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Aug. 26, 2010 at 3:21pm
Who are Tacoma's Celebrities?
I'm working on a project that will highlight around 50 of Tacoma's celebrities. What I mean by "celebrity" is not the Hollywood definition. I mean if Tacoma was an island unto itself, who are our most well known, well-loved and interesting people right now? I have already made a very long list and I need to trim it down so I was wondering who comes to your mind. I'd like to pick people who are mover-shaker types, dedicated people who are out there in the community making things happen and who are well known for it. I want people who are so good at what they do that people can't help but take notice. I want people who are visionary and hardworking. Super stars.
Who does this make you think of?
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Aug. 13, 2010 at 2:46pm
Get ALL ACCESS passes to Lady Gaga at the Tacoma Dome
Do you love Lady Gaga or know someone who does? This Saturday night Surreal Ultra Lounge is going to raffle off two ALL ACCESS passes to her sold out August 21st show at the Tacoma Dome. Its literally impossible to purchase these passes and two lucky winners will get access to
everywhere except her dressing room! Surreal Ultra Lounge, 728 Pacific Avenue. Send questions to: reservations@surrealultralounge.com.
You're welcome! :)
~Angie
PS if you win, you might want to consider taking me with you. :)
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Jul. 30, 2010 at 12:43pm
Angie Update
I've been so busy working that I haven't been updating my blog here as much as I used to. I thought it was high time I give an update! So here's what I've been up to:
1) I'm finishing up two websites at the moment. One is for the 6th Avenue Business District and the other is for World Affairs Council Tacoma.
2) I recently created logo's for Peloton Development, Linda Danforth Designs and ElectraSpa Boutique. Logo's are my favorite!
3) I'm organizing and producing the Radio8Ball Tacoma show which will take place at Speakeasy Arts Cooperative on August 8th. This show will be filmed and aired in 30 minute segments on the GoLocal OnDemand Channel on Click Cable TV. I have the opportunity to feature several local businesses so I'm trying to get the word out about product placement sponsorships. If you might be interested, please email me at angela.jossy@gmail.com. Tickets to attend the event are just $5.00 and its a lot of fun. You should come! For more information, go to the Speakeasy website.
4) We're gearing up for the August ART BUS and we're very excited about it because not only do we have a bunch of brand new galleries to showcase but we also have a special guest host! Patricia Lecy-Davis will be our tour guide du jour! ART BUS rider buttons are $10 and you can board the bus at any of the participating galleries. Tour begins at Speakeasy. See website for details.
5) I'm still managing the day-to-day operations at Speakeasy Arts Cooperative. The gallery is open 11 am to 6 pm Thursday - Monday. Every month on the 15th we rearrange the gallery and display new work by our members. For more information about Speakeasy and all the spectacular events we have going on, please visit http://www.speakeasyartscooperative.com. We still have room for a few more artists so if you know someone who would like to be a part of our co-op please send them to our website where they can download an application.
6) I just finished producing the TacomaCentric section of Freedom Fair and I was really proud to present so many artists, small businesses and terrific local bands!
7) I also was a volunteer with BCRA for Zoobilee at Point Defiance Zoo. A crew of Speakeasy members and I, along with my pal Linda Danforth, had a great night helping to raise money for the zoo. Linda and I were one of the teams who sold raffle tickets that night and I'm happy to report that we outsold all the other teams raising over $1000! We had so much fun!
There's probably a lot more I could tell you but unfortunately I need to get back to work! I hope you're enjoying the sunshine and I hope to see you at Radio8Ball or ART BUS in August!
Thanks,
~Angie
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Jul. 16, 2010 at 10:32am
There is no room in my closet unless we can share clothes
Unlike most women, when it comes to love I'd actually prefer a guy who
has very little on his plate right now. He could even be unemployed.
Sure, I like money like everyone else and Lord knows I'm in need of
more of it but I'm not looking for a Sugar Daddy. (My apologies to all
the Sugar Daddy's out there reading this whose hearts I have just
broken.)
I feel like with my chosen lifestyle the only chance I have at love is
if the guy was totally into what I'm doing and emotionally invested in
it. He would have to be partners with me in my endeavors. Otherwise he
would be like a forlorn pet while I'm busy and distracted with my
mission du jour. Or what would be an even worse outcome is I could get
swept up in his charisma, get all distracted and lose myself. This is
why love is so dangerous. It can change your perspective, make you
weaker instead of stronger, it can make you say and do stupid things ..
its messy business.
