Nightlife It List
It happens all of the sudden at midnight. The crowd arrives. Good looking, tall guys in Echo Unlimited shirts grind women up against the walls. Ladies with short skirts and high heels roam the bar looking for fancy drinks. Most guys are on the prowl. Some ladies
Nightlife It List
Thursdays: calm, cool and conversational Looking for a place serving top-shelf cocktails at top speed away from the rowdy, beer-chugging types? Hit The Villa Caffe and Imbibery on a Thursday night around 9 p.m. for a round of drinks with the gang - 20 and 30-somethings, all addressing each other by
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I pigeonhole bars. I try not to, but it comes with the territory. I visit a bar for one or two nights, and based on what I see I write a review. Do I understand it's possible that Charlie's Chuck Wagon isn't sleazy every night of the week? Sure. But
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All across the world, but particularly in the Pacific Northwest - and especially in Tacoma - the influence is still felt. The impact of certain bands called the Sonics, the Wailers, the Ventures and others still reverberates. These were groundbreaking bands in the late '50s and early '60s that helped
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How about a magic trick? Most films perform one; they conceal as much as they reveal. They have us so mesmerized by the world flashing onscreen that we barely tune in to that other world just beyond the frame, that of the film's creators. They cover up their own tracks
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It's become tradition. Beautiful, lederhosen-centric, malt-liquor-fueled tradition. Every year, customarily at Bob's Java Jive, co-creator Craig Egan and his cast of dedicated, party-making cohorts put together one of the coolest and most unique nights of the year - mixing ghetto culture, all things German and large quantities of Old E
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There's something to be said for how far a modicum of confident swagger will take you. Rooftop Warrior understands this principle and uses it to good effect when employing classic-rock-indebted gutter-blues. Echoes of other great bar acts like the J. Geils Band can be heard. Rooftop Warrior seems to have
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He's been called damn near every superlative in the book - and for good reason. When you hear Charlie Musselwhite is a "harmonic master," as the promotional material for Friday's show at the Broadway Center in Tacoma suggests, it's no lie. Dude is that good. He's a blues legend. With
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Tallest Tree has been steadily establishing itself as an accomplished indie rock band in these parts since 2009. Taking cues from more math-leaning acts like Built to Spill, as well as the angular freakouts of Modest Mouse and indie touchstones like Death Cab for Cutie, Tallest Tree has established a
Music
It's officially fall and the summer is over. A new season and new music await us. One of the hottest artists this past summer was Leezy Soprano. It looks like fall will be no different. He's hitting it hard with two new videos in September alone! Go to YouTube and
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There's only so much talent can do. Talent abounds in Tacoma Musical Playhouse's production of Little Women. Singing talent in particular. But, well, if there were ever a novel that didn't need to be made into a musical, this would be up there on my list. I'm not a Little Women aficionado, but
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Since 1980, military personnel have come and gone through the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, to prepare for missions around the world. These month-long rotations are usually geared to prepare a unit for an upcoming mission. For the 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, their April 2018 rotation to NTC
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There's only so much talent can do. Talent abounds in Tacoma Musical Playhouse's production of Little Women. Singing talent in particular. But, well, if there were ever a novel that didn't need to be made into a musical, this would be up there on my list. I'm not a Little Women aficionado, but
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Congratulations to the following airmen who graduated the Julius A. Kolb Airman Leadership School at Joint Base Lewis-McChord May 3. Senior Airman Austin Bathrick, 62nd Operations Support Squadron Staff Sgt. Erick Diaz, 22nd Special Tactics Squadron Senior Airman John Draxler, 7th Airlift Squadron Senior Airman Ryan Edens, 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Senior Airman Joseph Hynson,
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Last I checked Dictionary.com, a vampire was defined as a preternatural being who sucks the blood of humans or animals, and that's a scary concept for youngsters. Luckily, James and Deborah Howe's kid-lit Bunnicula is nothing of the kind. Rather, he's a nocturnal rabbit with teleportation
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Last I checked Dictionary.com, a vampire was defined as a preternatural being who sucks the blood of humans or animals, and that's a scary concept for youngsters. Luckily, James and Deborah Howe's kid-lit Bunnicula is nothing of the kind. Rather, he's a nocturnal rabbit with teleportation powers who prefers to
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(THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED. CONGRATS TO BENJAMIN, MARISA, CHAD AND WANDA) Now in its seventh year, the Tacoma Film Festival has come to be well known locally for providing South Sound film buffs with a bevy of film treasures every fall, some local, some national, some short, some long
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QUESTION: I feel like a disappointment to my boyfriend of seven months. I'm 28; he's 35 and Mr. Smart. He is a Brit and was a top student at Cambridge. He says everyone expected him to become Prime Minister, but he decided to buck their expectations and become a portrait
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A former NFL football player broke up the routine of Joint Base Lewis-McChord's in- and out-processing center April 27 when he made a surprise lunchtime appearance, bearing free Xboxes for soldiers. Former Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver, Hank Baskett, distributed 60 of the game systems, along with accessories, donated by Microsoft Headquarters
Sipping Out
Thursday, Oct. 6 Ladies Night half-off all wine glass pours, lounge only, The Melting Pot, 2121 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.535.3939. Wine tasting, noon to 6 p.m., $1 a taste, Stina's Cellars, 9316 Lakeview Ave. SW, Suite B, Lakewood, 253.227.9748. Half-price bottle wine night for wines less than $100, Maxwell's Speakeasy, 454 St. Helens,
