LIFE IMITATES ART ONCE AGAIN >>>

Yesterday's Lady Gaga flash mob in Tollefson Plaza was preceded with a press release claiming that the "special event ... will have approximately 300 flashmob participants." The event even had a Tacoma permit number: 10-118.

At approximately 7 p.m. considerably less participants than predicted began to dance in Tacoma's cement space, orchestrated by Vik Chopra, president of DNF Media & Management. They performed to a mega mix of Lady Gaga's hits "Bad Romance," "Poker Face," "Telephone" and "Just Dance."

The Weekly Volcano dispatched photographer Ariane Michelle of AMK Photography to capture the mob. Check out more of her photos in our Photo Hot Spot.