So for now (and for the last 5 years) I've been content to be
clearheaded and single without temptation to defer to someone else in
solvable predicaments, rely on someone for emotional support, seek
validation for my ideas, opinions, creations, intentions and
etc. or to rely on someone else for financial support.
I simply can not see myself with a normal guy with a 9 to 5 job. I
can't see that guy being able to relate to how I do things. I can't see
myself being able to smile and nod and hear about his day when I've
been designing a circus tent out of soccer shirt material and trying to
negotiate a barter deal with a juggler while simultaneously
synchronizing watches with our documentary film crew and talking to the
press about media sponsorship.
He would think my life was frivolous (and non-profitable) and I would think his was boring as hell.
Ultimately I'm still not sure what my perfect life would look like. I
feel like I'm pretty close to it now except for the whole not having
money to buy food and pay bills part. It would be nice to have my own "person" but as explained above, this would be a very unique guy who
I'm not sure exists beyond my imagination.
Someone recently told me, "There's no one like you Angie." I think he might be right.
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May. 2, 2010 at 11:18am
Dear City of Tacoma, Eric Anderson and the committee on downtown parking,
Small business massacre should be illegal
I am really upset about the plans for parking downtown that I read
about in the BIA blog (http://tacomadowntown.blogspot.com/).
Not only will this terrible plan affect shoppers negatively (preventing
them from coming down town at all because they can park at every
neighborhood strip mall for free) but there are quite a few apartments
down here that don't have their own parking lots either. My building
for
example is low-income. These people here can't afford to pay $160 a
month
for parking in a lot or garage! And what about coming home with
groceries? I'm going to have to
pay a meter in front of my own front door just so I can unload bags
from my car? I can barely afford groceries as it is! I feel like this
new plan is ridiculously unfair to those who live, work and try to run
business downtown. What about minimum wage employees
who work downtown? They'll have to pay $160 a month for parking (or
$12-$15 a day) and they might only be part time workers who barely make
that much in total! Or what about
the small business owner who can't even afford to pay himself a wage.
He'll have to pay too so you'll force him about of business. And the 2
hour limits? Don't get me started. No way is that enough time to shop
at multiple stores or have a meeting and a lunch. Now the
buffer zone goes all the way out to 4th? Someone needs to STOP this
from happening. Its a DISASTER!!
What are you people thinking? I'm sorry to be so tactless here but I am shocked into near panic about this.
Until
you create a transit system that goes throughout downtown efficiently,
cars and parking are unavoidable. Why are you making it harder for
those that are already struggling? This is not better for our city. You
may have overcrowding on one part of the city but please don't treat
the entire downtown core with one remedy that proves poison for the
rest.
~Angela Jossy
Speakeasy Arts Cooperative
http://www.speakeasyartscooperative.com
P.S. I emailed you at info@tacomaparking.com with my comments as suggested by the BIA blog and the message bounced so I'm posting it here in hopes that you will find it and respond to me at angela.jossy@gmail.com.
Here's the error message:
Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:
info@tacomaparking.com
Technical details of permanent failure:
Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient domain.
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Apr. 7, 2010 at 2:21pm
Brainstorm with me - how do we keep this alive?
I would like to hear your ideas on how you can help Speakeasy Arts Cooperative stay open. Our rent is going up by $500 starting in May and we don't have enough members to support this increase. We can barely pay the rent we have now.We are open to the idea of sponsorship. Restaurants could take turns sponsoring our Thursday night community dinner. Other businesses could sponsor events or even an individual membership for a deserving artist. We need community support now more than ever. Let us know if you'd like to get involved.
If a business were to join as an honorary member for $100 a month, they would be entitled to use our event space once a month for free.
We've been the beneficiary of a lot of media attention and we are willing to share the spotlight with your business. This is a great way to show the community that your company supports the arts in Tacoma on a grassroots level.
We are also open to the idea of someone opening a coffeeshop inside our space and/or turning our kitchen into a commercial kitchen that we could make available for rent.
The one thing I will not do is raise the rent for the artists. This is non-negotiable.
What do you think? I want to hear your ideas and I'd very much like to hear your pledges of support.
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Apr. 4, 2010 at 2:54pm
A few thoughts on God and the Universe on Easter
You may not know this about me but I think of myself as a very
spiritual person. I do feel like I'm a spirit inside a body too but
what I actual meant by that first statement is I believe in God and I
think about God and the universe many times a day. Maybe you think I'm
some sort of party girl - I do love parties but I don't drink at all or "party" the way you might imagine. I bring people together - that's the
kind of party girl I am. This is part of what I feel my mission here on
earth is. I guess that's another part of being a "spiritual person." I
feel like I'm on a path.
