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The weekend of April 20-21, The Grand Cinema is hosting our first ever 24 Hour Movie Marathon. This is an event that we've wanted to do for a long time, but finally moved forward with this year as a support event for our Digital Conversion Campaign — to which all
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Oh my gosh, you guys! Tacoma Musical Playhouse's version of Legally Blonde the Musical totally hits their stage with mixed success. Amidst the humor there are some (preferably) forgettable tunes and themes in this vapid tale of Elle Woods' pursuit to win back her ex-boyfriend, Warner. The original production of
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The Weekly Volcano recognizes the need to keep ourselves young by occasionally going out and assaulting our livers and the sensibilities of other Tacomans - and that's exactly what we do during Doyle's Public House's St. Practice Day parties. Doyle's is a great pub on any given day, but every
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Receiving a lot of hype and mostly deserving it, Savannah's Cusses dual-twist punk angst/frenzy and down and dirty southern rock like rosy, freshly-pierce nipples. Born star Angel Bond belts it and struts like product of a Siouxsie Sioux/Karen O/Mick Jagger three-way. This is a festival band, folks. Their explosive, crushing
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Local saxophonist Kareem Kandi presents a musical gift to the South Sound Thursday. Get this: Boarding a plane in New York bound for the Puyallup campus of Pierce College are trumpeter Lew Soloff (Blood, Sweat & Tears, Gil Evans, Tito Puente, Manhattan Jazz Quintet), bassist Essiet Essiet (Horizon, Art Blakey,
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We might not see the High Five'n White Guys or the Lame List, but a couple Almost Live! veterans will Billy Quan their way onto Tacoma Comedy Club's stage Tuesday night. John Keister, who hosted and much of the writing the regional sketch comedy TV show from 1984 to 1999,
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The annual Gray sky Blues Music Festival began in 2008 when the Daffodil Parade organizers approached the Tacoma Events Commission, asking for help to get more people to attend the long running parade. Seizing on the opportunity to bring some brightness to the mid-spring doldrums, the Commission envisioned the Gray
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Count yourself blessed, Tacoma, because you get to see something few people in the world have seen. Throughout his career Eric Carle, famous for children's books such as Brown Bear - Brown Bear, What Do You See? And The Very Hungry Caterpillar and more than 70 other picture books -
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When it comes to dental health, the facts are sobering, especially when it comes to children. Dental decay is the number one chronic disease that affects children in the United States. Statistics have also shown that by the time a child completes high school about 80% of them will have tooth
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Spc. Lucas Nieddu finished the 27-question land navigation test. He seemed pleased with himself. "The hardest part of the day for me so far has been getting up," he said with a big, confident smile. "But hey, we're getting the hard part of our work done early." Nieddu - along with Pfc.
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The hating is the hardest part I wrote you two months ago about a male co-worker who was flirting but never asking me out. You said to flirt with him, but date others. He's still flirting, and watches me like a hawk, but that's it. Yesterday, he overheard me talking about
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The hating is the hardest part I wrote you two months ago about a male co-worker who was flirting but never asking me out. You said to flirt with him, but date others. He's still flirting, and watches me like a hawk, but that's it. Yesterday, he overheard me talking about
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Have you ever listened to the radio while visiting Hawaii? There's usually one classic rock station and the other dozen or so stations are "Island" music. Soulful, groovy and lyrically lovely, with songs of sunsets and lovers, Hawaiian radio stations compliment and create the vibe of the tropics. You can bet
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The formula of "loud-quiet-loud," as formalized by the Pixies and popularized by bands like Nirvana, is a deceptively simple, yet frequently engrossing, way of assembling songs. These frantic bursts of noise that encapsulate stretches of gentle reflection - it's a hell of a way to demand attention from a listener.
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With all of these new bands turning their eyes backward in time, it becomes something of a wash to find unique voices amongst the nostalgia. For Sadie and the Blue-Eyed Devils - an act that specializes in reviving the sounds of Dust Bowl-era music - the charm comes from the
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10,000 B.C.: Sneak preview. (PG-13) Lakewood Cinema 15: Thurs, March 6, 11:59. Longston Place 14: Thurs, March 6 11:59. 27 DRESSES: “Knocked Up” and “Grey’s Anatomy” star Katherine Heigl is a perennial bridesmaid whose own happy ending is nowhere in sight. (PG) – BW
