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A fantasy, even a comic fantasy, needs above all to be lean and uncluttered. Only reality is untidy. The classic fantasy structure involves the hero, the quest, the prize and what stands in the way. It is not a good sign that almost the most entertaining element of “Stardust” is
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on sale now Gilberto Santa Rosa Seattle. Aug. 16 8 pm. $40 (The Showbox, TM). MF Doom Seattle. Aug. 17 8 pm. $15 (The Showbox, TM). DJ AM Seattle. Aug. 18 10 pm. $20 (The Showbox, TM). Winard Harper Sextet Seattle. Aug. 21-22 7:30 pm. $23.50 (Jazz Alley, TM). Hot August Metal Fest Day 1
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Maybe your Prom was one of the greatest nights of your life. Maybe it was a nightmare. Maybe you didn’t even go to yours. Whichever is the case, the Prom at Sanford and Sons Saturday to be orchestrated by the Middle Floor Merchants, will be a second chance to revive
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Thursday, Aug. 9 ROCK neutralboy Bands with a blatant disregard for authority have always been near and dear to my heart. Their rebellious spirit is so free and total lack of responsibility is intriguing, and thrash rockers Neutralboy possess all these qualities and then some. Proclaiming proudly that their hometown of Bremerton
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Okay band, reduced to its purest essence, is Marty Anderson from Berkeley, Calif., who will perform twice in Tacoma thanks to a new arts organization here called The Helm. At the helm of The Helm sits Peter Lynn and Sean Alexander, who aim to enhance the community by bringing arts
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Once upon a time, a few years ago, there was an all-ages club run by Brian Skiffington and Rachel Keenan called the Frameshop in a suburb of Tacoma called Midland. About a year and few neighborhood complaints later, it closed down. Across town in University Place there was an all-ages club
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As much as any journalist who gets his kicks from seeing drunks in the park curled up under his byline in a weekly rag, and has learned to live on a cents-per-word basis, Bobble Tiki loves to see his name next to a big story. Bobble Tiki loves to deliver
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Singer/songwriter Robbie Fulks of Chicago, Ill., is not afraid to speak his mind. He’s also not afraid to bite the industry that feeds him. Fulks made known his dislike for mainstream modern country and the country music industry in true songwriter fashion when he wrote the song “Fuck This Town”
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Tacoma Art Supply Break out the party hats and cupcakes. There’s a celebration in the works at Tacoma Art Supply, whose owners recently celebrated surviving the first year of owning a new business. And while the actual “opening day” was July 27, with a couple of unofficial first sales even before the
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“It’s getting to be fall. People want to take a vacation from their tanks, they want to shop!” Mary Johnson, co-owner of the University Place boutique institution of three years, Cake, is speaking the truth, as I see it. As those individuals who may be grabbing Starbucks just a couple of
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Cute and smart describes the outfit and the girl. Amy Reinke pauses for the pose in between helping customers at Cake on phone and on foot; her own feet are encased in what I thought were crazy expensive cork-sole wedges that turned out to be from (she was almost embarrassed to
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As I was wakeboarding in California last week, the topic of embarrassing kid comments came up between me and the other woman on the boat, also a mom. I shared my personal favorite, “Mom, when I grow up I wanna have a huge butt like yours.” While my friend shared hers, a
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Make the kid happy Since the significant one and I were heading off for our first weekend sans kid in over five and a half years, I naturally suffered acutely from parental guilt. Rather than popping Valium, I took the lazy mom’s out: I bought the wee one gifts. I figured since
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Highland Hill seems to be on the fast track to joining hands with lower Sixth Avenue in the realms of fresh new dining experiences, innovative retail outlets and funky apartments. Old standbys are taking their leave, as new businesses emerge in this north Tacoma neighborhood. The exact parameters of Highland
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As I sit on my shady patio writing and enjoying the sunny Sunday afternoon, I also take time to ponder the tasty beverage in front of me. Perhaps you assume it is a nice, frosty IPA or crisp, cold Sauvignon Blanc. But alas, not today, for the truth is I
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I guess it’s only natural that the Paramount would want to stage a pre-Broadway show since its crosstown rival, Fifth Avenue, did so well with the show “Hairspray” a few years back. In fact, “Hairspray” not only went on to the Great White Way, receiving a few statues along the
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Friday, Aug. 10: Wine Tasting, 6-8 p.m., 21 Commerce, 21st and Commerce, Tacoma, 253.223.0568. Saturday, Aug. 11: FETCH! Wine Tasting Walkabout Fund Raiser, 1-4 p.m., $20, The Buchanan Vineyard, Langley, 360.321.4049. Saturdays: Wine tasting, 2-5 p.m., Wine Bank, 7017 27th St. W., University Place, 253.564.1101). Tuesdays: Wine Tuesdays, 5 p.m., Toscano’s Café &
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d.a.s.h. “dream” The 30 or so participants of Tacoma’s D.A.S.H. Center for the Arts’ summer arts program CLUB FAME will present their own adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “MidSummer Night’s Dream” this weekend. These young people have devoted the last six weeks to learning techniques in ballet, jazz, hip-hop dance, acting and
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THE STARS Stargazer’s night Every so often, on cloudless nights that follow slow traffic days, smog makes a deal with the atmosphere and agrees to cut out early so South Sounders can see those white, twinkling things Midwesterners and mountain purists call “stars.” But apparently billions of these star things are floating
