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Thursday, Feb. 4 Ladies' Night half off glass pours, every Thursday in February, The Melting Pot, 2121 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.535.3939. Wine tasting, five pours for $5, Vinum Coffee and Wine Lounge, 1001 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.572.8215. Ladies Night featuring half off all wine flights and $5 house pours, Sip, 4793 Point Fosdick
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Having recently authored a novel about the Apocalypse as predicted in the last few pages of the Good Book, I can tell you quite a bit about what people in this area think about the End of the World: almost nothing. Even most churchgoing Christians view the Rapture as a
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Preston Singletary's mid career retrospective exhibition at Museum of Glass blows the lid off many of my theories about glass and contemporary Native American art. There is much to admire about traditional Native art - the symbolism, the reverence for heritage, the mystery and power of the imagery. But I am
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FREEZE AND FUR COAT >>> Thursday, Feb. 4 Don't make the mistake. Just don't. Whatever you call Freeze and Fur Coat, a band I consider kind of like the poster-band for the Dear Records movement, just don't call them sad. Or melancholy. Or probably even, "the poster-band for the Dear Records movement."
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It's a new week, which means it's time for a new installment of Bobble Tiki's South Sound music news and notes column. Without further ado, let's get rolling. For at least the last two weeks, Bobble Tiki has spent the bulk of his column ranting and raving about the Weekly Volcano's
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Ah, upstart college bands. You provide much-needed collegiate water-cooler talk about campus. (I presume, having never been to college, there are a lot of water-coolers in college.) You dream so big; you love so deep. You fill those (roughly) four college years with boundless quantities of mirth and youthful oat-sowing. I
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There are countless bands in Tacoma - and this isn't even a very big place. Sure, we've got colleges, a lot of rain, and a lot of idle disillusionment - three constant fertilizers of important rock music over the years - but so do a lot of places. What really
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My first band was called Sledge. Sledge had stickers from Kinko's and a couple one color shirts made up before they had even found a drummer. We played together from 1989 until sometime in 1991. It's hard to remember exactly. It's hard to convey what a different time it was.
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THEY HEART HAITI South Sound restaurants have been showing support for Haiti in a big way: There was Dockside Bistro's benefit dinner this past Monday, Primo Grill and the Crown Bar donating wine sale monies, and dozens of other fundraising events. The latest effort will come in the form of two
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Olympia MC, Afrok dominated the much scrutinized and criticized nominee list for the 2nd Annual 25360 Awards. Not only was he nominated for the most awards (three), but he won each category as voted on by the public. Afrok won in the categories of Best Come Up, awarded to the
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Remember when we waited, we crossed our fingers, we gave our zip codes freely in hope that someday Trader Joe's would come to Tacoma? We would give anything to put an end to the crippling journey to Federal Way. Thank goodness that changed. Even driving to University Place from my
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VALENTINE'S TASTING Azarra Salon & Wine will host a Valentine Tasting Thursday, Feb. 4 from 5-7 p.m. Expect romantic wines like Cara Mia (Prosecco, Pinot Noir and Pinot Grigio), pink wines and bubbly things, as well as Anti-Valentine's selections like Bitch wine and Arrogant Bastard beer. Azarra is at 1944 Pacific
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Mark lives in New York's Lower East Side, essentially squatting in an industrial loft with other artist types. His girlfriend, Maureen, left for a woman - Joanne. His musician roommate, Roger, has AIDS. His friend, Tom, gets mugged and is rescued by a drag queen, Angel. Roger gets pursued by
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MARINEPOLIS SUSHI LAND Where: 4301 S. Meridian, Puyallup, 253.604.0066 Hours: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. daily Cuisine: Noodle soups, specialty rolls, sushi, desserts Scene: Very casual and brightly lit with fast-food conveyor belt buffet. Pay at the end based on what you ate and ordered Drinkies: Beer and wine, standard non-alcoholic fountain drinks, hot tea, coffee Damage: $1-$5 ANNOUNCER: The
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Recently I went and sat in a room with a small group of Tacoma School of the Arts students. Led by Fred Novak, a slight, jittery young fellow with self-applied Joan Crawford-style eyebrows (which is awesome), these students met at Mad Hat Tea Company as part of a SOTA class
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This weekend marks thr 8th Annual Hip-Hop 4 The Homeless/Haiti Benefit Weekend Saturday, Jan. 30, 4-10 p.m. at The Loft on Cherry in downtown Olympia. It will provide an opportunity for the community to donate and contribute to support, relief and resource services for the homeless and needy of
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Thursday, Jan. 28 Wine tasting, five pours for $5, Vinum Coffee and Wine Lounge, 1001 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.572.8215. Ladies Night featuring half off all wine flights and $5 house pours, Sip, 4793 Point Fosdick Dr. N.W, Gig Harbor, 253.853.3020. Wine tasting, noon to 6 p.m., complimentary, Walter Dacon Winery, 50 S.E. Skookum
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HAITI RELIEF Primo Grill, Crown Bar and McGavick Winery have partnered with Doctor Without Borders to raise funs for Haiti relief. Now through Feb 28, McGavick Winery will donate 100 percent of proceeds of wine sales to DWB, and Primo and Crown will donate $5 for every bottle of McGavick merlot
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There are two Troy Gua shows at Fulcrum. The title show, Monument: A Memorial to Loss is installed in the small room to the left as you enter the gallery. Created especially for this exhibition, it is Gua's sober commentary on the loss of life and limb in the wars
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RED HEX >>> Saturday, Jan. 30 Last week, at least if you read the Volcano, you learned about Tacoma's Apache Chief - a troupe of SOTA sludge rockers poised to melt off EMP Sound Off!'s face later this month at the annual under-age music competition. Apache Chief is part of a stable