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... was here. You can reach him at cole.cosgrove@thenewstribune.com.

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Kelly Davenport Kelly Davenport
My life in T-shirts: Ask Me About My Cat - Legalize Frostitution - Death Before Decaf. You get the idea. I enjoy lint-rolling, bons mots, magazine launch parties (if I was invited), paying too much for groceries, and the occasional semicolon. I'm a copy editor at The News Tribune, but I won't correct your grammar at the bar. Contact me at kelly.davenport@thenewstribune.com.

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Laura Gentry Laura Gentry
...lives in Seattle (so you don’t have to) with her cat Peanut Zeta-Jones. The self-proclaimed “Webmeister” of TheNewsTribune.com, Laura spends her spare time driving on I-5, sifting through estate sales, writing songs about Miss Zeta-Jones and wishing she was somewhere else regardless of where she is. You can reach her at laura.gentry@thenewstribune.com, but it’s in your best interest not to.

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Niki Sullivan Niki Sullivan
...is a political reporter for The News Tribune. She likes sunshine, soup and puppies. Beyond that, it gets dicey. Contact Niki at niki.sullivan@thenewstribune.com.

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Brian Everstine Brian Everstine
...has a debilitating fear of children, horses, sauerkraut and mustaches, but an irrational affection for generic cereal. A recent college graduate (WSU) from Spokane, he is a news reporter for The News Tribune who is still adjusting to life on this side of the mountains. Contact Brian at brian.everstine@thenewstribune.com.

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You'll like Tacoma
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Posted by Kelly Davenport @ 02:57:59 pm

I think it's fair to measure a town's vibrancy by the number of fliers hanging around on telephone poles and bulletin boards. And lately, I see amazing street art popping up everywhere.

I've spied some concert posters that look like the precise pen-and-ink handiwork of Sean Alexander from the Helm.

And even an illustrated yard sale poster at Satellite Coffee that I would've hung on my wall. (Alas, I didn't make it to the sale.)

Today at Blackwater, I picked up a couple of fliers that got cosmically intertwined in my head.

The first is for a zine-making event at King's Books this Friday night from 4 to 6 p.m. It's free. Donations accepted.

Which makes me think of my favorite zine artist, Nicole J. Georges of Portland, a rad gal who shares my love of secretary eyeglasses and animals. (That's her work down below.) You can find her collections – I recommend "Invincible Summer" – and some other artwork on buyolympia.com. She's also queer. Read her witty blog here.

Which brings me to the other flier, advertising what could be Tacoma's first weekly get-together for queer 20-somethings. It's this Thursday at 7. Read more about it here.

Art! Acceptance! Rosy, indeed.

Categories: Observed, Art!