Please accept my resume for consideration to be a Program Director for the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts. The stage has always been a part of my life. My mother was an actress and my father staged musical numbers when he wasn’t homebrewing. That I ended up a on the production side of theater instead of an actor or musician was only due to my lack of talent in either. Still the theater has been an important part of my life for 20 years now and I do not see that changing. I’m also a craft beer enthusiast. I
SATURDAY, AUG. 13 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … LANco + Brew Five Three = huge and energetic Music and Art in Wright Park + Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. = go local CHANT-ALONG COUNTRY LANco, comprised of five best friends Brandon Lancaster, Tripp Howell, Eric Steedly, Jared Hampton and Chandler Baldwin, recently impacted country radio with their debut single “Love Live Tonight” which is featured on their four-song, self-titled EP produced by Jay Joyce (Eric Church, Little Big Town). The Nashville-based band preforms shout-till-you’re-hoarse kind of music, brought to life by a group with a performing style
FRIDAY, AUG. 12 2016: South Sound events + craft beer The Valley + The Eastside Club Tavern = Fruit Fly for the Stoner Guy Rhythm & Rye + Boston Harbor Marina = barbecue and bluegrass STONER ROCK Every once in a while, you fall into some inexplicable mood, put aside your Heavenly, Pastels, and Cat’s Miaow records, and pull out your battered, pot-scented gatefold copy of Black Sabbath’s Paranoid. The album is a genuine ’70s relic, passed down to you by your brothers, guys who kept interrupting your recent family photo viewing session with exclamations of “Man, we were so
Greta Matassa performs outside at Pacific Lutheran University tonight. THURSDAY, AUG. 11 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Jazz Under the Stars + Rainier Growlers = Colossal 120 Minutes Cruise-In + North End Social Club = IPAutos JAZZ OUTDOORS Recent Earshot Jazz Hall of Famer Greta Matassa performs the last Jazz Under the Stars concert for the season at 7 p.m. in the outdoor amphitheater of the Mary Baker Russell Music Center on the Pacific Lutheran University campus. The mainstream jazz singer’s voice, regarded as one of the best in the business, has a
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 10 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Walk Tacoma Scavenger Hunt + 7 Seas Brewing opening = Yay Tacoma! Champagne Sunday + Northwest Beerwerks = Yay outdoors! Jazzbones + The Red Hot = Awkwafina and apples Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. + The Copper Door = Destiny City delights WALK TACOMA SCAVENGER HUNT If you’re the type that gets bored easily, we found an activity to keep you crazy busy. Downtown On The Go hosts Walk Tacoma Scavenger Hunt launching from Tollefson Plaza between 4:30-5:30 p.m. Open to the public without pre-registration, participants — individuals or
One ringy dingy … MORNING FOAM FOR AUG. 10 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom gunk. … Former soldier stationed at Fort Lewis, who learned to homebrew in Olympia, founded JDub’s Brewing Co. in Sarasota, Florida. “I was buying my homebrewing ingredients in the back of some dude’s house in Olympia and thought that was f—ing awesome.” What is life really like for the founder of a small and independent brewery? JDub held nothing back. … New Order has brewed a beer. The band
Welcome to Tacoma, 7 Seas Brewing. Photo credit Pappi Swarner It’s April 2015 and Mike Runion and I are drinking beers at Mississippi Studios in Portland Oregon before the Mudhoney show. After a long day at the Craft Brewers Conference we donned big smiles. Our joy has nothing to do with an endless stream of craft beer. Rather, we both had just signed letter of intents to launch craft beer projects in Tacoma. We a brief moment we ignored the forthcoming drama. Fifteen months later, Runion’s smile returns. Runion and his business partner and brewmaster, Travis
TUESDAY, AUG. 9 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … The Grand Cinema + Silver City Brewery = Vertical B Sharp Coffee House + The Copper Door = hint of Bananas SEE A WEINER Political documentary meets cringe comedy in Weiner, which seeks to answer the question asked every time another public servant admits to a sex scandal: What was he thinking? The film documents the extended fall from grace of former Congressman Anthony Weiner. It depicts an electoral process that poisons the soul of all who participate and one man who, even after being poisoned, asks for seconds.
