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When business owner and veteran Patrick Hughes sees potential, it's a pretty big deal. And that's exactly what he sees in his South Tacoma business Jazzy's Café. Hughes' vision for the restaurant is straightforward: he sees the establishment as not only providing great food and service in a customer-focused and friendly
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If Tacoma had a "history cup" inside the Washington State History Museum it would overfloweth with the city's rich and frothy beer story. This fine city has had an ongoing love affair with all things brew - from the days of suspender-wearing brewmasters at Heidelberg Brewing Co. to brew pub
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A dozen plus one of Tacoma's most well-known artists are represented in the "Sixth Annual Greater Tacoma Community Foundation of Art Award Exhibit" with a variety of prints, drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures. It's a cornucopia of every imaginable style and media that can be tastefully crammed into the small Fulcrum
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[INDIE POP] + SAT, DEC. 21 Two of the influences cited by Dames do well to encapsulate their particular charm: Mac DeMarco and Tacoma's own (possibly defunct?) Makeup Monsters. What all three of these groups have in common is a certain embrace of a slacker ethos, which presents not as apathy,
Music
Slutty Hearts' recent EP, Bones in the Snow, opens by referencing Nancy Sinatra. It's a fitting introduction to the Slutty Hearts ethos, which shares some qualities with Sinatra's spooky romanticism. Dark garage pop gems positively drip from the mouths and fingers of Slutty Hearts - devoted exercises in melodicism and
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Go to the mall any weekend in December and you'll find throngs of shoppers. Venture forth to local hotspots like downtown, Sixth Avenue or Proctor, and you may find the same - people flocking to indie stores to keep it real and shop local. But if you really want local,
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Ah, Secret Santa, the office game of who can buy a decent gift for around $20 for someone they hardly know. You may know that Debbie down the hall, fourth cubicle over, never wipes out the microwave when she's done using it. But what to get her for Christmas? That's where
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Christmas comes in many forms. For many, it kicks off with a fervent shop-fest on Black Friday, with fistfights over $99 flat-screen TVs and angry eyebrows aimed at the latest Elmo doll - the last one on the shelf. If Christmas isn't about scoring that Elmo doll for your child,
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"We would not be able to do what we do without donations and volunteers," said Thomasina Cooper, development director for SafePlace Olympia. SafePlace Olympia is an advocacy agency and confidential shelter for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in Thurston County. It offers support groups, legal advocacy, emergency shelter and
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Nothing says the holiday season has officially arrived like spying cartons of eggnog in the dairy aisle at the grocery store. I've literally seen grown men's eyes alight while a small squeal of excitement escaped their lips knowing that eggnog season was upon us. It seems natural that eggnog is
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>>> SMILE Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown! See the ultimate sad sack Charlie Brown and his sad sack little Christmas tree find the holiday spirit in the Christmas classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas, at a dreamy locally renowned theater. Break out the "peanuts" to take in this charming Tacoma Musical Playhouse production, and
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Getting the kid ready for kindergarten made me realize something: back to school preparations can be similar to getting a home ready for the dark seasons. With a young human, back to school means buying basics — undies and shoes — as well as the fun things like new sweaters and
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Art in the Alley Tonight between 5 and 8 p.m, hang out at Ruby Collection in downtown Tacoma, get ideas for your sumptuous fall home, and check out goodies ranging from silk screened items to music to chocolate. Emerging local artists to be featured at tonight’s event will be Howard Leggett (silk
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Dave Graham and Tracy Marie weren’t actually dates last Saturday at the Sanford and Son One Night in Bangkok Prom, but they looked so darn cute together they could have been. Dave’s suit, color-coordinated from tie to toes, was a Mr. Mac Ltd find. The satin in Tracy Marie’s backless bodice
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At last Saturday’s prom night gowns and shoes vied quietly for attention at Sanford and Son, and what really commanded attention was all the fabulous prom hair. Tracy Marie’s seriously sweet belle-of-the-ball modified beehive that Renee created was impressive, it’s true, but the style that most dropped my jaw was
Show And Tell
There seems to be an odd trend in cinema where some filmmakers feel compelled to make Santa Claus evil. There's the Silent Night, Deadly Night series, Christmas Evil, Santa's Slay starring master thespian/wrestling enthusiast Bill Goldberg and countless others. It's almost become a modern holiday tradition. We have a modern
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For some, a sense of community began on the deck of the Pequod. A fictitious 19th century Nantucket whaling ship, it is the stage on which Herman Melville tells the story of Captain Ahab's pursuit of Moby-Dick, a great white whale. Serving as chief mate of the Pequod is Starbuck, a thoughtful
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Slutty Hearts' recent EP, Bones in the Snow, opens by referencing Nancy Sinatra. It's a fitting introduction to the Slutty Hearts ethos, which shares some qualities with Sinatra's spooky romanticism. Dark garage pop gems positively drip from the mouths and fingers of Slutty Hearts - devoted exercises in melodicism and
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The landscape of music is lousy with bawdy comedy music - from the party records of the '50s and '60s, through on to Blowfly's reign as the king of bad taste, and a slew of generally puerile and juvenile underground releases catching dust in discount bins - but this trend
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Two of the influences cited by Dames do well to encapsulate their particular charm: Mac DeMarco and Tacoma's own (possibly defunct?) Makeup Monsters. What all three of these groups have in common is a certain embrace of a slacker ethos, which presents not as apathy, but as a shaggy energy.