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FRIDAY, APRIL 19 2013 >>> 1. Before Tacoma's semi-longstanding, all-ages venue The Redroom closes its door for good April 27, Bleak Outlook Volume 1 will blow open doors and minds this weekend with a three-day fest that includes two kickin' shows at The Redroom and one at Fifth
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THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT'S UP THIS WEEKEND >>> WEATHER REPORT Friday: Rain, hi 54, lo 45 Saturday: Chance of rain, hi 52, lo 41 Sunday: Mostly cloudy, hi 55, lo 41 >>> FRIDAY, APRIL 19: SCEINCE! Did you make it to the Weekly Volcano's 2013 Best of Olympia party? If so, then you
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THURSDAY, APRIL 18 2013 >>> 1. Local saxophonist Kareem Kandi presents a musical gift to the South Sound at 7 p.m. Get this: Boarding a plane in New York bound for the Puyallup campus of Pierce College are trumpeter Lew Soloff (Blood, Sweat & Tears, Gil Evans, Tito Puente,
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 2013 >>> 1. Beginning at 5 p.m., Doyle's Public House's monthly St. Practice Party will be extra special as Doyle's celebrates its seventh anniversary, too. Owners Dave and Russ will tell stories, like the time they had the only ugly sweater contest in Tacoma and
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TUESDAY, APRIL 16 2013 >>> 1. Receiving a lot of hype and mostly deserving it, Savannah's Cusses dual-twist punk angst/frenzy and down and dirty southern rock like rosy, freshly-pierce nipples. Born star Angel Bond belts it and struts like product of a Siouxsie Sioux/Karen O/Mick Jagger three-way. This
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MONDAY, APRIL 15 2013 >>> 1. Standup comedy hasn't evolved much since the glory days of ventriloquist and puppet. Every so often, there's a Gallagher smashing watermelons or a musical funnyman like Jack Black, but for the most part, comedy is a dude on a stage with a
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SUNDAY, APRIL 14 2013 >>> 1. Sadie and the Blue-Eyed Devils specialize in reviving the sounds of Dust Bowl-era music. In addition to the folk, bluegrass, and country trappings that come with this musical era, Sadie and the gang incorporate elements of less-frequent touchstones like ragtime and bossa nova.
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HOW TWEET IT IS >>> Whether you've been on Twitter since its beginnings in 2006 or you're a Twitter neophyte, you know keeping up on important tweets can be
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LIVE MUSIC TONIGHT (AND TODAY) IN THE SOUTH SOUND >>> Cork! A Wine Bar Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Champagne Sunday. 8 pm. Cutters Point Coffee Downtown Tacoma Tacoma - Downtown. Gray Sky Blues Music Festival, with Malcolm Clark, Alyx Phippen. All Ages. 12:30 pm. Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. Mighty High
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South Sound Sidekick series offers advice from experts living in the, well, South Sound. It posts every Friday - sometimes on Saturday. Today, esthetician and spa owner Stacey Gravatt has some advice on skin acre for Spring 2013. Stacey Gravatt writes, Is your skin
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SATURDAY, APRIL 13 2013 >>> 2. Spring Zing is a festival of performances put on by the Associated Students of the University of Puget Sound and the Proctor District merchants. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Proctor District expect free horse drawn carriages
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THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT'S UP THIS WEEKEND >>> WEATHER REPORT Friday: Showers tonight, hi 50, lo 39 Saturday: Showers, hi 50, lo 39 Sunday: Showers, hi 50, lo 37 >>> FRIDAY, APRIL 12: STORIES OF BEING DOWNTOWN Tonight, bear witness to the amazing Playback Theatre as they delight audiences with their one-night performance
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FRIDAY, APRIL 12 2013 >>> 1. On the off chance you've never seen the movie Reservoir Dogs, here's the gist: a crime boss named Joe Cabot and his adult son, "Nice Guy Eddie," hire six thugs under pseudonyms to pull a diamond heist. The heist, which we never
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ONLINE CHATTER >>> Yesterday's comment of the day came from Carbon in response to Ken Miller's post about Dream Act House Bill 1817 - affordable college education for immigrant kids - on our Town Hall Tourist blog. Carbon writes, 1817 should be opposed because it rewards and encourages illegal immigration. We need to
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THURSDAY, APRIL 11 2013 >>> When Chris Titus performs April 11-13 at the Tacoma Comedy Club, you might hear a lot from the voice in his head. His fifth stand-up special The Voice in My Head, dropped on his website. For $9 you will discover his worst screw-ups
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 2013 >>> 1. While traditionally urban farming has conjured images of a wee patch of vegetables and a compost bucket, now it may include farm animals as well. With the rising influence of foodie culture and back-to-the-land enthusiasm, urban agriculture has a growing contingent of supporters not only
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FUTURE THINGS ARE COMING >>> In 2009 the Tacoma Craft Beer Festival organizers were overwhelmed. The inaugural event ultimately sold out, and repeatedly hit maximum allowed capacity of the Foss Waterway Seaport, leaving the line of people waiting for entry wrapped around the building. The following year, the exact same scenario
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TUESDAY, APRIL 9: WE HAVE A WINNER >>> After three weeks of voting the Weekly Volcano readers have picked the most popular sandwich in the South Sound. The Tournament of Sandwiches Championship match pitted Milton's darling Oliver's Sandwiches against Tacoma's über deli STINK — more specifically, the Lobster Sandwich vs. the Stinker,
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TUESDAY, APRIL 9 2013 >>> 1. When fine-art photographer Eric Schwartz set out to photograph people with tattoos, he didn't expect to find a detailed history underneath the artwork. After a chance meeting with California tattoo legend Edward "Chuco" Caballero at a national tattoo show, the story for Schwartz's first film,
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<<< VOTING CLOSED FOR MONDAY, APRIL 8 >>> The titanic sandwich throwdown finale in on! Voting for the 2013 Weekly Volcano Tournament of Sandwiches Readers' Poll Championship game is live right now. After three weeks of voting, you have picked the two most popular sandwiches in the South Sound area. What began