For the past 13 years, the Tacoma Film Festival has been one of the bright spots of Tacoma's cultural landscape.
Carol Hannum is an underappreciated local treasure. Her art has been shown in museums and...
Volta is the Italian word for time; and, in the acrobatic hands of the French-Canadian...
I recently stumbled across a baffling playlist on Spotify called "Songs to Sing in the Shower."...
Stage
In many ways, Tacoma Little Theatre's production of The Foreigner feels like a more light-hearted version of Martin McDonagh's work.
South Sound Cinema
Another month, another edition of Three Easy Pieces, where I explore a specific pop cultural subject from its birth to how it looks today.
Stage
I know it's the oldest cliche in the book, but Olympia's fall theater scene has something for everyone, from mystery to comedy to children's fare to musicals, and various mixtures of all that.
Music
Stiff Records mainstay Wreckless Eric, after the success of his indelible "Whole Wide World," wrote "A Popsong," all about the fear and anxiety of being asked by his label to come up with a hit; as Wreckless Eric says, it's "just a pop song," so...
Arts
In case you haven't noticed, Tacoma's art scene is no longer provincial. The City of Destiny is now a center of grown-up art, art that is socially and politically hip, that comments on current issues that can dare to be innovative and risky.
Carol Hannum is an underappreciated local treasure. Her art has been shown in museums and...
I recently volunteered to review the new Melvins record, "Hold It In," released, of course, on...
In many ways, Tacoma Little Theatre's production of The Foreigner feels like a more...
When a seemingly sophisticated mom (Blake Lively) goes missing, her nerdy friend (Anna Kendrick)...