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Every Tuesday, Spew sifts through the local Internets for arts stories so you don't have to.

The Tacoma Arts Commission's Tacoma Arts blog continues its flashback series in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Art at Work Month, which the official program hit our mailbox this morning - it's beautiful. Anyway, the blog's flashback examines the impact Lynn Di Nino has on Tacoma when she arrived 10 years ago. Hint: the impact has been huge. We fondly remember her arts-centric parties in her Old Town Tacoma garage 10 years ago. Good times. Anyway (no. 2), Tacoma Arts blog examines her Figure Head Roll First Night event, Red Door Project and Suitcase Sightings, as well as grabs her thoughts on the Murray Morgan Bridge. Remember Di Nino protesting the Mega Chess Game in Tollefson Plaza in 2009? She always has the city's back.

Weekly Volcano arts critic Alec Clayton also loves him some theater. On his South Sound Arts etc. blog he posted a preview of The Zoo Story, which opens this Thursday at Tacoma's Toy Boat Theatre.

The Trib's Rosemary Ponnekanti reviews last night's Grit City Flicks at the Tacoma Film Festival. She enjoyed half of them.

Jack Cameron interviews Journey Quest's Matt Vancil for his "5 Question Friday" series on the Tacoma Stories website. Vancil discusses the hopjockey universe.

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