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November 15, 2010 at 5:49pm

Cedarwood Dome to close after tonight

THIS JUST FOUND >>>

The Cedarwood Dome is calling it quits, according to its website:

Sorry to say this is the last night for the Cedarwood Dome!
November 15, 2010
(There's No Place Like Dome!)
TONIGHT IS THE LAST NIGHT WE WILL BE OPEN!!
$1 BEER $2 DRINKS TILL IT'S GONE!
WE WILL CLOSE TONIGHT AT 10PM.
THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND
A GREAT 4 YEARS OF PARTYING!!
YOUR FRIENDS -
RON & TRACY
KENNY
DR. DAVE
AND THE CEDARWOOD STAFF

We called to confirm – some dude yelled "Come get drunk!" in the background.

We say bring back the Mothership!

Filed under: Club News, Music,

November 16, 2010 at 6:21am

"100 Tacomics" and no electricity

THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IN MY HEAD >>>

Last night, I swung by RR Anderson's book signing party for his 15th literary release, 100 Tacomics: The Secular & Apolitical Cartoon Life of Tacoma and Her Moral People(s.) at King's Books. Unfortunately, I missed a prime book-clutching people watching opportunity, as I had to drop in a half hour before the official start of the party. Always the gentleman, he signed my copy, and even applied the official red "Approved Nov. 15 2010" stamp. I did enjoy the bowls of trail mix.

After the engagement that forced my early visit, I devoured the masterpiece, laughing and sobbing - sometimes simultaneously. Emotionally drained, but inspired, I pounded out 2,000 words on how Anderson's book took me to one of those places where time stands still without growing monotonous.

And then the power went out. Poof - the R. Crumb and Quantum Mechanics comparisons vanished. I didn't save my work. My thoughts on his explorations of the human experience and Tacoma lore were gone.

I couldn't possibly recompose the critique - I don't have enough bourbon. All I have left are these photos three.

LINK: Previously on Spew

P.S. The book is available for purchase at King's Books in Tacoma.

Filed under: Books, Arts, Tacoma,

November 16, 2010 at 10:36am

Short Order: Best crab cakes, S'No Angel tapping, food and sex ease us ...

DINING NEWS, NIBBLES AND BITS >>>

Best Crab Cakes: 17-year-old Dustin Buchholz's crab cakes took top honors at the Washington State Chefs Association's annual Best of the Pacific Northwest last month. Buchholz works as a dishwasher and prep cook in the Clubhouse at McCormick Woods. The Kitsap Sun has the scoop.

Beer Is Good: RAM Brewery releases its creamy, complex S'No Angel Winter Weizenbock during a special tapping at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17 inside its Tacoma restaurant at 3001 Ruston Way.

Sandwich And Coffee: Cutters Point in Gig Harbor's Uptown Shopping Center now serves Caprese, Belltown Club, Chipotle Chicken and Roasted Turkey paninis. If you puy one now through the end of the year you'll receive a free 12-ounce drip coffee.

Cooking Class: The Bayview School of Cooking in Olympia will teach a Fettuccine Alfredo Dinner class at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17. The class is $45. Reserve your spot at 360.754.1448.

Food Matters: Food and sex are the two things science says will reduce our anxiety. Nice.

LINK: South Sound happy hours

November 16, 2010 at 10:43am

5 Things to Do Today: National Geographic program, arts advocacy training, more Free Shorts, banned books and trivia

"Truth & Beauty: A Friendship" - How can anything this pretty be banned?

1. National Geographic does more than just put out those yellow magazines with pictures from far-away places. They also produce an array of public programs, including the one heading for the Washington Center for the Performing Arts tonight. Join Emmy award-winner Michael Davis, billed as "one of today's freshest voices in documentary filmmaking," to discuss both is work - including films about war refugees in the Balkans and child soldiers in Africa - to his past, a child refugee himself from civil war in Rhodesia (modern day Zimbabwe).

2. The Washington State Arts Alliance busts out an advocacy training workshop today at the Museum of Glass. It's called "Fill Your Toolbox: Advocating for Arts & Culture." Chances are, if you go you'll learn something.

3. Score more "Free Shorts" today at the Olympia Film Festival with the second installment of the traditional happening. Today, some unconventional animation, an aging cupid and some inspirational surfers. Starts at 4 p.m.

4. Like reading, but hate to be called a square? Try hanging out with Tacoma's infamous Banned Book Club - it meets tonight at 7 p.m. at the Tempest on Hilltop. November's controversial selection is Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett.

5. It's Trivia Tuesday at Paddy Coyne's in downtown Tacoma. Teams of two - six (so if you only have ONE friend, you can still play!) will match trivia wits starting at 7 p.m. There's a $2 entry fee per person, but the winning team is handsomely rewarded.

