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Barney Rubble belted it in the bath. Spongebob stole Squidward's thunder by singing it underwater. And most famously, Bugs gnawed his way through several rounds of "Figaro! Figaro! Figaro!" in the toon classic, "Rabbit of Seville." Between its easily followed romcom plot and a score made universally familiar by the
Arts
Playwright August Wilson's "Pittsburgh Cycle" comprises ten plays about the African-American experience, each set in its own decade of the 20th century. It's a massive, multifaceted saga worthy of the best work from actors, designers, and directors. C. Rosalind Bell, a playwright herself, knew and worked with Wilson and Claude
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Pantages Theater Tacoma - Downtown. Masters Of Scottish Arts: Celtic Pipers, Drummers, Fiddlers & Dancers. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $30-$45. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Fingertips. 9 pm. Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Hambone Blues Band. 9 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Grit City Comedy
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Green Drinks welcomes you to meet new people and discuss environmental issues over happy hour. Happy hour for environmentalists. It's a beautiful thing. Green Drinks Tacoma rides into the Tacoma Cabana Thursday. That's right, brah, and the folks from the South Sound chapter of Surfrider will be under the thatched
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BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. The Junction Sports Bar and Grill Lewis County. Blues Jam. Hosted by Blues Attitude. 8 pm. Eagle's Hall Olympia - Downtown. OlyBlues Dance Night. Third floor, no partner necessary. All
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Last November, La Luz were driving along in their tour van when they hit a patch of black ice that sent them skidding into a concrete block. While waiting for AAA to come, a semi-truck came barreling into their van. It was a terrifying and destructive blip in the middle
Stage
Peter Serko's production of "My Brother Kissed Mark Zuckerberg" at Dukesbay Theatre reminds us that AIDS is still with us. It also reminds us that boundless familial love is still possible. During the most devastating days of the AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s local photographer Peter Serko found out his
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San Francisco trio Balms do shoegaze right. Their songs are positively drenched with murk - the sort of cloudy texture that'd make you just a little more buoyant if you found yourself swimming in the stuff. The vocals trail off and bleed into one another, punctuated by the occasional angular
Food Matters
COFFEE CHAT B Sharp Coffee House (706 Opera Alley, Tacoma) serves up delightful concoctions of the roasted bean and encourages enlightened coffee consumption with its coffee tasting events. At 10 a.m., Saturday, Feb 8. B Sharp will demonstrate what happens to single-origin beans along their journey to perfection. Increase your bean
Family
Jasmine Meredith spends nearly every afternoon working at the Teen Zone on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. But the Lakes High School freshman,14, doesn't get paid - she does it all as a volunteer. For her dedication to volunteering and efforts last year, Jasmine was recently selected as the 2014 Boys and Girls
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The past few years have been exciting ones for certain graduates of the Tacoma School of the Arts: members of a SOTA music collective called Dear Records. Alumni of Dear Records include Brad Oberhofer (of Oberhofer, you know?), Molly Hamilton (of Pitchfork-approved Widowspeak), Colin Scott Reynolds (I Low, Watermelon Sugar,
News Front
As Maj. Gen. Stephen Lanza relinquished command of the 7th Infantry Division in Tuesday's ceremony, he first thanked those that have helped him. Then he praised the man that's replacing him - Maj. Gen. Terry Ferrell. "Today, I'm honored to hand over the reins to a tremendous leader and a wonderful Army
Show And Tell
Typecasting can be both a boon and a burden. When an actor plays a role so masterfully or for so long that they become inexorably linked to it, it not only provides them job security, it cements their legacy in the "biz" and their place in the public consciousness. At
Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week
Music
The past few years have been exciting ones for certain graduates of the Tacoma School of the Arts: members of a SOTA music collective called Dear Records. Alumni of Dear Records include Brad Oberhofer (of Oberhofer, you know?), Molly Hamilton (of Pitchfork-approved Widowspeak), Colin Scott Reynolds (I Low, Watermelon Sugar,
