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When I am dead and gone, I hope to be incinerated and have my ashes scattered in a greenside bunker on whatever my favorite golf course is at the time. Then, whenever someone's ball lands in the bunker and he or she has to blast out of it, it's possible

Justin Johnson and friends trek Alaska's most northern point

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Justin Johnson and friends trek Alaska's most northern point

Ten years ago, Justin Johnson's mentor at REI posted a trip on the company's breakroom wall. Not just any trip. A perfect trip, one that Johnson could name drop during his full-time gig outfitting campers with tents, stoves and dehydrated food. Paul Dornish's idea? Cross the greater Arctic National Wildlife

Saturday, April 18: Record Store Day

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Saturday, April 18: Record Store Day

When talking with Deadbeat Olympia owner and booker Brandon Rowley, he said that he once met with a 70-year-old Olympia lifer who imparted some wisdom: "Every day should be Record Store Day." Record Store Day is a fundamentally confounding tradition. Just like every other new holiday, Record Store

Through April 30: "TCC 50"

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Through April 30: "TCC 50"

For its 50th anniversary Tacoma Community College features works by current and former art instructors and alumni, and it's one of the better shows I've seen there in quite some time. Entering the gallery, you're faced with a wall of circular shapes in shades of white and brown

Saturday, April 18: "Adventures In Oz"

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Saturday, April 18: "Adventures In Oz"

Pasties, butt cheeks and hip-hop Toto return to Tacoma as the Gritty City Sirens' Adventures in Oz, a Wizard of Oz-inspired burlesque production, returns to the Temple Theater Ballroom. This Tacoma makeover of L. Frank Baum's classic may be campy, but it still follows the famous Dorothy down the Yellow Brick Road

Sunday, April 5: Intro To Intensive Methods and Soil Structure 101

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Sunday, April 5: Intro To Intensive Methods and Soil Structure 101

So you walk through the grocery store, and you look at the big, shiny red apples, and you feel hungry. Then you notice just how big and red and shiny they all are. You get all suspicious and start remembering things about pesticides and growing seasons, and all of a

Tuesday, April 7: One-Pot Meals Class

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Tuesday, April 7: One-Pot Meals Class

One of my favorite Far Side cartoons, by Gary Larson, depicts a pair of grizzled cowboys sitting around a campfire at dusk. One is handing the other a cup. The caption reads, "More cappuccino, Raoul?" Yes, times have changed. Campfire and simple cuisine continues to evolve. Bayview School of Cooking

Saturday, March 28-Sunday, March 29: Aaron Lewis

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Saturday, March 28-Sunday, March 29: Aaron Lewis

Aaron Lewis has dropped a few things in his life. The Staind frontman and lyrical mastermind dropped the "e," which was kinda radical. Whether it made sense or not, the tattooed titans of mope metal motored their angsty album 4 Shades of Grey and its hebetic headbangin' hit "Price to

Sunday, March 29: "Tee Time in Tacoma"

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Sunday, March 29: "Tee Time in Tacoma"

When I'm dead and gone, I hope to be incinerated and have my ashes scattered in a greenside bunker on whatever my favorite golf course is at the time. Then, whenever someone's ball lands in the bunker and he or she has to blast out of it, it's possible that

Saturday, March 21: Rhythm and Rye One-Year-Anniversary

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Saturday, March 21: Rhythm and Rye One-Year-Anniversary

I knew the traditional fifth anniversary gift was the astoundingly lame "wood," and, of course, the 25th anniversary is the silver and 50th golden. We're pretty sure the 75th is either oxygen tanks or pre-chewed food. Apparently, the first anniversary is the kickass music anniversary, because downtown Olympia music and

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It's Happening Tonight: The Westside Tavern's Third Anniversary Bash

The Westside Tavern is a West Olympia favorite hangout among college kids, bikers, working folks and people who enjoy good food. Winner of last year's Tournament of Burgers, voted on by the Weekly Volcano readers, the joint celebrates its third anniversary tonight. It went through some serious

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5 Things To Do Today: Porterpalooza, Peking Acrobats, Oly Mountain Boys, Elvis vs. James Brown ...

SATURDAY, JAN. 17 2015 >>> 1. Wingman Brewers will host their annual Porterpalooza in which they'll offer creative variations on their flagship P-51 Porter, from 2-11 p.m. Expect to drink the following variations on their Porter theme: Coconut, Peanut Butter Cup, Vanilla Rum, Chili Pepper and Sichuan

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Words, Photos & Video: The Oly Mountain Boys live at the Franciscan Polar Plaza ice rink

The best music has never been about noodling around, proving what a virtuoso one is as a player, or simply trying to fill up one whole side of an album with a 22 minute plundering of one marginally interesting idea. No, the good stuff pushes the fringes of what had

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Words, Photos & Video: Forest Beutel live at the Franciscan Polar Plaza ice rink