“I took myself down to the Tally-Ho Tavern to buy me a bottle of beerI sat me down by a tender young maiden whose eyes were as dark as her hair.” MONDAY AUG. 8, 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Tacoma Rainiers + Powerhouse Brewery = hopefully plenty of Doubles The Swiss + The Copper Door = you bring it RAINIERS VS RIVER CATS Did you see yesterday’s Tacoma Rainiers’ game against the Sacramento River Cats? Oh, man. Pitcher Zach Lee gave up seven hits and seven runs, including a three-run homer, and the
Fingers crossed the pop-up Beer Museum makes it to the Pacific Northwest. Photo courtesy of Facebook MORNING FOAM FOR MONDAY, AUG. 8 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom gunk. … Believe it or not, humans are not born with an inclination for handcrafted, hoppy India Pale Ales, and some have never developed a taste for bitter-forward beers. If you’re one of those people, I bet you’ve gotten some grief at some point from your “hop-head” friends. Don’t worry, you’re not an inhuman monster (probably
Whether you’ve been on Instagram since its beginnings in 2010 or you’re an Instagram neophyte, you know keeping up on important photos can be overwhelming. If you follow everything and everyone you find interesting, you can end up with hundreds and hundreds of Instagram posts showing up in your feed on a daily basis. Don’t despair. Peaks and Pints shares important and pointless IG posts from craft breweries’ IG accounts every Sunday so you may catch up on brewery toasts and the latest action along the production line. This week, we discovered Charlie Papazian sightings, incredible gift boxes, anniversary wishes,
Whew! Another incredible six days in the books. Tacoma Beer Week 2016 was the biggest and best yet, thanks to an amazing community of beer lovers, breweries, bars, restaurants, stores and distributors. This year’s schedule contained more than 40 listings, well over 200 percent increase over 2015. From Tacoma breweries brewing Beatles beers and the same folks climbing scaffolding during Barleywood Squares tic-tac-toe game, to Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. winning the Blind IPA Challenge and Silver City Brewery hosting a Putt Putt Tournament, it could be said there were more laughs than beers. But that’s crazy talk as there
It’s the last day of Tacoma Beer Week 2016 and everyone’s going to be there showing off their stuff: the brewers you have crushes on, that one guy who supposedly wet his pants, the girl you made out with behind the fermenter and others. So let’s all get together for one last day of songs, stories and skits before our parents pick us up. … BEST FEST OF DESTINY: In early July, brewers from Wingman Brewers, 7 Seas, Gig Harbor Brewing, Harmon Brewing Co., Narrows Brewing, Odd Otter Brewing, Pacific Brewing and Malting, Tacoma Brewing, Wet Coast Brewing gathered to
The Valley hosts a canned food drive and canned craft beer party beginning at 5 p.m. Still with us? It’s day five of Tacoma Beer Week. … EDISON CITY ALEHOUSE: All things sour, funky and tart will take over the taps at Edison City Alehouse tonight. The legacy of a few tiny microorganisms — brettanomyces, lactobacillus and pediococcus — will be on full display from Cascade Brewing, Crooked Stave, Block 15, Dunagan Brewing, Holy Mountain, Engine House No. 9 and Brouwerij Rodenbach, among others. South Tacoma Sour Tummy will also include food truck Ham Hock Jones
A glass pour of Lustrous from the 22 oz. bottle at the Gigantic Brewing Taproom. Photo courtesy of BrewPublic.com MORNING FOAM FOR FRIDAY, AUG. 5 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom gunk. … Reuben’s Brews celebrates their fourth anniversary and their official fourth anniversary IPA, Hopped Off the Press, Saturday, Aug. 6. Hopped Off the Press is dry hopped twice, a process that takes three days each time. Because hop flavors evaporate over time, this beer is one you’ll want to enjoy “hot off
