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Change can suck. It can be ugly and it can be scary. Change can bring your world crashing down around you, and change can make you realize how little control you actually have in this crazy journey called life. It can bring you to your knees, fast, and sometimes unexpectedly. Of
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Change can suck. It can be ugly and it can be scary. Change can bring your world crashing down around you, and change can make you realize how little control you actually have in this crazy journey called life. It can bring you to your knees, fast, and sometimes unexpectedly. Of
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It’s been a good ride. It’s been a good ride with belly dancers, live painting, bicycle limbo, fashion, mobs of faux Chihulys, graffiti, all varieties of burlesque, nuns hitting bongs, painted bodies, an endless variety of styles, dance, music, film, mayhem and carefully crafted madness. If Andy Warhol were still
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It’s been a good ride. It’s been a good ride with belly dancers, live painting, bicycle limbo, fashion, mobs of faux Chihulys, graffiti, all varieties of burlesque, nuns hitting bongs, painted bodies, an endless variety of styles, dance, music, film, mayhem and carefully crafted madness. If Andy Warhol were still
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I usually kick myself when I wait until the last minute to visit a bar for Bar Exam, but I’m glad I did so this week. My tardiness paid off this time by hitting Lakewood’s premier Irish bar, Maggie O’Tooles, on the day after St. Patrick’s Day. Why? Imagine how
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I usually kick myself when I wait until the last minute to visit a bar for Bar Exam, but I’m glad I did so this week. My tardiness paid off this time by hitting Lakewood’s premier Irish bar, Maggie O’Tooles, on the day after St. Patrick’s Day. Why? Imagine how
Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week and down the road. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TW = TicketsWest, 800.325.SEAT, www.ticketswest.com TWEB = Ticketweb, 866.468.7623, www.ticketweb.com >>> ON SALE FRIDAY 10 AM Tedeshi Trucks Band
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Another week, another roundup of great theater on stages around the South Sound. Here are several shows worth watching: Jenifer Lewis stars in one of the best musicals ever written as Hello Dolly takes the 5th Avenue stage for the first time in 27 years. The story follows the tale of
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Another week, another roundup of great theater on stages around the South Sound. Here are several shows worth watching: Jenifer Lewis stars in one of the best musicals ever written as Hello Dolly takes the 5th Avenue stage for the first time in 27 years. The story follows the tale of
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Located in an alley between downtown Tacoma and the Dome District is a quiet little salon hideaway, Steven Christian. Once a coffee warehouse, the building’s ultra tall walls, ceiling-to-floor windows and airy floor plan are inviting. Almost everywhere you look, potted plants grow; the greenery softening what might otherwise be
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Located in an alley between downtown Tacoma and the Dome District is a quiet little salon hideaway, Steven Christian. Once a coffee warehouse, the building’s ultra tall walls, ceiling-to-floor windows and airy floor plan are inviting. Almost everywhere you look, potted plants grow; the greenery softening what might otherwise be
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After writing for this rag for this long, I completely understand that I’m only supposed to write about things that happen in the South Sound. I’ve strayed a couple of times and told you about my adventures in Ellensburg, but there’s another city that I love and I need to tell
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After writing for this rag for this long, I completely understand that I’m only supposed to write about things that happen in the South Sound. I’ve strayed a couple of times and told you about my adventures in Ellensburg, but there’s another city that I love and I need to tell
We Recommend
Watching a good independent film at a festival is a bit like meeting The One, then losing his/her number - you may never run into each other again. But The Grand Cinema, our local cinematic Cupid, believes in second chances, and second screenings. So in case you missed Losing Control
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You spend hours wandering around consignment stores, yard sales, and nothing. Break the cycle. Rethink your thought process. Antiques — The older they are the better. And, unlike the average retail giant’s merchandise, you can sometimes get a deal. So come check out the Annual Puget Sound Flea Market and
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You spend hours wandering around consignment stores, yard sales, and nothing. Break the cycle. Rethink your thought process. Antiques — The older they are the better. And, unlike the average retail giant’s merchandise, you can sometimes get a deal. So come check out the Annual Puget Sound Flea Market and
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I know, I know. The weather outside is enough to make you want to open a main vein and escape this mortal coil, or at least curl up in the fetal position listening to Bauhaus and The Smiths. Everything you hear and see on the news echoes the grey skies
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I know, I know. The weather outside is enough to make you want to open a main vein and escape this mortal coil, or at least curl up in the fetal position listening to Bauhaus and The Smiths. Everything you hear and see on the news echoes the grey skies
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SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TW = TicketsWest, 800.325.SEAT, www.ticketswest.com TWEB = Ticketweb, 866.468.7623, www.ticketweb.com On sale now Dave Frishberg Seattle. March 31-April 1 7:30 pm. $22.50 (Jazz Alley, 206.441.9729). Joshua Redman Trio Seattle. April 9-11 7:30 and 9:30 pm, April 12 7:30 pm. $26.50
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Club Impact, closing in April with a final show featuring such local greats as MXPX, has been an active and diligent supporter of the all-ages scene in Tacoma and — until its doors shut — will continue to provide opportunities to younger fledgling bands in an effort to flesh out
