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It's certainly easy to get caught up in a midweek routine. Another Wednesday lunch, another Lean Cuisine in the microwave, another lunch in the employee lounge eating out of a plastic tray starring at the office vacation planner with zero vacation days listed under your name. Why not head over
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The longer I do this job, the faster I can tell when we're in capable hands. This time it took seconds. As we drove up to Paradise Theatre's rustic lot in Gig Harbor, a dozen junior "princesses" in ball gowns greeted us with squeals and enthusiastic waves. It was the
Military Life
A group of military and civilian families has come together to establish a new Venturing Crew in Tacoma. Venturing is a program under the auspices of the Boys Scouts of America (BSA) and is for youth ages 14 to 21 years old. Venturing Crew 216 falls under the Pacific Harbor Council,
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The idea behind Jazzbones' "Wednesday Sessions" is to give the stage to localized talent. Unquestionably one of the best sounding live rooms in town (not even countless spilled Jagerbombs during KRY nights can rub that off), Jazzbones welcomes Phasers on Kill this week, straight off a show last Friday night
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My ears were ringing for over 24 hours after the last time I saw the Fucking Eagles perform. I think I could feel the damage being done as it was happening, but I didn't care. I stood planted by the speakers as one blistering dose of rock ‘n' roll bled
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On John Craig & the Weekend's forthcoming full-length, Numbers, all 13 songs listed on the inside cover feature a parenthesized time stamp. Take, for instance, the disc's second track, "Wear Are Whatever (friday night!)," or the 12th tune, "Morning Birds (sunday morning ...)." It's all part of a much grander
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The most exciting new group to emerge this year out of Tacoma has been the Academy. The crew quickly came onto the scene thanks to the veteran status of some of the members. $krilla met Eee-tree, Ghetto, Doe-Lo Rossi, Mistah Mac, Charlotte Smoot, Criss, Eli, Chad Larson and Jordan Pike
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It may be difficult to write about Mark Bennion's frescoes at Traver Gallery, but they're not difficult at all to enjoy. That is if you're willing to give them the long and concentrated attention they deserve. They're hard to write about because they're so minimal and there's so little variety. The
Music
In some ways, Tacoma functions as a sort of farm league for artists looking to make it big in the world. Yes, there are frequently plenty of outlets for creatives to express themselves in town, but one can only grow so big in a city that lacks a functioning transit
Features
THING: Delicious handmade caramels Created by: Clay Richart He wields: A bad-ass mustachio Because: He's a bad-ass candy man Who can: Get away with a mustachio Whereas: If I didn't pluck my rouge rogue chin hairs He might: Have some competition You now think: I'm hot Because: You love a bearded lady Let's just focus: On the caramels Admittedly, it's
Arts
"Liberal and Phenomenal" is not my assessment of the two current shows at Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound. It is the name of the combined shows, each with works by five painters. "Liberal" in the main gallery features paintings by painting professors Michael Knutson (Reed College), Richard Martinez (Whitman),
Advice Goddess
QUESTION: Recently, you published a letter from a married man complaining about his wife's letting their two young children sleep in their marital bed with them. They'd gone from being a couple who didn't have much sex to a nearly sexless one. You seemed to suggest that the guy bargain
Food Matters
FRIDAY NIGHT HAPPY HOUR Toscanos Café and Wine Bar (437 29th St. NE, Puyallup) hosts a 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday happy hour featuring $5.95 cocktails, $6.95 martinis, $5 wine pours, $3.50 draft beers and $10.95 wine flights. COOKING CLASS Primo Grill (601 S. Pine, Tacoma) hosts a Cooking with the Bounty
Stage
In their 99th season, Tacoma Little Theatre is now two for two when it comes to wry comedies featuring cosmopolitan couples dealing with extraordinary circumstances. Their first production, Rumors, was a dizzy deconstruction of, and tribute to, the genre of farce; in its whirlwind, breathless execution, it was an exuberant hit. This
Sipping Out
Thursday, Aug. 11 Syzygy Winery, 5-7 p.m., Morso, 9014 Peacock Hill Ave., Gig Harbor, RSVP at 253.530.3463. Half-price bottle wine night for wines less than $100, Maxwell's Speakeasy, 454 St. Helens, Tacoma, 253.683.4115. Half-price wine, all night, Harmon Tap Room, 204 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma, 253.212.2725. $3 Thursdays: $3 beer, $3 wells, $3 for
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Lacey, Wa. - Fire engines, helicopters and police cruisers swarmed the South Sound Center parking lot July 30. Their operators stood ready to meet the task before them. As the final hour approached, excitement filled the air. The excitement did not come from battling a four-alarm
Music
Halloween is a time of putting on costumes that represent wilder, more striking versions of ourselves, so it makes sense it'd also be a time for cover bands to shine. Each year since 2003, Olympia Film Society has devoted its Capitol Theater to a late-October program of local musicians donning
Listings
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Hannah's Bar & Grille Olympia - Downtown. Open Mic. 9 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Paint Me Irrational, Victorian Halls. All Ages. 6 pm. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Pints & Quarts Pub Westside Olympia - Westside. Bingo. Win prizes.