LINK: More arts and entertainment events in the South Sound

November 16, 2010 at 11:42am

Tonight at the Olympia Film Festival

JOSH DOLGIN IS SOCALLED >>>

Tonight at 10 p.m. the Olympia Film Festival features a screening of the documentary film The 'Socalled' Movie - about Montreal-based musical genius Josh Dolgin - aka Socalled. It looks pretty awesome.

See below ...

Filed under: Olympia, All ages,

November 16, 2010 at 2:11pm

Searching for vinyl with Tacoma's Todd Sykes

GOING ON A RECORD HUNT, AND HE'S NOT AFRAID >>>

Local graphic/web designer Michael Pierce (moderator of 253hiphop.com) and hip-hop producer Todd Sykes (one-third of the local group City Hall) linked on a recent Sunday morning to chronicle Sykes' dig for records around Tacoma. Sykes is a longtime record collector and uses samples he "cuts" from records to create the beats he and EvergreenOne rap over.

Check it ...

Filed under: Arts, Music, Tacoma,

November 16, 2010 at 2:18pm

Olympia’s Capital Playhouse asks for help

Capital Playhouse's production of Sondheim's compound-fractured fairy tale "Into the Woods" would have looked a lot different if they couldn't pay their electric bill. Original photo courtesy of Capital Playhouse/Dennis Kurtz

AMAZING OUTPOURING, BUT MORE MAY BE NEEDED IN FUTURE >>>

On Nov. 5, the board of directors for downtown Olympia's Capital Playhouse issued a letter to all past donors asking for help. Capital Playhouse's rent was past due. Along with the rent, show royalties, basic salaries and program continuation all needed funding. If $20,000 couldn't be raised within the month, the performing arts education center was ready to suspend operations.

"We thought we were going to have to close Capital Playhouse," explains the secretary of the board of directors Ned Hayes. "The situation was dire."

Hayes said that since sending the letter, Capital Playhouse has received a majority of the funds immediately necessary to continue operations. He says the outpouring of support from the community has been amazing, and because of recent donations the Playhouse believes they have the funds to finish out this year's productions.

"The kind of response we've gotten from the community has superseded our expectations," Hayes says. "We've received a majority of the funds we need to keep going. We still need a bit more, but we have turned the corner."

Capital Playhouse, a non-profit performing arts education center, has been open 24 years. The Playhouse operates a variety of different theatre and arts projects and maintains operations through ticket sales, program enrollment fees, and donations.    

Hayes says Capital Playhouse's finances took a turn this past summer. The Playhouse provided scholarships for children looking to attend the summer children's programs and could not afford the fees. Hayes says providing scholarships for children in need wasn't a wise financial decision, but it had been a standing policy never to turn away a child looking to participate.

"We wouldn't turn down a child," Hayes says. "So we paid out much more money for the programs than we had coming in."

To make matters worse, some long-term donors Capital Playhouse relied on needed to forgo their regular donations because of the tough economic times. The drop in sizeable donations crippled the Playhouse's operating budget. By early November the future looked bleak.

The board decided the only option would be to reach out to the community. The letter, sent to past donors and participants, explained the shortfalls in Capital Playhouse's finances, how individuals could donate, and how their donated money would be put to use.

Hayes said recent donations have relieved the immediate financial crisis, but Capital Playhouse is by no means out of the woods yet. Hayes explained there was no long-term endowment for Capital Playhouse. The board is currently exploring every cost saving measure possible.

Filed under: Arts, Olympia, Business, Theater,

November 16, 2010 at 4:47pm

Calvin in Tacoma

The Hive Dwellers will break out the all ages magic Friday at Amocat Cafe.

THIS WEEK IN AWESOME >>>

In case you don't get out much, or by the off chance this is your very first time online (tip: the porn is somewhere else) Olympia legend Calvin Johnson and his band the Hive Dwellers will be in T-Town Friday, playing a show with a talent Johnson knows plenty about as the main man behind K Records, Spencer Kelley of Basemint. Trevor Dickson of the Nightgowns is also on the bill, providing the proverbial icing to the indie rock cake. The event seems destined to be boffo, a term I'm pretty sure only Calvin Johnson himself can use with any legitimacy.

The show - an all ages event at Tacoma's Amocat Café - will benefit the Goddess of Commerce Gateway Project, a grassroots organization close to Amocat Café owner Morgan Alexander's heart hell-bent on improving the St. Helens area streetscape - and MOST IMPORTANTLY making sure local artist Marilyn Mahoney's Goddess of Commerce statue is installed near 6th Avenue and Baker Street.

It's very serious. So serious they brought in Calvin Johnson.

Anyway, this is awesome news - because the show is going to be fantastic. We'll have more in Thursday's paper, but until then whet your appetite with this piece of Internet scavenged goodness ...

