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THIS IS A GOOD THING >>> As we reported in yesterday's Short Order post, the Harmon Tap Room's outdoor beer garden would open today if The Man gave the thumbs up. According to owner Pat Nagle's Facebook post, the garden will indeed open today – at 3 p.m. for happy hour.
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THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT'S UP THIS WEEKEND >>> WEATHER REPORT Friday: Sunny and clear, hi 88, lo 58 Saturday: Sunny and clear, hi 79, lo 56 Sunday: Party cloudy, hi 76, lo 58 >>> FRIDAY, JULY 9-SUNDAY, JULY 11: PUGET SOUND BEAD FESTIVAL As a small tiki, Bobble Tiki was fascinated
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MOONLIGHT RHAPSODY >>> Pacific Lutheran University, home to the stellar jazz and NPR station KPLU, takes the rhythms to the outside hosting Jazz Under The Stars - an outdoor concert series in the Mary Baker Russell Music Center Amphitheater. The shows are free, and so is the Pura Vida Forza coffee. The
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NEW "ART PARTY" HITS TACOMA SATURDAY >>> Cool art and music aren't a bad start to a Saturday evening, but rather than your ex's mixtape and pasting together a photo collage, hanging out at "Some Things Don't Have To Make Sense" makes, well, more sense. Inspired by James Hume and the
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GOING BOB ROSS ON THE BUDGIES >>> Some people are just not "people" people. Some people are dog people, some are cat people and some are just plain animal people. If you are an animal person, at least 14 years old, and a desire to be an artist, here is the
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WATCH OUT FOR THAT RAMEN BEAR! >>> Bloody hell! It will be a dark red week when Japanese director Nobuhiko Obayashi's 1977 film Hausu hits The Grand Cinema's screen starting Friday. Heralded for its trippiness and cheesy special effects, Hausu, or House, has been restored, newly subtitled and re-released in the
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FOURTH OF JULY PREFUNK AT TEMPEST LOUNGE >>> "It calms and moves the soul," says dj dAb of music. A mainstay of the Tacoma eletronica music scene, dj dAb has done and seen it all, as he told Pappi Swarner over past couple of weeks. Tonight, he's adding another notch to his
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THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT'S UP THIS WEEKEND >>> WEATHER REPORT Saturday: Partly cloudy, hi 67, lo 52Sunday: Party cloudy, hi 68, lo 52 TRAFFIC ALERT: According to the Washington State Dept. of Transportation, no major roadwork will happen on the major South Sound area highways this weekend. >>> SATURDAY, JULY
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CAN YOU DONATE A FEW DOLLARS? >>> Nestled in the middle of a packed weekend of events in Tacoma, the Speakeasy Art Cooperative in downtown Tacoma held a fundraising event Saturday night called "LUNAR Party." It was poorly attended. Now, according to the Trib's GO Arts blog, the Speakeasy has a
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FINE WOODWORK ON SALE >>> The Art Stop inside LeRoy Jewelers has carried award-winning Oregon woodworker Mark Rehmar's wooden boxes since they opened. Sadly, Rehmar has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and must liquidate his studio quickly. Because we recently hosted a show with Mark, I have a sizeable collection of
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THE ANNOUNCERS HURT MY EARS >>> The usual suspects clamored outside the Foss Waterway Seaport Saturday night smoking in their too-packed clusters while the bathroom and hot dog lines collided, and inside the place felt alive as Dockyard Derby Dames mascots weaved through the crowd, kids ran around like maniacs, the
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CRAP, IT WASN'T ME >>> Last night around 9 p.m. the Broadway Center for the Performing arts held the drawing for its its major fundraiser – Tacoma Dream Home. Here are the winners: Grand Prize ($25,000): Sandra Kennewick of Bellevue 1st Prize ($7,5000 Carol Simatic of Tacoma 2nd Prize ($5,000 or 10-day cruise): Sue
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IT REVS UP THE FIRST WEEKEND IN AUGUST >>> Tacoma artist James Bender sent us the new poster for this year's Hotrod-A-Rama, which will, once again, consume South Jefferson Street and The Swiss. Check out the poster below for the bands performing live during the two-day festival. It's going to fucking rock.
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THIS KIND OF FREAKS ME OUT >>> Here are some facts about slugs: Number of eggs one gray garden slug can lie in a year: 400 As hermaphrodites, slugs have both male and female sex organs which allow any two to mate. Speed: 2 feet in 43 seconds. Man can run a 100 yard
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BEING WILLIAM WALLACE >>> We here at the Weekly Volcano think it takes a real man to wear a skirt and wear it proudly. That's why we're piling into the Weekly Volcanomobile and heading to the 41st Annual Tacoma Highland Games to watch some manly men flash their legs and
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TACOMA ROLLER DERBY LEAGUE FINALS >>> I couldn't think of a better way to spend a summer Saturday than on a hot date with myself tossing back beer and watching tough-as-nails roller derby chicks knock each other on their asses. Yes, my Saturday will be spent with the Dockyard Derby
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HURRY! SUMMER'S HERE FOR A SECOND >>> Apart from the word "sex," only "free" captures the human imagination with such force. "Win" isn't bad either. For the ultimate in attention grabbing, then, nothing does the trick quite like "win free sex." Watch them leap, see them run. Alas, while the Weekly Volcano
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CONCERT ALERT >>> Van Morrison, that barrel-chested Belfast brooder, brings his misty and mystical meanderings, his legendary brand of white soul, and a dose of cynical complacency to the Gorge Amphitheatre Sunday, Aug. 8 at 6 p.m. Morrison may be a bit of a curmudgeon these days, but take a listen to
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WE"RE FINALLY ALLOWED TO POST THEM >>> I'm in love and I can't do anything about it. I'm sweating, shivering and getting hot flashes. I'm listless and can't concentrate. I have a pain in my chest and I can't even get out of bed. Wait. Actually, no. I'm not in love. I'm
