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Urban Art Festival - 2010 Info

mandiferous — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:27:00 -0700

The staff of the Urban Art Festival has announced that this year�s event will take place Sunday, June 27th at People�s Park in Tacoma. The all-day festival, now in its 6th year, strives to make art more accessible to the community through multiple live music stages, DJs, spoken word, graffiti, burlesque, bellydance, stilt walkers, fashion shows, performance art, beer garden, food and craft vendors, and kid-friendly activities. More »

Urban Art Festival This Saturday!

mandiferous — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:43:00 -0700

The 5th annual Urban Art Festival takes place tomorrow, August 1st on Jefferson Street outside the Swiss Pub, Buzzards Music, and The Rock. Festivities kick off around noon and include: Live music from:Hard Money SaintsThe Georgetown OrbitsVicci MartinezLife CycleGlass Blowing DemonstrationsDJ stage featuring local DJsPre-1973 car show hosted by the LiftersPerformance Art featuring:Tribal bellydanceJosh RizebergBarefoot StudiosBeergardenLocal Vendors & FoodDrop by and help celebrate Tacoma! For more info, visit www.tacomaurbanart.com or myspace.com/urbanartfestival email: urbanartfestival@yahoo.com More »

Tonight: Urban Art Festival Benefit Show @ The Swiss

mandiferous — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:06:00 -0700

8:00pm Swiss Pub- 1902 S. Jefferson $5 Featuring: The Friday Knights, Sean Curkendull, Urban Orchestra, AT:1, DJAlmighty Art raffle and live painting. More »

The Truth About Tacoma Urban Art Festival

mandiferous — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:26:00 -0700

In the last few days I've read a lot of inaccurate info about the Tacoma Urban Art Festival. One reporter was vague and listed the wrong website. Another writer falsely reported that the festival wasn't even happening this year. Allow me to clarify. More »

No Mail on Saturdays?

mandiferous — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:31:00 -0700

I've noticed that I haven't been receiving mail on Saturdays lately. I remember reading a while back that the post office was considering cutting mail delivery down to five days a week, but I didn't hear whether it actually happened. Is my mail carrier just lazy, or are they only delivering in Tacoma Monday thru Friday now? More »

You're Invited: SiteCrafting Interact

mandiferous — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:01:00 -0800

Thanks to those of you that attended our last Interact. Off the top of my head, I remember seeing droid, Frinklin, and jcbetty at the event. Our next open house is focused on getting out and doing something with the family. Highlighted websites include Hands On Children's Museum, Imagine Children's Museum, Children's Museum of Tacoma, KidsQuest Children's Museum, Metro Parks, Northwest Trek, Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, and Airstream travel trailers. For those that want to bring their whole family, Hands On Children's Museum will be providing activities for the little ones. For the grown-ups, there will be refreshments, stimulating conversation, door prizes, and goody bags with 2 for 1 admission to some of the museums, as well as other swag. More »

You're Invited: SiteCrafting Interact

mandiferous — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:44:00 -0800

Several members of the SiteCrafting team are regular (or semi-regular) contributors to Feed Tacoma. Ever wonder what we do when we're not adding our 2 cents to the blogosphere? Here's your chance. Wednesday, February 4th, we're having an open house to showcase some of our sites. The theme for February is food and drink so we'll be featuring the recently launched SouthSoundEats.com, as well as sites for Primo Grill and CrownBar. From the press release: "Stop by to sample wine recommended by Kris Blondin of Vin Grotto and the favorite beers of Phillip �Knuckles� Hamilton. More »

Indifference

mandiferous — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:31:00 -0800

Woke up this morning to find one of my car windows shot out. Same with my roommate's car and one of the neighbors' cars. Looks like it was probably a BB gun. I really hate it when people do rotten things just because they can. Just because they can get away with it, or because they find it amusing. More »

Dmitri featured in today's Soundlife

mandiferous — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:45:00 -0700

Today's TNT has an article about busking/ sidewalk performers, including insights from our own Dmitri. All the world’s their stage More »

Crafty Nerdiness

mandiferous — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:22:00 -0700

Every once in a while I acknowledge the fact that I am, indeed, a girl. On those rare occasions, I wear dresses and makeup, try not to arm wrestle boys, and even (gasp)... bake. Please don't yell at me for gender stereotyping. However, my super secret passion is crafty things. Crocheting, sewing (I'm really bad at it), decopauge, you name it.Tomorrow, we're having a baby shower at work for a co-worker and his wife. Seeing as how they've already received pretty much everything they registered for, I thought I'd get a little creative. More »