Though I am not a card carrying Christian or a member of any church,
every night before I go to sleep I always say the Lord's Prayer. Its
just my way of thanking God for helping me through my day and reminding
myself that I am a servant and my job is to be of service. Throughout
my day I stay open to messages and I send out little idea-beacons for
things I'm hoping to manifest. I'm not a big fan of organized religions
but I believe in God, Buddha, Mohammed, Jesus, Allah, Yahweh, Vishnu,
Emmanuel, you, me and everyone else. I believe these are all names for
something we intrinsically sense, a universal power that governs all
things, something we each long to know without knowing exactly why.
I know not everyone thinks the way I do. That's OK. I will not engage
in any disputes in regard to spiritual beliefs with anyone ever. I
think war over religion might be the worst sin imaginable. I also think
its disappointing when people are judgmental and feel like they are
better and more worthy because they believe their religion is the only
way. I think it's up to each of us to find our own truth and the only
way to know if it's real is to search inside yourself until you feel
that connection to the divine and get into the cosmic flow of the
universe. I never thought I'd hear myself say something that sounds so "new-agey" but the closer I get to God, the more I literally feel this
universal flow that moves me where I need to go, gives me what I need
to have, brings me the people I need and teaches my the tough lessons I
need to learn. This is how I know there is a greater force. I feel
his/her hand in my daily life.
What I want to say today, on Easter Sunday, is that I am so grateful
that the world has so many wonderful teachers. I'm so grateful that I
can see God's love and wisdom so many places all around me. I am so
grateful that people all over the world have church families that help
them stay connected to God on a regular basis. I am so grateful that at
least here in my country we are free to discuss how we'd like to be
closer to God and be better humans.
I hope you and your loved ones are having a wonderful Easter!
P.S. I respect your right to disagree with anything I've said here but
please use your own blog to state your thoughts and feelings. I don't
want to start a religious discussion here. I just wanted to share some
thoughts I had today. Thanks.
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Mar. 27, 2010 at 12:59pm
Speakeasy Arts Cooperative Update
There's a lot happening at Speakeasy Arts Cooperative right now! We'd love for you to come down and get involved. Here's what we've got cookin' right now:
ARIES PARTY
We still have room for more fire, ram, mars and Aries themed artwork
for the ARIES PARTY at Speakeasy Arts Cooperative on April 3rd. This is
a private event but if you would like to be invited please see contact
information below. We will be decorating on the theme "primal fire"
with the help and design of Lisa Fruichante and Johanna Gardner and the
music will be tribal house music by DJs from The Vinyl Tribe along with
a few live percussionists. There will be fire dancing by Deanna Riley
and a hookah lounge by Julie Rex. Find out more here: http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/event.php?eid=308966132230&ref=ts
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ART BUS
We are also arranging the April ART BUS Art Walk tour. The cost per
gallery is $30. The cost per rider is $10. Art Chantry and Lance Kagey
are creating the poster. Weekly Volcano and City Arts are sponsoring.
We are working on ART BUS pins for riders to buy instead of tickets.
Each pin will be a collectors item. We are working on rack cards to
display at all the galleries. We are working on ads for print. If you'd
like to participate please see contact information at the bottom of
this email.
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CLASSES
We have several classes coming up at Speakeasy Arts Cooperative.
* Social Networking for Small Businesses Workshop - Led by Angela Jossy - Tuesday March 30th, 7-8:30 pm - $25
Learn how to use Social Networking to maximize your exposure with
minimal impact on your productivity. This workshop will include an
overview of the most commonly used social networking sites, what they
each of them have to offer and when/how to best utilize them. We will
also discuss branding, finding your target audience and making a
strategy that will help strengthen the ties between your company and
its customers.
* Selling Merchandise and Art Online - Led by Angela Jossy - Wednesday March 31, 7-8:30 pm - $25
Learn about the most popular online selling websites and get tips and
marketing ideas for how to sell your merchandise online. Local sellers
with extensive experience will sit on a panel and answer your
questions.
* Origins: A Tabbed Book Workshop - Led by Kimberlee Gerstmann - Saturday, April 17th, 3-5 pm - $32 (includes supplies)
Create a small artistic mixed-media book to hold photos, journaling, etc. Contact Kimberlee at 253.307.0546 or via email
at Scrapsandsass@gmail.com.
