#1022love for 1022 South
As many of you have heard, one of our favorite places has been grievously defiled. 1022 South's gorgeous bar was robbed on March 9th, thieves making off with approximately 40 bottles, many nearly...
View ArticleTacoma Artists Versus the Art World Establishment
William and Sarah Traver, the dynamic, Northwest trendsetting, father/daughter gallerists, closed their Tacoma gallery location June 1st, not quite making it to the 10 year mark. And although this is...
View ArticleSpaceworks Tacoma
Over the past two years, the Spaceworks Tacoma program has helped many local artists and creative entrepreneurs find donated space to show their work and launch their creative endeavors. Spaceworks...
View ArticleWe’re Jerks! Oliver Doriss Captures the Zeitgeist with “Union Tac”
The "Union Tac" roster of featured artists is impressive and full of familiar names: Chris Sharp, Sean Alexander, Chandler O’Leary, Sara Gilbert, Meghan Mitchell, Electricbranch, Elise Richman, and...
View Article2nd Cycle: Renovating Tacoma’s Cycling Culture
From vacant garage, to Hilltop alleyway, to storage unit, to full-blown storefront, 2nd Cycle Community Cycle Center is moving up in the world and reducing the excuse not to ride a bicycle in Tacoma
View ArticleTacoma’s Courts of Miracles
At this time of year many cultures celebrate the transition from winter to spring. These rituals to observe seasonal shift inspire me to examine Tacoma's local rites of spring through a Victor Hugo...
View Article“Authentic” Hilltop Culture and Problematic Local Journalism
On April 10th, the Weekly Volcano published another of Josh Rizeberg’s entries in his “What’s the Word” hip hop series innocuously titled “Hilltop Hip-Hop” wherein he chronicled the recent work of...
View ArticleHip Hop, Hilltop, Gentrification: A Perspective from Dorian Waller
A verbal jousting continues to take place about Tacoma’s Hilltop. What began as a short piece on a young rapper repping Hilltop turned into a back and forth about Hilltop’s gentrification. The article...
View ArticleChris Keil Says Goodbye to 1022 South
The beauty of not being a journalist is that sometimes I get to be radically partial. I love Chris Keil and am honored to share his goodbye with you here: “I don’t really know where to start. I guess...
View ArticleHilltop’s Le Donut C’est Magnifique!
There’s a strangely painted, but quaint little spot in Hilltop, right next to the neighborhood Safeway, where you can get the city’s most amazing doughnuts. I love a good doughnut/donut. I do...
View ArticleKidical Mass: Making Room for Families of Cyclists
Tacoma's second Kidical Mass, a family friendly group bike ride, will take place on June 8th. Join the group at Peoples Park and show Tacoma that "Kids are traffic too!"
View ArticleThe Highly Anticipated Hilltop Kitchen Opens
Hilltop Kitchen, the new bar from Chris Keil and Matthew Schweitzer, opened August 3, 2013 to an enthusiastic crowd. Photographer Scott Haydon captured the first hour: below is our first look at...
View ArticleStreet Color
Brilliant colors add vibrancy to Tacoma streets, sparking conversations about how we shape our environment
View ArticleResults! from the Just One More Thing Survey
We all sit at our tables, at our corner of the bar, now and then, and discuss these things with friends: what’s great about this; what’s terrible about that. In a sense Post Defiance is one extended...
View ArticleEight Years of MLK Ballet
It’s Tuesday evening at a spacious, well-equipped dance studio on the third floor of Urban Grace Church, and Lennon Burgess is worried his pants are too short. Five young dancers, three boys and two...
View ArticleTacoma’s trailblazing vegans to rename Quickie Too
Taco Burgers, Smoky B.L.T. Wraps, and Buffalo Mac… things vegans eat, right? These are just some of the dozens of tasty offerings on the exclusively vegan menu at the Hilltop institution soon to be...
View ArticleHow to be an A+, #1, super special, good white ally in four easy steps
It’s hard to be a white guy who cares about racial justice. It’s a pretty heavy burden for me to bear. Being a white ally in the struggle for racial justice isn’t easy, but if I can do it, you may be...
View ArticleFrom the Eastside: Nate Bowling’s last minute Tacoma voters guide to the...
Cross-posted at natebowling.com Tomorrow is primary election day here in Tacoma, so I am sitting down to bang out this post (and my vote by mail ballot). I believe and teach my students that local...
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