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Roger Ebert's review of Soul Men ran in the print version of the Weekly Volcano. To read his review online, visit his Web site. LINK: Soul Men review: Three stars Find Soul Men starting times here. FILM RATING SYSTEM One Star: Reel Waste Two Stars: Reel Potential Three Stars: The Reel Thing Four Stars: Better Than The Reel Thing
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There are few comedians who can keep my attention for more than about half an hour. Robin Williams, for example, is one funny dude in short spurts, but his high-energy, scatterbrained shtick gets older than Nina Hartley flicks after about 20 minutes. Sure, he gets flashed in the limelight much
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Stalking On Air I asked a guy out and we went salsa dancing last night. Afterward, he gave me a quick kiss goodbye on the lips. Does the fact that it was on the lips mean he likes me and wants a second date? Would he have kissed me there
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Seattle Symphony FRIDAY, NOV. 7: Tacoma Philharmonic presents the Seattle Symphony in Concert. Frankly, I’d rather not drive to Seattle if I can help it. So if I have a chance to hear the Seattle Symphony performing in Tacoma, I’ll grab it. This one is a mostly Mozart concert with a
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Grand Cinema Downtown Tacoma. Children’s Film Series: Spirited Away, Nov. 7-9, 11 am, 11 am. Children 17 and under free (606 S. Fawcett, 253.572.6062, www.grandcinema.com). Museum of Glass Downtown Tacoma. The Time of Lino and White Light: Glass Compositions by Daniel Clayman throughout the day. 10 am to 5 pm Mon-Sat,
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It would seem that former News Tribune food critic Ed Murrieta left the paper rather abruptly a few months back and then fell off the face of the earth. I was fortunate to run unto Murrieta recently and probe him for the “dirt” on why he left the TNT and
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Stepping through the doorway at Tacoma School of the Arts is like watching “FAME — The Musical.” Students arrive in eclectic garb that ranges from traditional teen to outlandish punk, runway model to starving artist. As they breeze past murals and photographs in the hallway, they talk about everything from
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Four years ago I wrote a music column for the Weekly Volcano on a Tuesday night while my thoughts were elsewhere — Ohio to be exact. The fate of our nation was at stake, or so it truly felt that night, and there was no official word yet about whether
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Sick of eating your bologna sandwich in your cubicle every day? Then break out! The Museum of Glass will gladly entertain you for your 60-minute lunch break (and where do you work?) during its Hot Lunch glass demonstrations. Every Friday, audience members are encouraged to try the museum’s box lunch
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Before Chopstix, Fender’s or The Offbeat, the corner of Sixth Avenue and South Oakes was home to a unique antique shop called Dead Man’s Attic. The shop had a good two-year run from 1996 to 1997, but was seriously ahead of its time in that area. Dead Man’s, owned
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Listen up, Tacoma. There’s a new gallery in town, and it’s the real deal. It doesn’t look like much from the outside, a nondescript warehouse on the corner of Fawcett and 25th Avenue. But inside it’s big and bright with four major gallery spaces plus a whole bunch of alcoves
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The best thing about Tacoma is the diversity that radiates throughout the city. Whether that's the diversity that expresses ones individuality through clothing, or the gauntlet of local businesses giving Tacoma its character, there is no denying that diversity is everywhere. Whatcha Wearin' caught 24-year-old Tacoma native Jesse Dominique Herman
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You know that huge sigh of relief you heard coming from Lakewood after Tuesday’s election? Well, it was well deserved, and it came from the city’s four (count ’em, four) mini casinos. Proposition 1 — an initiative created by anti gambling zealots that would have doomed an industry that provides $2.9
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Blue bagged and carried off site? Blogger “Wild Celtic Rose” talked about a camping trip she went on this weekend in Vantage, Wash., where their human waste (poop) had to be blue bagged and carried offsite. Say what? Apparently the porta-potties were overflowing with human waste and hadn’t been attended to
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Roger Ebert's review of Role Models ran in the print version of the Weekly Volcano. To read his review online, visit his Web site. LINK: Role Models review: Three stars Find Role Models starting times here. FILM RATING SYSTEM One Star: Reel Waste Two Stars: Reel Potential Three Stars: The Reel Thing Four Stars: Better Than The Reel Thing
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No doubt… This is certainly a special day and a special submission this week. I will not even front as if I am elated about the campaign and election of President-Elect, Barack Obama. This is a historic and especially proud moment that certainly NOT everyone is pleased with, but in
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Some dread an election year, but 2008 marks a capstone for the Olympia Film Society. This month members celebrate the 25th run of the society’s popular film festival. What better way to commemorate the event’s present success than with a throwback to cinema’s past? The Olympia Film Festival kicks off Friday,
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Anyone who believes the restaurant business operates smoothly probably never owned a restaurant. In the best of times the restaurant business proves chaotic, unstable and daunting. Throw in a recession with plenty of question marks dotting the future and the economy gives many restaurant owners reason to throw in the
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Rituals, the newest band on the Tacoma music circuit, features an impressively versatile trio of musicians: Matty McBride on guitar, vocals, keyboards and samples; Elliott Snyder on drums, guitar, and vocals; and Cullen Eisner-Terrill on drums, keyboards, and vocals. I really appreciate bands that can multitask the way Rituals does.
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Tacoma sold the Narrows Airport to Pierce County this week. Lord knows what they’ll do with it. There has been a lot of talk regarding proposals from private parties who wanted to turn the Narrows into an economic engine. Tacoma officials elected to sell the thing to the county. Y’know,
