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ARTS COVERAGE TO END ALL ARTS COVERAGE >>> At this point it goes without saying. If you're looking for coverage of local arts in Tacoma, Olympia, and all points in between, the Weekly Volcano is THE place to find it. Our goal is to consistently provide the best local arts
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BEST LOCAL MUSIC COVERAGE IN THE SOUTH SOUND >>> The Weekly Volcano never sleeps. It's true ... or very close to true. We average only a few hours of shut-eye a night, be it because it's hard to sleep when you're so busy searching for videos of squirrels riding dogs
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THURSDAY, FEB. 9, 2012 >>> 1. Local indie label Maurice the Fish Records is connected to many of our area's most talented acts. Rafael Tranquilino, Gina Belliveau and Heidi Vladyka, to name but a few, have all been part of the Maurice the Fish roster. Tonight at the Swiss get
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WHAT WE HAVE FOUND TODAY >>> Appalling: Lakewood police guild treasurer accused of theft cashing in on the deaths of four colleagues and feathering his nest with shiny toys. (News Tribune) Stay Classy, Westboro Baptist Church: The notoriously anti-gay church plans to picket Saturday's funeral for Charlie and Braden Powell and will
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The Broadway Center for the Performing Arts, known as a world leader for hosting world-class performing artists, providing the largest performing arts education programs in Washington state and preserving downtown Tacoma's historic theaters, is conducting a survey to discover how seriously consumers are committed to their entertainment. The
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DON'T BE LIKE BARRY >>> Everyone likes a good party. Or almost everyone does. We've got this friend, Barry, who doesn't like parties AT ALL. He's adamant about it. But he's also in the minority. That's why we feel more than comfortable saying next Thursday's Best of Olympia 2012
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VIDEO HOT SPOT >>> There's a lot of stress that comes with adulthood: marriage, career, kids, buying a home, crushing debt, arguments over who gets the dog in the divorce. AKA: real life. You need to chill ... maybe with memories of your adolescence. This video may help.
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SHOW YOUR SUPPORT >>> What's our favorite thing about the "Boobie Bash" scheduled for Valentine's Day at Hell's Kitchen? Well, you'll be happy to know the fact it inspired the Tacoma Weekly to run with the headline "Show your love for boobies this Valentine's Day" is only second on our list. Yes,
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WORTHY TRADITION >>> Now in its 21st year, the annual Arts Olympia Show and Sale this weekend at the Capital Museum Coach House promises, according to hype for the event, to be the best ever. And we're inclined to believe said hype. Why? Well, this year's event hype includes
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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 8, 2012 >>> 1. Pacific Lutheran University and the school's School of Arts and Communication kick off the fledgling SOAC Focus Series today 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
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WHAT WE HAVE FOUND TODAY >>> Garage On Broadway: The city-owned garage next to the McMenamins Elks Temple is not looking good. (News Tribune) The Show Must Go On: despite budget shortfalls the Tacoma City Council will continue to fund local events and neighborhood markets. (News Tribune) Fourth Of July In The Boonies:
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
