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French Tacoma

Passion is a mainstay in both French film and French cuisine, as are tradition and technique. Can a country that elevates food, wine and film to the highest levels of art attainable be bad? I think not. The five films that the Tournées Festival, coming to The Grand Cinema courtesy of Pierce

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Danii Blackwell looks good

Danii Blackwell shows off her style at the Nordstrom fashion show at the Museum of Glass, though she is, in point of fact, not wearing anything from Nordstrom. Her wool knickers, old-school type that I can remember wearing in the mid-eighties, though never with that much confident élan, came from Chinatown. The

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Danii Blackwell looks good

Danii Blackwell shows off her style at the Nordstrom fashion show at the Museum of Glass, though she is, in point of fact, not wearing anything from Nordstrom. Her wool knickers, old-school type that I can remember wearing in the mid-eighties, though never with that much confident élan, came from Chinatown. The

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Art and fashion

Blooms go local A Rhapsody in Bloom and Café Latte, a Sixth Ave fixture for 17 years, is going local. The shop will begin handling local artisans of all kinds, potentially rotating on a 30-day basis. For more info on submitting works, call 800.579.0557 or email arhapsodyinbloom florist@yahoo.com. [A Rhapsody in Bloom Florist and

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Art and fashion

Blooms go local A Rhapsody in Bloom and Café Latte, a Sixth Ave fixture for 17 years, is going local. The shop will begin handling local artisans of all kinds, potentially rotating on a 30-day basis. For more info on submitting works, call 800.579.0557 or email arhapsodyinbloom florist@yahoo.com. [A Rhapsody in Bloom Florist and

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Style, South Hill style

Style, South Hill style Talent scout eyes scoured the hopefuls at the South Hill Mall last week to determine who would be the best and the brightest stars of the Spring Fashion Show at Macy’s Court Saturday, March 31, at 1 p.m. Unlike the past event at the Tacoma Mall, hopeful models

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Style, South Hill style

Style, South Hill style Talent scout eyes scoured the hopefuls at the South Hill Mall last week to determine who would be the best and the brightest stars of the Spring Fashion Show at Macy’s Court Saturday, March 31, at 1 p.m. Unlike the past event at the Tacoma Mall, hopeful models

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Let’s get small

Three years ago, Springtide Press’ Jessica Spring’s and King’s Books’ original sweet pea had a conversation during one of Springs’ letterpress classes, and an idea for an event evolved. “She had the word ‘Wayzgoose’ in her arsenal,” explains sweet pea. A word of obscure origin, it was the name of the annual

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Let’s get small

Three years ago, Springtide Press’ Jessica Spring’s and King’s Books’ original sweet pea had a conversation during one of Springs’ letterpress classes, and an idea for an event evolved. “She had the word ‘Wayzgoose’ in her arsenal,” explains sweet pea. A word of obscure origin, it was the name of the annual

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Hot Shop Fashion heats up the night

The collaborative effort between Nordstrom, the Museum of Glass, and the Tacoma Art Museum that was the Hot Shop Runway Spring Fashion Show was an event filled with excitement and heat.  Not all of that was generated in the kilns though. Mostly, the temperature (and volume) rose when the men

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Hot Shop Fashion heats up the night

The collaborative effort between Nordstrom, the Museum of Glass, and the Tacoma Art Museum that was the Hot Shop Runway Spring Fashion Show was an event filled with excitement and heat.  Not all of that was generated in the kilns though. Mostly, the temperature (and volume) rose when the men

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Bryant Speer, Brian Woobank, and lots of hair

When Salon Benjamin gets involved in doing the hair for the fashion show thrown by Red Line Style at Syren Lounge Saturday, March 31, there may be some tufts of brightness to see — courtesy of some extension magic.  Bryan Woobank, whose goal is to see Federal Way turn to

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Bryant Speer, Brian Woobank, and lots of hair

When Salon Benjamin gets involved in doing the hair for the fashion show thrown by Red Line Style at Syren Lounge Saturday, March 31, there may be some tufts of brightness to see — courtesy of some extension magic.  Bryan Woobank, whose goal is to see Federal Way turn to

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A Love Letter to Tacoma

The two self-titled guerrilla artists behind the thought-provoking posters spotted around Tacoma aren’t what you might expect.  Describing himself and his partner in the “slightly illegal” undertaking that is Beautiful Angle, Tom Llewellyn says, “We’re not twenty-something taggers; we’re forty-year-old fathers.” And their families are involved in

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A Love Letter to Tacoma

The two self-titled guerrilla artists behind the thought-provoking posters spotted around Tacoma aren’t what you might expect.  Describing himself and his partner in the “slightly illegal” undertaking that is Beautiful Angle, Tom Llewellyn says, “We’re not twenty-something taggers; we’re forty-year-old fathers.” And their families are involved in Beautiful Angle undertakings. The

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Tiki Lounge and Redeco-rama

Goin’ Geisel I am shopper, Shopper I am, And I will buy green eggs and ham … A T-shirt, that is, from Tiki Lounge — this handy-dandy multipurpose item will not only serve to remind me of Herr Seuss’s contribution to the world of kiddie literature at a time when we’re collectively

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Tiki Lounge and Redeco-rama

Goin’ Geisel I am shopper, Shopper I am, And I will buy green eggs and ham … A T-shirt, that is, from Tiki Lounge — this handy-dandy multipurpose item will not only serve to remind me of Herr Seuss’s contribution to the world of kiddie literature at a time when we’re collectively

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The Night Tacoma Danced

Before the dancing began, Tacoma showed up at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center full of high spirits and fabulous clothes for the Tacoma Art Museum’s fund-raiser gala “The Night Tacoma Danced: European Cabaret.”  At first glance, the made-up mini people with interesting hair and makeup lurking near the convention center

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The Night Tacoma Danced

Before the dancing began, Tacoma showed up at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center full of high spirits and fabulous clothes for the Tacoma Art Museum’s fund-raiser gala “The Night Tacoma Danced: European Cabaret.”  At first glance, the made-up mini people with interesting hair and makeup lurking near the convention center

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Spring is in the air, Oly style!

Both Hoopla and Sweet Life used their exquisite customer service to let me know about some fun new spring arrivals. Sweet Life, whose style can be described as making mom happy through making kids cute also makes moms happy through lingerie and bath and body items (hey, moms are women, too!),

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