Food Matters
Thursday, March 11 Wine tasting, five pours for $5, Vinum Coffee and Wine Lounge, 1001 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.572.8215. Ladies Night featuring half off all wine flights and $5 house pours, Sip, 4793 Point Fosdick Dr. N.W, Gig Harbor, 253.853.3020. Wine tasting, noon to 6 p.m., complimentary, Walter Dacon Winery, 50 S.E. Skookum
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When do you give up on what you want to do, and turn to what is profitable and popular? At what point are dreams of art and integrity laid to rest at the altar of commercial whoredom? That is the question posed in the new film Bestsellers, by Tacoma
Archives
I have to admit that I didn’t have high expectations for “Robin Hood … The Legend Continues” at Centerstage Theater. I don’t know why since the theater has been on a stellar rise of late under the artistic direction of Alan Bryce. Maybe it’s the story. I’ve never been much of
Schools
When looking for a new home at the next duty station, evaluating area schools is always a top priority for military families. Luckily there are a number of free resources that can help parents contrast and compare districts and, even more specifically, schools, whether they are public, charter or private
Critics' Picks
[DJ] + THURS, APRIL 24 Thursday nights have been an adventure in Olympia's Westside. First, The Westside El Serape was the place to be with DJ Travisty and DJ Kemyst. Then Kemyst jumped ship to start his own gig with Tony Garcia at Trago Mexican Kitchen in the Capital Mall. Recently, Pints
Travel
If this is your first trip to Olympia, welcome! I feel an affinity, as I've only lived here since 2007. It took months to wrap my head around the flagrantly liberal banter in Orca Books, introverted hints of "the Seattle freeze" in local taverns, and the mind-expanding pleasures of real
Listings
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC HG Bistro Puyallup. Andy Shofner. 21+. 7 pm. NC. Salty's at Redondo Beach Des Moines. Myles Crew. 21+. 8 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Too Many Cooks. All Ages. 8 pm. Donations. BLUES O'Callahan's Pub & Grill Key Peninsula. Junkyard Jane. 21+. 8:30 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Emerald Queen Casino Tacoma - Eastside. Carlos Mencia.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Antique Sandwich Company Ruston. Ancient Victory Open Mic. All Ages. 7 pm. Uncle Sam’s American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Jerry Miller Unplugged. 6 pm. NC. Liquid Soul Coffee Roy. Open Mic. Hosted by David Wayne. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Russ Salton & Friends. All Ages. 7 pm.
Features
It would seem that some local culinary talents are hell bent on taking the community on a journey to flavor country. There is one local chef personality that isn't just delivering quality, carefully crafted dishes to the table tops of his home base restaurant, but also out and about -
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Much has been made of Hobosexual's appropriation and interpretation of-not the '80s-but the idea of the '80s. As evidenced on their most recent LP (titled Hobosexual II, in a spot-on sendup of the oblivious self-aggrandizement that plagued mainstream rock of the '70s and '80s), this is the kind of band
Show And Tell
I love a good, old-fashioned "get-even" movie. There's just something undeniably and timelessly appealing about seeing a poor, put-upon protagonist suffer the slings and arrows of some cartoonish villain only to rise up and make that villain face justice. If that happens when the bad guy is at the apex
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The first, discordant sounds to come squealing out of "Necrophilia" legitimately caught me by surprise. Up until that odd guitar sound, Dead to Fools were setting up this song as another tossed-off bit of chugging garage rock - but that modest curve ball reframes the band and suggests slightly more
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Even though it runs the risk of sounding like I'm complaining about tomato sauce for being too red, I've always had a hard time with dream pop if it errs on the side of being too wispy - not enough meat, nothing to latch onto, and me being upset at
Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Rialto Theater Tacoma - Downtown. From The Top, with Christopher O'Riley. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $19-$49. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. Eagle's Hall Olympia - Downtown. OlyBlues Dance Night. Third floor, no partner necessary. All Ages. 9
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Dub Narcotic Studio Olympia - downtown. Dub Narcotic Studio Open House, plus live performance by Lowest Pair (7 pm). 5:30-8:30 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Olympia Waldorf School Orchestra, Backroads, Quebecois Band. All Ages. 5 pm. NC. BLUES Stonegate Pizza Tacoma -
Stage
If there's one show every theater practitioner in America "knows" is overproduced, it's Neil Simon's 1965 comedy The Odd Couple. As Lakewood Playhouse's artistic director, John Munn, pointed out to me many times, however, that reputation isn't fully deserved. I, for one, had never actually seen a stage production of
News Front
COROZAL, Belize - A U.S. Army veterinary team joined with representatives of the Belize Agricultural Health Authority and Belize Public Health officials April 7-17 with the intent to boost the meat production of livestock, as well as the health of all animals in the Corozal region, Belize. BAHA veterinarian Dr. Joe
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Monday, the Weekly Volcano's art critic's prose will be read by the Weekly Volcano's theater critic at Creative Colloquay, which was founded by the Weekly Volcano's food critic. The Volcano's 12 pages can't hold these talented folks. The literary event will also feature storytellers Jack Cameron, Titus Burley, J Anne
