Not Just for Strippers: The Evolution of Pole Dancing
Practicing Pole at Poledello
It wouldn’t occur to most people to think of pole-dancing as a workout. They instead associate pole-dancing with strippers and strip clubs, lap-dances and champagne rooms, and oversexed, ogling men.
But spend one hour on the pole at Poledello and experience a radical and rigorous perspective shift. Practicing pole can significantly increase stamina, strength, and endurance, because, as Poledello owner Noelle Wood puts it, “Pole is not for the faint of heart.”
Community
From Cult Tacoma: HIDE/SEEK at Tacoma Art Museum
Great art and cultural dialogue and emerging new identities bubble just below Tacoma’s surface. Tucked away in plain sight. Enter the rich and revolutionary exhibition “HIDE/SEEK: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture” into the city’s artistic landscape. That’s right—you won’t find it occupying the revered sleekness of LACMA or SFMOMA. You’ll find it here at Tacoma Art Museum—at least until June 10.
Music
“I Think Tacoma May Be the Twilight Zone”
In December of 1984, Bruce Springsteen was Rolling Stone magazine’s cover story, as he has been many times. But the first three paragraphs of that story – an interview by Kurt Loder (of MTV fame) with the meteoric mega-star – were all about Tacoma and its infamous aroma.
Food & Drink
Cocktail Roundup: Drinking with Tacoma’s Establishment
Restaurants like Harbor Lights, Stanley and Seafort’s, and Johnny’s Dock have been around the block for a long while and have clearly stood the test of time. Where other restaurants could not survive the throes of the economic downturn or increasingly high rents and food costs, these have thrived.
Business & Politics
Live/Work Space in Tacoma’s Historic Buildings
Thanks to ongoing policy discussions at City Hall and the support of Historic Tacoma, our city’s historic structures may begin to play a more active role in our economy and culture through an innovative business model.
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Visual Arts
The 10th Northwest Biennial at Tacoma Art Museum
The 10th Northwest Biennial, on view at the Tacoma Art Museum through May 20, 2012, brings together works of art executed in a variety of mediums that aim to articulate the essence of what it means to be a resident of the Pacific Northwest. The resulting exhibition proclaims new media and interdisciplinary as particularly important to Northwest art practice.
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Literature
Daring Imaginarist Marissa Meyer
As we collectively reel, in thrall to our nation’s rampant “Hunger Games” obsession, it’s exciting to uncover that Suzanne Collins isn’t the only author creating captivating, intrepid young female characters struggling to survive in dangerous dystopias. In fact, Tacoma can claim one such writerly talent as one of its own. Meet Marissa Meyer, author of “Cinder: Book One in the Lunar Chronicles.”
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Outdoors
Spring Fever
Alicia Wilkinson chronicles a city in bloom with her camera.
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