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MICHAEL SWAN: TUESDAY, AUG. 4, 2009 >>> 1. Tacoma Art Museum curator Rock Hushka will discuss the art of collecting at 8 p.m. after a screening of Herb and Dorothy â€" a documentary about a librarian and a postal worker who built an important art collection over 30 years â€"
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SUZY STUMP: HEY, IT’S MONDAY! >>>Monday, that most put-upon of weekdays, has gotten a bad rap. Yeah, going back to the office stinks, but the first day of the week also happens to be the best one for a good, invigorating talk. Think about it: You’re still fresh from your
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MICHAEL SWAN: TODAY'S HAPPY HOUR DISCUSSION TOPIC >>> Today’s happy hour suggestionSip4793 Point Fosdick Dr. N.W., Gig Harbor, 253.853.3020Hours: 4:30-6:30 p.m., 9-11 p.m. dailyFood specials: half off all small plates such as sweet roll sliders and black truffle popcornLINK: South Sound happy hours
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MATT DRISCOLL: WEEKLY VOLCANO COVER STORY PREVIEW >>>It's a dungeon. It's an old car museum. It's the epicenter of Tacoma's indie music scene.In this week's issue of the Weekly Volcano, which will hit streets on Thursday, Aug. 6, ace reporter Mark Thomas Deming ventures inside the dusty basement below Sharp
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MICHAEL SWAN: RANT LINE >>>The Weekly Volcano World Headquarters voicemail received a call at 4:15 a.m. Sunday from a gentleman claiming Bob's Java Jive doesn't have crappy beer â€" as we lovingly suggested in the Best Of Tacoma 2009 issue.While the gentleman ranted, there was swanky sounding music in the
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WEEKLY VOLCANO: MONDAY MUSIC LINK DUMP >>> Sound Off Winner To Rock Books: DynoJamz, EMP’s 2009 Sound Off winner, will perform at the Tacoma Public Library’s free, all-ages Rock the Books concert Saturday, Aug. 15 at 7 p.m. According to the library’s press release, Dyno Jamz defies classification. “They are
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LAURA EKLUND: ENJOYED SATURDAY'S FEST WITHOUT HAULING STUFF AROUND >>> Editor’s note: Laura Eklund took a year off from Tacoma’s Urban Art Festival’s organizational duties. A founding member, a busy schedule this year forced her to watch Saturday's festivities from the sidelines as South Sounders enjoyed classic cars, art, music,
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BOBBLE TIKI: PIERCE COUNTY LIBRARY RULES >>>Didn't you already just know? Didn't you already sort of see it coming? That is to say, didn't millions of us already sense, deeper down, with all this mad orgasm of technology, all this incredible ability to stay in constant touch, and how you
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NEWS TEAM: GOOD MORNING SOUTH SOUND >>>That Which Has No Name: City of Tacoma’s $36 million budget shortfall may force 90 city jobs to disappear.The Fey Way: Tacoma City Councilman Jake Fey comes clean on his fundraising actions.Gig Harbor Growth: Slowing down in Gig HarborHe’s Back: Iran leader approves Ahmadinejad
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MICHAEL SWAN: MONDAY, AUG. 3, 2009 >>> 1. The Tacoma Rainiers play a home game against Fresno Grizzlies beginning at 7 p.m.2. The Gallery at Pierce College in Lakewood is nothing more than a wide place in the hall. But that wide space is filled with a dozen or so
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MICHAEL SWAN: TODAY'S HAPPY HOUR DISCUSSION TOPIC >>> LINK: South Sound happy hours, many are all-day Sunday
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ALICE V. NELSON: NETWORK YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS >>>In the electronic age of popular job search sites, posting resumes is deemed nearly hopeless in this time of layoffs. Face-to-face meetings are what give job seekers a better opportunity for a career change or advancement. Networking appears to be the name
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MICHAEL SWAN: SUNDAY, AUG. 2, 2009 >>> 1. Angry Housewives ends its rebel yell at the Lakewood Playhouse today at 2 and 8 p.m.2. Museum of Glass' "Conversation with the Artist" will feature visiting artist Richard Whiteley discussing his career and inspirations at 2 p.m.3. The Grand Impromptu Gallery collective’s
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NEWS TEAM: GOOD MORNING SOUTH SOUND >>>You Can Run But You Can't Hide: A man wanted in connection with the kidnapping and assault of a 79-year-old man last month in Lakewood has been found in California.This Shit Doesn't Fly: Man with wires causes LaGuardia Airport's Central Terminal evacuation.Iranian Authorities Pissed
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PAUL SCHRAG: HELL’S BELLES PLAYS TWO SHOWS TONIGHT >>> There are few things in the world as electric as the music of Aussie rock legends AC/DC. Except perhaps the songs that made them legends being murdered (hip-hop vernacular, kids. It means performed really, really well) by Hell’s Belles. The Belles
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MICHAEL SWAN: SATURDAY, AUG. 1, 2009 >>> 1. Guitarist Vince Brown will be joined by swing violinist Eliza Welch for Swing Café & Wine Bar's "Jazz in the Cellar" from 9-11 p.m.2. The Tacoma Community College Summer Orchestra will perform Dvorak’s 9th Symphony (the “New World Symphonyâ€) and other pieces
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SUZY STUMP: URBAN ART FESTIVAL â€" NOW WITH MORE RUBBER >>> You’ve probably seen the posters with the classic car below the paintbrushes (look right). If you haven’t seen them, you’re probably living in the wrong century, or at least the wrong part of the South Sound. The poster sets
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MICHAEL SWAN: TACOMA FOOD CO-OP TEAMS UP WITH THE GRAND CINEMA FOR FOOD, INC. >>> "If you knew what you were eating, you might not want to eat."That sums up both the message of Robert Kenner's documentary about the food industry and your likely reaction to it. Food, Inc. â€"