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RON SWARNER: PICK UP A COPY TODAY >>> Checking In With Wendy: Wendy Au began serving delicious Asian food at her walk-up counter in Freighthouse Square food court more than 20 years ago. While Pearl Jam was still ruling the charts, she opened Wendy’s II, a sit-down restaurant near the
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MICHAEL SWAN: SOMETHING TO KNOW >>> Shunpike, the Seattle-based organization that assists arts organizations with the business side of er, the art business - participated in the Art at Work 2009 Arts Symposium Nov. 14 at the University of Puget Sound. Being the smart business people they are, they
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RON SWARNER: Q&A WITH JADA-MOON GRIDLEY >>> Many a strange phenomenon comes over us during this, the holiday season. People pretend they’re in ye olde Victorian England. Television commercials start to rhyme. We use terms like “hustle and bustle†in everyday conversation voluntarily. But before you decide to curl up
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MICHAEL SWAN: KIM CHESELKA AT FULCRUM >>> Photographer Mitch Dubin posted some terrific photos of Fulcrum Gallery owner Oliver Dorris helping artist Kim Cheselka set up her show - Instructions From the Natural World - at the Tacoma Hilltop gallery. Click here to check them out. Click here from more
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RON SWARNER: FOOD MATTERS >>>Half-Price Wine: Lots of options tonight in the South Sound.Another Bikini Barista Shack: The Foxy Lady Café has opened at 11016 Valley Ave. S.E. in Puyallup.Plan Ahead: The Dockside Bistro and Wine Bar in Olympia hosts a wine dinner with Washington winery Anelare Thursday, Dec. 3
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MICHAEL SWAN: ONE CITY. 30 DAYS. WHAT WILL YOU DO? >>> Art at Work Month: Wednesday, Nov. 25November 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: WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25, 2009 >>> 1. Doyle's Public House hosts its infamous Bad Holiday Sweater Contest beginning at 8:35 p.m.2. Tacoma Art Museum's A Concise History of Northwest Art is a big, big, big show - parts of which should appeal to everyone since it has photography, painting,
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MATT DRISCOLL: O EH, O EH, O EH, O EH >>>Remember that time in elementary school you took 7th place in the talent show with your lip-synced version of Miami Sound Machine’s “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You� Yeah, well, Raw Talent #2, a local talent show at The New Frontier
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MICHAEL SWAN: ONE CITY. 30 DAYS. WHAT WILL YOU DO? >>> Art at Work Month: Tuesday, Nov. 24November 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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RON SWARNER: FOOD MATTERS >>>Tightwad Tuesday: The last time you can have $2 tacos, $2 beers, and $2 wells at Hell’s Kitchen’s Sixth Avenue spot before they reopen in downtown Tacoma.Classical French Cooking: Classically-trained French Chef Thierry Liot teaches French Holiday Cuisine tonight at 6 p.m. inside the Bayview School
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MICHAEL SWAN: TUESDAY, NOV. 24, 2009 >>> 1. The Strange Boys will lean a little heavier on the R&B side of things, which nicely balances their requisite fuzz clatter with The Drug Purse and Jetty Cats at 8 p.m. inside Olympia’s all-ages venue Northern.2. With classical forms and an almost
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JAKE DE PAUL: IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE … >>>The fine folks at Randall PR sent us the recipe for Peppermint Ice Cream Pie with Hot Chocolate Sauce by Executive Chef Robert Green of Sip in Gig Harbor. “Succulent hot chocolate meets festive peppermint in this easy-to-make dessert,â€
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MICHAEL SWAN: POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS FOR HIPSTERS >>>Twenty slides, 20 seconds each: That's the challenge issued to creative types in this international phenomenon known as Pechu Kucha, wherein invited presenters may expound upon their private worlds, credos, outlooks or whatever in a visual quickie with strict restraints. Drawing its name from
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MICHAEL SWAN: TODAY’S HAPPY HOUR DISCUSSION TOPIC >>> Discuss the above video over happy hour at:Azteca4801 Tacoma Mall Blvd., 253.472.0246Happy Hours: 3-6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.-close Monday-Saturday, Sundays all-dayDrink Specials: $3 wells, $3.95 margaritas, $1.75 16 oz. domestics Food Specials: $4.75 nachos, $4.95 chicken wings, $5.95 pork wingsLINK: More South Sound
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RON SWARNER: IKE SHANAMAN BENEFIT >>> Dropped by Hell’s Kitchen Saturday night for Ike Shanaman’s benefit. Caught Neutralboy’s excellent punk rock set. Ike's sister, Kate, won the auction for the right to shave off Cody Foster’s trademark sideburns.The benefit raised $1,200 toward Shanaman’s medical expenses.
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JAKE DE PAUL: TOUGH CALL >>>Marcia's Silver Spoon Café will install new high-gloss tables with glass tops in its dining room soon. Underneath the glass will be local advertisements. Owner Marcia Crelling has contracted out the sales portion of the job. Certainly Marcia’s tasty food makes it an interesting business
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SUZY STUMP: INTERVIEW WITH AN INTERN >>> “Basically, her music is so powerful it will get you pregnant.â€That’s how Andrew Reeder describes the music of San Diego musician Gayle Skidmore, who performs tonight at the Mandolin Café and tomorrow at KJ’s Garage in Olympia.Who the hell is Andrew Reeder?He’s a
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JOE IZENMAN: CAUGHT SQUIRT REUNION LAST THURSDAY AT HELL'S KITCHEN >>> Here is something that makes me happy: a guitarist, on his knees in the middle of the floor, surrounded by the crowd, wailing his heart out.Here is something that makes me sad: that thing I just said, when the
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MICHAEL SWAN: MONDAY, NOV. 23 , 2009 >>> 1. Author Nick Hornby turns from novels to screenplays with the talent-driven drama An Education, the story a young woman full of promise and intent to study at Oxford until she meets an older man with other ideas, which screens at 2:30,
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MICHAEL SWAN: SUNDAY, NOV. 22, 2009 >>> 1. As part of Art at Work: Tacoma Arts Month 2009, King’s Books will play host to the annual Tacoma is For Lovers Artist Craft Fair from noon to 5 p.m.2. The Northern Pacific Coffee Company hosts geriatric jazz at 11 a.m.3. At
