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Wednesday: SOAC Focus Series

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Wednesday: SOAC Focus Series

Pacific Lutheran University and the school's School of Arts and Communication kick off the fledgling SOAC Focus Series Wednesday with an exhibition of printmaking from around the country. Designed as an annual event, this year's first-ever SOAC Focus Series will center on a theme of compassion.

Through Feb. 29: "Tacomapocalypse II"

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Through Feb. 29: "Tacomapocalypse II"

We'll be frank. Apocalypse-like events usually only happen once. If an apocalypse-like event ever returns, it's either really bad news, or a sign that things weren't that apocalyptic in the first place. The good news about the Treefish Studio-produced Tacomapocalypse II, set to inhabit Amocat Café during the month of

Friday, Feb. 3: "Screwing Mother Nature"

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Friday, Feb. 3: "Screwing Mother Nature"

Screwing something for profit gets a negative connotation when taken in its most basic form, but - if you think about it - it's also the American way.  Or at least the American Capitalist way. Friday at Orca Books in Olympia, local author and television producer Elaine Smitha will delve into her

Friday, Feb. 3: "Wish You Were Here" postcard exhibit reception

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Friday, Feb. 3: "Wish You Were Here" postcard exhibit reception

  Derailed, like many things, by snowmaggedon 2012, the opening reception for South Puget Sound Community College's Wish You Were Here postcard exhibit has been rescheduled for Friday. As Volcano arts critic Alec Clayton noted in his review of the show, "There are a lot of artist-made postcards in

CONCERT ALERT: Big & Rich, Mastodon, Young Jeezy, Tech N9ne and others ...

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CONCERT ALERT: Big & Rich, Mastodon, Young Jeezy, Tech N9ne and others ...

We list major concerts in the Seattle-Tacoma area going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week and down the road.   SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TW = TicketsWest, 800.325.SEAT, www.ticketswest.com TWEB = Ticketweb, 866.468.7623, www.ticketweb.com   >>> ON SALE FRIDAY

Through Feb. 19: "The Phantom Tollbooth"

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Through Feb. 19: "The Phantom Tollbooth"

The Phantom Tollbooth, a children's adventure novel by Norton Juster published in 1961, is loved to this day by children and adults alike. While it's easy to see why children connect to young Milo's tale, it also doesn't take much pondering to see why many adults still

Morning Quickie Newsletter Giveaway: Sweet & Spicy Burlesque (Closed)

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Morning Quickie Newsletter Giveaway: Sweet & Spicy Burlesque (Closed)

(THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS STACI!) The Broadway Center for the Performing Arts hosts the Sweet & Spicy: A Valentine's Day Burlesque on - you guessed it - Feb. 14 inside the Pantages Theater.  Olympia burlesque troupe Tush! and Tacoma burlesque troupe Gritty City Sirens join forces for a night of

Tuesday, Feb. 7: Dick Hensold

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Tuesday, Feb. 7: Dick Hensold

TUESDAY, FEB. 7: DICK HENSOLD Bring your love of the bagpipes out of the closet and into full view this week when Dick Hensold, billed as "one of America's finest traditional bagpipers," drops in on Tacoma for a performance brought to us by the Old Town Music Society and Puget Sound

Saturday, Feb. 4: ScrapArtsMusic

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Saturday, Feb. 4: ScrapArtsMusic

Like banging on shit? So do the folks behind ScrapArtsMusic, a Canadian performance outfit coming to Olympia this week to blow your mind. On the group's website, ScrapArtsMusic is described thusly: "An earth-friendly, Vancouver-based company that creates unforgettable percussion performances using kinetic instruments skillfully crafted from industrial scraps. 2. An entertaining

Friday, Feb. 3: Love Panel & Dessert Party

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Friday, Feb. 3: Love Panel & Dessert Party

Very few of us fully comprehend the intricacies of love and relationships. Dessert, on the other hand, is something most have a firm grasp on. Friday in Olympia both aspects of our existence will be combined for the scrumptious (and enlightening) sounding Love Panel & Dessert Party at the Olympia Mahayana Buddhist

