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The merging of hip-hop with electro/techno occurred at the dawn of the '80s, and the flavor was so good with acts like Debbie Deb, Egyptian Lover, Kraftwerk and others that the relationship continues to grow. This weekend, award-winning hip-hop duo Never Sleep host and perform at downtown Olympia's quaint and
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"I want to get Tacoma, the film community, and the Latino community educated," local actor Melinda Raebyne tells me. If you haven't yet seen her in a South Sound movie, she spends the rest of her time behind the scenes on multiple film events, like the upcoming Tacoma Film Festival,
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Starting Oct. 1, the government is on a limited government shutdown. Below is a summary of how the shutdown will impact services at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. It is recommended anyone doing business with a JBLM agency to call that agency first to ensure it is open prior to visiting the base. UNIT
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Biopics can be difficult even for an experienced filmmaker. The nature of the art form requires that a large part of the story, sometimes the subject's entire life, be severely truncated and other artistic liberties taken in order to create an interesting film with a sensible runtime. No matter how
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A fantasy, even a comic fantasy, needs above all to be lean and uncluttered. Only reality is untidy. The classic fantasy structure involves the hero, the quest, the prize and what stands in the way. It is not a good sign that almost the most entertaining element of “Stardust” is
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Meghan Mitchell's drawings in the show "Hello" at Fulcrum Gallery are delightful. I could easily dismiss them as cute little drawings not really important as art, but I could just as easily dismiss the art of great graphic artists like Saul Steinberg and Jules Feiffer in the same way. I
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on sale now Gilberto Santa Rosa Seattle. Aug. 16 8 pm. $40 (The Showbox, TM). MF Doom Seattle. Aug. 17 8 pm. $15 (The Showbox, TM). DJ AM Seattle. Aug. 18 10 pm. $20 (The Showbox, TM). Winard Harper Sextet Seattle. Aug. 21-22 7:30 pm. $23.50 (Jazz Alley, TM). Hot August Metal Fest Day 1
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Maybe your Prom was one of the greatest nights of your life. Maybe it was a nightmare. Maybe you didn’t even go to yours. Whichever is the case, the Prom at Sanford and Sons Saturday to be orchestrated by the Middle Floor Merchants, will be a second chance to revive
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Thursday, Aug. 9 ROCK neutralboy Bands with a blatant disregard for authority have always been near and dear to my heart. Their rebellious spirit is so free and total lack of responsibility is intriguing, and thrash rockers Neutralboy possess all these qualities and then some. Proclaiming proudly that their hometown of Bremerton
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Okay band, reduced to its purest essence, is Marty Anderson from Berkeley, Calif., who will perform twice in Tacoma thanks to a new arts organization here called The Helm. At the helm of The Helm sits Peter Lynn and Sean Alexander, who aim to enhance the community by bringing arts
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Once upon a time, a few years ago, there was an all-ages club run by Brian Skiffington and Rachel Keenan called the Frameshop in a suburb of Tacoma called Midland. About a year and few neighborhood complaints later, it closed down. Across town in University Place there was an all-ages club
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As much as any journalist who gets his kicks from seeing drunks in the park curled up under his byline in a weekly rag, and has learned to live on a cents-per-word basis, Bobble Tiki loves to see his name next to a big story. Bobble Tiki loves to deliver
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Singer/songwriter Robbie Fulks of Chicago, Ill., is not afraid to speak his mind. He’s also not afraid to bite the industry that feeds him. Fulks made known his dislike for mainstream modern country and the country music industry in true songwriter fashion when he wrote the song “Fuck This Town”
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Tacoma Art Supply Break out the party hats and cupcakes. There’s a celebration in the works at Tacoma Art Supply, whose owners recently celebrated surviving the first year of owning a new business. And while the actual “opening day” was July 27, with a couple of unofficial first sales even before the
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“It’s getting to be fall. People want to take a vacation from their tanks, they want to shop!” Mary Johnson, co-owner of the University Place boutique institution of three years, Cake, is speaking the truth, as I see it. As those individuals who may be grabbing Starbucks just a couple of
