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17th-19th Nights of The Arts

17. JOHNNY CLEGG >>> APRIL 29 Think the fresh-faced, boat shoe-wearing Vampire Weekend was the first musical enterprise to imagine a combination of Western pop and traditional African vibrations? Not even close. Johnny Clegg, billed as "one of South Africa's most celebrated sons," is headed to Tacoma in April, bringing his

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14th-16th Nights of The Arts

14. KODO DRUMMERS OF JAPAN >>> JAN. 30 Being a theater critic has its downside.  Personally, I wake up most Thursdays dreading the smackdown I'm about to inflict on someone's feelings.  But at least we get free tickets, right?  Well, yes and no.  So let me take this opportunity to whine like

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11th-13th Nights of The Arts

11. THE COLOR PURPLE >>> NOV. 12 The Color Purple is a now-classic musical set largely in Georgia that will take to the Pantages in Downtown Tacoma on Nov. 12. But how can you put together a true Southern evening up here in the Northwest? Impossible, you might think, with our lack

10th Night of The Arts: Yippee-ki-yay, pentameter

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10th Night of The Arts: Yippee-ki-yay, pentameter

Somewhere out on the vast prairie, two strangers ride into a frontier boomtown.  One spits a thick stream of tobacco juice into the sagebrush.  "For the great desire I had to see fair Padua," he drawls, "I am arrived for fruitful Lombardy, the pleasant garden of great Italy."  Hey,

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Seventh through Ninth Nights of The Arts

7. GERSHWIN AND GUITAR >>> OCT. 23 Leave it to Tacoma Symphony Orchestra to spice up their season opener, in the form of Gershwin and Guitar.  The performance will mark Croatian guitarist Ana Vidovic's first time on stage in the South Sound, and will be an opportunity to see and hear

Sixth Night of The Arts: Maybe they're magic

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Sixth Night of The Arts: Maybe they're magic

Three years ago, my beloved girlfriend, then completely unknown to me, was at the Capital Playhouse's Live Theatre Week performance of Sweeney Todd I attended.  Small world, right?  A romantic "meet cute?"  Nope, we didn't talk that night and wouldn't for several months, but Capital Playhouse has decided to

Fourth and Fifth Nights of The Arts

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Fourth and Fifth Nights of The Arts

4. MIGHTY TACOMA >>> OCT. 21 We don't yet know what photographs will be in the show Mighty Tacoma: Photographic Portrait 2010, but the title tells us they will reference Tacoma and will be mighty. Billed as an "interactive celebration and creative exercise in commemoration of Tacoma Art Museum's 75th Anniversary," the show

Third Night of The Arts: Not Painting Flowers

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Third Night of The Arts: Not Painting Flowers

Remember Dead Artists and Kulture Lab? Remember James Hume and the hair metal band Roadrunner? Every wonder what Hume is up to nowadays? Well, according to artist and curator Lynn Di Nino he's Not Painting Flowers - the title of his new show curated by Di Nino and opening

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First and Second Nights of The Arts

1. ILLUSION/ALLUSION >>> SEPT. 22  For the many years I've been writing art reviews I've been singing the praises of Ron Hinson. They just don't come much better. I've also been known to praise Barlow Palminteri, a self-taught artist whose large self-portraits and paintings of his studio are absolute knockouts. What

South Sound Arts Calendar 2010-2011

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South Sound Arts Calendar 2010-2011

Ah, Fall. When your morning commute is suddenly a maze of yellow school buses. It also means it's time for the Weekly Volcano's annual Fall Arts Calendar. The following are arts-related events sent to us my the local arts organizations through spring 2011. To be frank, it's easier if you go

WEDNESDAY READING: It's a long way to the top

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WEDNESDAY READING: It's a long way to the top

The spring and summer of 1999 was (finally) what I had always dreamed of: touring and getting paid to be in a working rock 'n' roll band. Honestly, the images in my head I chased with a deaf, dumb and fevered tunnel vision were never of selling out stadiums

NON-STOP HIP-HOP: Back to the scene of the rhyme

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NON-STOP HIP-HOP: Back to the scene of the rhyme

The legend of immortalized hip-hop revolutionaries Dead Prez spans more than a decade. Voices of vision, afro-centricity, revolution and healthy eating, Dead Prez has always been just under the radar in terms of popular success.  Even today, they're synonymous with power, motivation, empowerment and forward thinking (revolutionary but gangsta,

Life and love and lack thereof

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Life and love and lack thereof

The first time I saw Allan Boothe perform, it was a solo set at a benefit show at The New Frontier for the Squeak and Squawk music festival. His performance was bizarre.  He stood atop an amp, clear across the room from the stage, guitar in hand, back to the

Chastity returns

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Chastity returns

The show is called Access Denied, but it should be Access by Invitation Only or Access at Your Own Risk. It's the follow-up to Mineral's popular chastity belt show from a year ago. The walls are lined with artist-designed chastity belts displayed on female-form mannequins. They express 21st century takes

New school in town

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New school in town

If Debi Hays has anything to do about it, ballet in the Tacoma area is about to take on a new dimension. After recently opening a new ballet school called Ballet Arts Tacoma located downtown at Urban Grace Church, Hays is ready to shake things up and is looking

BITE US: Mizu Japanese Steakhouse and Skep and Skein Tavern

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BITE US: Mizu Japanese Steakhouse and Skep and Skein Tavern

Worth the bridge toll Last May Mizu Japanese Steakhouse opened a new location in Gig Harbor. The entrance features a captivating ceiling-to-floor water feature; big red letters spell "Mizu" across backlit white screens that are the backdrop for eight teppanyaki iron grill stations; red and black accents and rich, dark

Stadium Thriftway party

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Stadium Thriftway party

Well, it's finally here. For those of you who live near downtown Tacoma or the Stadium District, your newly revamped neighborhood grocery store Stadium Thriftway, is finally having their Renovation Celebration beginning today. What's not to love about these guys and this grand accomplishment? It took more

South Sound Live Music and DJs Calendar: Wednesday, Sept. 15

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South Sound Live Music and DJs Calendar: Wednesday, Sept. 15

ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tempest Lounge Tacoma - Upper Tacoma. Jeanlizabeth. 21+. 7 pm. NC. Sax Restaurant and Lounge Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Olivia De La Cruz. The guitarist, singer/songwriter performs during dinner. All Ages. 7-9 pm. Free. Hannah's Bar & Grille Olympia - Downtown. Open Mic. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia -

South Sound Live Music and DJs Calendar: Tuesday, Sept. 14

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South Sound Live Music and DJs Calendar: Tuesday, Sept. 14

ACOUSTIC­/FOLK/CELTIC O'Blarney's Irish Pub Olympia - Eastside. Irish Sessions. Live traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm. NC. 6th Ave Farmers Market Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Josiah Bogle. All Ages. 3:30 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Kyle David Dufault. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm.

South Sound Live Music and DJs Calendar: Monday, Sept. 13

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South Sound Live Music and DJs Calendar: Monday, Sept. 13

COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 21+. 7 pm. NC. The Mix Tacoma - Downtown. Barstool Bingo. Prizes! 21+. 9 pm. NC. COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Uncle James. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. DJ/ELECTRONIC Latitude 84 Tacoma - South. DJ Jacob. Hip-hop, R&B, Top 40, and dance. 21+. 9 pm. NC. Happy Days

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