Shake Shake Shake: Contemplating Comestibles and Desire
What happens when Post Defiance takes a wild and crazy trip to the heart of funky family dining in Tacoma’s “cool-cats’ zone” called St. Helens? Read more to find out!
Read articleGoing Beyond Grit
We live in a country still recovering from a wide-reaching recession, multiple incidents of gun violence, and the bombings in Boston. We live in a state…
Read articleHow the Mighty Have (Almost) Fallen
The giant totem pole in Fireman’s Park near Old City Hall is fatally deteriorated, and no longer structurally stable. Any dead tree, no matter how intricately carved or fancifully painted, would rot and topple after 110 years of exposure to Tacoma weather. It should not come as a surprise that this particular 83-foot-tall log is crawling with carpenter ants and mushy to the core.
Read 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…
Read articleHistoric Streets?
The City of Tacoma is considering a proposal to designate the pavement on certain streets in the North Slope area as protected historic features – specifically, the stony slopes of North 9th, 10th and 11th Streets between North K Street and North G street.
Read articleWaiting For “The Big One”
The Pacific Northwest is a cleverly alluring natural death trap. With an agreeably mild climate and natural beauty that combines endless coastline with icy mountain peaks and abundant flora and fauna, it is easy to forget that the very earth that spawns us seems particularly eager to bury us or shake us to death.
Read 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 perspective.
Read articleThe Warehouse & Post Defiance Present Apartment Lights, Kevin Seconds, & j. wong
March 16, Post Defiance and The Warehouse are delighted to host a house show that shouldn’t be missed, a fitting expression of our mutual love of Tacoma culture and our desire to share and promote it.
Read 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.
Read articleThe DASH Center Releases the Beast, Hosting Northwest Dance Crews at KRUNK 8: Str8 Beastin’ It
This Saturday the Theatre on the Square will come alive. The DASH Center’s dynamic dance production KRUNK is in its 8th year and the concentration of talent, dedication, and teamwork slated to take over the downtown Tacoma venue promises to be nothing short of electrifying.
Read articleRaymond Lucas: Monkeyshines Smasher
Someone in Tacoma is not happy about Monkeyshines. We talked to him.
“Daniel, listen. I haven’t told anyone this, but I’m telling you. Every year, I go out and I try to find every last one of those Monkeyshines balls, and then I take them to the nearest sidewalk and stomp on them. Smash them to bits,” he said.
The Buried Ancient Glyph on Tacoma’s Shoreline
No one alive today has looked into the stone carved face of Tacoma’s most storied connection to the ancient “people who came before”.
Read articleUrban Fell Racing: Sweat, Hurt, and Romance on the Street
December 1st was unseasonably mild in Tacoma. Pity. My wife and I had hoped for some “character-building” weather to test the runners in our first attempt at race directing, Urban Fell Race 1. The course would be challenging enough in its own right. Still, a part of us wished for just a smidge of painful, wind-driven rain to honor the style of running from which we had co-opted our name.
Read articleSon of Tacoma, Father of Dune
He wrote one of the bestselling science fiction novels ever. He won both the Nebula and the Hugo Awards – the two most prestigious awards in science fiction. NASA has officially approved the naming of geographic features on after words coined by him.
Read articleTacoma’s love of Christmas Grits
How could we not return to Tacoma’s grand grits “tradition” after this Post Defiance story was featured in The News Tribune, November 2012? Here for you once again,…
Read articleLoaded Questions: On Leaving Tacoma
On our last night in Tacoma, my wife Mary and I were happy. We sat on our deck at Dash Point, in a home we rented but could never afford to buy, and welcomed our friends. One week earlier, I took a faculty position at Kansas State. It was a great opportunity. It was a good job at a great university. There was no decision to be made. Two days earlier, we flew back from Kansas City to Tacoma, packed up our entire house, and mourned our departure.
Read articleYou Will Be Going To Awesomeparty on Friday
There is a party this Friday at New Frontier, thrown by none other than the intrepid and infamous Camp666.com. I think you should go to it. I will be going to it, and maybe we could meet each other.
Let me explain why you should go to this party.
Live/Work Space
The Live/Work Space concept, vital because it is one of the few progressive options our cash-strapped economy can easily navigate, is gaining traction in Tacoma. It could provide a pivotal bridge between business potential and our unfortunately ample local stock of empty or decaying business space.
Read articleTacoma’s Greatest Day
On this beautiful Election Day, Post Defiance decided to step out of our gloomy war room to mingle with Tacoma’s voting public. What we found astounded us.
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