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I’m not gonna lie: The recession has been a buzzkill for Tacoma’s art scene, from shuttered galleries to ballerinas parking cars. But the unrest has also cultivated a new sense of boldness as artists push forward on their projects, money be damned. From a musician opening a downtown cooperative arts
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Tacoma and Pierce County are home to a burgeoning class of young professionals and grassroots community leaders - and voters have not hesitated to elect them to public office. Just a few weeks ago Anders Ibsen, 25, and Ryan Mello, 32, were both elected to the Tacoma City Council (Mello
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Surreal vaudevillian Saul Tannenbaum and his crew of merrymakers have made it to the legitimate theater. Tannenbaum's holiday show, stuffed like a stocking with musical medleys, silly stories and Christmas cheer, is set to play the Black Box at The Washington Center for the Performing Arts Thursday, Dec. 22 and Friday,
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Surreal vaudevillian Saul Tannenbaum and his crew of merrymakers have made it to the legitimate theater. Tannenbaum's holiday show, stuffed like a stocking with musical medleys, silly stories and Christmas cheer, is set to play the Black Box at The Washington Center for the Performing Arts Thursday, Dec. 22
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ROSE MELBERG Thursday, Oct. 22 Honesty is what it’s all about. It carries an artist or band farther than talent alone ever will. Listeners know when they’re being duped, and they know when they’re getting the real deal — and Rose Melberg is the very definition of the real deal. An
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The old Western State Mental Hospital was founded in 1871. Inside its walls Washington’s (and, indeed, some of the world’s) most violent and deranged patients were housed. It’s no secret that treatments for psychosis were, at that time, quite primitive. The inmates were positively tortured in an attempt to exorcise
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LINK: Halloween happenings LINK: Tacoma Catalogue of Terror I’ve come to the conclusion that at least 87 percent of life is mind over matter. Of the other 13 percent, 10 percent is fate, 2 percent is free will, and the last 1 percent is pure bacon. Think about it, and you’ll see
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Currently a dorm resident assistant (RA) and in his junior year as a PLU student, Kyle Sinclair tells me he is working towards a religion degree with a minor in psychology. Screw haunted houses, those two combined fields of study sound like some scary shit. Who the hell knows, maybe
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Tacoma Little Theatre is doing all the right things when it comes to striving to bring ticket buyers through the doors. Not only is it staging shows folks want to see during the regular season, but it’s bringing off-season shows during its wee hours to tap into the after-hours energy
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Sometimes you remember things for the strangest reasons. Sometimes songs or sayings or images or band names stick in your head for no obvious reason and they just can’t be shook — whether you want to or not. And sometimes it feels like whatever you do, wherever you go, some things
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Morning Bite The Hotel Murano describes the breakfast it serves at its Bite restaurant as “traditional fare with an elegant twist.” In practice, its breakfast — as well as lunch and dinner — finds a happy medium between the two aspirations — its food and décor are interesting and pleasing without
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East India Grill Where: 31845 Gateway Center Blvd. S., Federal Way, 253.529.9292 Hours: 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Monday - Saturday, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Sunday Brunch, Dinner 5 p.m. - 10 p.m. Cuisine: East Indian Scene: Casual, family-friendly sit down dining Drinkies: Full bar: import and domestic beer, creative
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The Army is growing at Fort Lewis.Over the past year, the number of births at the Madigan Army Medical Center (MAMC) has increased.“Intentionally and unintentionally we are growing the Army,” said Col. (Dr.) Peter Nielsen, chief, obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), with a big smile.The birth rate at MAMC currently ranges
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I don’t think I’m revealing any secrets here when I say that critics tend to get bored with whatever they’re reviewing. As their careers progress, whether they’re movie critics, art critics, or music critics, the appeal of left-field artists grows exponentially. Give the critic something he’s not expecting and the
