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MICHAEL SWAN: TUESDAY, DEC. 1, 2009 >>> 1. Hazel and Vine, the Sacramento indie pop band touring behind their new self-titled release, will stop by the Warehouse in downtown Tacoma for a 8 p.m. show.2. Joe Feddersen: Pattern Recognition shows from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Evergreen Gallery
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MICHAEL SWAN: TWO OF THE FINEST >>> Weekly Volcano Publisher Pappi Swarner shared some disturbing news with us - sometime this weekend (most likely Sunday night), his autographed Cheryl Ladd poster was pilfered from his private office restroom. No one seems to have seen the large framed poster make an
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SUZY STUMP: FOR THOSE ABOUT TO REVEL, WE SALUTE YOU >>> What do you get when you cross an opera with a circus? Puget Sound Revels' colorful, zany staged production and a great way for all ages to celebrate Christmas past and present. The Christmas Revels - 60 to 90
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SUZY STUMP: SANKTA LUCIA CELEBRATION AT PLU FRIDAY >>>The holidays are here. Oh, yes. The season of cards, yearly newsletters, family parties involving long-lost relatives. How well can you sum up the past year in two minutes or less (the average attention span of one of your red state relatives)?
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REV. ADAM MCKINNEY: THE GIVING SEASON >>> We at the Weekly Volcano are unselfish, socially aware, philanthropic folk. We like to give back (the very definition of philanthropic, if you will). As such, around this time of year we all get together and sing “Do They Know It’s Christmas?†in
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MICHAEL SWAN: MONDAY, NOV. 30, 2009 >>> 1. Chris Rock hosts and narrates the warm, funny documentary Good Hair, which is about the hair of black women, screening at 4:15 and 8:50 p.m. at The Grand Cinema.2. With classical forms and an almost revolutionary approach to media, Jill Nordfors Clark
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RON SWARNER: FOOD MATTERS >>>Donations For Fallen Lakewood Police Officers: The Forza Coffee team of owners, employees, families and vendors wish to pass along deep compassion and loss for the four Lakewood Police officers who lost their lives yesterday. Having impacted Forza at a corporate and local level, immediate action
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WEEKLY VOLCANO: TRAGEDY IN PIERCE COUNTY >>>Three men and a woman from the Lakewood Police Department were shot dead in a Pierce County Forza Coffee shop this morning at 8:30 a.m. in what a Pierce County Sheriff's spokesman described as a "flat-out ambush." Pierce County has set up an emergency
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RON SWARNER: A FEW FAREWELL SHOTS >>> Because I can't remember much past last week, I buried myself in the yellowed, crinkly piles of Weekly Volcano past issues in our archive department - which comprises a shelf, a Safeway shopping cart, and a filthy pair of Keds. I sat on
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RON SWARNER: THE TRADITION CONTINUES ... >>> Size does matter … well, when it comes to Christmas trees. Bigger means better as hundreds gathered last night in front of the Pantages Theater for the 64th lighting of the Holiday Tree Lighting Celebration in Tacoma. After the Fort Lewis Brass Quintet
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MICHAEL SWAN: SUNDAY, NOV. 29, 2009 >>> 1. Kids in Koncert, a nifty youth choir, will present a Singing Christmas Tree in Olympia’s Sylvester Park at 4:30 p.m.2. The Friends of McKinley Park will repair and beautify the park from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 3. Tacoma Bike has put
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MICHAEL SWAN: PHOTO HOT SPOT >>> Michael D. Martin recently uploaded a few shots of the Chihuly art inside Union Station in Tacoma. He added them to his Tacoma WA Area set, which is loaded with gems. Click here to see more.
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WEEKLY VOLCANO: MUSIC IN THE SOUTH SOUND TONIGHT >>> Don't know what to do tonight? Don't worry, we have you covered: Benefiting Second Cycle, Hilltop's loved bicycle co-op, Raw Talent #2 will be a chance for anyone to check out a cast of local performers - many of them relative newbies
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MICHAEL SWAN: SATURDAY, NOV. 28, 2009 >>> 1. The Broadway Center will kick off the holiday season today with the family film The Polar Express at 3 p.m. in the Pantages Theater followed by the 64th Annual Holiday Tree Lighting at 5 p.m. 2. Centerstage Theatre presents its third annual
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MICHAEL SWAN: IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE … >>>> The holidays can be hell. I suggest you set one goal for each day leading up to your holiday of choice, and stick to it. Trying to buy Nana a Clapper and little cousin Latisha a collectors' edition Beanie
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MICHAEL SWAN: ONE CITY. 30 DAYS. WHAT WILL YOU DO? >>> Art at Work Month: Friday, Nov. 27November 2009 marks the eighth anniversary of Art at Work: Tacoma Arts Month. There is something for everyone to enjoy throughout the month: lectures, music, dance performances, readings, workshops, theater performances, visual art exhibits and more. Here are
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MICHAEL SWAN: FRIDAY, NOV. 27, 2009 >>> 1. Paradise Theatre presents its version of A Christmas Story at 7:30 p.m.2. The Gritty City Gift Fair will host 25 alternative, quirky, unique and hip vendors from noon to 6 p.m. inside The Robert Daniel Gallery. 3. The cool Lelavision Physical Music
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MICHAEL SWAN: TAKING THE DAY OFF >>> Barring any new dogs drinking beer photos, we're going to use the holiday as an excuse to take a rare day off. So, please people, for our sake, perform naked on top of Hell’s Kitchen, open a new restaurant and do funny things
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MICHAEL "STANDISH" SWAN: THURSDAY, NOV. 26, 2009 >>> 1. Centre at Norpoint hosts a Turkey Trot featuring a 5K run, 2-mile walk, a kid's dash (ages 3-8) and a wheelchair division beginning at 9 a.m.2. Fantasy Lights - the largest drive-through display of lights in the Northwest - opens tonight,
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RON SWARNER: SWEATERS SO BAD THEY'RE GOOD >>> Three years ago Doyle’s Public House co-owner Russ Heaton laughed when his Minnesota friend recommended he host an ugly holiday sweater party. After Heaton rolled his eyes for the fifth time, he Googled it. Search results suggested it wasn’t a crazy idea.Six