I really hate hangovers

mandiferous — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:57:00 -0700

Thanks to my stupid internal clock, I am up waaay earlier than I would like to be. Especially since I didn't get to sleep until about 2am. However, it was worth it because I had an awesomely awesome birthday. My best friend called me at 8am Saturday morning to sing Happy Birthday. Knowing that was why she was calling, I didn't answer. I have her "greatest hits" saved on my voicemail and will use them to blackmail her some day (especially her rendition of "Mandi" by Barry Manilow). More »

How did I get so old?

mandiferous — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:59:00 -0700

There was a time, not so long ago, that my friends and I would go dancing until around 2 in the morning. After that, we would head to Denny's for breakfast until around 4 in the morning. Then we would go home and fall asleep around 5 in the morning. Then we would get up around 8 in the morning for work. A few years went by and while I wasn't going to Denny's at 2am, I could still close down a bar (provided my favorite drag queens were performing). More »

Final Appeal to Chalk Challengers

mandiferous — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:37:00 -0700

My offer of an intersection dedicated solely to chalk art has been met with lackluster enthusiasm. But I'm not giving up. For those that wish to beautify the streets around Fireman's Park, Matador and Meconi's, I will be at the Urban Art Festival all day Sunday and have approximately 100 sticks of chalk to contribute to the effort (sorry, no black-- don't have a BBQ). I'll even spray you with sunscreen to keep you safe in this fine weather we're having. I know LupinGoddess has offered to participate because she will have a vendor booth at the festival (she'll be behind Meconi's for those that wish to visit) and Izenmania has offered his doodling skills if he happens to be around. I sincerely hope more will join them and add to the color of the Urban Art Festival. More »

My brush with stardom

mandiferous — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:09:00 -0700

Last night I had the pleasure of being interviewed by KGRG's DIY local music show. I, along with Laura and Matt Eklund got to drive to the middle of nowhere (Green River Community College) and pimp the Urban Art Festival, happening this Sunday at Fireman's Park in Tacoma. While I'm not sure how many people actually listen to KGRG at 11pm, or how many of those people are likely to drive to Tacoma from Auburn just for the festival, it was still a fun time and a learning experience (and I got to wear the headphones). Grendel and The Pope were very nice hosts and continued to mention the festival even after we'd left the station. More »

Urban Art Pre-Funk at Jazzbones

mandiferous — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:44:00 -0700

Tonight at Jazzbones is another benefit show for the Urban Art Festival. Featured acts include Little Big Man, the Joshua Cain Band, Bumma Stoge, Fear Train Caravan, and One Way Trip. As always, there will be some sort of live painting (possibly on people), and a DJ spinning towards the end of the night. Come on out, have some sushi, buy a raffle ticket and support the 4th Annual Urban Art Festival. More »

Attention Past, Present, and Future Chalk Champions!

mandiferous — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:13:00 -0700

I have a plan. A p-a-l-n plan (quick, what movie? More »

Chin's Teriyaki makes me happy

mandiferous — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:00:00 -0700

I realized today that I hadn't eaten at Chin's Teriyaki in a while. I find their lunch portions to be waaaayyyy too big so I thought I'd try the side order menu. I ordered fried mushrooms and some egg rolls. I figured the fried mushrooms would be like the mushrooms at every other teriyaki joint: small, breaded, and nummy. This is what I got. More »

What Happened at Bates?

mandiferous — Thu, 15 May 2008 07:59:00 -0700

Drove by Bates Technical College around 6:30 this morning and a huge area in front was covered with caution tape, a policeman was wandering around and people were huddled in front of the bail bonds place across the street. Anyone know what happened? More »

Urban Art Festival Benefit Show at The Swiss

mandiferous — Thu, 08 May 2008 08:13:00 -0700

Tonight, the Swiss Pub is hosting a benefit show for the 4th Annual Urban Art Festival. From 8pm until around 2am, you can listen to performers like Life Cycle, The New Law, Can-U, DJ Hanibal, and Grym. There will be live painting (possibly on people), and a raffle with prizes such as tickets to the glass museum, restaurant gift certificates, and art by yours truly! More »

Motorcycle Memories

mandiferous — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:36:00 -0700

A co-worker was reading the paper this afternoon and commented on what a horrible name Beulah was (she was looking at the caption on a photo from 1940). Moments after I agreed with her, I remembered another Beulah. When I was a kid at Stanley Elementary (circa 1988-1993), Officer Mike would bring Harvey and Beulah, the talking motorcycles, to our school during assemblies. Does anyone else remember Harvey and Beulah? More »