November 17, 2010 at 5:25am

Short Order: Turkey Day - the restaurant way, part two

CAN'T STAND THE HEAT? >>>

Let's be honest. Not everyone likes to cook on Thanksgiving. There are also some who haven't mastered making a turkey or who just don't want to entertain a houseful of starving guests. For these reasons and more, a select group of restaurants will open for a limited time on Thanksgiving to provide you and your would-be guests with a place to have some turkey and cranberries ... and sometimes more.

In addition to being open from noon to 6 p.m., Knapp's Restaurant, located at 2707 N. Proctor St. in Tacoma, will also offer take-out on Thanksgiving Day. The prix-fixe menu includes rotisserie-cooked turkey or honey-baked ham, as well as traditional sides and pumpkin pie. Prices are $17.95 for adults and $9.95 for children age 12 and younger. Reservations are suggested, but walk-ins are welcome. Call 253.759.9009.

The Lobster Shops at Dash Point (6912 Soundview Drive N.E.) and Commencement Bay (4015 Ruston Way) will be open from noon until 6 p.m. In addition to its regular entrees selection, there will be a turkey dinner special priced at $23.95 for adults and $9.95 for kids age 6 to 12, plus tax and gratuity. Salads, side dishes and desserts are not included. Reservations are required; call 253.927.1513 for Dash Point or 253.759.2165 for Commencement Bay.

The Ram Restaurant and Brewery in Tacoma (3001 Ruston Way, 253.756.7886) and Lakewood (10019 59th Ave. SW., 253.584.3191) will both be open from noon until 8 p.m. Diners can choose from the regular menu offerings as well as a turkey dinner and trimmings plate, offered at $15.99 for adults and $6.99 children age 12 and younger, plus tax. Reservations are not required.

For those with base access, The McChord Field Club will serve a Thanksgiving spread from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cost is $18.95 for adults, $17.95 for seniors, $9.95 for children age 6 to 10 and $4.50 for children 5 and younger. Add $2 to each price if not a club member. Reservations are required up to 24 hours ahead of time.  Call 253.982.5581.

The Oyster House, located at 320 4th Avenue West in Olympia, is offering a traditional Thanksgiving buffet from noon to 6 p.m. Prices start at $25.99 for adults, $21.99 for seniors, $14.99 for children age 6 to 12 and $8.99 for children age 5 and younger. Reservations are available (for groups of all sizes) on the hour; call 360.753.7000.

The Falls Terrace restaurant in Tumwater, located at 106 Deschutes Way, will also be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. There will be seven choices for dinner, including a turkey dinner for $18 and prime rib for $25. Reservations are recommended. Call 360.943.7830.

What other restaurants are serving Thanksgiving meals?

LINK: Turkey Day out, part one

November 17, 2010 at 9:33am

5 Things to Do Today: Art Slam, Judith Adler Hellman, Duane Hulbert, Potter party and DJ Contagious

DJ Contagious will rock "Old School College Wednesday" at Rock the Dock tonight.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 17>>>

1. Add "slam" to almost anything and it becomes just a little cooler. In truth, however, the event planned for tonight at the Rialto Theater in Tacoma - Art Slam - really doesn't need anything to spice it up. Expect art of all kinds, coming at you from all directions. Expect projected works by the likes of RR Anderson, Laurie Davenport, Brad Dinsmore, Carla Barragan, Shirley Benton, Colleen Black and a ton of others. Expect live spoken word, music and dance from Antonio Edwards Jr., Josh Rizeberg, Elliot Trotter, Dawn De Castillo, Tammy Robacker and - yes - more. It's non-competitive, super-awesome, and it starts at 7 p.m.

2. Join author Judith Adler Hellman at the University of Puget Sound's Wheelock Student Center for a lecture on Mexican immigration. The author of three books on Mexico, Hellman's lecture is titled, "The Real World of Mexican Migrants," and will provided insights into the experiences immigrants from Mexico face in this country - from the trip itself to work in an "informal economy."

3. Duane Hulbert performs the Piano Concerto No.4. tonight at Tacoma Community College. Busting out two of Beethoven's most impressive works, the Grammy nominated UPS piano professor will be joined by the TCC Orchestra, who will hold their own with Symphony No. 5 in c minor.

4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 hits theaters Friday. In fact, the Volcano's film critic Rev. Adam McKinney has already seen it - with his review scheduled to run in tomorrow's paper. Tonight, The Brave Foundation hosts what sounds like an epic Harry Potter themed celebration at the Temple Theater in Tacoma. From 6:30-9:30 p.m., costume contests, prizes, guest appearances, total geek outs, and a showing of the previous Harry Potter flick will rile the masses in anticipation of Deathly Hallows' debut.

5. Get your groove on close to the water tonight, as DJ Contagious spins at Rock the Dock's "Old School College Wednesdays."

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