Reviews
ANNOUNCER: Dutch and Jackie's cravings for sweet and tangy smoked meats takes them to Lakewood this week. Fortunately, Smokin' Zee's parked the seasonal food truck and opened a permanent location just off Steilacoom Blvd. in Lakewood, so now we can all enjoy their barbeque year-round.JACKIE: This space is funky. It's
Travel
The door closes behind you. Suddenly, you leave Gig Harbor and enter into a dimly lit Mayan ruin. There is a sense of impending doom as you begin discovering the clues that will help you escape. Escape rooms -- live-action games in which participants have the opportunity to discover clues,
Music
When you hear terms like folk-rock, Americana, country, and roots music, the image that gets conjured in your mind is likely one of bearded, straight-laced, denim-clad ramblers. You might picture dusty roads that stretch off into the horizon, or dimly-lit saloons full of lost souls whiling away the hours with
Arts
There are two major, world-class photography exhibitions in the main art gallery at The Evergreen State College and the smaller but vital Galerie Fotoland in the first-floor lobby of the library building. "The Surface: On and Beneath," is an exhibition of nearly 100 rarely-seen photographs by Andy Warhol. Added to this
Stage
Anyone who has a chance to see Children of a Lesser God at Tacoma Little Theatre and doesn't is missing a golden opportunity. James Leeds (Jeremy Lynch) teaches speech and lip-reading to deaf students. His newest student who is also a maid at the school, Sarah Norman (Michelle Mary Schaefer), is
Music
Despite our admiration for Americana, roots and other traditional forms of music, Washingtonians sometimes fail to give country-western music the respect it deserves. Still, tickets are going fast for the upcoming Miranda Lambert concert at the Tacoma Dome, so we know there's an enthusiastic crowd of readers out there amped
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ANNOUNCER: As Dutch and Jackie zipped down Tacoma's Market Street, the "Be Happy" sign lured them into the vegan focused (but meat-eater friendly) restaurant and juice bar, Happy Belly. JACKIE: It's hard not to smile when traveling down Market Street and spying the bright and bubbly "Be Happy" slogan quietly
Features
The Pacific Northwest's top seasonal sippers are easy to identify: Coffee and all things of the roasted bean concoction, Old Fashioneds and brown liquor-based libations and beer. Tacoma has a rich history steeped in hops, with breweries like Columbia Brewing Company, Heidelberg Brewing and Puget Sound Brewery calling Tacoma home
Outdoors
When people talk about the things they love here in the South Sound, the majesty of our mountain on the horizon is almost always a part of the dialogue. Mount Rainier is a not-so-far-off iconic locale worthy of a visit for outdoorsy types and those looking for a little adventure
Music
It's kind of hard to predict which instruments will fall into and out of style -- much more so than which genres will keep plugging along. The secret to why this is may be kind of a no-brainer: every instrument is good, when used in the proper context or, more
Arts
You'll find the good, the bad and the you-gotta-be-kidding-me at the annual postcard exhibition at South Puget Sound Community College. There are professional artists in the show, including many of Olympia's best, and there are many rank amateurs. Well over half of the works are crudely executed and either corny
Stage
One thing that this country of ours has had a hard time wrapping its head around is the notion of post-traumatic stress disorder. It occurs in our everyday citizens' lives, making its home in the minds of our friends and family members in the days, months and years following harrowing
Music
Sometime last year, I had the opportunity to see and review a production of The Buddy Holly Story at Tacoma Musical Playhouse. While I have always enjoyed the music of Buddy Holly, and I knew the basic outline of his life -- boy from Texas makes it big in the music business,
Arts
There are two large exhibitions at Museum of Glass that seem to have been chosen as companion shows which contrast and complement one another interestingly. Albert Paley's glass and steel sculptures, reviewed last week in this column, are visually impressive, while Michael E. Taylor's "Artificial Intelligence Codes/Rosetta Stone" appeals more
Stage
There's a lot to like in American Idiot, the Tony-winning adaptation of Green Day's mega-hit concept album of the same name, even for people (like myself) who might charitably describe themselves as indifferent to the band. Still, this is a musical that succeeds only inasmuch as the songs and the performances
Reviews
ANNOUNCER: This week, Jackie and Dutch head south to visit the 222 Market in historic Olympia. The Bread Peddler has been baking up fresh pastries and sandwiches long before the market was in existence, and has now become an anchor for the success the market has become.DUTCH: Full disclosure? I
South Sound Cinema
Get your mind out of the Jedi, people! It's 2018, which means it's time to take a look at 18 for ‘18 -- the list of films I'm most keenly anticipating.The 15:17 to Paris (Feb. 9) Clint Eastwood's newest film is about the 2015 terrorist attack on a Thalys train
Stage
Half a century ago this week, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was launching his "Poor People's Campaign" for economic equality. "The issue is injustice," he told the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee, April 3, 1968. After recounting past struggles, he predicted, "We've got some difficult days ahead. But it really