The culture of watching bad movies because they're so terrifically bad has been growing, outside of the light, insidiously, for years and years. Edward D. Wood Jr. conquered, very early on, the art of having...
Capital Playhouse goes The Full Monty
Before you ask, the answer is yes. Now: only three years after the 1997 film version,...
An ambitious and comprehensive film that does what is probably the best possible job of...
She’s arrived: Becky Knold at Flow
Late blooming artist Becky Knold has landed on the scene, and I suspect we can look forward to...
May
23rd
Sexy glass blowers ... oh yeah!
As I approached my vehicle after lunching with Alicia Lawver a few weeks ago, I couldn't help but take notice of four sexy glass blowers from Tacoma Glass Blowing Studio as they dined out in the sun. They all though I was crazy for...
May
23rd
Do you dare try Buffalo Wild Wing's blazin hot challenge? For the challenge, BWW takes 12 wings and soaks them in their hottest sauce - Blazin Wing Sauce. Contestants must then fight through the sweat, the burning tongue, and the tears to...
May
22nd
Save the Yard Bird with Burlesque
People are in love with the iconic, giant Yard Bird that has roosted in a Chehalis parking lot for nearly 40 years. It just won Evening Magazine's best roadside attraction for the second year, a testament to the fact that the Yard Bird...
May
22nd
Meet The Wrecking Crew: Getting the Band Back Together in Denny Tedesco’s Documentary
Filmmaker Denny Tedesco has spent the last several years touring the world with his labor of love, a documentary entitled The Wrecking Crew, and this week it arrives in Tacoma for one day only. The Grand Cinema will host afternoon and evening...
May
21st
South Sound Wedding & Event magazine presents the South Sound Wedding Workshop for South Sound engaged couples. Brides- and grooms-to-be are invited to attend the South Sound Wedding Workshop today in Olympia. Each couple will receive a...
Movies
Alien spacecraft splash down in the Pacific where war games are being conducted by Allied navies, leading to a battle where a whole lot ...
Movies
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
A charming, funny, heartwarming movie making good use of seven superb veteran actors. They're Brits on limited incomes who have taken their chances on ...
Visual Edge
Weirdness at Fulcrum Gallery in Tacoma
Fulcrum Gallery is getting weird. OK, they've mostly been weird for as long as they've resided in the little shop on Martin Luther King Way. ...
Visual Edge
Review: Difference and desire at Tacoma Art Museum
The big gay history/portrait show at Tacoma Art Museum is overwhelming. I came away exhausted but wanting more.It would take at least three columns the ...
Movies
What to Expect When You're Expecting
An all-star comedy about five couples in search of pregnancy. They're so much in synch that three deliveries and an adoption occur on the ...
"It's the water." Continuing with our yearlong theme of apocalyptic special sections in honor...
The tents were a tactic, a stage - not the movement itself. The message from those still...
"There is a good core of advocacy for cycling here in the city, which is doing a good job."
Many members of the newly formed shooting club say they weren't always gun enthusiasts. Many...
The shared history and struggles that make Tacoma what it is also make us want to drink together.
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