Tacoma, October 2010

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The Guide

The Official Guide to Heineken City Arts Fest, including editor's picks, previews and special interviews and feature articles about participating artists. Read it now online via our Seattle edition.

First Up

&: The Art You Make

A special Best of the Off Hours edition, featuring fiction, visual art, poetry and nonfiction. Curated by series founder Lacey Henson, who you can meet at City Arts Fest, which is hosting the Autumn 2010 installment. Read it all now in our online Ampersand section.
Around Town: Blight Made Bright

Cartoonist Jeremy Gregory chronicles the mural project.
Beyond Hot Dogs: The Price of Art Carts

Why art carts may sprout up next to food carts on Tacoma’s streets – and why one artist is calling bullshit on the city’s pricey plan.

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Dangerous Act

Tacoma Art Museum makes a splash on its 75^th anniversary, and takes a death-defying plunge with Norman Rockwell, Chihuly, and a $17 million fundraiser.

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Editor's Note: The Right

City Arts executive editor Mark Baumgarten soothes one very angry actor and clarifies why we're producing City Arts Fest. (Click here to read this now in our Seattle edition.)
Fast Fact: UWT as Birthday Gift

Bizarre, obscure and entertaining trivia special to the cultural history of Tacoma.

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How to Write Right: Number Theory

If you write acronym-abusing things like “1/10^th,” our How to Write Right columnist will report you to the Department of Redundancy Department. (Read this story now in our Seattle edition.)
NOW

Your month in music, theatre, dance, visual arts, film and literature.
Teachable Moment: Getting to Know the Rialto Mural

Why critics were crazy to complain about Tacoma’s gorgeous new Islamic-style, graffiti-friendly Rialto Theatre mural.

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The Curator’s Eye: Hollywood by Northwest

Locally born Hollywood star and painter Michael McGrady reunites with his childhood friend, the curator of his new Western Art show at the Puyallup fairgrounds.