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COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Jubal Flagg. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Lucky Eagle Casino Rochester. John Michael Montgomery. 8 pm. $20. DJ/ELECTRONIC Open Space For Arts and Community Vashon. Club O, featuring DJ MirageSix, DJ Whitmore. All Ages. 8 pm. $5 (no one turned away).
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC B Sharp Coffee House Tacoma - Downtown. The Linda Myers Band. All Ages. 8 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Jubal Flagg. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Dave's of Milton Milton. Comedy Night, featuring Benjie Wright, Jen Seamen, MC Jack Bullard. 8 pm. $10.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. Antique Sandwich Company Ruston. Chris Anderson Benefit Concert, featuring Steve Beck, Steff Kayser, Larry Murante, Kevin Jones, Mark Filler, Jim Moore, Bill Glover, Rob Kneisler. All Ages. 7 pm. BLUES Dave's of Milton Milton. Blues Jam, hosted by Doug
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Al Aoerick. 8 pm. Steilacoom Pub and Grill Steilacoom. Monday Music, featuring James Coates. 7 pm. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Black Rose. 7 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES The Hub Tacoma - Stadium District. Bar Bingo. Cash prizes.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Acoustic open mic hosted by Leanne Trevalyan. 8 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and Grill Tacoma - Northend. Barstool Bingo. 6:30 pm. White Horse Tavern Yelm. Barstool Bingo. Prizes! 7 pm.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC A Rhapsody In Bloom Florist and Cafe Latte Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Kevin Jones. All Ages. 7 pm. C.I. Shenanigans Tacoma - Northend. Live music on the patio. All Ages. 7-10 pm. NC. Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm.
Stage
I often hear people defend flawed productions by protesting, "It's community theater," thereby entitled to amateur errors. I get that, and do assess productions according to what I know their participants can accomplish. The catch is I've seen some mighty fine community theater over the years. Scan my Carvy year's-best
Arts
There's a community brewing in Tacoma, and it's not beer. Tacoma's fashion-loving Gritizenry are roaming our urban streets looking for the next fix in the form of crazy-good vintage shoes, jeans that are pure perfection and lovingly worn concert tees that just beg to be snapped up. The best part? We
Critics' Picks
[INDIE POP] + FRI, JULY 18 Lately, I've been spending too much time thinking about the preponderance of math rock influences in local indie rock. I think I first noticed it during the last batch of Makeup Monster shows. Something changed in the SOTA music scene, and - as near as
Music
The first song I ever heard from TV Girl was the title track from their 2011 EP, Benny and the Jetts. I didn't know, at the time, what an appropriate song it was to get introduced to this band. As the story of the song goes, a man is in
Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TWEB = Ticketweb, 866.468.7623, www.ticketweb.com >>> ON SALE NOW Curtis Stigers Seattle. Aug. 5-6 7:30 pm. $24.50 (Jazz Alley, jazzalley.com) Fourplay Seattle. Aug.
Food Matters
SMOKIN' HOT RIBFEST LeMay - America's Car Museum (2702 E. D St., Tacoma) is hosting an exclusive summer event for lovers of the grill, both the one that adorns your wheels and the ones you cook over fire with in their Smokin' Hot RibFest 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July
Features
It's hard work being a foodie scribe. On the one hand, you have the barrage of demands to indulge in delectable cuisine; on the other, you have the need to investigate the local culinary culture. I mean, seriously, what's a girl to do? Most recently, my civic duty required me
Stage
"Good acting in a humble house" is the motto of Marilyn Bennett's Toy Boat Theatre. Back from a two-and-a-half-year hiatus, Bennett brings Jean Genet's play, The Maids, to life among the stacks at King's Books. An affiliated event of the 2014 Tacoma Pride Festival, The Maids, is a dark, assuredly
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. St. Practice Day, with That Irish Guy. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. Charley's Pub Fircrest. Chicago Blues Thursdays. Real Chicago blues with Richard Molina. 8-11 pm.
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COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Andy Woodhull. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Urban Onion Restaurant and Lounge Olympia - Downtown. New Queens on the Block Drag Show. 9 pm. $6. COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Lucky Eagle Casino Rochester. Clay Chambers & The Last Ride. 9 pm. NC. Red
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC B Sharp Coffee House Tacoma - Downtown. Dean Reichert Band. 9 pm. Lacey Timberland Library Lacey. Four Shillings Short. All Ages. 2 pm. NC. Matrix Coffee House Chehalis. Rickshaw, Michael Shohan. All Ages. 7 pm. $6. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Andy Woodhull. 8
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. Matrix Coffee House Chehalis. Four Shillings Short. All Ages. 6:30 pm. $6-$10. BLUES Dave's of Milton Milton. Blues Jam, hosted by Doug McGrew. 7:30 pm. NC. Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Steilacoom Pub and Grill Steilacoom. Monday Music, featuring Kurt Lindsay. 7 pm. BLUES The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. AEK Band. 8 pm. Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Black Rose. 7 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES The Hub Tacoma - Stadium District. Bar Bingo. Cash prizes.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Acoustic open mic hosted by Leanne Trevalyan. 8 pm. NC. Washington Center for the Performing Arts Olympia - Downtown. An Evening With Joan Baez. All Ages. 8 pm. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar