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Bright shiny sunshine is hard to deny, but so is having an internationally known psychic read your cards or having your aura photographed. Tacoma’s Psychic Fair takes place the first weekend of every month at Crystal Voyage Wellness Center in the shadow of the Tacoma Dome. “There’s 11 to 13
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“Veiled Northwest: Photographs by Mary Randlett” is the latest show to open at Tacoma Art Museum. And it’s about time. Randlett is mostly famous for her portraits of Pacific Northwest artists such as Morris Graves, Kenneth Callahan and Guy Anderson, but her softly lit and mysterious landscapes are also greatly
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“Accomplice” Harlequin Productions is staging a mystery production of false identifies and cross purposes titled “Accomplice.” [State Theater, through Sept. 15, 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, $24-$33, 202 Fourth Ave. E., Olympia, 360.786.0151, www.harlequinproductions.org] “Hollow” Lakewood Playhouse is staging the first show of its season — Agatha Christie’s “The Hollow.“ [Lakewood Playhouse,
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College theater programs are sort of known for taking risks and staging works that force audiences to think — and often even argue — about the goings-on in front of them. Maybe that is because colleges are places of change and thought, where students can expand their views of the
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THE 11TH HOUR: See review page 21. The Grand Cinema: Fri 2:40, 5, 7:20, 9:15. Sat-Mon 12:15, 2:40, 5, 7:20, 9:15. Tues-Wed 5, 7:20, 9:15. Thurs, Sept. 6 2:40, 5, 7:20, 9:15. ARCTIC TALE: A fable in documentary style about the hard lives of polar bears and walruses in the Arctic. Using
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Pingpong is to tennis as foosball is to soccer. I know it’s on cable now, with lots of controversy over slower balls and faster paddles, but it retains for me only memories of rainy days at summer camp. I have never lost all affection for the sport, however, and am
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Death Sentence When he was asked by Johnny Carson how a magazine could quote him saying he really would murder to avenge his family, Charles Bronson looked him in the eye and said, “Because the quote is accurate. I really could, and I would.” There was a little silence then because
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It’s a big week, Tacoma — a week I’ve been giddily anticipating for a long time. First off, the start of the NFL season is, literally, just around the corner. The first real NFL action of the year will go down Thursday, Sept. 6, when the New Orleans Saints travel to
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Typically, Bobble Tiki writes about music and booze. The Weekly Volcano already has plenty of fashion, theatre, art, and useless personal interest (see: Matt Driscoll) writers, so this leaves the tunes and the bottle for Bobble Tiki to babble about. And on that note, the Weekly Volcano also has plenty
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The Elephants are quite possibly my favorite local band. It’s really hard for me to say that since there are so many that are close to my heart, but even though I ripped their CD to mp3 about a year ago, when my iPod is on shuffle I never skip
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Karrin Allyson performs Sept. 18-22 at Jazz Alley in Seattle. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, (253) 627-TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TW = TicketsWest, (800) 325-SEAT, www.ticketswest.com TWEB = Ticketweb, (866) 468-7623, www.ticketweb.com on sale now Howie Mandell Puyallup. Sept. 15 5 and 8:30 pm. $20-$40 (Puyallup Fairgrounds, TM). Elspeth Savani And Orchestra Zarabanda Seattle. Sept. 15 9:30 pm. $12-$20
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Friday, Aug. 31 INDIE FOLK adam sweeney What is indie folk? Isn’t folk just folk? Well, I don’t know either, but that’s where Adam Sweeney has categorized himself. Listing such obscure neo-traditional folk minstrels as Dave Carter and Josh Ritter as major influences, Sweeney is one of a handful of young artists
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Every once is a while a band comes along that is hard to describe without adding three or four exclamation marks at the end of each sentence. When I started to write this story about Girl in a Coma, I had to physically restrain myself by duct taping the upper
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Team Unicorn Records is not your typical indie record label. They don’t have a CEO, an office or even an official telephone number. It’s more of a collective of Tacoma bands and a tight knit community than a record label in the traditional sense. The bands of Team Unicorn are
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Hairstylist Denise Francis finessed a couple of Manhattan Blowouts at the Biella Launch Thursday night: one set of the curls graced the head of spa owner and operator Ruth Soukup, while the other frolicked atop the head of Women of the Military Makeover winner, Jennifer Nagle, whose husband, newly home
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The painting on the side of the building looks like it’s been there forever, well suited for a Tacoma icon many consider one of the cultural treats that set Tacoma apart from the average strip-mall enclave. It’s the kind of book store where you can bring your well-loved tomes and
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Not quite, since all three shops will have totally different outlooks: Super Supplements, set to open Sept. 1 in the space next to the recently opened Tight Cuts on Sixth and Pearl in Tacoma, will offer all manner of healthy goodies — vitamins, minerals, organic beauty aids. Willow, a new
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Size matters in certain South Sound watering holes, and only your intrepid Weekly Volcano reporter is seaworthy enough to take on the largest drinks in town. Risking Katrina-level disaster to liver and kidneys, I set out to assess the taste and volume of concoctions designed to incite parties this Labor
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DJ Mauro has had a problem with his phone lately: it won’t stop ringing. People keep calling the DJ/Latin music promoter asking to be put on his VIP list for the show he’s bringing to Oh! Gallagher’s in Lakewood Saturday, Sept. 1. But DJ Mauro’s fretting that there may not be
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Toys for tots, Maui style Put the significant one, our daughter, and me into a three bedroom condo on Ka’anapali beach with two other couples and a 1-year-old, and you have the Hawaiian vacation I’m about to embark upon. It’s going to be fun, I have no doubt, though I’m a little
