Reviews
The Foss Waterway in Tacoma is quickly becoming a destination spot for walking, socializing, and anyone looking for a casual and comfortable dining experience. One of those places is Paesan Kitchen and Bar, established in 2013. Located on the west side of the waterway, Paesan has a small comfortable feel
Concert Alert
We list major concerts 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 NOW Bettye Lavette Seattle Feb.
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You need the Atomic Outlaws - a band seemingly designed specifically to accompany the moment when rock ‘n' roll and your c*** become acquainted. Nothing fancy is at play here, just straightforward, riff-heavy RAWK with a little eyeliner around the edges. The Atomic Outlaws have been rock workhorses since the band's
Cup Check
First of all, Happy New Year! 2010 has been a banner year for sports - and more specifically highly-paid athletes doing really dumb things - so the future of this column seems safe. Call it job security. On and off-field idiocy is trending upward, and that predicts nothing but a
News
Lt. Harry Spieth was one unhappy B-17 bomber pilot. He was transferred to the Philippines in 1942. As he flew to his duty station, his personal items were shipped by boat. Among the items were his prized golf clubs. There was a mix-up, and his belongings wound up in Java, never to
Arts
The Tacoma Poet Laureate program has been headed up by Urban Grace Church for the past three years-shining a bold poetic light over many of the cultural events in venerable T-Town. But now, the bird that is the Poet Laureate program is going to fly free to a larger nest,
Outdoors
Never let it be said that the Pacific Northwest isn't filled with adventurous pursuits. From watersports to amazing aerial adventures, get out of the city, and you'll find high adventure around every bend. Skydiving If high adventure is what you seek, jumping out of a plane to catch sight of Northwest scenery
News Front
Military Occupational Specialty, or MOS 12B, Combat Engineer is now open to all female-enlisted soldiers of all components, according to Army Directive 2015-27. The June 16 directive from Army Secretary John M. McHugh makes available 20,563 additional positions for women and opens the last of the 16 engineer MOSs, which were
Nightlife It List
Sure, you're planning to see the Sonics at the Capitol Theater in Olympia on New Year's Eve, but that doesn't mean there won‘t be time or opportunity to drop into The Brotherhood Lounge for a few drinks and a few tracks from DJ Dead-Air. Ringing in a
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In 2003, Master Sgt. Traci Williams needed a way to not only support and have the ability to watch her hometown favorite, Seattle Seahawks, but also wanted her fellow servicemembers to be able to better support the Seahawks as well. So marked the birth of the Military Sea Hawkers. The official military
Music
The Tacoma hip-hop community is uncommon in that it is most often represented on a citywide scale not by its local rap music, but by its local graffiti and B-boy communities. These two communities along with Fab-5, the educational and community arts program that helps organize them, had a very
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On the first two days of '11, check out the South Sound's "first all star acting company" as they delve into the Christian Doyle creation and newborn area favorite, Joe's Diner. Doyle, the name behind The Outfit Theatre Company, promises with Joe's Diner an evening of slapstick, improv, zany situations
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Art Chantry is to rock posters what Bobble Tiki is to boxed wine consumption - quite simply, the very best. Having created for labels like Estrus, Rhino, Sub Pop and Chuckie-Boy, and worked with just about everyone there is to work with - from the Center on Contemporary Art to
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Celebrate the arts in Tacoma fueled not by Jägerbombs or Irish car bombs, but rather by the spirit of creativity. Tacoma's annual First Night celebration is again upon us (see page 8), and the wonderment promises to be as grand as ever. Hot spots will include the Speakeasy Loves Mad
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The song is actually called "Joy To The World," but that doesn't mean it's not about a bullfrog named Jeremiah with some mighty fine wine. Similarly, Three Dog Night may be at a point in their career where New Year's Eve is spent at the Emerald Queen Casino, but that
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Sure, you're planning to see the Sonics at the Capitol Theater in Olympia on New Year's Eve, but that doesn't mean there won‘t be time or opportunity to drop into The Brotherhood Lounge for a few drinks and a few tracks from DJ Dead-Air. Ringing in a New Year at
Music
The present is a time when literally anything is possible - really crazy, sometimes scary shit. Information can pass from one end of the globe to the other in a fraction of a second. Music can be made and shared with an ease not just impossible, but unfathomable, only decades
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Corpus Callosum are a seven-piece traveling sideshow. Their music is made using arcane and unusual instruments like wine glasses and Stylophones, and it sways and hums in a style similar to fellow anachronistic acts like Beirut and DeVotchKa. The show is rounded out by their emphasis on performance. Puppets, stilt
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Experienced inhabitants of the Tacoma music scene may recognize Molly Hamilton as a SOTA alumna, and former member of the loose music collective known as Dear Records, where she recorded as Haircuts. Himilton - along with people like Paul Daly (of Greenfield and Fashion) and Colin Reynolds (of Tree Roots
Stage
Citizen Kane, widely regarded as the greatest American movie ever made, was nominated for but didn't win the Academy Award for Best Picture. United 93, to my mind one of the best films of the last decade, wasn't even nominated. Naming the "best" movie of the year says more about