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Discussion: Urban Industrial Futures in Tacoma

FUTURE THINGS ARE COMING >>> Urban development is a hot-button issue in Tacoma. If you look around you start to understand why. Thursday at the University Washington Tacoma, this year's Urban Studies Forum will focus on "Urban Industrial Futures." According to the UWT press release, the forum is

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Beer summit at the Ale House Thursday

NOSH LEAGUE IN THE HOUSE >>> Simple beer math: courtesy of the Weekly Volcano's Nosh league: winter is cold and alcohol makes you warm, so by way of booze logic, the Nosh League beer tasting Thursday at the Ale House is equivalent to the warmest snuggle-buddy in all the land! A representative

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5 Things To Do Today: Dick Hensold, Project:U at Varsity Grill, Saint Martin's celebrates Dickens' B-Day and more ...

TUESDAY, FEB. 7, 2012 >>> 1. Bring your love of the bagpipes out of the closet and into full view today when Dick Hensold, billed as "one of America's finest traditional bagpipers," drops in on Tacoma for a performance brought to us by the Old Town Music Society and Puget

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MORNING SPEW: Home prices suck, shirtless crazy man, Cartman is real ...

WHAT WE HAVE FOUND TODAY >>> Welcome to 2012: Pierce and Thurston County home prices suck. (News Tribune) Shirtless in East Pierce County: Oh, the man was carrying a hatchet and stole a Pierce County sheriff's patrol car. (News Tribune) W.T.F.: Sound Transit may soon spend an additional $24 million to study and

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Varsity Grill takeover

FOR A GREAT CAUSE >>> A gaggle of 20- and 30-somethings will throw down - and maybe throw up (unlikely) - on behalf of United Way Pierce County tomorrow night. The tenderhearted tipplers known as Project: U will takeover the Varsity Grill as a fundraiser and food drive for United Way. The

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Hey Sister: "Cast Me If You Can" in Tacoma's Proctor District

IT'S NOT THAT DICAPRIO FLICK >>> One of your New Year's resolutions was to up your culture intake, thus impressing all the pretentious pricks for whose admiration you yearn. Ha. Well, foreign films are perfect pretense fodder. For extra intellectual bedazzlement, skip the snotty, food-laced French flicks, over sexed Italian romps, and whacked-out

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After Midnight: "The High Bar" debuts tonight on Tacoma's KBTC

IT'S ON TONIGHT >>> Tonight at midnight, Warren Etheredge's thought-provoking interview series, The High Bar, will debut on Tacoma's KBTC public television. Back in December, Weekly Volcano scribe Jenni Prange Boran reported on The High Bar, which is produced by Tacoma's Jason Ganwich. The Seattle-based interview program features cultural conversationalist and film

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5 Things To Do Today: Greta Jane Quartet in Olympia, Metal Mondays at The New Frontier, trivia at the Tacoma Comedy Club and more ...

MONDAY, FEB. 6, 2012 >>> 1. Catch the Greta Jane Quarter tonight at the Fourth Ave. Tavern in Olympia, as, after a long run at the Royal Lounge, Ms. Greta Jane Pederson's jazz combo featuring Cary Black, Vince Brown, and Andrew Dorsett reclaims Monday nights at a new downtown Oly

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MORNING SPEW: Today in scumbags, Super Bowl stuff,"Soul Train" flash mob ...

WHAT WE HAVE FOUND TODAY >>> Today In Scumbags: Josh Powell set fire that killed him and his two sons at Graham-area home. (News Tribune) Olympic Pharmacy and Healthcare Services: The Gig Harbor pharmacy is being sued for incorrect dosages. (News Tribune) U.S. loses Embassy in Syria: Intense blasts echo through the Syrian

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How to watch the Super Bowl and win a trip to Vegas

GET YOUR GAME FACE ON >>> It's Super Bowl Sunday, possums, and the Weekly Volcano has to confess to feeling a tad bipolar about the whole thing: glad to see the Pats in it again and ready to don our ''Mrs. Brady" T-shirt, but also bored to distraction at the thought

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