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A local businesswoman and familiar face is throwing her hat into the ring to run for the open State Representative seat in the 28th District. "Over the past seven years I have tried to become more involved in our community and running for office is the next step to serving the
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"Eldridge Gravy and the Court Supreme are as fun a funk dance party as I can imagine," says Daniel Landin, booker and Weekly Volcano reader-voted Best Music Scenester in its Best of Olympia issue. "They have mastered the craft of funk and groove, but their talent never gets in the
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Katy Jolley buzzes with excitement. She’s poring over books with Hollywood photos from a bygone era, enthusing over ideas for her latest purchase. She’s seeing a façade created from the pieces she purchased from the Oriental Theatre in Portland. She’s seeing a ‘30s-styled marquee calling out Tacoma events as well
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Thursday, Aug. 23: Italian Wines from California, 5:308:30 p.m., complimentary, Pour at Four, 3814 N. 26th St., Tacoma, 253.761.8015. Thursday, Aug. 23: Tacoma Singles Wine Tasting, 7-9 p.m., Mandolin Café, 3923 S. 12th St., Tacoma, 253.761.3482. Friday, Aug. 24: Fridays Uncorked: Taste of Washington, 5-7:30 p.m., $12, Bayview School of Cooking, 516
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Topics like universal healthcare, activism, human rights, social justice, clean environment, sustainable farms and rank choice voting in Pierce County will be peacefully discussed and celebrated at a festival in People’s Park downtown Tacoma Sunday, Aug. 26 in People’s Park on Hilltop. The whole thing will be powered by solar
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For me, summertime means lazy afternoons lying on the dock or bumming sailboat rides on Commencement Bay. So when my craving for liquid refreshment overflowed one recent evening, I gathered a few members of the League of Liberal Libations and headed to Salty’s at Redondo Beach for some waterfront atmosphere,
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It’s one of those roundup weeks in Puget Sound theater, so buckle up, sit back and enjoy the ride. The first stop on this tour is at Seattle’s Paramount Theater where “Young Frankenstein,” the performance version of the Mel Brooks movie of the same name, is fairing well. I wrote about
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“Accomplice” Harlequin Productions gets a little saucy with “Accomplice” by Rupert Holmes. The show is set in an isolated English country house on a dark and stormy night. This twisting story of murder, lies, love, and lust contains violence, partial nudity and sexual innuendoes. [State Theater, through Sept. 15, 8 p.m.
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THE T-SHIRTS Las Vegas style party Self-conscious disclaimer: I am a horndog. That, of course, puts me in league with every other Y-chromosome-carrying primate in the world. But being a horndog doesn’t mean I’m a chauvinist. I don’t consider men inherently superior intellectually or more capable physically, despite our God-given ability to
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This week I’m going set my usual flirtatiousness aside and dive into a matter that I think needs some attention —something that I’m just as guilty of as so many of you. Buying music online. Now I’m not going to dip into the controversial sides of downloading music. The point I’d like
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How shall we mark the passage from late summer into fall and early winter this year? The choices available to Washingtonians are, as ever, many. Some represent long but enduring traditions that would be a shame to miss. Others represent newcomers to the event calendar lineup. Here are a few
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Do I detect a trend, or is it mere coincidence that for two months in a row A.O.C. Gallery has featured four women artists? The last time it was a quartet of fiber artists. This time it’s printmakers. Good ones, too. The best in this show are Klara Glosova and Betsy