Americana music owes its existence to the collision of post-punk insurgency with a modern take on the often rude sounds of old-time country, blues and bluegrass, with singer-songwriter fetishes thrown in for good measure. If that sounds like a mouthful, it's meant to be: Americana covers a pretty wide range

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Words, Photos & Video: Dixie Highway live at the Franciscan Polar Plaza ice rink

Dixie Highway. Remember those words. You may already know them, but in a year you'll know them better. At the bluegrass family picnic, Dixie Highway is the loud and brash kid brother, the noisy upstart from down south who would just as soon stand on your sandwich and scream into

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Words, Photos & Video: The Rusty Cleavers live at the Franciscan Polar Plaza ice rink

Mention the words "rusty cleavers" in the South Sound, and odds are responses will range more to the punk-grass spectrum than lazy chefs. The Rusty Cleavers write rowdy songs. They take their musical influences - folk, country and bluegrass - and punk them up. They add growls, and serve them

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Words, Photos & Video: Shotgun Kitchen live at the Franciscan Polar Plaza ice rink

Saturday night in downtown Tacoma children and adults danced on ice to "Field Sobriety Test." Rest assured, the Weekly Volcano isn't clever enough to be making this up. It happened. The crowd also danced to "Hopeless Love," "If Jesus Had A Gun" and chants of "Amphetamines." The band performing the

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Words, Photos & Video: SweetKiss Momma live at the Franciscan Polar Plaza ice rink

You have to admire professional figure skaters. They squeeze themselves into skin-tight spandex jumpsuits and dance onto the ice in front of thousands of people - the women unconcerned about their thighs, the men fearless of shrinkage  - often accompanied by terrible show tunes and Cher remixes, all for a

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Words & Photos: The Cottonwood Cutups live at Franciscan Polar Plaza ice rink

Remember the ice skating scene in A Charlie Brown Christmas? The whole Peanuts gang glides over the ice of a small pond as jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi sets the tone. Like Charlie Brown's fictional hometown, Tacoma boasts a great place to skate right in the heart of downtown. The Franciscan

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SweetKiss Momma invites you to their "Band in Seattle" taping Friday

If you grew up during the late '70s and early '80s in the South Sound, you were blasted with Southern rock - such touchstones as The Allman Brothers' 1971 At Fillmore East and Lynyrd Skynyrd's first album were on constant rotation on "Seattle's Best Rock" KISW 99.9 FM, shuffling in

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Hanging with smart people in the dark

In today's world it is understood we will all die knowing something about science. We won't necessarily learn practical or prosaic things like the reproductive cycle of butterflies and moths or the genus and species names of fungus and bacterium. In the age of high technology, industry and information, from

Sister Cities International Film Festival

As a former subscriber to the Film Movement, an organization dedicated to bringing obscure foreign films to the attention of sloths and the disorganized masses, I appreciate subtitles. (Sometimes I wonder why British sitcoms don't have them, since I typically only caught one in every 12 of the insults

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Caffe Dei

2607 6th Ave
Tacoma, WA 98406
(253) 572-2550

Cuisine: Breakfast, Coffeehouse/tea, Patio/Deck Dining, Subs/Sandwiches

  • Not Rated Yet
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Darby's Cafe

211 5th Avenue Southeast
Olympia, WA 98501
(360) 357-6229

Cuisine: American, Breakfast, Burgers/Hot Dogs, Coffeehouse/tea, Patio/Deck Dining, Subs/Sandwiches

  • 1/5 Star Rating.
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El Gallito Loco

2941 South 38th St
Ste F
Tacoma, WA 98409
(253) 254-7024

Cuisine: Mexican, Subs/Sandwiches

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Forza Coffee off Cirque Drive

2700 Bridgeport Way West
University Place WA 98466-4600
(253) 565-4935

Cuisine: Coffeehouse/tea, Subs/Sandwiches

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Miro Cafe

3615 Steilacoom Boulevard Southwest
Lakewood, WA 98499-4580
(253) 584-0999

Cuisine: Asian, Coffeehouse/tea, Subs/Sandwiches

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Shake Shake Shake

124 N Tacoma Ave
Tacoma, WA 98403
(253) 507-4060

Cuisine: American, Burgers/Hot Dogs

  • Not Rated Yet
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SideBar Bistro (Closed)

1101 Tacoma Ave. S.
Tacoma, WA 98402
(253) 572-7227

Cuisine: Breakfast, Bistro, Coffeehouse/tea, Subs/Sandwiches

  • 5/5 Star Rating.
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Smoke + Cedar

2013 South Cedar Street, Suite 100
Tacoma, WA 98405
(253) 343-6090

Cuisine: American, Northwestern, Patio/Deck Dining, Steakhouse

  • Not Rated Yet
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The Villa Caffe and Imbibery

1328 Market St.,
Tacoma, WA 98403
(253) 222-4184

Cuisine: Bistro

  • 5/5 Star Rating.
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Three Sisters Tacoma Szechuan

9601 S. Tacoma Way
(253) 581-0102

Cuisine: Chinese

  • Not Rated Yet

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