June 15, 2009 at 3:00pm
June 15, 2009 at 4:39pm
SUZY STUMP: ACTING LIKE A KID FOR YOUR KIDS >>>
My posse’s on Broadway Saturday as the girls and I strap on our shades for an evening outside at the park.
With Broadway between 10th and 11th in downtown Tacoma blocked off, dinner under a large tent, spoiled by unlimited beer and wine, and amongst the most playful of playful adults â€" we’ll be tooling in Pierce Transit Park for the Children’s Museum of Tacoma’s annual dinner fund-raiser: Playing Under the Stars.
As one of this region’s most worthwhile dinner tickets, Playing Under the Stars guarantees us a fun evening out with delicious food In an entertaining backyard theme.
I can’t wait to act like a child in public. At least this time I’ll have good reason: a Children’s Museum of Tacoma reason.
[Pierce Transit Park, Saturday, June 20, 6:30-10:30 p.m., $100 per person includes hors d’ouvres, drinks and dinner, 936 Broadway, Tacoma, 253.627.6031]
June 16, 2009 at 12:14am
MICHAEL SWAN: TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2009 >>>
1. The Banned Book Club will discusses The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie over drinks at 7 p.m. at the Tempest Lounge.
2. Put your local business face on at join in on Tacoma Shop Talk! from 5-7 p.m. at Paddy Coyne’s in downtown Tacoma.
3. Into Reiki? Share your Reiki energy and experience with fellow Reikiheads from 5-8 p.m. at Crystal Voyage.
4. Jay Spenser will tell the inside story of how people invented and refined the airplane at 7 p.m. inside the Olympic Room at the Tacoma Public Library in downtown Tacoma.
5. Ha Ha Tuesdays host Ralph Porter welcome guest comics Mike McCarthy and Simon Kaufman to Jazzbones at 8 p.m.
LINK: Live music and DJs in the South Sound
LINK: Local movie starting times
LINK: South Sound Restaurant Guide
LINK: Wine and beer events
June 16, 2009 at 8:30am
JAKE DE PAUL: TUESDAY FOOD LINKS >>>
The Bitten Word: best blueberry muffins
Food And Wine: Bring on the Voodoo Doughnut Burger
Film: Yes, you have to see Food, Inc.
Today's South Sound Specials
Wines from Chile tasting, 5:30-8 p.m., complimentary, Pour At Four, 3814 N. 26th St., Tacoma, 253.761.8015.
Half-price Wine Night, Pacific Grill, 1502 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.627.3535.
Tightwad Tuesdays with $2 tacos, $2 beers, and $2 wells, Hell's Kitchen, 3829 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.759.6003.
Tomorrow's South Sound Special
The Sixth Avenue Progressive Dinner will hit Cork Wine Bar, Masa, Asado and Studio 6 Ballroom Wednesday, June 17 beginning at 5:30, 6:15 or 7 p.m. For details, call 253.905.5301.
The Back Water Café closed
As we reported yesterday, the Back Water Café at 743 St. Helens Ave. closed its doors as of Sunday. The folks at Black Water released a statement:
The community gathering spot will be missed.
June 16, 2009 at 8:45am
NEWS TEAM: GOOD MORNING SOUTH SOUND >>>
Bob Bogle: The Ventures guitarist dies at 75.
Point Ruston LLC: OK, OK, half the labor will be union. Geez.
Balled: Powerball won’t allow sales in Mega Millions states, which means us.
Citizens of Iran: You can cut them off traditional media but there’s no hiding from Twitter. Or YouTube. Or Facebook.
Oil War: The Peruvian government may be close to working something out with the indigenous Amazonians.
Oh Please No: This flick sounds too much like that horrible Jessica Biel and Jamie Foxx movie.
