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South Sound Sidekick series offers advice from experts living in the, well, South Sound. It posts every Friday. Today, Jusby the Clown will help you discover if you or a loved one is clown material. Jusby the Clown writes, If you suspect that you or a loved one might
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AWESOME >>> Wouldn't it be great if you could just negotiate-down your overdue library fines? If you could stroll into the Tacoma Public Library, offer them food and have your borrower status upgraded from "terribly horrible" to "do-gooder awesome"? Well, you can. Beginning on Feb. 19 Tacoma's libraries will hold a community food
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THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT'S UP THIS WEEKEND >>> WEATHER REPORT Friday: Cloudy, hi 53, lo 43 Saturday: periods of annoying rain, hi 47, lo 37 Sunday: Some rain here and there, hi 46, lo 35 >>> FRIDAY, FEB. 15-SUNDAY, FEB. 17: OLD-TIME MUSIC FESTIVAL The Fifth Annual Olympia Old-Time Music Festival is in
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FRIDAY, FEB. 15 2013 >>> 1. On any given morning, after eating her daily oatmeal, and feeding her several dogs, legendary musician Roberta Flack gets busy in her New York City home - busy rehearsing, busy planning, busy listening to or writing music. "I'm a busy person. I have a busy
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FAST-PACED AWESOMENESS >>> Whoever said scientists consist solely of freaks and geeks who can mentally compute the velocity of their own pee is a big fat liar. Believe it or not, next Thursday's quest for art will lead you directly to the steps of science. That's right, the University of Puget
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THURSDAY, DEC. 14 2013 >>> 1. Here's your pick-up line: "Was your daddy a thief? Because he stole the stars and put them in your eyes." Where to use it? Check out the Weekly Volcano's Valentine's Day Command
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Yes, another Valentine's Day is upon us. Obvious expectations on this "special" day include the following: grumpy singles, unsavory public displays of affection, overly excitable girlfriends, an arsenal of disgruntled Hallmark employees, and, of course, lots and lots of chocolate. But before the Weekly Volcano goes on, let us anticipate
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FUTURE THINGS ARE COMING >>> Memo to Memo's Mexican Food Restaurant opening in the spot where Mango Salsa served Lakewood (9602 Bridgeport Way) for about two months: Make better tasting food than Mango Salsa. Also of note in Lakewood: Starbucks on 100th Street closed.
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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13 2013 >>> 1. C-Money is a trumpeter best known for his work with stoner-reggae outfit Slightly Stoopid. Backed by the Players Inc., his style can still be described as stoney, but skews less toward the sounds of Jamaica and more toward the
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RESTAURANT TAKES IT TO AN 11 >>> What makes dining at a bar awesome? Is it the drinks themselves, coming fast and fresh and teetering on a long communal bar? The ease of eavesdropping or starting a conversation with the women by your side? Dining under twinkly lights with live music
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WHERE TO EAT MARCH 23 >>> Organizers of the annual Slider Cook-off have announced the contestants in this year's cook-off competition. And the gustatory gladiators are: Asado, Bite Restaurant and Bar, Boathouse 19, Brix 25, Dirty Oscars Annex, Social Bar and Grill, Maxwell's Speakeasy + Lounge and Marrow Kitchen and Bar. An impressive
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TUESDAY, FEB. 12 2013 >>> 1. Can't make it to the Big Easy for Mardi Gras? Relax. There's plenty of beads 'n' beer revelry to be had right here in the South sound. Ale House Sports Pub & Grille on the edge of University Place starts the party at
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COOL >>> Top of Tacoma Bar and Cafe is a cool bar. So cool that Weekly Volcano readers have voted it the Best Bar in Tacoma. In fact, readers have voted Top the Best Bar three years running. An honor, to be sure. But Top's top-dog status has nothing
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ON SALE THIS WEEKEND >>> Grammy Award-winning band Train will bring its Mermaids of Alcatraz 2013 summer tour to the White River Amphitheatre in Auburn Wednesday, Aug. 14. The Script and Gavin DeGraw will also be on the bill. Train will be touring behind its California 37 album, which includes platinum
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MONDAY, FEB. 11 2013 >>> 1. A good stiff one is hard to find. Sure, it's reasonably easy to persuade someone to pose for a drawing, but even if an artist's friends and loved ones are willing to pose in the name of art, they'll soon find that it takes exceptional
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A SNAKE IS A SNAKE >>> Beautiful Angle gives the city of Tacoma beautiful poster images matched with beautiful sentiments, with a beautifully covert civil disobedience that even the city endorsed with an Amocat Award (2007) for community outreach — a beautiful irony. The Weekly Volcano wrote a
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SUNDAY, FEB. 10 2013 >>> 1. The exhibition Andy Warhol's Flowers for Tacoma at Tacoma Art Museum is a major event for Tacoma any way you look at it. We didn't get to see Andy Warhol turn the Tacoma Dome into a giant flower 30 years ago
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LIVE MUSIC TONIGHT IN THE SOUTH SOUND >>> Capitol Theater Olympia - Downtown. An Evening with ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro. All Ages. 7 pm. $30. The ukulele has had a moment over the course of the last half-decade. Unfortunately, to some, this has come in the form of tweeer-than-thou renditions
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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 overwhelming. If you
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SATURDAY, FEB. 9 2013 >>> 1. As a songwriter, Allan Boothe has always had a vulnerability about him. As a performer, he more frequently comes across as a bundle of nerves than a rock star. On record, he has a way of revealing so much of