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Archives | Thursday Jul 24, 2008
- 07/17/2008 - Fake guns and two dollar bills - I entered Robert “The Traveller” Hill’s world
- 07/10/2008 - TRAIL GLAZERS - Community policing and cleanup efforts look great … on the surface.
- 07/03/2008 - Tacoma Hijacked - What to see and pilfer during Tall Ships Tacoma 2008
- 06/26/2008 - The urban in-fitters - Tacoma's grass roots art festival turns four
- 06/19/2008 - The little business district that doesn’t - Has the Lincoln area’s chance to capitalize on its Asian flavors come and gone?
- 06/12/2008 - Trippin’ with Sally D - Before state lawmakers try to ban Salvia divinorum I decided to try the potent, legal psychedelic myself
- 06/05/2008 - 85 things to do in Tacoma before you die - What are you going to do before you die? Turns out here in Tacoma you’ve a lot of options — 85 of them, to be exact.
- 05/29/2008 - Avant on Guard - Galleries in Olympia and Tacoma struggle to survive.
- 05/15/2008 - Critical Condition - The number of uninsured people in Pierce County is continually increasing.
- 05/08/2008 - CONCERT SEASON - Your key to screamingly special spring and summer shows
- 05/01/2008 - Food lust - Do we hunger for our food?
- 04/24/2008 - Bad Rap - The state of hip-hop in Tacoma
- 04/17/2008 - RampArt Riches - The auction of your wildest dreams
- 04/10/2008 - Shut up! - The Tacoma City Council just unanimously passed an ordinance that makes “just about all” of the live music venues in Tacoma out of compliance with city ordinance and subject to fines and penalties.
- 04/03/2008 - Are our gay bars dumps? - Does the South Sound gay community care if “their” bars are not as glamorous as the straight bars?
- 03/27/2008 - Tacoma man in Qingdao - The expat life parallels an existence college partygoers relish the world over.
- 03/20/2008 - OurSpace - Creativity gains its purpose in creation, but what sort of Tacoma are we creating?
- 03/13/2008 - Hiding the homeless - The most damaging aspect of The Road Home 10-year plan is that it makes the homeless easy to dismiss.
- 03/06/2008 - Don't Mess With Tacoma - The South Puget Sound is headed for the giant music orgy.
- 02/28/2008 - Riot and wrong - The real story behind the Evergreen Riot
- 02/21/2008 - Requiem for a genre? - Local jazz musicians pipe in on why local jazz joints don’t attract large crowds.
- 02/14/2008 - Stuck in the ugliness - Among Public record tirades and childish political name-calling, the majority of Ruston just wants to be civil.
- 02/07/2008 - Life de-railed - Ken and Barbara Miller have been forced to take a bad ride from Sound Transit.
- 01/31/2008 - Better than a Rusty Nail - Drew Ebersole leads the Metro Parks Foundation
- 01/31/2008 - Esquire Man drinketh - A chat with Esquire Magazine writer Joe Oestreich who recently gave Tacoma love in the mag
- 01/24/2008 - Interview with a rat - Lunar Spring Festival celebrates the Year of the Rat
- 01/24/2008 - I'm too sexy for my space suit - I overcome the post-holiday slump by turning ordinary outings into colorful costumed celebrations.
- 01/17/2008 - Eye-popping - Tacoma Art Museum scores major Renoir exhibition
- 01/17/2008 - Oly Rollers roll on - Olympia Roller Derby battle it out, and party, this weekend
- 01/10/2008 - Crystal clear message - YAYA Media spreads the word on meth abusers
- 01/10/2008 - Radio waves good-bye - Diana Arens will host her last “Free Things Are Cool” this month
- 01/03/2008 - A great Evening - Carrie Akre showcases her new album at club vertigo Saturday
- 01/03/2008 - Field of dreams - Evergreen State College is making noise
- 12/27/2007 - First Night - Tacoma-Pierce county all ages New Year’s Eve festival is back on.
- 12/27/2007 - Give good toast - What to say Monday night
- 12/20/2007 - Boot Call - Boots are back this season.
