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If you think you've been hot the past two weeks, think about how hot those guys in the food trucks must be. We shouldn't complain about the heat at the Food Truck Festival. Metro Parks called out to food trucks, and they've answered en masse. Sunday, July 20 will mark
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Algerian blues guitarist Abd.El.Kader, or AEK, has created his own original blues style, SafarBlues, combining the sounds of North Africa and the West. AE discovered the guitar when he was 10. Very quickly he felt a passion for the blues, whose laments reminded him of the traditional songs of his
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The entertainment industry, with its long-established allergy to new ideas, often mines the bestseller list for source material. Studios are more likely to greenlight a story after it has been officially vetted by the reading public. They're also less likely to interfere with a proven earner, which is why the
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Note: The Kim Archer concert has moved indoors at the Washongton Center due to weather. With a timeless vocal delivery only matched by her engaging stage presence, Kim Archer and her band have been pleasing live music fans in our area since 2004. Archer's powerful voice a la Janis Joplin and
News Front
While the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Leadership Training Course has moved from Joint Base Lewis-McChord to Ft. Knox, the training for the National Guard's Officer Candidate School (OCS) will still be conducted here. For many years, the OCS and ROTC programs were run concurrently since
Heroes & Awards
It takes one to know one, and for Jonathan Wagner, the Veteran Navigator at Clover Park Technical College, that familiarity has led to his success guiding and providing support for veteran students. "I go the extra step because I see the need and that's why I get results," said Wagner, who
Show And Tell
I was born in 1983, so I'm a bit young to remember "Beatlemania". My first exposure to the Beatles was probably Ringo Starr's role as the best Mr. Conductor Shining Time Station ever had or his guest spot on the second season of The Simpsons. It wasn't until I was
Arts
It wasn't too long into my tenure of hanging out in downtown Tacoma - after years of fearing it from my home in the North End - before I visited my first gay bar. I was doing an essay for my English class at TCC, where we were charged with
Music
I'm well aware that this is likely the 1,000th time I've quoted this, but it's something that has stuck with me for years. It comes on the bonus features of the DVD of the Talking Heads concert film, Stop Making Sense, and it's a segment in which David Byrne interviews
Critics' Picks
[BLUES] + FRI, JULY 11 Dudley Taft may well be the best white, Cincinnati-based blues artist you've never heard of, despite the fact that he toured with Seattle's own Alice in Chains and Candlebox. But wait, you say, Alice in Chains and Candlebox aren't blues bands. You're right! Now wipe that
People Rule
"I went to the Air Force Academy to get a first-class education and I stayed because of the people and the mission," said Col. Jeffrey D. Philippart, who spent 24 years in the Air Force and will officially retire from Joint Base Lewis-McChord. He graduated from the Academy in 1990 and
Food Matters
GRUB CRAWL From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, July 12, Art on the Ave community festival journeys through 10 blocks of Tacoma's 6th Avenue District offering rows of artisan vendors and live music with the culinary arts getting a nod too in the annual Grub Crawl. Participating restaurants will offer
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In 2007, writer-director John Carney gave audiences the Academy award-winning film Once. Although Carney's latest film shares some themes with its predecessor, it's dissimilar enough that I can't bring myself to make a snarky quip that it should've been called Twice. Begin Again centers on Greta (Keira Knightley) and her longtime
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I'll never forget how excited I was when I heard the Riffbrokers, something like four years ago. Singer-songwriter Nick Millward achieved all of the requirements of my simple, music-loving mind. With a voice that resembles a more nimble version of Elvis Costello's nasal croon, Millward drew me in, sonically, before I
Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week. SECRET TICKET
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One of the more intriguing aspects of our prolonged exposure to intense music snobbery is the eventual caving of critics and admitting support of more maligned subgenres. Pop-punk's return to acceptable regions of taste for folks that would have previously turned up their noses at Blink-182, in particular, has been
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On their recent EP, Vacation, Charts burst out of the gate with skittering drums and bright guitars on "Settling Down." The Portland band makes a bold statement, practically daring you not to blast their music out of the open window of your crummy car. This is driving music, first and
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From the legendary Juice Crew in New York City, Masta Ace & eMC (Stricklin, Punchline and Wordsworth) make their first ever visit to the state of Washington with stops in Seattle, Bellingham and Friday night at Jezebels, with Afrok, Heretic The Heathen, Kings Records (out of Fresno) and VintageDOPE warming
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Has it really been a year since we previewed Art on the Ave for last July? Wait, we're counting on our fingers and toes ... yep, the math checks out. Our love for this summer celebration of all things expressive is a matter of record, so don't think we're throwing
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Dudley Taft may well be the best white, Cincinnati-based blues artist you've never heard of, despite the fact that he toured with Seattle's own Alice in Chains and Candlebox. But wait, you say, Alice in Chains and Candlebox aren't blues bands. You're right! Now wipe that smug look off your
