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TACOMA ARTS CITY >>> After a kickoff celebration at the Tacoma Art Museum Thursday, including the presentation of the 2010 AMOCAT Awards to Oliver Doriss, Fab-5 and Urban Grace Church, Tacoma Arts Month: Art At Work will kick into high gear Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the
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ANOTHER PUB QUIZ NIGHT IN TACOMA >>> Is your head just crammed with useless information? Like music trivia? Got an affinity for beer and bar food? Well, bunkie, you just hit the trifecta, because the The Ram Restaurant & Brewery is the site of John Dicker's Geeks Who Drink pub quiz
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BEER DRINKING - NOW WITH MORE SCIENCE! >>> Whoever says Tacoma's Center of Urban Waters consists solely of environmental freaks and engineering geeks who hole up inside their kick ass 51,000 square-foot office and laboratory building on Thea Foss Waterway shying from public contact as they play with their test tubes
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ARE YOU READY FOR SOME BLUES? >>> Tonight is typically a black hole for nightlife. Sure, if you run a sports bar, you'll do well during the World Series or football season, but for most eating and drinking establishments, it's just dead, dead, dead. So how do those that remain open
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THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT'S UP THIS WEEKEND >>> WEATHER REPORT Friday: Partly sunny, hi 56, lo 46 Saturday: Sun breaks with a little rain, hi 56, lo 50 Sunday: Rain. Blah, hi 54, lo 51 >>> FRIDAY, OCT. 29: DAVID SEDARIS David Sedaris' highly imaginative, ridiculous, true and frequently heartbreaking content is derived
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THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT'S UP THIS WEEKEND >>> WEATHER REPORT Friday: Rain and drizzle, hi 60, lo 43 Saturday: Cloudy with a little rain, hi 59, lo 49 Sunday: Strong front moves in and all hell will break loose, hi 54, lo 46 >>> FRIDAY, OCT. 22-SATURDAY, OCT. 23: HOOT 'N' HOWL Your
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OUR PHOTOGRAPHER DISAPPEARED AFTER ZOMBIE NIGHT >>> Last night the Tacoma Cult Movie Club screened zombie movies at Tacoma's Acme Grub Cage. The local movie club loves zombie movies. Of all the filmmakers in the world, it's our guess TCMC feels the most kinship with the guys who make zombie movies
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CAN WE BUG YOU FOR A SECOND >>> A portmanteau is a word created by the joining of two previously existing words. For instance. PARASITESICAL. A combination of the word parasite (a relatively self-explanatory concept) and whimsical, all mixed together to coin a word which so far has only one known
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THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT'S UP THIS WEEKEND >>> WEATHER REPORT Friday: Mostly cloudy, hi 58, lo 38 Saturday: Mostly sunny, hi 57, lo 39 Sunday: Mostly sunny, hi 54, lo 41 >>> FRIDAY, OCT. 15-SUNDAY, OCT. 17: GIG HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL This weekend the third annual Gig Harbor Film Festival will prove once
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BUILDING EXCITEMENT UP TO THE DAY OZZY TICKETS GO ON SALE >>> The Weekly Volcano welcomes Ozzy Osbourne to our blog room - located in building two, floor 5, at our World Headquarters in Lakewood - to answer questions from our readers. Osbourne will perform Feb. 5, 2011 at the Tacoma
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PERRITOS CALIENTES EN CUSTER >>> No longer exiled to the kid's menu, frankfurters are becoming the stars of the show at an increasing number of places around the South Sound ... including the recently opened Maria Bonita in Lakewood. The Mexican restaurant just opened in the spot formerly occupied by El
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THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT'S UP THIS WEEKEND >>> WEATHER REPORT Friday: Afternoon rain, hi 64, lo 51 Saturday: Rain, hi 64, lo 57 Sunday: Rain, hi 59, lo 46 >>> FRIDAY, OCT. 8-SUNDAY, OCT. 10: OKTOBERFEST NORTHWEST Beer! Lederhosen! Beer! Bratwurst! Beer! Yodeling! Beer! Yo-Yo Man! Beer! Oktoberfest Northwest has all of these
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HAIR MATTERS >>> So the days of the extra-short, "Caesar" haircut are long over, boys. That's right, the Jack Donaghy mane is in. Not short, not long. Donaghy. Besides, look at yourself. You need a trim. Sorry. But that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Drag that snowboarder hair (you know who
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SMALL ON SPACE, BIG ON FLAVOR >>> Neighborhood: Proctor District Address/phone: 2420 N. Proctor St., Tacoma/253.761.3663 Website: Click here Hours: 5:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 5:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sunday Standard Cup o' Joe: $1.45-$1.85 Bean Source: They roast their own blend
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THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT'S UP THIS WEEKEND >>> WEATHER REPORT Friday: Partly cloudy, hi 70, lo 52 Saturday: Partly cloudy, hi 65, lo 49 Sunday: Chance of rain 20 percent, hi 63, lo 52 >>> FRIDAY, OCT. 1-SUNDAY, OCT. 3: TACOMA GREEK FESTIVAL There are two kinds of people: Greeks, and those
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THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT'S UP THIS WEEKEND >>> WEATHER REPORT Friday: Rather cloudy, hi 67, lo 47 Saturday: Partly sunny, hi 73, lo 54 Sunday: Rain and drizzle possible, hi 69, lo 55 >>> FRIDAY, SEPT. 24: ANIMALS OF THE WORLD Some nights ago, when I was awakened at 3 a.m. to
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ROCK MUSIC RETURNING TO RUSTON >>> Wikipedia tells us that, "In electronics and electrical engineering a fuse (from the Latin "fusus" meaning to melt) is a type of ..." Scratch that. The residents of the Town of Ruston have short fuses due to political bickering and financial struggles ... Nah. The Ruston police will fuse
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TRUE OLD SCHOOL NEIGHBORHOOD COFFEEHOUSE >>> Neighborhood: Fircrest Address/phone: 1009 Regents Blvd., 253.564.3066 Hours: 5:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday Standard Cup o' Joe: $1.24-$2.16 Bean Source: "We roast our own beans daily," says the morning baristas. Crowd: Fircrest locals, dads in North Face
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A LATTE WORK >>> Every coffee snob has his favorite barista; it's sort of like rooting for your home state football team. Wait. Bad example since our home state teams sucked this weekend. Anyway - how do you determine who's actually the best barista? The answer is the Latte Art Competition tonight at
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THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT'S UP THIS WEEKEND >>> WEATHER REPORT Friday: Rain - like 60 percent chance of it, hi 72, lo 56 Saturday: More freakin' rain, hi 68, lo 54 Sunday: Have you heard about the rain? hi 65, lo 54 >>> FRIDAY, SEPT. 17: TOWER LANES MINIATURE GOLF Miniature golf has
