Don't be fooled by all the Happy Teriyaki joints in the neighborhood, the Pacific Avenue location in downtown Tacoma is the best one out there. Of course the others are delicious in their own way, as...
Ram offers twist on summer with grape booze
With the weather heating up, swing by the Ram (possibly by vine) on the waterfront to enjoy...
Tacoma man's journey on the Way of St. James
The Way of St. James goes by many names - the Way, El Camino de Santiago or just the Camino....
Psychopathic Pacific Northwest weather leads to a psychopathic Steph DeRosa. Teamed up...
May
16th
Garage sale with an artistic twist
Nothing says garage sale season like seven sunny weekends in a row. This Saturday in Olympia, The Patrons of South Sound Cultural Arts (POSSCA), a non-profit supporting kids and culture, presents the Artists' Garage Sale, an art -lovers'...
May
15th
Learn how to make a lei. The Asia Pacific Cultural Center, 4851 South Tacoma Way, Tacoma, hosts a hands-on workshop from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. tonight. The workshop will introduce you to making a simple crochet lei...
May
15th
Drum Taps - Nine Poems on Themes of War
A 55 minute work for four vocal soloists, mixed choir and orchestra. Excerpts from four poems by seminal American poet Walt Whitman from his series Drum Taps, written during the Civil War, provide a changing view of war from a 19th century...
May
14th
This book club is perfect for people just starting to read graphic novels or confirmed geeks. May's book is Ghost World by Daniel Clowes. Books available for purchase at King's Bookstore. www.kingsbookstore.com. If you're on Facebook, like our...
May
13th
Velkommen! Scrambled eggs, bacon, orange or apple juice, coffee and All you can eat Swedish Pancakes with lingonberry sauce optional. Seriously. Get up and get over to Tacoma's Normanna Hall before 1 p.m. WhereNormanna Hall: 1106...
Afterword
Pen That Next Screenplay at The Writer’s Lodge
I wouldn't go so far as to say The Writer's Lodge in Seattle will cast a spell over all visitors, but the ambiance does work some kind of magic. A combination of senses hit me at once upon seeing the newly-opened Lodge last week - the sunshine,...
Movies
Sacha Baron Cohen establishes a claim to be the best comic filmmaker now working. The Dictator is funny, obscene, disgusting, scatological, vulgar and crude, and also merciless political satire. With Ben Kingsley, John C. Reilly, Anna Faris and...
Features
Tacoma Restaurant Week a big success
Almost every major city in America (and other countries, too) has a restaurant week. Tacoma has finally joined in the fun. Beginning April 15, food lovers embarked on a two-week long adventure of culinary delights arranged into an...
Visual Edge
Weirdness at Fulcrum Gallery in Tacoma
Fulcrum Gallery is getting weird. OK, they've mostly been weird for as long as they've resided in the little shop on Martin Luther King Way. Or if not exactly weird, at least more willing than most galleries to show works that are not exactly...
Food Matters
Once a country club, now open to you
With a newly remodeled look, the once Oakbrook Golf and Country Club has stripped off the priviledge and opened the Oak House restaurant to the general public. Fitting seeing the entire golf course went public this past year. A typical bar and...
"It's the water." Continuing with our yearlong theme of apocalyptic special sections in honor...
The tents were a tactic, a stage - not the movement itself. The message from those still...
"There is a good core of advocacy for cycling here in the city, which is doing a good job."
Many members of the newly formed shooting club say they weren't always gun enthusiasts. Many...
The shared history and struggles that make Tacoma what it is also make us want to drink together.
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