He Came, He Saw, He Saved

By Tim Appelo

How a soft-spoken but stubborn architect saved Tacoma’s past from the 1960s wrecking ball to create the triumphant future just now coming to fruition — with a little help from some very crazy right-wing bedfellows.

Lost and Found: Samples from the Archives

Compiled by Amy Marie Jones

City Arts celebrates our third anniversary with a compendium of thirty-seven striking passages.

The Cheap Guide to Fall Arts

You don’t have to break the bank to paint the town red — in fact, you don’t even have to break a twenty.

Make Way for the Infidels

By Mark Thomas Deming

In Tacoma’s most controversial one-night nude art show and indie folk-rock concert, Aaron Stevens and Grace Sullivan reveal the naked truth about skeletons in the family closet.

 

Tacoma Art Museum:
Museum Notes

Produced by the Tacoma Art Museum

Thanks to a new partnership, Tacoma Art Museum’s quarterly news now appears inside City Arts. Find out about the Northwest and Impressionist masterpieces heading our way in the coming season.

 

In Store

By Tim Appelo

Franco the Tailor made Hollywood stars look great (though he couldn’t keep Tracey Ullman’s hands off him). He’ll make you look like a million bucks for as few hundred bucks as possible.

Hangout

By Virginia Bunker

Singer/songwriter Vicci Martinez spills the beans on her skyrocketing career while washing down purple mashed potatoes with 1664 Kronenbourg at Asado, Sixth Avenue’s answer to Argentina.

 

City Seen

Seen and Overheard

Day + Night

Curator’s Eye

Joe Korbuszewski, Stencil Artist

Selected by Matt Eklund, coordinator, Pacific Fusion Productions