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Kathy Gore Fuss was an established artist long before going back to college to get her BFA in drawing and painting from the University of Washington. This after 30 years as a working artist and after the tragic loss of her husband in 2004. Already an inventive risk taker with
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Roger Ebert’s review of Paranormal Activity ran in the print version of the Weekly Volcano. Ebert’s peeps will now allow us to run the review online. To read his review online, visit Ebert’s Web site. Paranormal Activity Score: Three and a half out of four stars Starring: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat
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I have always found the world of tattoos and tattoo-lovers to be strange but undeniably beguiling. Though I now inhabit that world (just barely, thanks to my crude — yet-tasteful flamingo tattoo) I still don’t quite understand it. People speak about their future tattoos as if they were talking about
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Wehrmacht Friday, Oct. 16 Portland-based beer-core metal maniacs Wehrmacht will be at Hell’s Kitchen this weekend, with a solid line-up following a series of band re-organizations. The remnants of the band’s original line up went on to form bands like Spazztic Blurr, Cryptic Slaughter, Drumattica and Tri-polar, and have played with
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Sorry folks, but this one’s going to be completely uninspiring. I’m beat. I’ve spent the last five weeks working myself to the bone. I’m surrounded and drained by people going through 16 different kinds of personal hell. Illness, life drama, financial failure, home foreclosure, dying businesses, dead relationships, dying relationships,
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It’s a new week, which means it’s time for a new installment of Bobble Tiki’s South Sound music news and notes column. Without further ado, let’s get rolling. First of all, as hardcore fans of The Supersuckers may already know, long time guitarist — and Tacoman — Ron “Rontrose”
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Folk in this day and age can be a tricky proposition. Lone guitarists singing their diaries tend to evoke unfortunate memories of coffee shop performances and jerky sensitive guys at college parties. As a result, it’s completely understandable that some people bristle at the mention of listening to (or, god
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THE STAGE Last chance This is the last weekend to see Capital Playhouse’s thumping musical “Ain’t Misbehavin.’“ The Tony Award-winning musical chronicles the music, the time and the life of one Mr. Thomas Waller, who would go down in history as Fats. The show has his hit works “Honeysuckle Rose,” “Ain’t Misbehavin,’”
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The high-pitched squeal of feedback is not a sound you want to hear on stage, but behind the scenes the people at Broadway Center for the Performing Arts are collecting feedback of a different kind. The Broadway Center board has some younger hipper members now who would like to bring
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This week I was able to sneak something in that I really, really enjoy — I like to call it Afternoon Delight. I’m sorry to let you down by saying that it doesn’t include early evening sex, but sometimes it’s just as much fun. I love to take a sleepy Saturday and
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Now that the nightlife circuit in Tacoma is really starting to fill in as more and more bars and lounges take their seat here, a new lease on life is coming to establishments that have deserved our attention all along. Meconi’s Pub and Eatery, and Vin Grotto Café and Wine Bar
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Crescent Moon Gifts thrums with the energy of shoppers milling about, asking questions of “Shoppe Keeper” Angela Wehnert during a time that’s traditionally not busy. Later, Wehnert explains that the energy in the space had been oppressive to her that morning, “heavy.” So she smudged the store to clear the
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“So the cashier at Burger King is about to hand you your food, and you’re expecting her to tell you, ‘Have a nice day,’ and so you’re already thinking, ‘You, too,’ but instead she says, ‘Enjoy Your Meal.’ And you say, ‘You, too.’” Brian Regan has built himself into one
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Can a sandwich hold a grudge? Are its feelings hurt if you get it special ordered? Do sandwiches feel jealousy? Do they ever worry that you’re thinking of another sandwich while you’re eating it? Sandwich-lovers feel all these things. They feel passionately about all things mashed between bread; they feel
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Kathy Gore Fuss was an established artist long before going back to college to get her BFA in drawing and painting from the University of Washington. This after 30 years as a working artist and after the tragic loss of her husband in 2004. Already an inventive risk taker with
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In the kitchens, the end of summer is just something you have to get through, a grinding slog through the last hot days, the last slow nights. Everyone’s eyes are on the approaching holiday season — distant but just visible over the horizon. Chefs are dreaming of potatoes, of pork
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I have always found the world of tattoos and tattoo-lovers to be strange but undeniably beguiling. Though I now inhabit that world (just barely, thanks to my crude — yet-tasteful flamingo tattoo) I still don’t quite understand it. People speak about their future tattoos as if they were talking about
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Whew. That was hard. It took me an extremely stressful three minutes to decide on what Emily Bikini’s title should be underneath her name. I was thinking it would be either: bikini model, actress, energy drink entrepreneur, reality show star, tortoise lover, or world record holder for wearing the pinkest
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We all know that through TRICARE, military dependents can receive healthcare. But did you know that TRICARE also has a dental insurance option? The TRICARE Dental Program (TDP) is open to all active-duty Servicemembers, including those in the National Guard and Reserve. The only stipulation is that in order to be
