Arts
Not as much a romantic as she is a realist, there's a palpable pragmatism to Tacoma's new poet laureate, Josie Emmons Turner.If you expect the usual june-moon-spoon doggerel from this poet, you won't find it. There are no cute, rhyming monosyllabics in her writing. Emmons Turner takes on tough topics
Arts
If Olympia had an official holiday, it would be the day of the annual Procession of the Species.With no words and no motorized vehicles (except wheelchairs), the procession is a celebration of Earth Day, green power, the web of life ... you name it.It's also the year's best people-watching opportunity,
Music
ARTIFAKT >>> Friday, April 22 Well hot shit. Literally. The regular art-meets-music-meets-socializing-meets- (usually) booze phenomenon that is Artifakt has finally made it to Hell's Kitchen - throwing some flames on the show flyer for good measure. Those who know art in this town know about Artifakt and the cats behind it, so
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I think there is a secret reason why people play their stereos too loud at stop lights even though it annoys other drivers. Beneath it all, they’re music evangelists, subconsciously attempting to convert others to their genre as they merrily roll along. Or maybe they’re just hoping to catch a
Music
Seeing as Louie G's Pizzeria opened a mere four years ago, in 2007, it could be said that it's still finding itself as a restaurant. What seems abundantly clear, however, is that the space is certainly still finding itself as our newest all-ages music venue. Having recently moved up the
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Baby Gramps looks just like he sounds. His appearance is a more or less spot-on indication of the noises that soon follow when he picks up an old gee-tar and starts a-singing. A long, scraggly white beard, some spectacles, a low-brimmed hat, and when he opens his mouth, the strangest
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"Music is a big part of the vitality of Arts Walk," says City of Olympia Arts and Events Program Manager Stephanie Johnson. And she's right. Olympia loves to musically participate in Arts Walk. Every venue has a lineup this weekend, like the Hard Way with Glass Elevator and Fight for
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LA Guns will be around long after the rest of us are dead. The band is like a hair metal cockroach, somehow able to survive anything - nuclear Armageddon, plague, famine and, apparently, changing tastes. LA Guns made it big in the '80s, and has managed to live on despite
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Well hot shit. The regular art-meets-music-meets-socializing-meets-(usually) booze phenomenon that is Artifakt has finally made it to Hell's Kitchen - throwing some flames on the show flyer for good measure. Those who know art in this town know about Artifakt and the cats behind it, so it should come as
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From the hundreds of shows to choose from at Olympia's Arts Walk this weekend, I decided to write about just one. It sounds fascinating and appropriate to Earth Day, which coincides with the opening day of Arts Walk. It's the globes project at Tom Anderson's studio at 117 Washington St.
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Orgasm Inc., a documentary that "reveals a drug company's fevered race to develop the first FDA-approved Viagra for women - and offers a humorous but sobering look inside the cash-fueled pharmaceutical industry" has been called "insightful," "shocking," "expertly crafted," "amusing" and plenty of other superlatives. Sadly, it also blows the
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Tacoma PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) hosts Rainbows Over Tacoma 2011 this Saturday at the Washington State History Museum. With entertainment from Kim Archer, Sylvia O'Stayformore, the Seattle Women Chorus' Sensible Shoes and Oasis Youth, expect an evening full of music and smiles - all for
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Opening Saturday, The Space owner Athena Hitson presents Sugar & Spikes, a group exhibition featuring Robert Evans, Jeremy Gregory and Geoffrey Weeg. According to the press release, "Athena's goal in presenting Sugar & Spikes is to share challenging, amusing and emotive artwork inspired by love and fear, the two emotions
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Aaron Schmookler, director of Gold From Straw's Sloth, which opens Friday, says, "Scripts are notoriously difficult to read, laborious even ... Sloth was a page-turner on the first read. ... While (technical) challenges are things we've certainly wrested with, we trust the story to carry even where our technical solutions
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Being that Louie G's Pizzeria opened a mere four years ago, in 2007, it could be said that it's still finding itself as a restaurant. What seems abundantly clear, however, is that the space is certainly still finding itself as our newest all-ages music venue. Having recently moved up the
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Josh Anderson is playing God. The director-composer-pianist-actor is featured in the Saint Martin's University production of the 15th-century morality tale, Everyman. The play travels across the campus following Everyman's pilgrimage to face the angry God (Anderson). It's something of a tradition at Saint Martin's, where it's been produced five times
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Olympia's own Rebels by Bus, Mary Williams and Gail Johnson, take the bus for leisure travel, sharing their journeys on their blog (rebels-by-bus.net), subtitled "Slow Travel With Low Carbon Footprint." They'll be talking about what they do and why Thursday at the Olympia Timberland Library, no doubt pointing out that
Food Matters
NEW BREWS: Can't get enough locally-made craft beer? You're in luck! Wingman Brewers in Tacoma will hold its first public tapping at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 21 inside The Red Hot (2914 Sixth Ave., Tacoma). The new brewery will unleash its Ace IPA and P-51 Porter while you stuff your
Sipping Out
Thursday, April 21 Half-price bottle wine night for wines less than $100, Maxwell's Speakeasy, 454 St. Helens, Tacoma, 253.683.4115. Half-price wine, all night, Harmon Tap Room, 204 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma, 253.212.2725. $3 Thursdays: $3 beer, $3 wells, $3 for two hot dogs, 4 p.m. to close, Hell's Kitchen, 928 Pacific Ave., Tacoma,
