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Adjusted for inflation, the epic film Gone with the Wind retains a healthy lead on Avatar and Star Wars as the most lucrative in history. Pop quiz, hotshot: what was author Margaret Mitchell's follow-up to Gone with the Wind? If your brain refuses to kick out a title, that's because
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Oh, Tacoma. You are so weird and so wonderful. I've been here a long time, old friend, and I so get you, you little charmer, you! Why the sweet emotion, T-town? Well, you've made it kiddo. People like you from near and far. We long-timers knew the day would come when
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[RAP] + FRI, JUNE 20 Flexin' Fridays, hosted by Block Mogul Entertainment, features four performances and DJ Strawberry to play sets and shut the party down when it's time to get yo boogie on. With L Roc, Young Soda, Jack Mov and L Hammond scheduled to perform; you'll be introduced (if you
Music
Luke Short, the mind behind Egg Plant, is too laid back of a person to really make much of a thing about his Tacoma homecoming. It's been four years since I've written about Egg Plant, as the band had made its home in Portland shortly before then. While Short had
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It's like money in dog years. For FISH Food Banks of Pierce County, every dollar raised has seven times the buying power. Based on this math, last year's Maurice The Fish Records' (MTFR) benefit concert brought in nearly $50,000 to help feed the hungry. Taking place this Sunday,
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It's like money in dog years. For FISH Food Banks of Pierce County, every dollar raised has seven times the buying power. Based on this math, last year's Maurice The Fish Records' (MTFR) benefit concert brought in nearly $50,000 to help feed the hungry. Taking place this Sunday, June 22, eight
Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as
Features
The classic 1980s television commercials for the I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! margarine product featured characters literally falling head over heels in love with its taste. I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! was deemed just as tasty as real butter in the ad, but without all the fat and
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I admit it. I’m an unabashed Mr. Bean fan. Ever since I first caught sight of Rowan Atkinson’s performance as this unique comic character in the British TV series, I’ve been hooked. There’s something strangely engrossing about how Bean is such a weird amalgam. On the surface, he’s this seemingly
Viva South Sound
People like eating outside, and they'll stop at almost nothing to do it. They will choke down steaming food as mysterious water droplets rain down from air conditioners above. Crowd a party of eight into one pitiful corner of shade. Inhale exhaust fumes along with aromas of
Food Matters
HILLTOP URBAN GARDENS Hilltop Urban Gardens (South 19th and Ainsworth, Tacoma), also known as HUG, is now open 12:30-2 p.m. Monday-Thursday, through Aug. 21. Summer festivities will include the distribution of lunches and snacks to folks of all ages, as well as activities based around gardening, harvesting, social justice and our
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Luke Short, the mind behind Egg Plant, is too laid back of a person to really make much of a thing about his Tacoma homecoming. It's been four years since I've written about Egg Plant, as the band had made its home in Portland shortly before then. While Short had
Show And Tell
Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Tupac Shakur and many, many more. They all helped redefine music as we know it, couldn't endure the shackles of fame and faked their own deaths in order to live out the rest of their lives in peaceful anonymity. Wait, I misspoke. They're dead. Deader than disco
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The Thermals have never skimped on passion - musically or lyrically. With straightforward opinions about politics being spat by Hutch Harris at a furious rate per minute, over the driving pop-punk explosions of the unimpeachable trio, the Thermals have been, at their best, near unmatchable for fist-pumping power. Their most
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The bill for this show at the Northern is uncommonly stacked. In addition to featuring the feminist punk luminaries of Frightwig on tour for the first time since 1995 (!), they're bringing with them Robert Hecker's post-Redd Kross project, It's OK!. It's an embarrassment of riches, in case you hadn't
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Flexin' Fridays, hosted by Block Mogul Entertainment, features four performances and DJ Strawberry to play sets and shut the party down when it's time to get yo boogie on. With L Roc, Young Soda, Jack Mov and L Hammond scheduled to perform; you'll be introduced (if you don't already know) to
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There are no words when a community loses one of its beloved members. There are no words, but there is music. And this is exactly what Brian Redman would have wanted. A stalwart in Tacoma's music scene, (3 Inches of Blood, Trial, Dirty Knockers) it's been nearly five years since
Military Resources
Joint Base Lewis-McChord is on the verge of taking joint-basing to a whole new level. A recent release from JBLM confirmed that a long-term construction project for a new road and overpass that will cross over Perimeter Road, which bisects JBLM Main and McChord Field, has begun. The project will link
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Lakewood Playhouse never seems to disappoint and their most recent production is no exception. People who don't like Monty Python humor, also known as fuddy duddies, might want to skip it but for everyone else, Spamalot (books and lyrics by Eric Idle) will have them laughing,
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Lakewood Playhouse never seems to disappoint and their most recent production is no exception. People who don't like Monty Python humor, also known as fuddy duddies, might want to skip it but for everyone else, Spamalot (books and lyrics by Eric Idle) will have them laughing, whistling and singing even