Music
Dear reader, would you indulge me in taking you behind the curtain for a brief moment? You see, I've been writing about bands for about four years now, and there are certain things that I've come to enjoy about the process, and certain things that I tend to avoid. Most
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The time to holiday shop is upon us. Deal-seeking crowds, warzone parking lots and panicked shoppers frothing at the mouth over the latest and greatest technology are already popping up at commercial centers near you. You can face down the holiday soup at the chain stores ... or you can
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"This is a busy time of year and it could get busier," said Jeff Klein, development director for the Emergency Food Network in Lakewood. Klein was alluding to the pending Farm Bill, which could cut monthly food stamps by approximately $36 less for a family of four. "We are going
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>>> ART MINGLE WHILE YOU SHOP A recent dialog with a Seattle friend: Friend: "Hey, we are coming down to Tacoma and spending the weekend to see the sights." Me: "For real? Why?" Friend: "Uh, yeah. We are coming down for the art. Duh. You LIVE there - don't you know that?" Yeah, I guess I
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As the orange flaming orb in the sky makes its exit, a delicious orange roundish-shaped gourd makes its appearance on doorsteps throughout neighborhoods around the country. It takes the moniker Jack and is in everything from lattés to pies. And though it sounds like a load of hyperbole to say
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Thursday, Aug. 16: Clos LaChance wine tasting, 5-8 p.m., $5, Vin Grotto Café & Wine Bar, 813 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.722.5079. Thursday, Aug. 16: Tacoma Singles Wine Tasting, 7-9 p.m., Mountaineers Club House, 2302 N. 30th, Tacoma. Saturdays: Wine tasting, 2-5 p.m., Wine Bank, 7017 27th St. W., University Place, 253.564.1101. Tuesday, Aug.
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After the League of Liberal Libations grabbed two open spots during the Rolling Thunder Bowling Experience laser and music thingy at Tower Lanes Saturday night and strapped on our snazzy rental shoes, we placed a friendly little wager: The losing team must buy the next round. And even with a
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Not every ballet gets an entire year of treasure hunts and anticipation before it debuts. But The Nutcracker and The Tale of the Hard Nut is no ordinary ballet. This year, the show will grace the stage of the Pantages Theater for the first time. But why is there a nutcracker
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Not every ballet gets an entire year of treasure hunts and anticipation before it debuts. But The Nutcracker and The Tale of The Hard Nut is no ordinary ballet. This year, the show will grace the stage of the Pantages Theater for the first time. Each year, the Tacoma City Ballet
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This seems to be one of those in-between-shows periods at Tacoma Art Museum when they trot out stuff from their permanent collection to fill the galleries. It's a good thing, too, because they have some outstanding art that we'd otherwise seldom or never get to see. One such show is
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Franciscan Polar Plaza is the place to be once winter hits. Think you can find something better to do than busting out some ice skates? Yeah, good luck with that. Polar Plaza is on its third year of setting up an ice-skating rink decked out in wintery
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Franciscan Polar Plaza is the place to be once winter hits. Think you can find something better to do than busting out some ice skates? Yeah, good luck with that. Polar Plaza is on its third year of setting up an ice-skating rink decked out in wintery goodness at Tollefson
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With Black Friday deals now available well into Thanksgiving day, you may be asking yourself how to juggle a culinary masterpiece and the clean up that follows with waiting in lines with hordes of other conflicted but crazy shoppers seeking a good deal. Or maybe your family resides states away;
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If 103.7 FM The Mountain hadn't changed to the Top 40 crap, I'd totally send them a copy of Joe Rosati's new CD, The Candelabra Light, because it would fit in perfectly with Leonard Cohen, The Cure and Echo and the Bunnymen. Also because the recordings are perfectly
Military Life
While military spouses play a key role within their families, they are also important contributors to and supporters of their local communities. Tuesday, Nov. 19, the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce recognized and honored one of these special people during a ceremony at Burs Restaurant. The Chamber's first annual "Military Spouse of
Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week and down the road. SECRET
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Though they have a song that's explicitly called "Surf Rock Band," it would be a mistake to call them one. A Happy Death plant their feet firmly in the court of garage-pop madness, seemingly content to thrash away in blissfully psychedelic, noisy bliss, while never crossing the threshold into noise-rock
Food Matters
SPARKLING WINE TASTING Tis the season for a little bit of sparkly and Morso Wine Bar (9014 Peacock Hill Ave., Gig Harbor) is celebrating with its Holiday Sparkling Wine Tasting at 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22. Family dinners, parties with friends and the swiftly approaching new year means lots of raising
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To stand out as a man with an acoustic guitar takes some doing, as anyone who's been to a coffeehouse open mic can attest. Gabriel Wolfchild makes unapologetically somber music that somehow avoids the pitfall of maudlin naval-gazing. Gabriel Wolfchild's voice is clear and steady, devoid both of showboating and
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Mirrorgloss is a very new band, having only played a handful of shows thus far. Even still, their sound is so clearly drawn out and natural, so well-defined and -the best part- relatively novel for Tacoma. With the exception of a couple bands, like Death by Stars, there isn't much