Happy National IPA Day! From Aug. 1 to 6, greater Tacoma taprooms, eateries, breweries and beer aficionados are joining forces to pay homage to all the creative combinations of hops, malt, yeast and water — better known as beer. The third Tacoma Beer Week is six days of beer magic, and day four is packed with deliciousness. … NORTH END SOCIAL CLUB: What? Your boss didn’t give everyone the day off for National IPA Day? That’s a shame, but it shouldn’t stop you from celebrating once you clock out this evening. Today marks the sixth-annual National
Follow Hop Valley Brewing Co. Sales Executive Rob Brunsman around tonight creating a poker and and drinking beer. You will rise again, perhaps a little wobbily, and ready to drink craft beer for Day Three of Tacoma Beer Week. … PARKWAY TAVERN: The Parkway Tavern had a line out the door during its Tacoma Beer Week salute to Fremont brewing Monday. Last night, the Parkway had a full house for the Tacoma Brewers Blind IPA Challenge. We fully expect the Parkway’s day three Tacoma Beer Week treat will be equally packed. The Tacoma North Slope craft
Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. Head Brewery Bethany Carlsen drink for the trophy she just won after winning the Tacoma Brewers Blind IPA Challenge. Photo credit Pappi Swarner MORNING FOAM FOR WEDNESDAY, AUG. 3 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom awesomeness. … Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. won the Parkway Tavern’s 2016 Tacoma Brewers Blind IPA Challenge last night during Tacoma Beer Week. The Northwest Cider Association hosts its sixth annual Summer Cider Day Saturday, Aug. 6 at the Northwest Maritime Center in Port
Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. won the 2016 Tacoma Brewers Blind IPA Challenge. Photo credit Pappi Swarner Local beer’s popularity might be the highest it’s been since pioneer Ezra Meeker planted hop vine cuttings on his Puyallup Valley farm in 1865. But with more than 15 Tacoma proper breweries operating today, and a few of them fairly new, navigating T-town’s brew offerings can be a pioneer’s task. That’s one of the reasons why the Parkway Tavern hosts the Tacoma Brewers Blind IPA Challenge during Tacoma Beer Week. Parkway Beerwrangler Sean Jackson contacted all the Tacoma breweries,
Seattle-based brewery Two Beers Brewing Co. to release its award-winning Fresh Hop IPA as first of the season; now available in 12-ounce cans and draft, featuring fresh Centennial Hops from Yakima. Two Beers Brewing Co. Fresh Hop IPA will be released Friday, Aug. 19 at The woods tasting room in Seattle. Fresh-hopped beers are brewed during the autumn harvest using hops that have never been dried, so they showcase unique flavors that can’t survive the dehydration process. Two Beers founder, Joel VandenBrink, is currently on his way to Yakima to pick up the fresh Centennial Hops
The Red Hot will salute 7 Seas Brewing Co. tonight. Photo credit Pappi Swarner Lovers of crafted brew, rejoice: Day Two of Tacoma Beer Week is upon us. … PARKWAY TAVERN: The Parkway Tavern invited all Tacoma breweries to bring their IPAs for a blind taste test beginning at 5 p.m. And by IPAs, the Parkway means straight up hoppy goodness, no adjuncts, dry-hopping OK with an ABV range of 5.9% to 7.9%. The taps will be numbered and patrons are encouraged to vote for their favorites from Tacoma Brewing Co., Harmon Brewing Co., Engine House
Eight Tacoma breweries brewed beers in tribute to the Beatles’ Revolver album, which will be poured at 6 p.m. in The Copper Door. Grab some Tums, and prepare your livers, beer fans — Tacoma Beer Week is upon us. And it may just be the best one yet. THE COPPER DOOR: In celebration of the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ Revolver album, Peaks and Pints and The Copper Door (host venue) will spin the psychedelia and studio artistry of Revolver, as well as other Beatles’ tunes, while pouring beers inspired by songs off Revolver brewed by
Great Pumpkin Beer Festival tickets are on sale today. MORNING FOAM FOR MONDAY, AUG. 1 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom gunk. … The Great Pumpkin Beer Festival from Elysian Brewing returns Saturday, Oct. 8, to a new location at Elysian Fields and across the street at the North Lot of CenturyLink Field. For the 12th year, the GPBF will be shortened to taking place for one day only from 3-10 p.m. Tickets to the GPBF event go on sale today, Monday, Aug. 1.
