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2008-05-16T23:23:04+01:00text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comSteph DeRosaLivable Communities Fair
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<p>Alert the tree huggers and break out the patchouli for a day. Let your armpit hair flow free as you step into the Tacoma Dome Exhibition Hall for the Livable Communities Fair this Saturday, May 17.<br />
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Pierce County and the City of Taco ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comBobble TikiUp close and personal
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<p>Sometimes Bobble Tiki wishes writing were a spectator sport. Writing this brilliant blurb might be easier if he could sit in the middle of an arena with tens of thousands of spectators chanting “ONE ... MORE ... WORD!” Periodically, Bo ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comSteve DunkelbergerDancing with trains
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<p>No matter how much we want to deny it or discount it, the South Sound was built by and for the railroad that runs through it.<br />
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Tacoma was the end of the line for the transcontinental tracks a century ago, and that fact continues to s ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comOwen TaylorMr. Space
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<p>Like a planetary orbit, life has come full circle for Neil deGrasse Tyson. The passion born from a trip to Hayden Planetarium in elementary school would lead him back almost 30 years later. This time however, it wouldn't be as a star struck observ ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comDaniel BlueFish mightier than the sword
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<p>With federal money, a municipality called Metro Parks is refurbishing the Tacoma recreational resource, Wright Park. Because she is a master at the concrete, local celebrity artist Lynn Di Nino was hired to repair the Lady in the Lake. Once there ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comSuzy StumpZiff! Bort! Work!
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<p>Ah, the age-old problem of translating comic books to the big screen. The writers risk offending some of the hardcore fans with their dumbing-down of plots, other fans dream of big box-office numbers to finally legitimize comics as an art form, an ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comVolcano StaffBilly Collins and more
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<p>O hear my words: Poetry is alive! April is National Poetry Month, and all over the South Sound, writers will be rhymin’ and readin’ their swirl of stanzas. From works shared by Washington State’s newly-named Poet Laureate to the ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comBill TimnickThe Phantom of the Opera
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<p>Lon Chaney lives again and is coming to the Pantages with the help of the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra, music director Harvey Felder, film composer/accompanist Rick Friend — and a large movie screen. This season’s spring pops concert on S ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comAlec ClaytonCool neon
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<p>“My new artist is a local guy who does some pretty avant-garde neon work. He is that guy who drives that Volvo station wagon with the rocket on top. … This guy is pretty cool.” That’s what Oliver Doriss from Fulcrum ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comTammy RobackerI dumped my guy
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<p>I have a guy in Puyallup. Been seeing him for about five years. But our once-fabulous relationship is on the fritz. Or should I say frizz? What used to sizzle between us has fizzled out. Faded like an overdue dye job. He never has time for me anym ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comAndras JonesMusical chairs
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<p>Sometimes the idea comes first. In the case of Olympia’s Tor Clauson, the owner and operator of Musical Furnishings, the idea was a bench with a xylophone in it. Then a treasure chest with embedded marimbas. His latest design is a modular ta ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comJamie ForsytheSteamy street fun
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<p>It’s not everyday you see steamroller printing happening in the streets. However, that’s the main attraction at this year’s Wayzgoose, an annual event at King’s Books in celebration of Small Press Month. <br />
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Six ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comTammy RobackerVoice the gay experience
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<p>The word on the street in Tacoma this week is, well, words. Celebrated American writer, poet, and memoirist Mark Doty will be sharing his words of wisdom, reading poetry and signing books at Pacific Lutheran University on Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 8 p.m ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comJamie ForsytheHelping you rock out
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<p>It all started innocently enough with a show at Club Adrian in Tacoma. It was a hardcore metal show featuring On The Last Day (OTLD) and Falls From Grace. Sylver McMahon was just 15 years old when she got the bug. <br />
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By the summ ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comJamie ForsytheV-day the cool way
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<p>How should you spend your Valentine’s Day? <br />
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Option 1: Sitting in a romantic bistro sipping champagne and eating overpriced luxurious food with your loved one. <br />
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Option 2: Living it up at the SinSational Valentine ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comJamie ForsytheFort Lewis spouse a calendar girl
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<p>A woman draped in an American flag leaving just enough skin showing to capture some attention isn’t the typical image of a Fort Lewis wife one pictures, but Paige Teakell is proud of the work she does to support the troops. <br />
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T ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comJessica Corey-ButlerArtsFund Luncheon
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<p>“Vibrant.” “Livable.” “Vital.” “Viable.”</p>
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<p>Not bad, in terms of adjectives used to describe a city where once, the best that could hope fo ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comDiane de la Paz"The Wives of Marty Winters"
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<p>Some irresistible people showed up and took over Alec Clayton's mind. <br />
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Marty Winters; his wild wife, Maria Perez; his second wife, Selena; their kids; and some good friends: They come to life in Clayton's third novel. <br />
<br /> ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comJessica Corey-ButlerColor rules
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<p>"It’s my season," confides Karen Luke Fildes. "When the gray days come, I come alive." <br />
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Despite recent trips around Hawaii and other sunny, color-saturated spots, Luke Fildes speaks about the Northwest sky ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comDiane de la PazBound orgies
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<p>Vicki León has gotten good at making work fun. <br />
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In her latest paperback tome, “Working IX to V: Orgy Planners, Funeral Clowns and Other Prized Professions of the Ancient World” (Walker & Co., 313 pages, $16.95 ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comBill TimnickArts co-ops
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<p>They say one thing leads to another. It certainly seems to be true for local congressional office director and part-time jewelry artist Linda Danforth. “Things” have led Danforth most recently to combine her political job with a part-t ...text/html1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00http://www.weeklyvolcano.comDavid KelloggChinese secret arrives in Tacoma
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<p>Zhang Baibo traveled here from China so Americans can view his secret during a <a href="http://www.crpftacoma.org/">Chinese Reconciliation Park</a> fund raising event Tuesday, May 22. However, the artist expects Americans to appreciate his secret ...