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Marco Benevento's new solo album, Me Not Me, explores a wide range of instrumental covers as well as a few original compositions. Me Not Me is Benevento's second solo album, following 2008's Invisible Baby, and is the first on his new record label, The Royal Potato Family. Reed Mathis (Jacob
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Gayle Selden was an easy interview seeing as we’re good friends who met during our first days together in the Junior League of Tacoma back in 2004. In 2006, with the help of a few JLT co-members, I embarked on beginning a little fund-raiser called Bib ‘n’ Bid — a
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Match dot con A woman wrote me on an online dating site. Her profile said she was 42. I'm 37, which isn't a big age difference, so we went out. We had a blast and were planning to go out again when she e-mailed and confessed she'll be 49 in August.
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Ethiopian Spicy Beef Infinite Soups’ Ethiopian Spicy Beef ($2.50 for 8 ounces) soup sent me frantically digging in my purse for bottled water. With ingredients such as yams, beef, poblano pepper, garlic, and ginger — it sounds pretty harmless, right? Yeah, the poblano had some kick but it was Wendy’s
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The University of Puget Sound’s SCRABBLE Rousers club will host a tournament to raise funds for the Tacoma Community House with triple word scores. I’ve personally always enjoyed hanging onto the “Q,” where it hangs there on your rack like some ultimate weapon of destruction, waiting for that all-enabling “U”
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These days there may be a good number of people suggesting that they’d sell their soul for a good job. It’s a point Kathryn Smith, General Director of Tacoma Opera, acknowledges even as she sees value in the arts. “All of what we do is important, but it’s not an electricity
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I saw them standing in front of Puget Sound Pizza as I turned the corner, emerging from a tilted and quiet Tacoma alley into the bustle that is PSP’s late breakfast rush. I was running 10 minutes behind schedule, of course, but they didn’t seem bothered. I lit a cigarette
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Mandolin Cafe Where: 3923 S. 12th St., Tacoma, 253.761.3482 Hours: 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 6 a.m. to midnight Friday, 8 a.m. to midnight Saturday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday Cuisine: Coffeehouse fare with sandwiches, quiche, soups, salads and desserts Scene: A gathering spot for students studying calculus, vibrant
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I currently have an event that’s glistening on my calendar like the gloss on my lips, and I hope that you’ll add this gig to your own social agenda: Girl Trouble’s 25th Anniversary “Eluding Fame Since 1984” party at 9 p.m., March 13 at The New Frontier Lounge. Recently when I was
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Good intentions However, sprinkler system law lacks common sense Sometimes, even with the best intentions in mind, lawmakers get it wrong. A perfect example can be found attempts to protect kids from toys made with lead. As you may recall, an uproar was created in 2007 by the discovery of lead in a
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I always hate it when people can’t explain a movie or theater production. It makes it seem like they didn’t watch the show carefully enough. But after seeing Centerstage Theatre’s production of Crucifer of Blood — A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, by Paul Giovanni and directed by Vince Brady, I can
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If you are looking for the DOPE hip-hop, the promotion team with the juice is bringing it … again. Homeland Security out of Olympia continues to consistently deliver quality hip-hop shows, with an emphasis on showcases for local and upcoming acts. Right up the pike is not different … The
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City of Tacoma is set to get all gung-ho on going green. I mean really green. Like tree green. City officials in charge of Tacoma’s Urban Forestry program recently presented to Tacoma’s Environment and Public Works Committee a comprehensive set of policy guidelines that would make it easier for citizens
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Ah, gawd! Another Girl Trouble article? Another Girl Trouble anniversary? The regularity with which I’ve written stories such as this prove two undeniable facts. Number one: Girl Trouble — the iconic, quirky, punk band that’s about as Tacoma as Tacoma gets — has left an indelible and important mark on
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The Rev. Timothy Smith will share his views on United States immigration policy this Sunday in an uncommon forum — he’s going to give a sermon about it. As one of Tacoma’s most active opponents of a private prison for immigrants on the Tacoma Tideflats, Smith is concerned that the
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What started out in 1912 as the Opal Saloon, hosting a brothel above its landmark South Tacoma Way residence currently represents what is Tacoma’s oldest bar. Well, kinda. Technically it is the oldest bar that started out as a bar, and still currently runs as a bar. Now when I
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Year 15 has arrived for RAGS, an annual charity fashion and art fund-raiser that benefits Pierce County’s YWCA Domestic Violence Programs, which is scheduled for March 13-15 at Larson’s Mercedes-Benz of Tacoma. More pointedly, the wearable art sale and gallery competition is a favorite among those who like to shop,
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IThese days we can’t even look into the heavens without trepidation; the next apocalyptic blizzard could descend on us at any moment. With the End Times seemingly nigh, I can only ask: Anyone up for a bike ride? Tacoma Bike offers two-wheeled escape from financial and meteorological uncertainty. I met with
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A Gig Harbor neurosurgeon who treated the teenage kayaker critically injured Sunday puts a twist on Steve Martin’s famous song: “Oh, I’m picking out a thermos, for you / Not an ordinary thermos, for you.” Just substitute “picking” with “smashing your face in.” MINUS 1 While it probably won’t do a
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WORLD BEATS AND EATS The University of Washington’s Student Activities Board hosts a multicultural festival Friday, March 6 from 6-10 p.m. at the William Phillip Hall. Besides world music and dance, expect worldly cuisine from local restaurants. 1900 Commerce St., Tacoma, 253.692.4648. EL GUACHO This swanky joint added pulled pork sliders ($16), diver
