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When I learned Rick Gratzer and Isaac Olsen had tied for Best Filmmaker in the Weekly Volcano 2010 Best of Tacoma Readers’ Poll, it made perfect sense to me. It couldn’t really have been anyone else. Both young filmmakers (26 and 24, respectively), Gratzer and Olsen have consistently contributed standout films
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Earlier this year a small group of a dozen or so artists celebrated the re-opening of the legendary Broadway graffiti garages. As part of an invitation-only, relatively quiet gathering, graffiti artists from Seattle and Tacoma filled three parking garages with a dozen or so burners (murals). Since then, the walls
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Thank you to all who took the time to vote in our Best of Tacoma 2010 Readers' Poll. You are the Best. Best Public Art: Graffiti GaragesBest Local Filmmakers: Isaac Olsen and Rick GratzerBest Local Actor: Matt Shimkus, Joe Rosati (tie)Best Local Actress: Kristie Worthey, Emilie Rommel, Ieisha McIntyre, Nyree Martinez
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QUESTION: The girl of my dreams works at a restaurant I eat at almost every day. When she started six months ago, I began sitting in her section. I've never had feelings this strong. I can't even look at her without freezing up. Two months ago, I asked her out,
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>>> Best Tamales In A StoreEl Mercado LatinoA few millennia ago some Pre-Columbian women created what may be the first MREs (“meals-ready-to-eat”) for their warrior sons and lovers: a tasty concoction that could be easily packed over long distances, warmed in its own wrapper or eaten cold on the run
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If you guessed that Primo Grill was going to win Best Overall Restaurant in the Weekly Volcano’s 2010 Best of Tacoma Readers’ Poll, you guessed right. And you knew what was up. The perfect balance is hard to strike in the restaurant business. And it’s different depending on where you
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I really like Pao, and I really, really like his donuts, but to be completely honest the big-ass pictures hanging in his donut shop (you know, the ones that each feature one of his three kids, at age one, propped up and smiling next to — quite literally — a
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Thank you to all who took the time to vote in our Best of Tacoma 2010 Readers' Poll. You are the Best. Best Donut: PAO's Donuts & Coffee ShopBest Overall Restaurant: Primo grillBest Sushi: TwoKoi Japanese RestaurantBest Bacon: Tacoma Boys, Pacific Grill (tie)Best Brunch: C.I. Shenanigans, Shakabrah Java (tie)Best Thai: Indochine
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BLUES The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Dickery Doo Band. 21+. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 21+. 7 pm. NC. Le Voyeur Café and Lounge Olympia - Downtown. Movie Night. 21+. 7 pm. DJ/ELECTRONIC Muckleshoot Indian Casino Auburn. Club Video. 21+. 9 pm. NC. The New Frontier Lounge Tacoma - Dome District.
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>>> Best Total Disgrace To Our CityNorthwest Detention Center It’s still there. Just in case you allowed yourself the luxury of forgetting. The Northwest Detention Center is still a private prison for immigrants run by Florida-based GEO Group. Didn’t President Obama fix all that? Hell no. In fact, the place
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If Marilyn Strickland could pick a superpower, she would choose mind reading. “I’m very good at understanding what motivates people,” she says. “And you need that to get things moving in politics.” It’s those kinds of honest insights that made Marilyn Strickland the nearly unanimous pick for Best Politician in the Weekly
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Sweet Pea really is a superhero. In fact, he’s been voted Tacoma’s Best Superhero. Like most superheroes, sweet pea has a mild-mannered everyday persona. Real superheroes never appear to be superheroes until there’s a crisis. Then they unleash with full force. If they walked around looking all powerful, bad guys
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Thank you to all who took the time to vote in our Best of Tacoma 2010 Readers' Poll. You are the Best. Best Tacoma Celebrity: Sweet PeaBest Politician: Mayor Marilyn StricklandBest Empty Condo Building: EsplanadeBest Friendly Face: Benjii BittleBest Reason You’ve Heard Someone Give For Being Scared Of Tacoma: The AromaBest
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Open Mic Night. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Open Note Shape Singing. All Ages. 5 pm. NC. Speakeasy Arts Cooperative Tacoma - Downtown. Radio8Ball Show featuring Jerin Falkner. A musical talk/game show based upon the concept of synchronicity.
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When I walk into Guitar Maniacs on Saint Helens Avenue, Rick King is helping a customer in search of hard-to-find strings. He doesn't have any at the moment, but he can get them. The customer, who knows King by name and has the aura of someone who's been frequenting King's
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. A Thousand Years At Sea. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. Paddy Coyne’s Irish Pub Tacoma - Downtown. Traditional Irish Music Session. Leo MacNamara & guests. 21+. 7 pm. BLUES Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. Lisa & The Pok Chops. 21+. 8 pm. NC. Red Bicycle Bistro and
Food Matters
Thursday, Aug. 5 Mollydooker tasting, 5:30-8 p.m., $10, Pour at Four, 3814 N. 26th St., Tacoma, 253.761.8015. Half-price Wine Bottle Night with two appetizer purchases, Tides Tavern, 2925 Harborview Drive, Gig Harbor, 253.858.3982. Wine tasting, noon to 6 p.m., complimentary, Walter Dacon Winery, 50 S.E. Skookum Inlet Road, Shelton, 360.426.5913. Friday, Aug. 6 Mercer Estates
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Well, hidee, thar, younguns! This here's yer ole Pappi Copperhill. You know how ever' year 'bout this time the Tacoma Art Museum put theyselves up a big ole ice skatin' rink over to Tollefson Plaza? I'm tellin' you it's finer'n a can o' snuff, with all them little
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Well, hidee, thar, younguns! This here's yer ole Pappi Copperhill. You know how ever' year 'bout this time the Tacoma Art Museum put theyselves up a big ole ice skatin' rink over to Tollefson Plaza? I'm tellin' you it's finer'n a can o' snuff, with all them little
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HUG A FARMER Farmers markets across the state have gained recognition from Gov. Christine Gregoire, through her proclamation of August 2-8 as Washington Farmers Market Week. The Tacoma Farmers Markets have supported local farmers and brought fresh produce to our community for the past 20 years. Go to wafarmersmarkets.com, find a
