Arts
Prints are not what they used to be. Not that artists do not still make etchings, lithographs and silkscreen prints, but what they do with these and other print media - often in inventive and never-before-thought-of combinations and employing new digital technologies - can be like nothing ever before seen. Frank
Features
Let the truth be known: I am secretly scared to death to fly across any ocean, into any foreign country, for any reason whatsoever. Even if it's to eat the best goddamn meal I'll ever have, I will not travel. Call me a scaredy cat, a wuss, or a coward -
Critics' Picks
[HIP-HOP] + FRI, MAY 30 Legendary is a status reserved for the few. Some earn this status with a career as an artist, an indelible act or having been part of a movement or moment. Some, who know his tale and trials and tribulations, call Rappin' 4-Tay a legend. Hailing from the Bay
Music
In one of the final shots of Stop Making Sense - a movie that notably eliminated shots of the crowd in favor of lovingly photographed views of the Talking Heads - we finally get a glimpse of the audience, and they are going fucking bonkers. Whenever I see those shots,
Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as
Food Matters
DISTILLERY'S NIGHT Gig Harbor's Heritage Distilling Company is invading Meconi's Pub (709 Pacific Ave., Tacoma) with drink specials, swag giveaway and more. It's your chance to meet the folks who concoct HDC's sweet, sweet nectars. Festivities occur 5-7 p.m. Friday, May 30. STONE SOUL PICNIC Every Friday during our brief warm weather months,
Show And Tell
Earth is 70 percent covered in water. The atmosphere is so thick with water vapor that water periodically rains from the sky. All life on this planet requires water - directly or indirectly - in order to survive. Lastly and perhaps most importantly: Super Soakers. Is it any wonder we have
Stage
As theme shows culled from a museum's permanent collection go, "Northwest in the West: Exploring Our Roots" is not half bad. There are works that have been shown at TAM multiple times before, like Gaylen Hansen's iconic "Kernal Riding Through Snakes" and William Ivey's "Blues and Whites," and that's all right
Stage
Olympia Family Theater continues to make amazingly high quality family theater with their latest production, 3 Tales with 8 Tails. Deanne Shellman directs, in collaboration with Mark Asbel Gerth, a phenomenally fun show that has the actors singing, dancing and puppeteering. While the puppets are one of the best things
Listings
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Jeremy's Farm To Table Chehalis. Gage Llewellen. All Ages. 6 pm. Salty's at Redondo Beach Des Moines. Justin Kausel-Hayes. 6 pm. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. Charley's Pub Fircrest. Chicago Blues Thursdays. Real Chicago blues with Richard Molina. 8-11 pm. NC. Eagle's Hall
Listings
BLUES Salty's at Redondo Beach Des Moines. Rock-A-Bye Blues. 7 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Jackie Kashian. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Tony Daniel. 8:30 pm. $15. Le Voyeur Café and Lounge Olympia - Downtown. Oly Claw Presents: Ladies Arm Wrestling. 8 pm. COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Treos
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. The Debutones. All Ages. 8 pm. $10-$15. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Jackie Kashian. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Tony Daniel. 8:30 pm. $15. Dave's of Milton Milton. Comedy Night, featuring Richard Chassler, Monica
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. BLUES Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Back To Beale Street Blues Competition, with Emily Randolph & Oaklawn, King Kombeaux, The Julie Duke Band, Phat Daddy & The Zone, Pacific Drive, Aaron Jones & The Way, Thai Barker Band, Rafael Tranquilino
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Steilacoom Pub and Grill Steilacoom. Monday Music, featuring Kurt Lindsay. 7 pm. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Black Rose. 7 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES The Hub Tacoma - Stadium District. Bar Bingo. Cash prizes. 6-8 pm. Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown.
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.
Listings
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Irish Session. All Ages. 8-10 pm. NC. Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm. NC. A Rhapsody In Bloom Florist and Cafe Latte Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Watch The Sky. All Ages. 7 pm. COMEDY/GAMES
Arts
Editor's Note: I was lucky enough to call Dave Graham my friend. Many Tacomans could make the same claim. After all, Dave Graham was Tacoma, overlapping many circles, advancing music, film and the arts at every turn. Dave Graham, 49, passed away May 17, 2014, after a courageous battle with
Stage
We were two or three scenes into David Mamet's two-hander A Life in the Theatre, the debut production from Tacoma's Working Class Theatre NW, when my wife leaned over and whispered, "People do not talk like this." I knew what she meant. Actors and critics often claim Mamet's truncated sentences
Features
The South Sound area is a rich and diverse community. A melting pot, if you will, surrounded by majestic scenery offering up the best of both urban adventures and nature-driven journeys. The Pierce County region also serves up a plethora of fabulous dining options, some of which are known far
Stage
I spent my formative years in an Oklahoma college town, Ada. With 16,000 residents and a median household income of less than $23,000 a year, it might not seem like the kind of place that'd have two books written about it. Robert Mayer's The Dreams of Ada and John Grisham's