The Gift Outright
Timothy Thomas McNeely reflects on the tendency of Tacomans to compare their city to other cities and feel angst as a result. Through careful deliberation, he offers an alternative that shifts how we...
View ArticleCoffee Roasters in Tacoma
Local small-batch coffee roasters carefully oversee every aspect of producing the coffee beans they share with the public. Join Timothy Thomas McNeely as he presents the craft of roasters Kevin...
View ArticleThe Power of Place – CATHEDRALS: Tacoma
When we listened and sang and danced along, our participation carried us beyond our everyday experience to a place of rich expression and life. Pickwick, The Maldives and Pearly Gate Music (aka Zach...
View ArticleFresh Produce
Looking for some refreshing summer reading suggestions? Timothy Thomas McNeely shares some literary picks of all sorts to fill your sunny and rainy summer days.
View ArticleMusic Rises at CATHEDRALS: Tacoma
The second in the already-popular CATHEDRALS: Tacoma concert series will take place on Friday, July 27 at 8 pm. David Bazan, Kevin Sur (of Indian Valley Line), and Pretty Broken Things will perform at...
View ArticleThe Beginning of All Good Things
September is the beginning of all good things. This month begins the best days of summer, when we savor each day of sun like it might…
View ArticleArts All Sorts at Fall Free For All
In only its second year, the Fall Free For All could soon become a traditional part of fall for Tacoma, right along with weather distraction and…
View ArticleThird Time Pays for All
Tacoma: every few months, you can reliably expect the Broadway Center for Performing Arts to present you with a new CATHEDRALS concert. Friday, November 16 is the third of this series. Excitement at...
View ArticleIncline your Ears: Myth and Mystery at the Beautiful Angle Holiday Party
On November 30 we celebrate ten years of Beautiful Angle. As in other years, this celebration will be a party and poster sale from the archives. Special to this year will be the unveiling of the...
View ArticleSeven Swans A-Swimming, Or…
Here for your pleasure are seven books that, in their own very distinct ways, each deal with questions of identity, authority and what we do with…
View ArticleFirst Things First: Wish Them All Well
We will be out on New Year’s Eve, of course, but only till maybe 9 o’clock. I have small children. You however may find yourself at…
View ArticleEvery Poem Another Soul
The adventure in reading new poetry is encountering another voice – a stranger, a friend, a sage, your better self, your worst. The voice might be…
View ArticleThe Poets Are Coming
Not nearly the threat of an invading army, yet announcement should be made that on April 4 (tonight), King’s Books plays host to five acclaimed local…
View Article1022 South Loses Its Way
If you’re in any way connected to Tacoma, you’ve probably heard that on April 29, Chris Keil, chief alchemist at 1022 South, was abruptly removed from…
View ArticleGoing Beyond Grit
We live in a country still recovering from a wide-reaching recession, multiple incidents of gun violence, and the bombings in Boston. We live in a state…
View ArticleChasing The Tacoma Pill Junkies
There is a debate carried on throughout The Tacoma Pill Junkies, the new release from Tacoma author Joshua Swainston, regarding the best drug movie, and to…
View ArticleA Post Defiance Contributors Forum
We are hosting a Contributors Forum at King’s Books on Monday, July 29 at 6:30 p.m. Who should come? – writers, artists, and photographers who want to share their…
View ArticleThe Gift Is to the Giver at Compass Rose
Few feelings rival that of giving just the right gift to a person you love. Your gift becomes a powerful language of love, a poem transubstantiated,…
View ArticleMeet Me at the Cemetery Gates
From the earliest stories told around a fire to any number of TV shows and movies today, it’s been common to see long-dead historical figures come…
View ArticleJust One More Thing: A Post Defiance Questionaire
Post Defiance is conducting a survey to ask you what you think is best about Tacoma, what needs a change, and what you simply want to…
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