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Fighting fistula in a minor key

Stephen Minor sits in Tully’s with his cell phone and a cup of joe.  He looks vaguely familiar, but in that can’t-quite-place-it way.  Could it be you saw him with his hair slicked back, big Bono-sunglasses on, handing out fliers for his first show with his new project, U277, a

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Eating and seeing

Sweets, Treats and Mother’s Day Designs Love Sweets, Treats and Designs for the decadent chocolate love found within, or love it for any one of the other, super cool, super fun products you see in the shop.  But know this: as you shop there for Mom, you’ll be rewarded with deals and

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Eating and seeing

Sweets, Treats and Mother’s Day Designs Love Sweets, Treats and Designs for the decadent chocolate love found within, or love it for any one of the other, super cool, super fun products you see in the shop.  But know this: as you shop there for Mom, you’ll be rewarded with deals and

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Ten Tiny Dances descend on Jazzbones

When the dancers hit the “stage” on April 28, their moves won’t be the expansive, sweeping leaps and 12-person corps pieces associated with dance pieces such as the Nutcracker or Swan Lake.  Ten Tiny Dances, a series that features 10 choreographers and dancers working within a four-foot by four-foot space “budget”

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Ten Tiny Dances descend on Jazzbones

When the dancers hit the “stage” on April 28, their moves won’t be the expansive, sweeping leaps and 12-person corps pieces associated with dance pieces such as the Nutcracker or Swan Lake.  Ten Tiny Dances, a series that features 10 choreographers and dancers working within a four-foot by four-foot space “budget”

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Surprise birthday party

So you want to throw a surprise party? Take a look at how our friends at the Tacoma Art Museum do it.  They’re throwing a big old “Happy 100th Year, Frida!” bash on Friday, and they’ve pulled out all the stops. What are they doing that you can take inspiration from? Have your

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Surprise birthday party

So you want to throw a surprise party? Take a look at how our friends at the Tacoma Art Museum do it.  They’re throwing a big old “Happy 100th Year, Frida!” bash on Friday, and they’ve pulled out all the stops. What are they doing that you can take inspiration from? Have your

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Sparkly red white and blue leotard

It was the Wonder Woman tattoo on her wrist that immediately drew me to liking Jennifer Elliott, new kid on the Jade’s Salon block. Once upon a time, I was an over-achiever, and my friends took to calling me Wonder Woman.  I have since taken up a “life triage” approach that

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Sparkly red white and blue leotard

It was the Wonder Woman tattoo on her wrist that immediately drew me to liking Jennifer Elliott, new kid on the Jade’s Salon block. Once upon a time, I was an over-achiever, and my friends took to calling me Wonder Woman.  I have since taken up a “life triage” approach that

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Jason Gutz is connected

As a general art student at the University of Washington, Jason Gutz was drawn to the conceptual side of things.  “I never got that line quality thing,” he told me. I was watching him, along with his Boeing engineer brother-in-law, put together the centerpiece of his “Sequences” installment, which will show

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Jason Gutz is connected

As a general art student at the University of Washington, Jason Gutz was drawn to the conceptual side of things.  “I never got that line quality thing,” he told me. I was watching him, along with his Boeing engineer brother-in-law, put together the centerpiece of his “Sequences” installment, which will show

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Deb Hamilton and Megan Stein

Deb Hamilton recently sported a sweater-dress confection made by her friend Megan Stein.  Stein crafted the dress from two sweaters, very similar to how Pretty in Pink’s Andie Walsh created her own prom dress, which is an apropos connection, as Hamilton is wearing the dress to an ‘80s theme party. Hamilton and

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Deb Hamilton and Megan Stein

Deb Hamilton recently sported a sweater-dress confection made by her friend Megan Stein.  Stein crafted the dress from two sweaters, very similar to how Pretty in Pink’s Andie Walsh created her own prom dress, which is an apropos connection, as Hamilton is wearing the dress to an ‘80s theme party. Hamilton and

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Alexa Folsom-Hill’s surprise party

Some people turn 25 quietly, fading into the realm of “elderly.” Others, such as Alexa Folsom-Hill, go into that realm in a theatrical fashion, though not necessarily by her own accord. Kate Monthy covertly planned a surprise ‘80s-themed shindig for Folsom-Hill, inviting friends to the new MLKBallet home at Valhalla Hall (a

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Alexa Folsom-Hill’s surprise party

Some people turn 25 quietly, fading into the realm of “elderly.” Others, such as Alexa Folsom-Hill, go into that realm in a theatrical fashion, though not necessarily by her own accord. Kate Monthy covertly planned a surprise ‘80s-themed shindig for Folsom-Hill, inviting friends to the new MLKBallet home at Valhalla Hall (a

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Abolins and Sorella

Oh, the Carnage Found on floor, dead: One BCBG Girls shoe, two Children’s Place flip-flops, one super comfy slipper, two socks, one dog bed, one disemboweled stuffed bunny, one tiger with an eye chewed out, three Fairytopia Barbies, one beach Barbie, one beach Barbie swimming pool and all its accessories, two

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Abolins and Sorella

Oh, the Carnage Found on floor, dead: One BCBG Girls shoe, two Children’s Place flip-flops, one super comfy slipper, two socks, one dog bed, one disemboweled stuffed bunny, one tiger with an eye chewed out, three Fairytopia Barbies, one beach Barbie, one beach Barbie swimming pool and all its accessories, two

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Voyeurism goes legit

The first year of A Cook’s Tour, Jessica Corddry recalled that the Junior League of Tacoma had to look within for homeowners willing to open their doors to up to 300 ticket holders. But by the following year, individuals walking through the tour saw how the event was organized and

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Voyeurism goes legit

The first year of A Cook’s Tour, Jessica Corddry recalled that the Junior League of Tacoma had to look within for homeowners willing to open their doors to up to 300 ticket holders. But by the following year, individuals walking through the tour saw how the event was organized and

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Tommy is the new pink

Tommy Carson, Weekly Volcano promoter extraordinaire, flashed his duds at Saturday’s Head to Toe Hair and Fashion Extravaganza at the Tacoma Elks Lodge, explaining that he purchased the whole thing at Mr. Mac’s on Martin Luther King Way. “I saw it, I liked it, I put it together,” he explains of

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