Travel
Outlet malls are well worth the time to visit. As I walked around the mall in North Bend, I marveled at the variety of products offered by such stores as Banana Republic and Lane Bryant to Kitchen Collection and Pendleton. Outlet malls feature scores of stores offering well-known consumer product brands, with
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(THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED. CONGRATS TO STEVE WHO IS PUMPED ABOUT THE CANUCKS/PREDATORS NHL GAME AT THE OFFICE.) It seems as if it wa sonly last week when we were giving away pure awesomeness. Here we go again. Since you have already read our Morning Quickie Newsletter, and the Gift of the
Music
Go back to 2005-06 in yo mind. What you'll find is hip-hop hustlers still selling their new releases out of the trunks of their rides. The only online promo action is MySpace. There's no Facebook, Twitter, Reverbnation or 253hiphop.com. It was just music and grind. These days were ruled by Jay
Outdoors
Ready to join the growing peloton and pedal around Pierce County? For those who like to ride their bicycles, the county has just published its seventh version of the Pierce County Bike Map. The free map focuses on the on-road bikeways, such as roads with wide lanes, paved shoulders, and designated bicycle
Music
"The road was uneven," says Kyle Hill. "It was eight in the morning and I was on my way to work. It was raining, and I was going southbound on Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Seattle. There was a seam in the road that I tried to cross on
Attractions
Many of history's most important moments required documents of some sort. When Einstein discovered the theory of relativity, he had to write it down somewhere. If someone wrote a book or a play or an opera, there was always a first draft. Generals didn't have Microsoft Word to type out
Stage
Sloth, a world premiere play produced by Gold From Straw a quarter century after its writing, is at its best a compelling commentary on grief, and at its worst a somewhat confused jumble of casting decisions and script weaknesses. There's this voice that young people use when they play old people.
Music
Given the amount of mutual admiration between Olympia and the Bay Area's respective rock scenes, it's a little surprising that Christmas and Bare Wires - tourmates on a three-night Pacific Northwest jaunt that includes a stop at Northern on Friday - only just met last month. The Olympia foursome and
Features
In the Weekly Volcano's latest endeavor to show you, dear reader, the way to all things great and wonderful, this new monthly column, "Lunch at the Market," features the edible aspects of area farmers markets. I'll keep you informed on what's to be had, from locally farmed produce, fresh-catch seafood
Archives
Food for hungry ears So there I sat in my Volvo cringing as The Fray switched on in my CD player, and my hip friend looked at me dumbfounded and aghast. Now I recognize, working for this fine rag, I should have all kinds of diverse, eclectic, indie musical tastes. Not so, folks. I’m
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ANNOUNCER: For years, the boys were told as children to stop playing with their food. But sometimes it’s OK for food to also be entertainment, especially when it involves sharp knives, a little ginsu flair and quality meat. But that’s not the real story here. Lacey received another homegrown, made
Attractions
Most shopping malls really aren't that different from each other. Sure, you can visit the Tacoma Mall and feed your Cinnabon addiction, but the mall doesn't do a whole lot to differentiate itself from any other successful, middle-class mall around the country. If you want a true, 100 percent Tacoma
We Recommend
In the time since that interview I've applauded and backslapped Hell's Kitchen too many times to count. For plenty of the club's nine years, I credited the Kitchen for Tacoma's musical resurgence any chance I got. I was just happy to have a place to write about
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The Weekly Volcano, entity interest piqued about RR Anderson after observing a certain drama unfold on the Tacoma Arts Listserv, and after seeing the meticulously wrought surrealist artwork showing now at Mineral, caught up with Anderson to get to know what makes the artist tick, so to speak. WEEKLY VOLCANO:
Music
I literally did a double take. Looking at the show poster for this Saturday night at Hell's Kitchen, one thing floored me more than anything else. It's especially impressive considering the bill - featuring Zeke, the Lemons (yes, THE the Lemons), Poppa Wheelie (yes, THE Poppa Wheelie) and Mahnhammer -
Stage
There is a very interesting show at the gallery at The Evergreen State College. It's called Culture / Subculture. The theme is precisely what the title implies - artists' interpretations of the way we are, our many cultures and subcultures as depicted and/or symbolized in photography, prints, drawings and sculpture
Veterans
When the final bell rang signifying the end of the school day at Lincoln High School in Tacoma in the late 1930s, young Walter Bergstrom would sprint home, climb up a maple tree and try to get a glimpse of a Royal Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress returning from a
Stage
In no way do I mean this as a slight, but it doesn't take long before Everyman starts to feel just a bit silly. That's a good thing. I find silliness extremely underrated in modern art critique.Indisputably the most famous English morality play of the late 15th century, Everyman relates
Focus
Chief Master Sgt. Jim Masura is constantly reminded how lucky he is to have a chance every year to be part of the 446th Airlift Wing's participation in Operation Deep Freeze. He's often approached at the commissary by Airmen anxious to become part of the team that provides airlift of cargo
Arts
Imagine if you will that your boss has decreed that the office is going to mount its own dragon boat racing team. You'll be expected to paddle in sync with 19 coworkers, staying in rhythm with the lead paddlers and a drummer while you propel the boat 250 meters.For some