* The Tarot Experience - Led by Sherrie Minter aka Voxxy - April 18th, 5-8 pm - $15 (includes workbook)
This will be a fun and educational party that helps bring the mystical
into a more practical perspective. From beginner to practitioner and
skeptics alike, this is an enjoyable and entertaining way to spend an
evening with friends, answer a burning question, and learn to interpret
The Tarot for yourself. This is more than a class, this is an
experience! For more information, contact via email:
stepintothenow@yahoo.com.
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OTHER ACTIVITIES:
Every Thursday Community Potluck dinner and open mic 5 pm - 9 pm
APRIL 3 ARIES PARTY 8 pm to 1 am
APRIL 11 Delight Night Spa Party More info
APRIL 15 ART BUS - Tacoma Artwalk Tour 5-9 pm
APRIL 16 Bodybox CD Release Party with Voxxy Vallejo 8 pm More info
APRIL 17 Origins - Scrapbooking by Kimberlee 3-5 pm More info
APRIL 18 The Tarot Experience by Voxxy (coming soon)
APRIL 21 100th Monkey 7:30-9:30 pm More info
APRIL 23-25 Shakespeare-A-Thon More info
APRIL 29 Julie Anderson campaign fundraiser (tentative)
APRIL 30 Urban Arts Festival Fundraiser (coming soon)
See website for details and updates: http://www.speakeasyartscooperative.com/events.htm
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MEMBERSHIP
We are also still recruiting new members for Speakeasy Arts Cooperative. For more information, go to http://www.speakeasyartscooperative.com.
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SPONSORSHIP
(to help ensure that we can keep up the good work!) please contact us. We'd love to discuss possibilities.
If you are interested in participating in any of the above please contact Angela Jossy at angela.jossy@gmail.com.
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Mar. 18, 2010 at 1:31pm
Get your DREAM ON and ride the ART BUS
Tonight's ART WALK will be one to remember!
Tonight's the night! I hope you can join us for this free concert with the (almost) all-female Aerosmith tribute band! Show starts a 7 pm. Food and Wine will be available.
See News Tribune stories:
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/03/18/1114520/tacoma-free-concert-featuring.html#storylink=fb
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/03/17/1112375/news-brief-17applauses.html
You might also be interested in the ART BUS tour. This bus tour is brought to you by yours truly and we will accept donations if you can't cover the $15 suggested donation.
The free concert at the Rialto the final stop.
I'm ready to publish the itinerary now:
Here's it is:
6:00 PM Bus leaves Speakeasy Arts Cooperative, 746 Broadway
6:05 - 6:25 pm Embellish Multispace Salon, 1121 Court D
6:30 - 6:50 pm Tacoma Art Place, 1116 S. 11th St.
6:55 - 7:15 pm Fulcrum Gallery, 1308 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
7:20 - 7:40 pm 253 Collective, 1901 S Jefferson St.,
7:45 - 8:05 pm Mad Hat Tea Company, 1130 Commerce Street
8:10 PM Rialto Theater, 901 Broadway (9th & Court C)
PLEASE NOTE: The Rialto is just a block from Speakeasy so you'll just walk to your car after the show.
For more information about ART BUS visit: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=360695656545&ref=ts
City Arts Magazine story:
http://www.cityartsmagazine.com/blog/2010/03/get-board-third-thursday-tacoma
Weekly Volcano stories:
http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/entertainment/spew-blog/2010/03/third-thursday-artwalk-bus-tacoma/
http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/events/werecommend/2010/03/tacoma-third-thursday-art-bus/
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Mar. 16, 2010 at 3:27pm
RELAX - an Adirondack chair display
My friends in Ruston wanted me to share this with you:
Call to artists and interested residents: Ruston Arts and Parks is
sponsoring an Adirondack chair display called RELAX (Ruston Arts and
Parks Extraordinarily Lively Adirondack Exhibit). Interested parties
should request an application and submit their design idea (suitable
for outdoor use) by April 15 to Ginger (752-3041) or Lucy (756-5392).
If your design is chosen, you will receive an Adirondack chair to
decorate for the exhibit. 21 chairs will be displayed June 21 – July 4,
2010—this includes the Taste of Tacoma weekend.
This is a wonderful opportunity for artists to show what they can do
with an unusual canvas. If interested, artists may be available during
the Taste of Tacoma to represent themselves by talking about their work
and networking. The completed Adirondack chairs are the property of the
Ruston Arts and Parks group and will be available to the public either
through purchase, raffle, auction or a combination. Net proceeds will
go to Ruston Arts and Parks
You'll find the application here: http://www.theangelajossy.com/AuctionApplication.pdf
For more information, contact:
Ginger Kryger at gingerkryger@comcast.net
or Lucy Davis at lucygdavis@gmail.com