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The Tacoma Philharmonic 2008-2009 Distinguished Artists Series presents 2007 Kennedy Center Honoree Leon Fleisher in Recital on Sunday, April 19 at 3:00 p.m. at the Pantages Theater.  The Academy Award-nominated documentary “Two Hands: The Leon Fleisher Story” by filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn introduces a live solo recital by Mr. Fleisher.
 
On May 17, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. the Tacoma Philharmonic presents the 2009 Beatrice Herrmann Young Artist Competition WINNER’S RECITAL, with six of the region’s finest young artists performing at Schneebeck Concert Hall on the University of Puget Sound campus.  With three competitive age divisions and $1,800 in prizes awarded, Beatrice Herrmann Competition discovers and showcases the finest young classical musicians in the Seattle-Tacoma area.   
 
If you wish further information, contact Andy Wood at the Tacoma Philharmonic office, 253-272-0809 or exec@tacomaphilharmonic.org.

Starting *THIS* Saturday, April 4th Fab-5’s rolling out their 10 week urban art program, L.I.F.E.

They’ll be teaching breakdancing, legal graffiti artwork, and DJing and music production/recording.

What’s beautiful about the L.I.F.E. is they provide all the equipment/art supplies and can accommodate those JUST starting out/wanting to learn more, as well as those that want to advance existing skills. All ages/skill levels are welcome, plus, they hook students up with a free lunch after every class session.

To view the front/back of the the digital brochure, click (here) & (here).

L.I.F.E. happens *every* Saturday of April & May from 11am-3pm @ the Brick City Project in downtown Tacoma (754 Pacific Ave, Tacoma WA 98402)

The energy is real nice on these Saturdays. If participating isn’t your thing, feel free to pass this on to a neighbor, son/daughter, niece/nephew or brother/sister that would be interested.

For this program, Fab-5 employs over 15 professional artists from within the Tacoma community as instructors, so please support your community and get a student or two involved.

For more information or to register a student, please visit Fab-5.org or drop an e-mail to info@fab-5.org

Hiphop Saves. When the local hiphop community found out that a favorite venue of its was going to get shutdown by the city of Tacoma for some new regulations now requiring a sprinkler system it quickly began planning a benefit to help raise awareness and money. Numbers going around for a sprinkler system it at around 60k. This is an outrageous number for a small live music venue here on 6th avenue.

Artists John Crown, Can-U, Todd Sykes, Evergreenone, Puget, Auras, SK, and DJ Reign have all donated their talent for the night. If your looking to support a good cause while listening to some extremely talented local artist be sure to stop by hells kitchen tomorrow. The cover is $5 but feel free to donate more.

Keep live music in Tacoma!

Last Wend was yet another amazing night for Fresh Blends at hellskitchen. One of my favorite performances of the night was Othello who came up from Oregon just for the night. His performance was so high energy and his passion for his music shined through. Checkout the video I took:

Also another favorite was the SK/Spaceman set from sportinlife, its really nice to see Hellskitchen to have a dedicated night for local underground hiphop that’s actually gaining momentum in the scene.

Tonight, please join the IFG Foundation at their first annual “For The Love of Our Children” fundraiser. The IFG Foundation was founded in 2006 to empower children and families with knowledge and skills needed to live wholesome productive daily lives by providing positive learning environments, educational opportunities, and life building support services.

The event will be this evening, February 13th, from 7pm-10pm
@ King Oscar’s Restaurant
8726 Hosmer Street
Tacoma, WA

Freddie Stone, co-founder and musician of legendary 60’s/70’s funk/soul/psychedelic group Sly & The Family Stone will be in attendance and gracing those present with a special solo performance + talk.

Admission is $50 (Which can be payable at the door), which includes an elegant meal, a night of dancing, live music and silent auction. Rumor has it there will be some very special items in the auction just in time for Valentines Day.

Please come out and support this amazing event and organization, I can’t imagine a better way to kick off VDay weekend then by spreading love to families across Washington. Catch you there!

BONUS VIDEO:
Sly & The Family Stone – Everyday People (Live)

Triple Crown Kings had a soft launch last Saturday, it was a a lot of fun, Sabzi didn’t really show up till like 10:30 though which was a bummer. The store is looking good though, bit more work is going to be done to the interior, going to bring in some art, etc. The store is officially open though, it was nice to see two clothing stores open at 6pm down on Pacific. I hope some other clothing stores work there way into that strip. Now all we need is that apple store moving in, come on steve

Here are a few photos:

Not going to lie, the air did start off really fresh then by the end of the night it was a bit musky. All was good though everyone was having a ton of fun, the drinks were pouring and only some of the artwork was stolen. Saw tons of familiar faces many of them the same from 100th monkey except this time there was awesome music so everyone was in a drunken dance trance.