Whether you’ve been on Instagram since its beginnings in 2010 or you’re an Instagram neophyte, you know keeping up on important photos can be overwhelming. If you follow everything and everyone you find interesting, you can end up with hundreds and hundreds of Instagram posts showing up in your feed on a daily basis. Don’t despair. Peaks and Pints shares important and pointless IG posts from craft breweries’ IG accounts every Sunday so you may catch up on fresh hop picking opportunities and the latest action along the production line. This week, beer truck jumping, Oregon Brewers Festival hijinks, new
Bags will be flying at Pints & Quarts in Lacey today. SUNDAY, JULY 31 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Olympia based film + cornhole = dirty bag Ethnic Fest + Odd Otter Brewing = exotic The Copper Door + Harmon Brewing Co. = Brewmunity Summer Hefe OLYMPIA IN OBSCURA In Olympia, Washington, a serial killer terrorizes people along the Chehalis Trail, while tortured Detective Colin Banks searches for a missing boy in this independent film produced by Northwest Film Asylum. Filmed entirely in and around Olympia over the course of 16 months, Olympia
The Grand Cinema screens Lucha Mexico at 9:09 p.m. SATURDAY, JULY 30 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Mexican wrestling + Parkway Tavern 81st Birthday Party = Lazy Marmot (beer or wrestler?) Mushroom Festival + Gravity Beer Market Block Party = magical The Valley Parking Lot Party + Tilted Tree Hard Cider = benefits LUCHA MEXICO You can buy a luchador mask at the swap meet. But the shoddy foam lining will immediately be drenched with your head sweat and soon decay, while you will never, ever be a wrestler. Americans remain fairly nuts
FRIDAY JULY 29 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … American Killers + Pike Brewing Co. = one foot in the ’80s Rhythm & Rye + 7 Seas Brewing = Mts. & Tunnels & Seas ROCK OUT American Killers is made up of three complete badasses who perform like lunatics: hair flying, bodies thrashing, vocal chords straining, fuzz exploding. The Sacramento rockers are back at The Valley with relentless, bone-shaking riffs and melodies with an appreciation for ’80s rock, but with a strong gusto of fresh energy. Catch them with Fair Lady and guests at 8 p.m. PREFUNK: Since
Pick up a copy of the Weekly Volcano and check out the 2016 Best of Tacoma issue, which names Wingman Brewers “Best Microbrewery” in Pierce County. MORNING FOAM FOR FRIDAY, JULY 29 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news … Beginning Monday and continuing through Saturday, more than 30 beer-themed events will be held at 15 Tacoma venues for the third Tacoma Beer Week, an annual ode to all things beer. News Tribune food and beverage columnist Sue Kidd highlights five TBW events happening next week. Wingman Brewers was named “Best Microbrewery” in the Weekly
Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, A tale of a Bainbridge Isle Brewing blitz That started from downtown Tacoma Inside the enormous Swiss. The mate was a mighty selling Beerman, The Swiss captain tall and sure. Twenty-five passengers drank ale last night For a three hour beer and food tour, a three hour tour. The weather started getting warm, Wild greens topped with sliced pears salad was tossed, If not for the steerage of the Swiss servers The Kommuter Kolsch would lose its perfect-frost, the Kommuter Kolsch would lose its prefect-frost. The dinner was grounded around beers
THURSDAY, JULY 28 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … KPLU Jazz + Silver City Bourbon Barrel Aged Giant Made of Shadows = aged beautifully Brews and News + Spire Mountain new cider = salmon with a little lime Thunders of Wrath + Freigeist beers = Pimrock and roll Gothic Dance Party + Oly Taproom = bats and Pelicans Jazz Under The Stars + BrewDad’s of Bonney Lake = Big Dipper and IPA KPLU JAZZ KPLU is kicking off a series of free summer and fall events to thank listeners for helping make 88.5 their newly-independent community station. The
