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For a foodie like myself, mid summer has to be the best time of the year. We are fortunate to have some very accessible farmers markets in our area and several Metro Parks do-it-yourself pea patches dotted throughout the city. With all these opportunities for fresh bounty, I rarely have
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I’ll be damned if Showcase Tacoma hasn’t hit its stride. This is what can happen when we come together, say organizers, with this year’s offering of Tacoma talent reaching a nice, quiet critical mass. I offer as introductory evidence Fulcrum Gallery’s topographical sculpture made from recycled junk; or seemingly random
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I’ll be damned if Showcase Tacoma hasn’t hit its stride. This is what can happen when we come together, say organizers, with this year’s offering of Tacoma talent reaching a nice, quiet critical mass. I offer as introductory evidence Fulcrum Gallery’s topographical sculpture made from recycled junk; or seemingly random
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The Here Today public project art sponsored by the City of Olympia features temporary art installations in various locations throughout downtown Olympia and along the boardwalk at Percival Landing. Including visual, performing art, literature and music, these works by local artists “celebrate a sense of place through reflection and response
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The Here Today public project art sponsored by the City of Olympia features temporary art installations in various locations throughout downtown Olympia and along the boardwalk at Percival Landing. Including visual, performing art, literature and music, these works by local artists “celebrate a sense of place through reflection and response
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Growing up in Olympia, I hit up the Backstage, heard weird little bands come out of garages and had an ear on ska, but it wasn't until I lived a stint in northern California that I got the stroke of true reggae against my soul. Maybe it was the connection
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If you weren’t concerned before about the private immigrant detention center on the Tacoma tide flats, a recent report from Seattle University and human rights advocates One America should give you pause. The report —Voices from Detention: A Report on Human Rights Violations at the Northwest Detention Center — confirms
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If you weren’t concerned before about the private immigrant detention center on the Tacoma tide flats, a recent report from Seattle University and human rights advocates One America should give you pause. The report —Voices from Detention: A Report on Human Rights Violations at the Northwest Detention Center — confirms
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Heart and Soul racks up the acoustic versions of songs Jamaican roots reggae band The Gladiators performed in the '70s when Clinton Fearon played bass and sung. It's a nostalgic, yet refreshing collection. In a world of mass consumption and more, more, more attitudes, the acoustics are a
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According to the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary Twelfth Night is "the evening of the fifth of January, ... the eve of the Epiphany, formerly the last day of the Christmas festivities and observed as a time of merrymaking." Medieval and Tudor England celebrated Twelfth Night as the end of a
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According to the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary Twelfth Night is "the evening of the fifth of January, ... the eve of the Epiphany, formerly the last day of the Christmas festivities and observed as a time of merrymaking." Medieval and Tudor England celebrated Twelfth Night as
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B2 Fine Art has opened the third installment of their international youth art exhibition Beyond Crayons and Finger Painting 3.0. featuring work from young artists 7-19 years old from Bethlehem, Canada, China, Cuba, Korea and the United States. Compared to previous incarnations of this show, this one has more work that
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B2 Fine Art has opened the third installment of their international youth art exhibition Beyond Crayons and Finger Painting 3.0. featuring work from young artists 7-19 years old from Bethlehem, Canada, China, Cuba, Korea and the United States. Compared to previous incarnations of this show, this one has more work
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Wreckless Offensive Leaders of the Free World, or W.O.L.F. Gang, is a new group consisting of MC Coo Beanz and Joey Moody. These two are close friends who released a four-track EP this May at coobeanz.bandcamp.com/album/w-o-l-f. It is only $2 and it is well worth it. With the semi break-up
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Thursday night AKA and the Heart Hurt Goods will play its first show at one of Olympia's favorite venues, the Eastside Club, where dreadlocks, mohawks and ponytails all bob and weave through the dance floor to some of the regions best bands. AKA and the Heart Hurt Goods join the
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If you picked up last week's edition of the Weekly Volcano, then you know all about Katy Evans and her involvement with the greater good of Tacoma. Saturday, 1 p.m., catch her and other like-minded individuals (yourself included?) in action as they embark on a very special
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People, this month's Word 3rd Thursday is packed with hip-hop goodness. Hosted by Mr. Von and Weekly Volcano's columnist Josh Rizeberg, the show at The New Frontier Lounge will be dope. The show is a regional showcase featuring Silent Lambs Project (Seattle), Kept See (Almighty Universal Zulu-Nation), Un Tha Rhyme
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The Neo-Futurist, an experimental theater company from Chicago, are returning to Tacoma to perform their signature show, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, inside the Norton Clapp Theatre at the University of Puget Sound.The show includes 30 short, original plays performed by the ensemble in just 60 minutes.
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Eleven months ago the 1st Battalion (155mm Towed), 377th Field Artillery Regiment, was divided in half as three of its batteries deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. On Nov. 1, Soldiers in B, C and F batteries, 1st Battalion, 26th Field Artillery Regiment, 17th
