
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BLASTOFF >>> There are superior doughnuts with beautifully textured interiors, rolled in the perfect quantity of powdered sugar or chocolate glaze. There are stale donuts whose half-eaten remains lie forgotten in a grease-stained cardboard box on the conference table in the Weekly Volcano World headquarters' lunchroom. There are doughnuts that may
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THIRD THURSDAY ARTWALK TIDBITS >>> I rode the ART BUS last night that led a group around Tacoma's Third Thursday Artwalk. Here's what I learned: Cindy Murphy - the energetic owner of the novelty and gift shop Brownie Morrison (it's her porn name: Brownie was her first pet; Morrison was the street
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THE ART BUS IS BACK >>> This Thursday, after you've picked up a free and excellent - if I do say so myself - entertainment weekly. After you've checked out the stories - including the cover story on Tacoma's Hempfest. After you've read the reviews. After you found out where DeRosa
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NEW BREW FOR YOU ... AND YOUR DAD >>> When someone tells you that theirs is the coolest Father's Day gift, you tend to scoff and say thanks but no thanks, that on June 20, you and your father plan to take turns punching each other in the shoulders as
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DINING NEWS, NIBBLES AND BITS >>> Tap This: Recognizing the burgeoning craft beer market in the Tacoma area, five local watering holes - The Red Hot, The Parkway Tavern, Doyle's Public House, The Swiss, and Meconi's Pub & Eatery - will join forces for a monthly beer event, beginning tonight. Every
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BAIR DRUG HAS REOPENED AS BAIR BISTRO >>> The hamburger is simple. The hamburger is the girl next door, the one I grew up with in the Lakewood neighborhood of Oakbrook. Between us there is no drama, no distance, no complexity. We're good together because we know each other inside and
