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Black is the color of formal evening affairs, little black dresses and tuxedos worn where lights flicker, glasses clink and merriment waltzes with joy. As that lovely image plays in your head remember that everyone knows the seemingly harmless sequence of numbers 01-01-2012 signifies the start of the zombie apocalypse. I
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Black is the color of formal evening affairs, little black dresses and tuxedos worn where lights flicker, glasses clink and merriment waltzes with joy. As that lovely image plays in your head remember that everyone knows the seemingly harmless sequence of numbers 01-01-2012 signifies the start
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Most of the time it’s easy — deciding which shows to go to on a given week in the South Sound, that is. Usually there’s one or two shows head and heals above the rest, and it’s easy to make your musical decisions because of it.
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Ah, the Creative Class. This latest demographic demi-urge was created by researcher-turned marketing guru Richard Florida, whose list of credentials is long. Florida coined the term to describe population and demographic trends that are making so-called creatives the core force driving economic growth in the world today. A bunch
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In Tacoma, there may be no finer way to spend New Year's out with a date than at Pacific Grill. Drink, dance and eat your way through the evening. The Pacific Grill in downtown Tacoma offers two uber-classy ways to spend your last hours of 2011 ... or, if this 2012-End-of-the-World
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Just in case the doomsday predictions are correct, and this is your last New Year's Eve on Earth, let's suppose life is about harmonious balance, the yin and yang, the Obi Wan versus Darth Vader. Where, then, would one find the proper vessels to achieve a New Year's goal of striking
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Pink Martini Thursday, Oct. 8 I remember one evening I popped out of the car in the grocery store parking lot. A vivid rainbow towered above the building. There are some who would most enjoy a private moment with a rainbow; I’m not one of them. Sixty-five percent of my delight
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Tugboat Annie’s Restaurant Where: 2100 West Bay Dr. N.W., Olympia, 360.943.1850 Hours: Open Daily for lunch and dinner served 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday - Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday & Saturday (bar open late). Breakfast served 9 a.m. until noon Saturday & Sunday Cuisine: American fare
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Most of the time it’s easy — deciding which shows to go to on a given week in the South Sound, that is. Usually there’s one or two shows head and heals above the rest, and it’s easy to make your musical decisions because of it.
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Ah, the Creative Class. This latest demographic demi-urge was created by researcher-turned marketing guru Richard Florida, whose list of credentials is long. Florida coined the term to describe population and demographic trends that are making so-called creatives the core force driving economic growth in the world today. A bunch
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If you’re anything like Bobble Tiki — you’re curious. You’re curious about ghostly mysteries in old buildings. You’re curious about cities teeming with forgotten and often culturally blasphemous histories. You’re curious about that enormous tree in Wright Park that has been there long before you were born and has stories
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For the urban adventurer, strip malls in Lakewood can be another potential exotic treasure trove, another opportunity to unearth a new international taste. You might stumble into an international buffet, for instance, with its giant soup bowls and endless array of Technicolor salads. This week, though, I had
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Curtain should drop on this show earlyBy Steve DunkelbergerTacoma Musical Playhouse is marking its sweet 16th year with its season opener, Curtains. The show, which is centered around Boston’s Colonial Theatre as it stages a new Broadway bound work — if only there were a few revisions. One of those
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I don’t want to make anyone uncomfortable, and I certainly don’t want to give the wrong idea about this band, but I have something I want to talk about and I’m not sure how you’ll take it. Here goes: What does it mean when you’re turned on by a band?
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Thursday, Oct. 8 Half-price wine, Maxwell’s Speakeasy, 454 St. Helens, Tacoma, 253.683.4115. Wine tasting, five pours for $5, Vinum Coffee and Wine Lounge, 1001 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.572.8215. Ladies Night featuring half off all wine flights and $5 house pours, Sip, 4793 Point Fosdick Dr. N.W, Gig Harbor, 253.853.3020.
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First Night Tacoma is the perfect way to celebrate the end of the world. If the world survives the evening, First Night may just end it anyway with its lineup of fire performances. And if the world does end? "No better reason to hang out with friends, listen to great music
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Jim Campbell’s show at the Museum of Glass has me stumped. I don’t possess the kind of scientific brain it must take to fully understand or appreciate his message or methods. But I do find the work fascinating. Campbell is an engineer, inventor and video artist. He worked on Francis Ford
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When Salon Benjamin gets involved in doing the hair for the fashion show thrown by Red Line Style at Syren Lounge Saturday, March 31, there may be some tufts of brightness to see — courtesy of some extension magic. Bryan Woobank, whose goal is to see Federal Way turn to
Visual Edge
An exciting new gallery opened in Olympia with an opening showing of 60 artists —most but not all from the South Sound area — “featuring artworks that incorporate recycled, reclaimed, and responsibly harvested materials,” according to a statement by gallery owner Jo Gallaugher. The name is Matter. It’s on
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For the urban adventurer, strip malls in Lakewood can be another potential exotic treasure trove, another opportunity to unearth a new international taste. You might stumble into an international buffet, for instance, with its giant soup bowls and endless array of Technicolor salads. This week, though, I had
