Arts
Don't despair. There is hope for the artist who wants to sell art without giving up their sovereignty, their uniqueness, their artistic soul. Sure it's true the machine manages to absorb, transform and reproduce every trend, innovation and movement within the aesthetic realm. And yes, there seems to be no
Stage
"Nothing is funnier than unhappiness ... It's the most comical thing in the world. And we laugh, we laugh, with a will, in the beginning. But it's always the same thing. Yes, it's like the funny story we have heard too often, we still find it funny, but we don't
Food Matters
SIP & SWIRL El Gaucho Tacoma hosts Sip & Swirl featuring award-winning wines and appetizers April 9 at 6 p.m. The cost is $75. Reserve your spot at 253.272.1510. LET'S GET FLAKEY Marlene's Market & Deli in Federal Way hosts a pie crust, biscuits and French pastries class Saturday, April 10 at its
Food Matters
Thursday, April 8 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 Inlet Road, Shelton, 360.426.5913. Friday, April 9 Sip & Swirl wines and appetizers, 6 p.m., $75, El
Listings
Live music and DJs in the South Sound ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC The Villa Cafe Tacoma - Downtown. Acoustic Night, with Lauren and Joel Lively. All Ages. 7 pm. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Claudia Schmidt. All Ages. 8 pm. $8-$12. Cafe Luna Vashon. Tamara Lewis. All Ages. 7:30 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma
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Live music and DJs in the South Sound ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. James Coates. All Ages. 11 am. NC. W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory Tacoma - Stadium District. Mr. Fusion. Music surrounded by plants is a no-brainer. All Ages. 1-2:30 pm. Free. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Open Shape
Listings
Music and DJs in the South Sound BLUES The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Loose Gravel & The Quarry. 21+. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 21+. 7 pm. NC. DJ/ELECTRONIC Happy Days Casino Lakewood. DJ dance. Top 40. 21+. 9 pm. NC. O'Malley's Irish Pub Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Rebel Monday/Industry Night.
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Live music and DJ in the South Sound ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC O'Blarney's Irish Pub Olympia - Eastside. Irish Sessions. Live traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Farrelli's Gourmet Wood Fire Pizza Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Team Trivia Night. 9 pm. NC. Farrelli's Gourmet Wood Fire Pizza
Listings
Live music and DJs in the South Sound ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Daniel Adams. All Ages. 7:30 pm. NC. Tempest Lounge Tacoma - Upper Tacoma. Nick Sandy. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Sax Restaurant and Lounge Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Olivia De La Cruz. All Ages. 7-9 pm. Hannah's Bar & Grille
Music
It used to be that California was what people dreamt of. Something about its distance and impossibility bewitched young men and trapped adults, beckoning to them while simultaneously mocking them for their hope. No one, it seemed, ever made it to California. Oh, but if you did. ... In California, a man
Music
VALIS >>> Friday, April 9 Correct me if I'm wrong: Valis is a band made up of leather-clad, rock ‘n' roll Satan worshippers who live together in a giant interstellar vessel powered only by pure, gutturally wailing psychedelic metal and capable of leaping across time and space. Is that right? How goddamn
Arts
Imagine it's 1879, and the American Civil War refuses to end. Imagine the technological advancement that comes from protracted wartime, the same thing that produced the first iron-plated battleships, stretching 15 years longer than our own history allowed. Imagine an industrial mining experiment gone terribly awry, releasing a mysterious undead
Stage
If you've ever acted, directed or "teched" for a play (or even wanted to do any of those things), Tacoma Little Theatre's production of Noises Off is the play to see. In three acts that seem to take far less time than their two hours, the audience watches as the
Music
I can't count the number of times I've written stories like this about Bob's Java Jive - the Tacoma legend. I've urged readers to save the Jive, honor the Jive, pay tribute to the Jive, and come spill cheap beer and be mildly grossed out by the bathrooms at the Jive. I've
Music
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. Bobble Tiki knows what you're thinking - and no - he's not all that upset to have been moved exclusively to weeklyvolcano.com. Bobble
Music
Since its birth and nurturing period, hip-hop culture has served as an alternative path to the lifestyle that awaited youngsters in the Bronx - and New York's early heroin and gang-dominated era in the mid '70s. For the founding generation, hip-hop became a powerful outlet for the type of expression
Music
The first time I moved away from Southern California I was 7 years old. It was the middle of second-grade, Christmas break 1975. Up until then I was a resident of Huntington Beach, Calif. Ed Reading was an editor, and when the cushy gig at Road & Track evaporated, the next gig
Food Matters
After more than two weeks of voting Weekly Volcano readers have picked the most popular taco in the greater Tacoma area. The Tournament of Tacos Championship match pitted two longtime Pierce County Mexican restaurants against each other: Moctezuma's Mexican Restaurant in Tacoma vs. Tijuana Taco in Lakewood. Moctezuma's was a narrow
Features
OK, I finally gave into the pressure. For weeks people have asked me why I haven't written about Metropolitan Market. Honestly, the reason is really simple: it's just too easy. Easy meaning it's only THE pinnacle of the ultimate grocery shopping experience. Sometimes I don't even buy anything when I
Listings
Live music and DJs in the South Sound ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Justin Sophie Ellie. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. Central. Too Many Cooks, with Steve Stefanowicz. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Forza Coffee Puyallup. Savannah, Nick Sandy. All Ages. 6:30 pm. NC. Liquid Soul Coffee Roy. Silver Bullet, Adrian Bourgeouis, Ricky