Music
One of the last MCs with soul had planned on spending most of the beginning of this year in the motherland, Africa, for a life journey, performances and more life learning. However, while in England, Gabriel Teodros' plans were thwarted by the British government who denied him passage from Europe
Stage
Dirty. Well, there was a little vulgarity. Rotten. Actually, the opposite. Scoundrels. That's what everyone came to see. Theatre Northwest's production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, based on the movie, was a laugh out loud musical. Yes, a musical - AND funny. On purpose. The production can be broken down into several categories: script (including
Food Matters
HALF OFF GLASS POURS The Melting Pot hosts Ladies Night every Thursday in February featuring half off wine glass pours. The Melting Pot is at 2121 Pacific Ave. in Tacoma. CUBAN GALA Come experience an evening of Cuban culinary delights, spoken word by City of Tacoma Poet Laureate Antonio Edwards and music by
Live & CD Reviews
I have pondered and considered, and I have determined that what this city needs - OK, one thing of many that this city needs - is more bitchin'-ass slide guitarists. Bitchin'-ass. It's a technical term. It means "bitchin'-ass." I came to this realization Saturday night watching Ten Miles Of Bad Road
Arts
So you love making art. You've got a bank of original pieces, and you want to sell them. We'll assume they're awesome. Now what? Well, before you head out and look for a gallery to show your work, master the following three skills. These are skills that may seem to have
Concert Alert
When it came time to choose an album for this review, Freeway and Jake One's new effort seemed to be a no-brainer, based on album art alone (the CD case is stylized as a wallet, the liner notes as a roll of cash). With album art on my mind, though,
Reviews
Flying Tomato Italian Grill Where: 10224 198th St. E., Graham, 253.875.0770 Hours: 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday, noon-10 p.m. Saturday, noon-9 p.m. Sunday Cuisine: American Italian Scene: Family-friendly, casual dining Drinkies: Full bar, Italian sodas, standard non-alcoholic beverages Prices: $8.25-$20.99 ANNOUNCER: Sometimes I poke fun at Graham - how far away it is (bordering Idaho),
Music
I will say this much... Seattle is quickly - and I mean with a quickness - becoming a model of how to do things right in the Hip-Hop community. Of course this is a blanket statement and does not apply to each and every Seattleite, but it speaks to the
Food Matters
Thursday, Feb. 18 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. Rhone Wines, 2007 Vintage tasting, 5:30-8 p.m., complimentary, Pour at Four, 3814 N. 26th St., TAcoma,
Food Matters
Friendly faces serve standard American food alongside Korean, Chinese and Japanese dishes at K & C Burkie Burgers just outside McChord gates. The small, clean and casual eatery does a good job with both East and West offerings - corn dog or gyoza, California wrap or spicy tuna roll, chili
Food Matters
At 5:20 p.m. I'm on my way home from a difficult day at work. Being the obsessed foodie I am, I naturally turn to food for comfort. Dave and wife Anita opened Thrill of the Grill, a cheerful, updated 1950s-style burger joint on Tacoma Avenue, last November. They began serving breakfast this
Stage
What a welcome difference a decade can make. When Stop Kiss debuted at New York's Joseph Papp Public Theater in 1998, CurtainUp praised it as "thoroughly modern." Only half a generation later, it strikes me as almost thoroughly dated, a grim reminder of a more homophobic time. Stage artists
Stage
Here's a list of South Sound visual artists to watch for in the coming months and years. File these names in memory, and when you hear that one of them is showing in an area gallery, check them out. 1. Jeremy Mangan: Winner of the 2009 Foundation of Art Award
Music
Great Waves is an awfully grandiose name for a young band - a band that, indeed, is young enough to compete in this year's EMP Sound Off! competition. Reflecting the grandiose name, Great Waves give titles to their songs like "The Moon and the Gutter" and "Konza Plains." In turn,
Music
WATCH IT SPARKLE Thursday, Feb. 18 Seattle's Watch It Sparkle is a goddamn mess. Seriously. A sweaty, slurry, falling down, down-and-out mess. And it's beautiful. Low-fi garage punk the way it was meant to be - with equal parts piss, vigor and relentlessness - the band is releasing a 7-inch and
Music
The history of Tacoma is one filled with unrealized dreams and plenty of disappointment. It's a history of grand visions, and usually not-so-grand realizations. It's a history of struggle, tastes of prosperity and silver linings. It's the history of an underdog. Where Sails Meet Rails. Before it was a band
Features
Every week I make the long trek over the tide flats and up the hill to Twin Lakes/Federal Way. It's an enjoyable drive filled with sawmills, acres of new cars, scrap heaps and landscaping supplies. It's a hell of a lot better than strip malls and fast food joints
Music
This was going to be a two part story, but the events leading up to - and just after - Mike Squires' life fearing flight from the Rock Rock bar in Japan are worth a third part epilogue. I went up to Seattle today and got the story straight from
Food Matters
FREE PANCAKES IHOP Restaurants nationwide will celebrate National Pancake Day Tuesday, Feb. 23 from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., offering a free short stack in exchange for a voluntary contribution to Children's Miracle Network. COOKING CLASS Primo Grill hosts a Sicilian cooking class Feb. 20 from 2-4 p.m. The cost is $65. Reserve
Stage
Like the cat in Schrödinger's famous thought experiment, burlesque exists in a dual state of dialectical uncertainty. It both is and is not theatre. It is and is not performance art. It is and is not subject to criticism. Modern burlesque is both defiantly feminist and old-school objectification, simultaneously reflecting