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Weekly Volcano scribe Jackie Fender has created Creative Colloquy aiming to share Tacoma's rich literary talents and foster relationships built upon mutual admiration of the written word. Held the last Monday at B Sharp Coffee House, the spoken word night has been so successful a print publication is in the
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Contrary to popular perception, writing is actual work. No matter the frivolity of the piece, even if it be a mere preview blurb, you can rest assured true blood, sweat and tears were spilled during its composition. Perhaps not as much blood, sweat, etc., in this preview blurb, as say
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The Tacoma Food Justice Book Club will discuss the story of organic food from its humble beginnings to its industrialization by a number of large producers, and what's good and bad about the industry today as they flip through the pages of Organic Inc.: Natural Foods and How They Grew,
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[FESTIVAL] + FRI, AUG. 15-17 "Awesome coffee on a farm in the middle of pretty much nowhere, group photo on the haystacks every year ... swimming in the river, eating food that was grown on the land, standing in the back field late at night, watching the bands play (really loud),
Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TWEB = Ticketweb, 866.468.7623, www.ticketweb.com >>> ON SALE NOW Rachelle Ferrell Seattle. Sept. 4-7. $30.50 (Jazz Alley, jazzalley.com) Colony House & Knox Hamilton,
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PUTTING UP GREEN BEANS The Tacoma Farmers Market brings in a plethora of nature's candy, artisan vendors and special foodie events including "Putting Up Green Beans" at the South Tacoma Market (STAR Center, 3873 S. 66th St.) at 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17. This hands-on workshop will get you green bean
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Walking into Café Love in Olympia, the smell of fresh coffee, the cheerfulness of bright paintings against the warmth of wood walls and the welcoming of mellow music greets. Owners Martin and Vanessa Borcherding opened Café Love after their honeymoon. Besides being a manifestation of their new life together, Café
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We've highlighted his handsome mug. Played with his towering height. Poked fun at his Hollywood and Grammy award-winning friends. We have even reviewed his worthy novels. This year, maybe we should just let the press release loose. "Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist's fifth annual Signed Book and Wine Auction will
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Art Spiegelman has almost single-handedly brought comic books out of the toy closet and onto literature shelves winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1992 for his masterful graphic novel, Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History - one of the hardest hitting graphic novels ever written. Spiegelman wrote Maus as a
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They say never talk politics at the bar. What about in a steakhouse's bar? The Black Angus in Lakewood encourages it. With the dismal low voting in the recent primary, there is bound to be some interesting conversations. Drinking Liberally Lakewood is an informal gathering of like-minded left-leaners and true
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[SAMPLEDELIA] + FRI, AUG. 8 The duo of Francisco y Madero is comprised of two dudes who met through MySpace and collaborated from hundreds of miles apart - Jesse Sylvester in San Francisco and Carlos Pesina in Guadalajara, Mexico. Despite the piecemeal approach they had to forming their band, their music
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MATADOR AND WILDFIRES Matador Restaurant and Tequila Bar has partnered with local organization Band of Brothers Northwest to help raise funds to assist victims of the Eastern Washington wildfires. Thursday, August 7 from 11 a.m. to close, Matador restaurants - including the downtown Tacoma location - will be donating 100 percent
Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TWEB = Ticketweb, 866.468.7623, www.ticketweb.com >>> ON SALE NOW Halie Loren Seattle. Aug. 26-27 7:30 pm. $20.50 (Jazz Alley, jazzalley.com) Keiko Matsui Seattle.
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Knoxville's the Black Lillies have done a nice job uniting varying strands of the country spectrum. They're an indie-label band that plies its trade at rock bars, but, in addition to making a big impact on the Americana charts and year-end lists as the case with their 2011 album, 100
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This Saturday, starting at 4 p.m., the Stadium District Art & Wine Walk will celebrate its six-year anniversary. If you have walked the Walk before, then you'll all ready be there; if you have no idea what we're talking about, you might want to visit this colorful event. Technically, the
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For those who haven't caught the buzz, Ten Tiny Dances is a stripped down format where 10 dance artists demonstrate astonishing inventiveness and variety on a 4-foot-by-4-foot stage - or about the size of a coffee table. Based out of Portland, the contemporary dance series has been adopted by many
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The Olympic Flight Museum will host the B-25 "Maid In The Shade" Aug. 11-18. The B-25 Mitchell was made famous by the Doolittle Raiders, when 16 of these medium bombers took off the deck of the USS Hornet and bombed Tokyo just four months after Pearl Harbor. The B-25 served in
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Northwest composer/pianist Scott Cossu has been erroneously slotted into the neo-classical new age section of the record store. Sure, his stuff is mellow, laid-back and relaxing, but Cossu pushes the musical boundaries further than Yanni or John Tesh ever did, would or could. In other words, he's uncategorizable as he
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BEST BEDROOM POP BAND Coma Figura It's hard to pin down what's so effective about Coma Figura. They've only been performing in earnest since September, but they really seem to have their s--- down. Part of the appeal is Kyle Gootkin's vocals, which can bounce from a Bryan Ferry-esque croon to a
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Thank you to all who took the time to vote in our Best of Tacoma 2013 Readers' Poll. You are the Best. Best Band: Kim Archer Band Best New Band: Mirrorgloss Best Indie-Rock Band: Wheelies Best Metal Band: Ex-Gods Best Punk Band: Kramer Best Jazz Band: Kareem Kandi Band Best DJ: Mr. Melanin Best Cover Band: Kry Best Hip-hop
