Listings
BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Black Rose. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Crazy Texas Gypsies. 8 pm. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino and Brooke Lizotte Experimental Jam. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar
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Monday is typically a black hole for nightlife. Sure, if you run a sports bar, you'll do well during football season, but for most eating and drinking establishments, it's just dead, dead, dead. The folks at The Swiss seem to have found a solution and, oddly enough, it's one that
Listings
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Acoustic open mic hosted by Leanne Trevalyan. 8 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and Grill Tacoma - Northend. Barstool Bingo. 6:30 pm. White Horse Tavern Yelm. Barstool Bingo. Prizes! 7 pm.
News Front
There is a chain of understanding between Joint Base Lewis-McChord and the neighboring communities. One of the most important links in that chain is Maj. Gen. Stephen Lanza, commanding general, 7th Infantry Division. "As the Army transitions from its mission in Afghanistan, it is important to maintain and build the
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"Sitting for History: Exploring Self-Identity Through Portraiture" is an exhibition of more than 60 paintings, drawings and photographs by artists such as Pierre August Renoir, Chuck Close, George Luks, Mary Randlett, Gilbert Stuart and Andrew Wyeth, plus some sculpture and jewelry. It is an intriguing show juxtaposing historical paintings and ultra-modern
News Front
When Col. Charles Hodges Jr. became the commander of Joint Base Lewis-McChord 14 months ago, he put together his must-do priority list. His top priority was what he calls "customer service," or meeting the needs of the soldiers' families. "Our service members and families have sacrificed a heck of a lot since
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The South Sound has its share of geeks. We should know. Our office D&D room is full of them. Heck fire - we every post a weekly Nerd Alert on our blog. When local book geeks aren't tinkering with gizmos that can scan books at 2,000 pages an hour, they're
Style
The behemoth cranes that grace our skyline are found in the Port of Tacoma. This area is largely comprised of gritty industrial warehouse sites with Mack trucks whizzing by. Naturally, in the heart of it all is the port itself. Cargo containers and large cranes mark the presence of one
Family
All children carry with them parts of their parents. This usually comes in the form of DNA and, for good or bad, a genetic inheritance. For Kamrin Cramer, however, it comes quite literally: he carries inside of him one of his mother's kidneys. The 13-year-old Joint Base Lewis-McChord boy received the
Heroes & Awards
The word "hero" is bandied about a lot lately, and often rightly so. Servicemembers returning from war are heroes, and wounded warriors are heroes for persevering in the face of adversity. November is National American Indian Heritage Month, and a perfect time to pay tribute to a group of often-overlooked American
Features
Walking past rosemary bushes, lavender plants, and a plenty used bike rack up to a wooden screen door and into the warmth of San Francisco Street Bakery is something Olympians have been doing for 25 years. But, for the past year, there is something new to experience at the bakery -
Critics' Picks
[POP-SYNTH] + SAT, NOV 16 A hip coffeehouse and a young, bright singer/songwriter/pianist from the Bay Area? Sounds perfect for a November evening. Debbie Neigher is on tour to promote her sophomore album, Unravel, a joint effort by talent that has worked on The Mountain Goats, Rogue Wave and Death Cab
Music
I've listened to all sorts of music over the years, both for the purposes of writing for the Weekly Volcano, and on my own time. What I've discovered about myself, through years of dipping my toes into all sorts of genres, is that my ears can tune themselves to any
Music
"I was on a ship, in Croatia," says Stephanie Anne Johnson, "and I checked my email and saw a message that said, ‘Hi, my name is Dylan and I'm a producer for The Voice. We'd like you to come on the show.'" In the weeks leading up to local singer-songwriter Stephanie