Cartoonist’s League of Absurd Washingtonians presents a rousing game of “Win, Lose or CLAW (Against Humanity) at King’s Books tonight. WEDNESDAY, JULY 27 2016: South Sound events + craft beers … CLAW games + Rodenbach = surreal Open Mic + Bainbridge Island Brewing dinner = musical and cinnamon twists Wine and blues + New Belgium beers = fruity bouquets Bonus: El Tufo Spanish wines WIN, LOSE OR CLAW Cards Against Humanity is arguably the best game in the history of ever. It puts Monopoly, Candyland and even Scrabble to shame. A crass, pop-culture-inspired laugh riot, it’s
Run four miles, brtween four breweries, while drinking a beer at each. Photo courtesy of Facebook MORNING FOAM FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 27: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news … Sept. 26, runners and beer enthusiasts alike will be hitting the streets of Poulsbo for the Poulsbo Beer Run. The description of the run is simple: four miles, four breweries, with a beer at each. Upon signing up and paying their entrance fee, runners begin at their home brewery, enjoying a beer, before running the mile to the next brewery and so on. All this while
TUESDAY, JULY 26 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Bob Nelson Q&A + Fat Tire variants = Live Tacoma Co-op + South Sound Craft Crawl = rally THE CONFIRMATION Bob Nelson was part of the famed local comedy show Almost Live which made fun of the city of Kent a lot. Nelson lived in Kent. And now, almost 16 years later after that show’s demise, Nelson is almost famous, no he is famous, after his Oscar-nominated screenplay turned into an Alexander Payne movie called “Nebraska,” starring Bruce Dern. Now Nelson has directed a light drama, The Confirmation, about
MONDAY, JULY 25 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … California musicians + Divin’ Dipa IPA = diving into emotions 7 Seas Trivia + The Copper Door vinyl = community CRYNG UP THE COAST TOUR Los Angeles based singer/songwriter Jake Tittle and Orange County pianist Jerika Hayes are crying up the coast — at least that’s what they have called their West Coast tour. With a quivering voice and a gentle guitar Tittle approaches songwriting in a deeply personal and existential way. Accompanied by folk-rock and quasi-bluegrass arrangements, Tittle sings of family, friends and spiritual skepticism in a manner
Floating Bridge Brewing is now open in Seattle’s University District. Photo courtesy of Facebook MORNING FOAM FOR MONDAY, JULY 25: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom funny. … Somewhere inside Poncha Springs, Colorado’s, Elevation Brewing, there’s a man they call “Christ.” (No, not that one, of course). In the halls of the shiny new building of Boulder’s Avery Brewing, a man is answering to the name “Meaty Bro.” These are a small sliver of some of the epic employee nicknames floating around your favorite breweries
With a demographic ranging from young folks looking for delicious craft beer on the water and reggae fans to Curtis High School grads celebrating their 20th reunion and proud friends raising glasses to the Tacoma brewery ownership and staff, the Narrows Brewing Company Reggae and Rock On The Water third anniversary bash was a gas, gas, gas. Peaks and Pints arrived just as Dave Hannon was rocking the joint, and by joint we mean Narrows Brewing’s facility and neighboring Narrows Marina, which the party overflowed into its boat storage facility and deck. Reggae bands Valley Green joined brothers Joe and
Whether you’ve been on Instagram since its beginnings in 2010 or you’re an Instagram neophyte, you know keeping up on important photos can be overwhelming. If you follow everything and everyone you find interesting, you can end up with hundreds and hundreds of Instagram posts showing up in your feed on a daily basis. Don’t despair. Peaks and Pints shares important and pointless IG posts from craft breweries’ IG accounts every Sunday so you may catch up on hiking beers and the latest action along the production line. This week, The Copper Door brews, McMenamins introduces cans, Wingman wins a
