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If you're one of those daisies who can't quite commit to even being a Tacoman despite having lived here for more than a year, or if you're new and need to understand the ethos and pathos of Tacoma in a manner that will help you appreciate this city, Conversations RE:Tacoma,
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For those not in the know, Fab-5 created the L.I.F.E. Program (Living In Free Expression) in 2005 as a means of providing "relevant creative outlets" for our area's young people. The L.I.F.E. Program is described as, "an intensive series of urban arts workshops designed to allow youth to develop and
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Every week in the Weekly Volcano print edition, we highlight a national food holiday in the Buzz-o-Meter. It's ridiculous, really - the food/drink holidays, that is. No government agency has officially recognized most of them. Industry folks say they have no clue how national food days are determined. Yet, someone,
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Don't panic. You still have 10 days to run through all your white clothing. Labor Day is Monday, Sept. 2., the day people idle on highways, hungover as hell in the name of summer's end and universal workers' rights. Labor Day also comes with a set rule: you cannot wear
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WEDNESDAY, AUG. 21, 2013 >>> 1. Ten years ago DJ Broam, aka Oliver Dorris, cut his teeth spinnin' vinyl at the Monsoon Room. Shoved in the corner by the door, underneath the glass bamboo light fixture he created, Broam filled the Polynesian room with tunes as Kansas and Laura poured cocktails.
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It's 1977. You and a friend just busted some serious disco moves and you're taking a dance floor breather with a couple cool Chi-Chi drinks. You discuss your John Travolta moves, which leads into your love of Saturday Night Fever - and 30 minutes later the cocktail napkin has your
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As you know by now, Talisman Saber 2013 is a bilateral exercise designed to train Australian and U.S. forces in planning and conducting combined task force operations, in order to improve combat readiness and interoperability. More than 28,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen and women are taking to the sea, land and
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TUESDAY, JULY 16 2013 >>> 1. Tel Aviv may be Israel's gay-friendliest city, but in 2009 two people died during an armed attack on an LGBT youth center that remains unsolved. In response to the attack, which left 15 others injured, director Doran Eran and screenwriter Bill Ben Moshe wrote the
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If you search Brown Paper Tickets for show going down today, you'll find tickets for the World's Quickest Theater Festival, Architectural Walking Tour, Le Faux female celebrity impersonation show, the opening ceremony of the honorary consulate for the Czech Republic and more. If you're a veteran, you might be able to
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WITH A SPATULA IN ONE HAND AND A HOT DOG IN THE OTHER >>> Bruce Walkup was the booking agent for Tacoma's Prosito Restaurant in the mid-'80s. Considered the first commercial venue to host alternative bands, Prosito's music was turned off by the Liquor Board for graffiti and
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Raise those hands, this is our party We came here to live life like nobody was watching I got my city right behind me If I fall, they got me. Learn from that failure gain humility and then we keep marching Above are lyrics from Macklemore's song "Can't Hold Us." Our Outdoor Addict columnist
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GRAB A PREVIEW TODAY >>> More than a decade ago Chris Titus had his very own critically acclaimed Fox sitcom, Titus, based on the true-life dysfunctional relationship he had with his father. It unfortunately only lasted two seasons. What followed was a focus on his stand-up career, delivering edgy, confrontational material
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ANOTHER REASON TO LOVE SPRING >>> Friday, March 29, 1022 South - the craft cocktail lounge in Tacoma's Hilltop neighborhood - will throw a party to celebrate its fourth anniversary and spring menu release. Beginning at 4 p.m., patrons will be able to sip the new concoctions for $6 a pop,
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THIS WEEK'S VOLCANO IS AWESOME >>> Sure, it was a little harder than usual to concentrate this week around Weekly Volcano World Headquarters, what, with the Tournament of Sandwiches hype. For the last three weeks sandwiches have piled high in our office cafeteria inside Building 3. To be truthful, it has
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FUTURE (PAST) THINGS ARE COMING >>> Last weekend, after a long, grueling day of floor sanding, JoAnna Farr fell into a chair, lifted the remote as if it weighed 10 pounds and pressed on. The show Modern Marvels welcomed her home. The episode featured "The Marvel of Steam" stating "the largest
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HELL YES WE WRITE ABOUT SEATTLE FOOD SHOWS >>> As the sun was coming up Sunday, Feb 24, an SUV was loaded and rode low for the short trip to Seattle Exhibition Hall. Dirty Oscar's Annex chef Aaron Grissom, operations manager Jennifer Johnson and staff drove toward their first experience at
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SHE GRABBED THE MURRAY MORGAN BRIDGE! >>> She's done business with them and she's lobbied them, and now she wants to become one ... by the vote of the good people of Tacoma. Tacoma business and community leader Patricia Lecy-Davis announced today she's throwing herself into contention for the Tacoma City Council
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BRING ON THE LUAUS >>> Everybody, at some time or another, wants to escape from reality to a carefree paradise. For many Americans, Hawai‘i has served as the escape destination of choice, even if it's just a fantasy. It's been that way for well over a century now, ever since the
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A TEASER >>> How do you make really excellent eggs Benedict? Perfect each element and then combine for peak perfection. Marrow starts by launching a Sunday brunch service called "Breaking Bread," which it did today at 10 a.m. Next, Marrow Chef Kyle Wnuk adds a base of slightly sweet, lightly toasted,
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BUY THOSE TICKETS NOW AND SAVE >>> Nick Drake hasn't been with us for nearly 40 years, but his legacy lives on. You need only listen to Seattle-based Damien Jurado, who plays The Warehouse's "Candle Lit Show" Friday, March 8, to figure that much out. Jurado is firmly rooted in sad,