- 12/20/2007 - Don't get busted - Common sense tips this season
- 12/13/2007 - Santarchy (review!) - A pack of Santas will invade Tacoma for a not-so-silent night
- 12/13/2007 - 7-Eleven Days of Christmas - Oh, thank heaven for 7-Eleven for servicing all of our holiday shopping needs
- 12/06/2007 - Street of Deals - Sixth Ave heats up dining by night and shopping by day
- 12/06/2007 - Beautiful Holiday - Beautiful Angle goes Beautiful Christmas
- 12/06/2007 - Movie positioning - GPS not just for cars anymore
- 11/29/2007 - MxPx and Jesus - Bremerton pop-punk trio MxPx is not a typical Christian band
- 11/29/2007 - Is this jazz? - Wayne Horvitz and long-time bandmates will bend structures in Olympia
- 11/22/2007 - We're Thankful for these bars - The Weekly Volcano is thankful for these spots to toast pre-Thanksgiving good times
- 11/22/2007 - Everyone do the pigeon - The Northwest Winter Pigeon Classic struts into Puyallup this weekend
- 11/15/2007 - Green and bare it - There is a distinct chance that Tacoma will have a source
- 11/15/2007 - Hitting 'em with art - Art Slam to submerge audience in culture
- 11/08/2007 - Immersed in art - 41 artists welcome you to their studios
- 11/08/2007 - Tacoma invasion - Northwest playwright’s alliance brings New Orleans and LA to Tacoma
- 11/01/2007 - Art @ Work - The Tacoma Arts Commission wishes you would turn off the boob tube this month and squeeze in as many arts events as possible
- 11/01/2007 - Olympia Film Festival - There will be two screenings of ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation” plus more than 40 films and 22 film guests over 10 days
- 10/25/2007 - Terrifying Tacoma - The truly scary things happening in Tacoma
- 10/25/2007 - Woodstick - ear-splitting decibels for a good cause
- 10/18/2007 - FOUND on the road - Duo to bring their brand of legit voyeurism to Olympia
- 10/18/2007 - Regents Boulevard - The greatest street, like, ever
- 10/16/2007 - You too can be an activist - Actor and activist Mike Farrell visits the South Puget Sound
- 10/11/2007 - Live the urban life - Touring the fantasy of the urban lifestyle
- 10/11/2007 - Rock star-ish symphony - Transporting to exotic locales — and England (musically)
- 10/04/2007 - Tacoma Film Festival - Today kicks off eight days of films in three downtown Tacoma venues
- 10/04/2007 - Grazing around The Grand - Where to eat before and after the Tacoma Film Festival
- 09/27/2007 - All ages woes - The fight to keep Olympia’s all-ages club Manium alive
- 09/27/2007 - Mixed Company - Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano strolls into the Washington Center and Pantages Theater
- 09/20/2007 - Diversity Unchained - Broadway Center launches mammoth season with genre-stretching combo of circus and storytelling.
- 09/20/2007 - Raising the Dead - Dark Star Orchestra plays the Pantages Theater
- 09/13/2007 - Living the glamorous life - Life inside the South Sound theater scene can be cutthroat.
- 09/13/2007 - Architecture of the quilt - “Gee’s Bend” quilts are as fascinating as the quilters
- 09/06/2007 - Fair Flair - The Puyallup Fair is for adults, too.
- 09/06/2007 - Eat the Puyallup - The boys anticipate eating their way through the Puyallup Fair
- 08/30/2007 - Big gulps - Giant drinks threaten to drown South Sound bar denizens
- 08/30/2007 - Point Defiance Music Festival - This weekend’s festival in Ruston is a fragment of what’s great about the Pacific Northwest
- 08/23/2007 - Get your glass down there - Glass, all glass and nothing but the glass now at the Museum of, yes, Glass.
- 08/23/2007 - Twinkle! Pop-Crush-Fizz - Tacoma Art Museum hosts sparkly adult soiree
- 08/20/2007 - Tacoma Community House - A multi-service resource for multi-cultural clientele
- 08/16/2007 - The Beat Goes On - How much noise is too much in Tacoma?
- 08/16/2007 - Going for the record, again - Louiefest 2007 marks the 50th anniversary of the famous song
- 08/09/2007 - Showcase Tacoma - A hands-on weekend of celebrating local arts in the museum district.
