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Rock camps for girls are just so 2005.The latest step in the empowering-youth-through-rock movement is Queer Rock Camp, happening this week in Olympia. It's the first ever do-it-yourself music camp for queer youth."It really is not a music camp," says organizer Molly Fischer of Olympia. "The goal of the camp
South Sound Cinema
In Three Easy Pieces, I take a look at a specific subgenre of pop culture, and examine it from its birth to today. This month: two of my biggest passions collide when stars of the professional wrestling world try their hand at making movies. BIRTH: El Santo Honorable mention: Tor Johnson, Adrian
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“Whorehouse” Those whores are at it again — getting all uppity about being a victimless crime and what not. Such is the case at Tacoma Little Theatre as it finishes its season with “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” a look at life and politics surrounding the Chicken Ranch. [Tacoma Little Theatre, June
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Cuts of New York steak, filet mignon, brisket, chops, sirloin, ribs and all manner of beef and pork greet you at the counter. Adjacent, in another cold case, salmon candy, chickens, ready-to-cook burgers, bacon and other delectable meats chill. For a carnivore it is heaven. The art of butchery seems to
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“Sideways” is the next film screened as part of The Cans Film Festival, the Emergency Food Network and Food Connection’s food-theme movie festival — each film matched with a coupon to a local restaurant — to raise awareness to fight hunger. Thursday, June 14, “Sideways” will screen at the Blue
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If you happen to be in the neighborhood, stop by the University of Washington-Tacoma art gallery to see the installation by Brooklyn, N.Y., artist Betsy Alwin. I’ll make a wild guess that you’ll find it fascinating — for upwards of two minutes. After that, you may catch yourself yawning. I drove
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If “Old School” and “She’s Having a Baby” lined up 50 yards apart, sprinted at each other at full speed and collided in violently comedic-sexual fashion spawning one film (“She’s Having an Old School Baby”?), the result would be “Knocked Up.” Of course, that would mean “Old School” and “She’s Having
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Fuck yeah, brutha! Goddamn Motley Crue and Poison (and New York Dolls!) are headed to the T-Dome Friday. Honestly, we haven't been more excited since that time we OD'd with the syringe still in our arm, like cool-ass Nikki Sixx! We haven't been so stoked since that time we got
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The "artistic revival" of Hilltop is in full effect. If you haven't taken notice you're missing the boat. Next Thursday offers a chance to gather at Fulcrum Gallery for a reception featuring music, poetry and spoken word. 6 Deep the Messenger will go hard with the spoken word, Miz Floes
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Watching good movies that you've never seen before and that you otherwise wouldn't have the opportunity to see in the area is fun. The Grand Cinema in Tacoma is hip this fact. In Another Earth, Rhoda Williams, a bright young woman accepted into MIT's astrophysics program, aspires to explore
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South Sound wineries have banded together and created some boozy passports, an opportunity for you to taste wines from Vina Salida, McCrea Cellars, Walter Dacon, Medicine Creek Winery, Madsen Family Cellars, Northwest Mountain Winery and Stottle Winery. The $20 passport includes free tastings and a $5 discount off any wine purchase,
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Fledgling Toy Boat Theatre's mission statement promises "good acting in a humble house," and thanks to director Marilyn Bennett and the cast of Dakota's Belly, Wyoming, it delivers. As for the humility of the house (provided by Spaceworks Tacoma), it was uncomfortably warm opening night but fits beautifully otherwise into
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It's hard to go wrong with great rock ‘n' roll and great spaghetti. We're pretty sure there's actually a commandment to that effect. Thursday, as a fundraiser for next week's Underwater Music Festival, SweetKiss Momma and Perry Acker will all be at Louie G's in Fife for an all-ages throwdown
Music
Inspired by American blues and rock of the 1950s, British musicians of the early 1960s developed hybrid styles called skiffle (an amateur form of jazz personified by singer Lonnie Donegan) and Merseybeat (a Liverpool movement that hit all four beats of common time on the snare drum equally). The first
Music
Summer is always a big season for album releases. One of the major local releases to drop this summer is AKA's debut album, Resurgence. AKA celebrated the release a few weeks ago with a jumping party at the Surreal Ultra Lounge. AKA stays pretty busy doing shows and promoting his
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Arriving to a club after a few shots of whiskey isn't something I normally recommend. I also almost never recommend racking up a $70 bar tab. But what is it the good book says, humble Volcano readers? Judge not lest ye have hit the dance floor hard? Sometimes a man has to
News
The convergence of Veterans Day with the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Great War in 1917, allows for moments of reflection about all veterans who have served. One of these moments will occur Friday, Nov. 10, at AMVETS, hosted by Tacoma Buffalo Soldiers' Museum. To recall the start of World
Ragnet
In every issue of this fine rag my hack team of wannabe journalists and I tackle some of the most laughable criminal acts that have recently happened in our area. Then - if we're doing our job - we write about those crimes in a way that makes you chuckle,
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The Nov. 11, 1919, Armistice Day celebration in Centralia, Washington, is known as the Centralia Massacre. Fueled by unionization, a fear of communism and mob mentality, the day ended with the deaths of World War I veterans Warren Grimm, Dale Hubbard, Wesley Everest, Ben Cassagranda and Arthur McElfresh. Cassagranda and McElfresh had
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Since 1992, more than 100,000 patients have walked through the doors of Madigan Army Medical Center (MAMC) on Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM). Some have received emergency medical assistance while others have utilized counseling, physical therapy, preventative care or pharmaceutical services. Still, more have visited at least one of MAMC's advanced