June 16, 2009 at 9:15am
JENNIFER JOHNSON: MAD GOOD >>>
As the weather grows warmer, I begin modifying my beverage routine. Hot coffee or tea in the morning becomes a room temperature or iced version of its former self. Hoping to stay away from dubious bottled green teas packed with corn syrup and the same amount of junk as a Pepsi, I posed my question to Maureen McHugh, co-owner of Mad Hat Tea Company in downtown Tacoma. Absolutely perfect was her recommendation of Creamsicle tea, a caffeine-free blend of Rooibos and vanilla Honeybush loose-leaf South African teas that she sells.
Just as the frozen treat of the same name, the resulting steeped tea was naturally sweet, packed with citrus and mellowed with creamy vanilla; no sweetener needed. Another favorite of mine that’s excellent cold is the tart red hibiscus made popular by Celestial Seasoning as Red Zinger.
Adding brown sugar before allowing it to cool diffuses tartness and replaces it with pleasant sweetness.
[Mad Hat Tea Company, 1130 Commerce St., Tacoma, 253.441.2111]
June 16, 2009 at 10:32am
WEEKLY VOLCANO: BETTER UPDATE YOUR CALENDAR FIRST >>>
This just in, T-Town rockers: AC/DC has rescheduled their upcoming show at the Tacoma Dome. Originally, the show was scheduled to go down on Sunday, August 30, but has now been moved to Monday, August 31. Tickets purchased for the original date will be honored on the new night - and, apparently, there are still tickets available.
June 16, 2009 at 10:51am
WEEKLY VOLCANO: SONIC VIBRATIONS, TUESDAY STYLE >>>
Kiss and make up: Cat Stevens lets Coldplay know he's cool with the fact they copied his genius.
New tunes: Modest Mouse set to release a new 7".
Peas in an iPod: Devo looks to collaborate with LCD Soundsystem, Justice and Fatboy Slim.
Happy Birthday: If he wasn't dead, Tupac would be almost 40.
Calling it a day: Novoselic says goodbye to Flipper.
June 16, 2009 at 12:55pm
BOBBLE TIKI: TONIGHT IN OLYMPIA >>>
When Bobble Tiki first became acquainted with San Francisco’s Thee Oh Sees â€" they were Thee Ohsees. See the difference? It’s really not much of one â€" which is why it’s fairly unimportant in the scheme of things. The important thing is the band is still churning out some of the best tunes you’re liable to hear anywhere â€" and certainly on a Tuesday night in Oly. When Thee Oh Sees classify themselves as pop/folk/psychedelic on MySpace, they mean it. They’re exactly the type of band that Olympia should slurp up like cheap drinks at McCoy’s. They’re arty, but not to a fault. They’re smart, but not to the point of being alienating. They’re definitely indie, but not just because it’s cool. According to Wikipedia, The Oh Sees “began as a way for John Dwyer (of Coachwhips, Pink and Brown, Landed, Yikes, Burmese, The Hospitals, etc.) to release his instrumental, experimental home recordings. However, over the course of five albums it has evolved into a full band.†Thank god. The results are awesome.
[northern, Thee Oh Sees, Christmas, Full Red, 8 p.m., all ages, $6, 321 Fourth Ave., Olympia, www.olympiaallages.org]
June 16, 2009 at 1:48pm
WEEKLY VOLCANO: AWESOMENESS EXPECTED TO ENSUE>>>
Just received this tip via the Kill Rock Stars newsletter:
KILL ROCK STARS + QUASI= AWESOME FALL RECORD COMING YR WAY
Kill Rock Stars is ecstatic to announce that we
will be releasing the new album from Portland
darlings Quasi on October 27th. It was recorded
at Jackpot Studios by Kendra Lynn and will be
mixed by Steve Fisk (Unwound, Sleater-Kinney,
Shoplifting) This is Quasi's first studio album
since 2006's When the Going Gets Dark and first
for Kill Rock Stars.
We have wanted to work with Quasi for years and welcome Sam, Joanna, and Janet (welcome back Weiss!) into the KRS family.
Watch this page for details:http://www.killrockstars.com/artists/viewartist.php?id=416
Official website: http://www.theequasi.com/
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