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Mandolin Cafe Where: 3923 S. 12th St., Tacoma, 253.761.3482 Hours: 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 6 a.m. to midnight Friday, 8 a.m. to midnight Saturday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday Cuisine: Coffeehouse fare with sandwiches, quiche, soups, salads and desserts Scene: A gathering spot for students studying calculus, vibrant flamenco guitar music,
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Mandolin Cafe Where: 3923 S. 12th St., Tacoma, 253.761.3482 Hours: 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 6 a.m. to midnight Friday, 8 a.m. to midnight Saturday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday Cuisine: Coffeehouse fare with sandwiches, quiche, soups, salads and desserts Scene: A gathering spot for students studying calculus, vibrant
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These days there may be a good number of people suggesting that they’d sell their soul for a good job. It’s a point Kathryn Smith, General Director of Tacoma Opera, acknowledges even as she sees value in the arts. “All of what we do is important, but it’s not an electricity
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These days there may be a good number of people suggesting that they’d sell their soul for a good job. It’s a point Kathryn Smith, General Director of Tacoma Opera, acknowledges even as she sees value in the arts. “All of what we do is important, but it’s not an electricity
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It's time again for Olympia's Spring Arts Walk. When the creativity of artists, performers and musicians brims so full that it spills into the streets of downtown Olympia and folks of all ages come to celebrate. Music is a central part of the party, bringing musicians to nearly every venue and
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B2 Gallery has extended the exhibition "Sweet Freedom's Jubilee" through June 9. The show features fiber artist Mary Johnson and sculptor Mar'zil Davis with works celebrating the 99th Anniversary of the death of Harriett Tubman. Johnson's woven tapestries are breathtaking. Her depictions of the lives of slaves,
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B2 Gallery has extended the exhibition "Sweet Freedom's Jubilee" through June 9. The show features fiber artist Mary Johnson and sculptor Mar'zil Davis with works celebrating the 99th Anniversary of the death of Harriett Tubman. Johnson's woven tapestries are breathtaking. Her depictions of the lives of slaves, it almost goes without
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I always hate it when people can’t explain a movie or theater production. It makes it seem like they didn’t watch the show carefully enough. But after seeing Centerstage Theatre’s production of Crucifer of Blood — A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, by Paul Giovanni and directed by Vince Brady, I can
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I always hate it when people can’t explain a movie or theater production. It makes it seem like they didn’t watch the show carefully enough. But after seeing Centerstage Theatre’s production of Crucifer of Blood — A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, by Paul Giovanni and directed by Vince Brady, I can
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There’s a machine gun on the wall at mineral. It’s made of bread, seed and salt; it’s in a glass-fronted display case with wire mesh, and it looks like some bizarre archeological find as if machine guns existed in the time of Homer’s Odyssey. That’s my imagination at work and
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There’s a machine gun on the wall at mineral. It’s made of bread, seed and salt; it’s in a glass-fronted display case with wire mesh, and it looks like some bizarre archeological find as if machine guns existed in the time of Homer’s Odyssey. That’s my imagination at work and
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Year 15 has arrived for RAGS, an annual charity fashion and art fund-raiser that benefits Pierce County’s YWCA Domestic Violence Programs, which is scheduled for March 13-15 at Larson’s Mercedes-Benz of Tacoma. More pointedly, the wearable art sale and gallery competition is a favorite among those who like to shop,
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Year 15 has arrived for RAGS, an annual charity fashion and art fund-raiser that benefits Pierce County’s YWCA Domestic Violence Programs, which is scheduled for March 13-15 at Larson’s Mercedes-Benz of Tacoma. More pointedly, the wearable art sale and gallery competition is a favorite among those who like to shop,
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Gayle Selden was an easy interview seeing as we’re good friends who met during our first days together in the Junior League of Tacoma back in 2004. In 2006, with the help of a few JLT co-members, I embarked on beginning a little fund-raiser called Bib ‘n’ Bid — a
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Gayle Selden was an easy interview seeing as we’re good friends who met during our first days together in the Junior League of Tacoma back in 2004. In 2006, with the help of a few JLT co-members, I embarked on beginning a little fund-raiser called Bib ‘n’ Bid — a
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Friday, March 6 Fridays Uncorked, 5-7:30 p.m., $12, Bayview School of Cooking, 516 Fourth Ave. W., Olympia, 360.754.1448. Wine tasting, 6-8 p.m., $7.50-$10, WineStyles Wine & Gifts, 2665 N. Pearl St., Tacoma, 253.756.1922. Saturday, March 7 Oregon Boutique Wines Dinner, 6:30 p.m., $75, Affairs Café & Bakery, 2811 Bridgeport Way W., University Place, 253.565.8604. Wine
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Friday, March 6 Fridays Uncorked, 5-7:30 p.m., $12, Bayview School of Cooking, 516 Fourth Ave. W., Olympia, 360.754.1448. Wine tasting, 6-8 p.m., $7.50-$10, WineStyles Wine & Gifts, 2665 N. Pearl St., Tacoma, 253.756.1922. Saturday, March 7 Oregon Boutique Wines Dinner, 6:30 p.m., $75, Affairs Café & Bakery, 2811 Bridgeport Way W., University Place, 253.565.8604. Wine
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Footloose seems like a natural candidate for adaptation to a stage musical. It has a cheeseball inspirational plot (big-city kid rolls into rural religious town, learns to fit in while teaching them the joy of not banning dancing). The story is centered entirely around the prospect of dance numbers. It
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Tacoma's credibility in the world of local rock can be traced directly to the opening of Hell's Kitchen at Sixth and Proctor. With the well-known, well-respected Flash from Portrait of Poverty at the controls, Hell's Kitchen had enough credo and connections to bring bands such as the Melvins, Mudhoney, Dick
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Match dot con A woman wrote me on an online dating site. Her profile said she was 42. I'm 37, which isn't a big age difference, so we went out. We had a blast and were planning to go out again when she e-mailed and confessed she'll be 49 in