The art was good like usual, many of the power players of the south sound were on showcase. Jeremy, Olson, Alice, Mary-Kate, etc. I hadn’t seen gryms work before thought it was pretty cool, the snacks were good too though I always get a little weirded out about big bowls of chips and such since most people don’t was their hands.

Oh yea, here are a few pics from the night. You might spot yourself.

Tonight if your looking for something to do big poppa Matt is throwing another one of his fun parties up at the Robert Daniel Gallery. The lineup includes about 6 artists and 5 djs. It starts at about 10ish. For more information checkout the flier.

My prediction for the night includes lots of techno, lots of wine and much different crowd then what was up there at the 100th monkey.

This weekend Triple Crown Kings opens! To celebrate the grand opening there will be an in store reception with free drinks provided by Redbull and frank 151, while Sabzi is on the tables. Come out on Saturday, January 31st 7pm-11pm to help celebrate the opening of this new fixture to Tacoma. For those of you not familar with who triple crown is, check out thier site: http://www.triplecrownkings.com

This is definitely going to be partaaay! Role call!

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If your not familiar with Sabzi checkout some of his videos:

Tonight you get kultured in naked chicks, wine, underground art, and good people. Sneak you way to the alley of the warehouse located a block down from the downtown Tacoma library. Here around 8ish the drunk, the sober, the young and old enjoy art, dance to the dj and drink more wine. Role call who’s going!

KULTURE LAB is the brainchild of Tacoma’s Dead Artists: James Hume, Jim Price, Jeff Olson, Rob Anderson, and James Bender. Kulture Lab is an underground center for the arts, paintings,video,film, performance,sculpture and conceptual art.

Alice in Kulture lab
1114 Court E Tacoma, $5
http://www.myspace.com/culturelabart

Had a chance to swing by 100th monkey at the Robert Daniel Gallery Space was cool, so many people.. anyone else remember the night?

Yesterday there was such a positive energy everywhere so after work I decided to checkout the celebrating. First stop was the Redhot which I figured was going to be nice and quiet so that I could relax and enjoy a hotdog. Wrong. It was packed! I was able to grab the last seat and people kept coming in. While I was there I had a chance to eye the new bike they plan on giving away. Check it out:
(So awesome)

Then I had a buddy preforming over at the Swiss so I decided to go over there and see what that was all about.

If you were 40-60, white, and a democrat you were probably there. It was ridiculous dancing everywhere, Obama signs, huge line at the bar, pins, more old white people.

I didn’t let that stop me from having a good time though, I enjoyed my pint and snapped a few photos of the crowd and the cover band.

Next up on the stage was Josh Rizeberg,

Took a few cool photos of him too.

What did you guys do?

As a sophomore in high school, I remember piling into my friends 2 door Nissan sentra with a couple rounds of Busch tall boys on stock ready to tackle whatever was in store for the night. Our main source of music in the disc player? Guttermouth’s “Musical Monkey”. If you’re not hip on these guys, get familiar. It may not be the BEST music, but it is definitely music that will make you want to rage like it’s your 21st birthday all over again. With songs about skateboarders beating up rollerbladers, drinking beers, endless parties, donkey shows in Mexico,  and shitty mothers, this is going to be a gig that will probably pack out Hell’s Kitchen on January 23rd. “We want them to want to come back” says Flash, owner of Hell’s Kitchen. Well Flash,  I’ll be in the house. Maybe with a PBR tall can instead of busch this time. Yes, my game has stepped up.

Fresh Blends of Hip Hop is proud to bring you Fresh Blends. Tonights lineup at Hells Kitchen is Dblack, Grynch, and John Crown, hosted by Can-U. 21+, $5 cover. This night is not to be missed if you enjoy underground hiphop.

For more information visit:
http://253hiphop.com

So I’d never gone to a derby dames game until last Saturday. Here is what you are missing.

I was pretty amazed with the turnout, definitely brings more then soccer parking was a bit difficult so be warned. Overall it was fun to watch women on rollerskates bash into each other.