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Apr. 28, 2009 at 2:25pm

Tacoma Reads Together goes to the movies

Food-themed films on the menu this week

Posted by Ed Murrieta in Farming and growing, Tacoma, Tacoma Reads Together
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Tacoma Reads Together shifts into movie mode this week, with screenings of five food-themed films chosen to complement "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle," Barbara Kingsolver and her family's account of a year spent on a farm growing their own food and nurturing their own lives.
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Apr. 14, 2009 at 3:10pm

Tacoma Reads Together events in bloom

Lots happening this week, throughout the month of April

Posted by Ed Murrieta in Tacoma, Tacoma Reads Together
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The schedule of events for Tacoma Read Together is in full bloom. Here are events this week and throughout the month. Click here for South Sound Eats full schedule of events, continuing through June.
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Apr. 1, 2009 at 11:16pm

Reading reminder: Ravenous book club

Monthly meeting at King's Books tonight

Posted by Ed Murrieta in Tacoma, Tacoma Reads Together
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Ravenous Readers Book Club meets tonight at King's Books. The topic is Mark Kurlansky's "Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World."
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Mar. 4, 2009 at 2:27pm

Food-focus book club digs into 'Animal, Vegetable, Miracle'

Ravenous Readers Book Club starts monthly discussion series

Posted by Ed Murrieta in Farming and growing, Media, Tacoma, Tacoma Reads Together
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Tacoma's new food-inspired book club holds its first of monthy book discussion Thursday night at Kings Books. Ravenous Readers Book Club, spearheaded by Kings Books and Exit133.com's Whitney Rhodes, will explore sustainable issues near and dear to South Sound Eats' stomach: growing food locally, the impact of commercial agriculture, and growing communities.

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Jan. 16, 2009 at 1:53pm

Cooking up ideas for Tacoma Reads Together

Kingsolver's 'Animal, Vegetable, Miracle' highlights this year's program

Posted by Ed Murrieta in Eat Well, Do Good, Farming and growing, Tacoma, Tacoma Reads Together
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I spent two hours this morning at Tacoma Public Libray's downtown Main Library in a meeting room with about 30 local food activists, educators, farmers and policy people talking about a book -- Barbara Kingsolver's acclaimed "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life" -- and how our community can create programs and events that bring people together around the food we eat, share and, hopefully, grow. Read more