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Recently circumstances forced me to step in and cover one of my server’s shifts. I like to serve. The money can be really good. However, my skills are a little rusty, and while the job of a restaurant server is not the most challenging job out there, it does take
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“dream” over Gig Harbor’s Encore! theater is ending its run this weekend of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at its outdoor theater. The spin-off of William Shakespeare’s comedy ends Sunday. [Impact Church International, 7 p.m. Friday-Sunday, $6-$15, 3819 Hunt St., Gig Harbor, 253.858. 2282, www.encoretheater.org] ah, youth Creative Theatre Experience Youth Theatre’s summer offering is
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I have written a lot over the years about how staging good shows is only a fraction of what goes into the operation of a theatrical venue. Some would argue it probably isn’t even the most important. I know of at least a handful of theaters that have staged strong
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THE BOOKS Page Ahead I could make jokes about how you never read anymore. But that’s just not true. You do. TV Guide doesn’t read itself, you know. Plus you have to figure out that little graph thingy with the channels and times — not to mention the plot summaries. However, I
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The Weekly Volcano’s work is never done (or appreciated). Not only do we painstakingly plan out your evening itinerary, lazybones, but we’re also required to unearth activities that appeal to all personality types. Today, our little spotlight dance focuses on two categories of people: saints and cheapskates. Saints, because you’re nice
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Something that I admire more than anything is young entrepreneurial hipsters who are working their business, making a big difference here in this T to the Town. I try to frequent their places as much as possible because I have so much respect for the fact that they’ve thrown themselves in
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Once again Tacoma Art Museum brings us works from the Neddy Fellowship Finalists — the Neddy being “ … one of only a handful of prestigious regional awards,” according to TAM director Stephanie Stebich. The first thing to meet the eye when entering the gallery is Buddy Bunting’s impressive ink and
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In America, garden vegetables are as big as people and currency grows in the shrubbery. At least that’s what one Sicilian peasant family thinks upon seeing some doctored-up postcards. Salvatore Mancuso (Vincenzo Amato) is a poor farmer. His land is rough and rocky, and his livestock consists of a donkey,
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Without question, humor often can be an effective tool in films to gently — or sometimes not so gently — deliver a message about overcoming intolerance regarding gay issues. Along those lines, motion pictures that come to mind that “successfully” achieved the dual roles of entertaining and educating are Stephan
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1408: John Cusack is the man to watch in this horror thriller based on a Stephen King short story. Like “The Shining,” also based on King material, the main character is a frustrated writer who likes to drink, has a terrible trauma in his past and is in isolated surroundings
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SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, (253) 627-TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TW = TicketsWest, (800) 325-SEAT, www.ticketswest.com TWEB = Ticketweb, (866) 468-7623, www.ticketweb.com on sale now Lionel Loueke Trio Seattle. Aug. 7-8 7:30 pm. $21.50 (Jazz Alley, TM). Charlie Hunter Trio Seattle. Aug. 9-11 7:30 and 9:30 pm, Aug. 12 7:30 pm. $22.50 (Jazz Alley, TM). Bowling For Soup,
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Unless you live in a cave or a dark hole, perhaps somewhere near the outskirts of Spanaway, you’ve heard the hype. This Saturday, July 21, the final installment of the Harry Potter saga will be released to the public, thanks to author J.K. Rowlings and her word processing wizardry. If the
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Rock should be played without frills. Screw the fancy effects and give me guitar, bass, drums and a Marshall stack and call it good. Playing a brand of metal that is reminiscent of Priest, Maiden and Sabbath, ESITU drink their whiskey straight without a chaser. But the Seattle-based quartet is
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A man from Utah, a woman from Minneapolis and a man from Sarajevo walk into a bar and start playing Hawaiian music. No, it’s not a joke, but it might just make you smile, especially when you hear them tonight at Embellish Multispace Salon. Michael Alexander from Ogden, Utah, (a place
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Rocky Votolato, who released his fifth full length record, The Brag and Cuss, on Barsuk, June 12, will be hitting Hell’s Kitchen on Friday, July 20. Normally, guys named Rocky don’t touch you the way Votolato can. Normally, guys name Rocky punch you in the face or service your brakes or
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Thursday, July 19 AMERICANA jes raymond Has Americana, roots, alt country seen a surge in popularity lately, or was I just not paying attention? When the "O Brother, Where Art Thou" soundtrack hit stores back in 2000, it commercialized the time-honored music and introduced it to a brand new generation, including me.
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I’ve said it so many times you’re probably sick of hearing it, but I’ll say it again. The best country comes from outside the Nashville hit machine. Case in point is Deadwood Revival. The duo of Jason Mogi and Kim Trenerry evoke the spirit of Bill Monroe with rootsy acoustic country that
