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Along with Tobin Ropes, Maureen McHugh turns the local tea scene upside down. Ropes and McHugh are the great minds behind Mad Hat Tea Company and its comfy living room style abode and warm, welcoming attitude. Anyone from any demographic is welcome to stroll on in, grab a mug of
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Oh, hello. Sorry, I didn't see you over there, surreptitiously gazing at me with your weird little bedroom eyes. Something you are no doubt asking yourself is, "Who is that oddly alluring man? What is his secret? Why am I so inconceivably drawn to him?" Firstly, I commend you on your
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The musical Hair is much like a jam band concert: it's multi-sensual, it elicits an emotional ride, and it's probably about 15 minutes too long. That said, director Heidi Fredericks shakes every last nugget from Hair's theatrical dime bag at Capital Playhouse. If directors are reading, please take note of a
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There's quite a range of imagery and styles in the new show at Fulcrum Gallery, Dawn of 2012. The show features emerging artists - a loosely defined and often over-used term that generally means artists who have not yet received the recognition they deserve. Some of us are emerging all
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You know the old saying about selling snow to an Eskimo? Well, that's one way to explain the Flat Win Co., the business/art project of David Scherer Water of Olympia. Although he hasn't yet sold rain to Western Washington, Scherer Water does sell, among other things, dirt, rocks, gravel and - perhaps
Music
The Songwriters Composers Music Conference (SCMC), based out of Washington D.C. and coming to Tacoma Feb. 4, bills itself as a nationally-travelling event designed for unsigned artists, bands, songwriters, producers and independent labels. The SCMC says it offers lessons for success in the music business along with a chance for
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For all intents and purposes, the city of Indianapolis is currently under siege. 150,000 football fans are expected to arrive in time for the big game, Super Bowl XLVI. Forty-four blocks are reportedly going to be closed to car traffic to accommodate fans on foot sporting all kinds of Patriots
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Very few of us fully comprehend the intricacies of love and relationships. Dessert, on the other hand, is something most have a firm grasp on. Friday in Olympia both aspects of our existence will be combined for the scrumptious (and enlightening) sounding Love Panel & Dessert Party at the Olympia Mahayana Buddhist
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Buy sexual My boyfriend of a year is wonderful, intelligent, kind, and hilarious. He told me he'd never been in love until meeting me, and while he'd had more sex partners than he'd like to admit, before me, it was all meaningless. Then, yesterday, I read an article about a prostitution
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OK, this week I have a commentary that I get to share and it is very near and dear to the hip-hop community. This week I am reporting on location from Warm Beach, Washington where more than 80 students, mostly Native American, are participating as members of the Native American
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FOOD BANK ART-A-THON Local artists will create works of art that celebrate the glories of local food, while you donate to the Proctor Farmers Market Food Bank Fund, July 25 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Proctor Farmers Market, North 27th and Proctor, in Tacoma. HALF OFF The Seven –Oh-One offers half
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Thursday, July 23 Maryhill Winery tasting, 6-8 p.m., Minoela, 604 Fawcett Ave., Tacoma. Half-price wine, Maxwell’s Speakeasy, 454 St. Helens, Tacoma, 253.683.4115. Wine tasting, five pours for $5, Vinum Coffee and Wine Lounge, 1001 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.572.8215. Wine tasting, 5-7 p.m., complimentary, Cork!, 3012 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.212.1492. Wine tasting, noon to 6 p.m.,
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The Defense Department needs another round of base realignments and closures if the military is to retain its balance, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here yesterday. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey told the Reserve Officers Association that as the military cuts $487 billion
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Downtown martinis More than 20 martinis grace The Seven-Oh-One’s drink list — maybe the best beverage bargain in the 253. The downtown Tacoma bistro serves scaled down, cost-effective versions of well-known drinks such as the Boston Sidecar, Lemon Drop, and Washington Apple - available for only $3. Rather than Cointreau, Absolut
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Like banging on shit? So do the folks behind ScrapArtsMusic, a Canadian performance outfit coming to Olympia this week to blow your mind. On the group's website, ScrapArtsMusic is described thusly: "An earth-friendly, Vancouver-based company that creates unforgettable percussion performances using kinetic instruments skillfully crafted from industrial scraps. 2. An entertaining
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TUESDAY, FEB. 7: DICK HENSOLD Bring your love of the bagpipes out of the closet and into full view this week when Dick Hensold, billed as "one of America's finest traditional bagpipers," drops in on Tacoma for a performance brought to us by the Old Town Music Society and Puget Sound