SUNDAY, JULY 24 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Back To Beale Street + Rodenbach Grand Cru = a blend of young and old Doyle’s Public House + Pint Defiance = cribbage and cans BACK TO BEALE STREET BLUES COMPETITION Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee is rich with history. From the early 1900s through the 1940s, it was swinging — every club and restaurant was filled with solemn saxophone, upbeat piano, gritty, soulful voices and even the occasional jug band. Jazz artists were fusing with blues legends like B.B. King, Muddy Water and Louis Armstrong to help birth
SATURDAY, JULY 23 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … The Avett Brothers + Rainier Growlers = Christmas present Jazzbones + Narrows Brewing Anniversary Party = Stars The Forgotten 45’s + craft beer = Cascadia Homebrew THE AVETT BROTHERS Summer festival favorites the Avett Brothers hail from Concord, N.C., and deal in a populist sort of country-tinged folk-rock that somehow attracts hippies, hipsters and frat boys alike. The Avetts could be the last of the purveyors of great album-oriented rock. They tell stories about what it means to be Southern, to be American, to be alive. Catch the Avett
Down North performs at Rhythm & Rye tonight. Photo courtesy of Facebook FRIDAY, JULY 22 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Halcion Halo + Ecliptic brewing = Parade of goodness Down North + Christmas in July = North Pole Good Vibes Trio + cask IPA = unfiltered good vibes The Grand Cinema + STINK Cheese + Meat = Absolutely Fabulous HALCION HALO Rocking Tacoma since 2013, Halcion Halo will bust down The Valley’s door tonight with a truckload of their new CD, Joke Parade. No joke, and either is the new release. The project
Tacoma Beer Week 2016 IPA brew day at Wingman Brewers: From left, Travis Guterson, 7 Seas Brewing; Jeff Carlson, Harmon Brewing Company, Mike Dempster, Wingman Brewers (kneeling), James Dutton, Odd Otter Brewing Co.; Bethany Carlsen, Pacific Brewing & Malting Co.; Greer Hubbard, Odd Otter Brewing Co.; Daniel Heath, Wingman Brewers (top). Courtesy phto Tacoma Beer Week, six jam-packed days of local craft beer love (Aug. 1-6), is among the few citywide beer celebrations to get its own official brew. The inaugural Tacoma Beer Week in 2014 saw seven-ish Tacoma breweries collaborate on the Tacoma Neo Noir,
The Museum of Glass’ courtyard will be on fire tonight. THURSDAY, JULY 21 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Jazz outdoors + Benedict Cucumberbatch = Jazzhands Picnicpants Indie pop + Two Beers = pouring two out Night Blow + Uinta Brewing = blow and flow JAZZ UNDER THE STARS Pacific Lutheran University, home to the stellar jazz and NPR station KPLU (yay!), takes the rhythms to the outside hosting Jazz Under The Stars — an outdoor concert series in the Mary Baker Russell Music Center Amphitheater. The shows are free, and so is the
Jeff Stokes, Three Magnets Brewing Co. / photo credit Pappi Swarner Evergreen State College alumni and Darby’s Café owners Nathan and Sara Reilly opened Three Magnets Brewing Co. in downtown Olympia in November 2014, but longtime home brewers Pat Jansen and Jeff Stokes brewed their first Three Magnets batches on the 15-barrel system several months early in July. Head brewer/local sourcing liaison Jansen and assistant brewers/taproom manager Stokes hit the ground running when the brewery opened in the late fall with several recipes dialed in. Together, they brewed a wide range of craft beers — Jansen’s
WEDNESDAY, JULY 201 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Monty Python + Firestone Walker = coconuts and rhinos Comedy Open Mic + Stone IPAs = Ruination Wine and blues + The Bruery = Mischief Pumphouse + New Belgium = Fat Wild MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL QUOTE-ALONG Few realizations resonate for the lifelong Python-head quite like the first time you overhear complete strangers incessantly quoting and requoting the Knights of Ni sequence. Talk about a moment of clarity. If you’re the kind of person who likes to put on your best bad British accent and throw our
