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Arts reporter and critic Rosemary Ponnekanti keeps you in touch with the arts and culture scene with the help of other News Tribune writers, critics and editors.

Rosemary Ponnekanti is the arts reporter at The News Tribune, and has been a classical music nerd nearly all her life. Besides spending way too much time in galleries, museums and concert halls, she occasionally brings a whistle or double bass to Celtic jam sessions, and insists on singing "Happy Birthday" in four-part harmony.

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What's new on the walls, stage, screen and streets of Tacoma and South Puget Sound.
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Posted by Soren Andersen @ 04:57:07 pm

The wiener dogs are hot, hot, hot.

Those would be the elongated canine stars of “Wiener Takes All: A Dogumentary.” (And yes, I groaned as I typed that.) They’re the hit of the Tacoma Film Festival so far.

The hilarious documentary about the wild world of sanctioned dachshund racing sold out its first show Saturday at the Grand Cinema. Then it sold out a second scheduled show this evening at
6:45 p.m. A front-page story about the picture in Sunday’s News Tribune helped spur sales, festival programmer Philip Cowan announced today.

So in response to popular demand, Cowan added an encore screening at 8:40 tonight. “Come over after the debate,” he invited, “to lighten the mood."

Regardless of how your candidate does tonight, you’re sure to howl at the antics of the low-slung racers and their fanatical owners.

Categories: Cinema