- 08/09/2007 - Glitter, Glisten, and Gleam - Get sparkly Friday at the Tacoma Art Museum
- 08/02/2007 - Proctor Arts Fest - Walkin’ on sunshine this weekend
- 08/02/2007 - Hotrod-A-Rama - Pre-1965 traditional hotrod and custom car show
- 07/26/2007 - Best restored building in Tacoma - The Weekly Volcano names the pantages Theater as the best restored building in Tacoma
- 07/26/2007 - Festival for everyone - Ethnic Fest multicultural festival fills Wright Park this weekend
- 07/19/2007 - The Grand opens ‘Golden Door’ - Charming immigrant story arrives
- 07/19/2007 - The new and improved Square - Freighthouse Square turns 20 with new faces and party hats
- 07/12/2007 - Party like it’s 2005 - T-town’s best kept secret goes grand opening
- 07/12/2007 - Out in the Park - Out in Tacoma bridges gaps, raises awareness and a few eyebrows — on purpose
- 07/05/2007 - Art on the Ave - Transforming a Community to CHAOS — and back.
- 07/05/2007 - First Night - Tacoma-Pierce County all ages New Year’s Eve festival is back on
- 06/28/2007 - Blast from the past - Many of our favorite Tacoma nightlife spots from the past are still around.
- 06/28/2007 - Taste of Tacoma - Three days of food, music and laughs
- 06/21/2007 - Urban Arts Festival - Creating art on a grand scale.
- 06/21/2007 - What You Got? Festival - Four-day, D.I.Y. music festival opens next week in Olympia
- 06/14/2007 - Old School Chinese - Searching for childhood Chinese memories
- 06/14/2007 - The Party trifecta - Tacoma has three new ways to party
- 06/07/2007 - The gang’s all here - New Ancient Victory Open Mic tonight at the Antique Sandwich Co.
- 05/31/2007 - Uncovering Japantown - Tacoma’s dirty past is rediscovered through a camera lens
- 05/31/2007 - ‘Girls Gone Wild’ guy - Doug Stanhope will go wild Tuesday at Jazzbones
- 05/24/2007 - Rock under construction - New live music clubs to open in June
- 05/24/2007 - Pirate in Tacoma - Stealing loot in Tacoma with Johnny Depp on the brain
- 05/17/2007 - Don’t eat the Tilapia - “Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea” plays The Grand Sunday
- 05/17/2007 - Tacoma Loyal - Pat Nagle believes in hard work ... and Tacoma
- 05/10/2007 - Go local or go home! - Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber Leadership Group, Downtown Merchants Group and others kickoff a “buy local” campaign.
- 05/10/2007 - Life Cycle - Environmentalism, fitness and art on two wheels
- 05/03/2007 - Viva Tacoma! - Girls gone wild, deck openings and other Cinco de Mayo events in the South Sound
- 05/03/2007 - Big bboy battle here - Bboy World’s All Nations 1v1 Breakdance Competition stops by Olympia
- 04/26/2007 - Arts Walk XXXIV - The massive Olympia spring arts walk is this weekend
- 04/26/2007 - Kulture Lab - The Dead Artists' last hurrah?
- 04/19/2007 - Glaude grooves - Ocean Grooves celebrates another year of thumpin’ the South Sound with a party Friday at The Swiss.
- 04/19/2007 - Half naked chicks and fire - I spent the night at The Loft’s den of iniquity
- 04/12/2007 - World Affairs Summit - Free your mind and the world will follow
- 04/12/2007 - Green Day - Step It Up rally commemorates Climate Action
- 04/05/2007 - French Tacoma - Passion and tradition subtly hit the South Sound.
- 04/05/2007 - DJs and freaks - Cirkus plus DJs equals “Carnival” at The Loft every Friday
- 03/29/2007 - A Love Letter to Tacoma - The images and words of Beautiful Angle
- 03/29/2007 - Best theater in Tacoma - Tacoma Musical Playhouse to be center stage in regional theater
- 03/08/2007 - RAGS - Wearable fashion with a heart
- 03/08/2007 - Tale of two Carmens - Two Sarahs perform in Tacoma Opera's
- 03/01/2007 - Spring concerts - There's something for everyone this spring
- 03/01/2007 - Two great tastes - The Fourth Annual Wine and Jazz Festival
- 02/08/2007 - The Big Cheese - Any way you slice it, grilled cheese sandwiches are popping up in Tacoma. By Steve Dunkelberger
- 02/08/2007 - Fun for one on Valentine’s Day
- 01/29/2007 - Less is more - Thrift and the city
- 01/29/2007 - Super Bowl in a theater - Liberty Theater covers the yin and the yang
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