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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. Open mic format with Pam Carter from Classic Case as the host. 6-9 pm. NC. Paddy Coyne's Irish Pub Tacoma - Downtown. Celtic music with Martin Nyberg and friends. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Bethel Church Vashon. Vashon Island Chorale. All
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Olympia Family Theater Olympia - East. Myshkin, Eleanor Murray, Samantha Chandler. All Ages. 8 pm. $10.Rialto Theater Tacoma - Downtown. Rose Ensemble: An Early American Christmas. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $39-$59. Bethel Church Vashon. Vashon Island Chorale. All Ages. 3 pm & 7:30 pm. $10-$15. BLUES Traditions Cafe
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Theatre on the Square Tacoma - Downtown. Christine Lavin & Uncle Bonsai: Just One Angel. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $42. Amocat Café Tacoma - Triangle District. Deborah Page, Patrick Galactic and Adam Hendricks. 5:30 pm. NC. Spar Cafe Olympia - Downtown. James Faretheewell. 8 pm. NC. Red
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Spar Cafe - Olympia. Ethan Tucker. 8 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. Eagle's Hall Olympia - Downtown. OlyBlues Dance Night. Third floor, no partner necessary. All Ages. 9 pm. $5.O'Callahan's Pub & Grill Key
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I grew up as a Jehovah's Witness, so my family didn't celebrate holidays. I wasn't obliged to sit though two-hour saccharine overdoses about the true meaning of Christmas. In retrospect, perhaps that wasn't so awful. See, Nuncrackers presents me with a dilemma. I hated it. I really, really hated it. You
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Did you know that, adjusted for inflation, The Sound of Music (1965) is the third-biggest box office hit of all time? It made more money than Titanic, Avatar or any Star Wars movie since the first. (The all-time champ is still Gone With the Wind, which made the equivalent of
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Rapper Mickey Avalon has led quite the life. Born in 1975, Avalon grew up in a hellish environment. His father was a heroin addict; his mother sold marijuana to make a living. Avalon's early life was marked by tragedy. He adopted his mother's trade and sold pot to make money.
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It is getting close to the end of the year. So, I inevitably ponder what the album of the year was from Tacoma. There are still a couple of more months to drop something and make your impact on 2012. Right now I would say the top contender for album
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It's about dreams at the D.A.S.H. Center for the Arts. The Hilltop Tacoma organization offers a unique avenue to Pierce County young adults - an avenue straight to the arts. For the students, this often means opportunities to move onward and upward, and ultimately fulfill dreams. For the Pierce County
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>>> Thursday, Nov. 22 APRICOT & THE BEGINNERS The New Frontier is where to be Thursday after you fill your pie hole with turkey and all the trimmings. The Thanksgiving show features Apricot & The Beginners and Si Si Si and will help you forget all about that smart-ass comment your brother
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Legendary rockers Dick Dale and Girl Trouble have shared a stage in Tacoma many times, the last being over a year ago. These influential musicians have 50 year and 30 year careers, respectively. They have stood the test of time, sticking to our hearts like a home cooked meal sticks to the
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Oh music festivals, how do we love thee? Let us count the ways: You bring unprecedented amounts of joy to our ears and souls, you pave the way for inspiration and you are a bitchin' reason to party. Thanksgiving week, the 253Heart Music Festival brings us all of the above with
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Ray Turner's exhibition Population at Museum of Glass is a stunning show. Turner, a former Stadium High student from Tacoma now living in California, is showing almost 200 portraits painted on glass with lush oil paint slathered on the slick surface like cement poured from a mixer and spread with
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There's been a growing dining trend. You've seen it on the Food Network. You've heard the boisterous gathering laughing and clinking in the back of your favorite gastro pub. You've read the Weekly Volcano's Nosh League reports on our blog, Spew. Food and drink pairing dinners have taken the South
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This week, I would like to take a moment to discuss the phenomenal vitality of the Tacoma music scene. It would be a safe assumption to say that many of you often get dismayed over the condition of popular music today. I sometimes find myself genuinely depressed about the quality of
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For the most part, Sesame Street taught me to read. Is it any wonder, then, that I love puppetry? I'm a huge Star Wars fan (go, Disney!), and in several screen incarnations, Jedi Master Yoda, Admiral Ackbar and Jabba the Hutt were sophisticated puppets. E.T. and Audrey II were puppets
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Little Creek Casino Shelton. Wine Wednesdays Acoustic. 8 pm. NC. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Crazy Texas Gypsies Open Jam. 8 pm. Midtown Grill Bonney Lake. Wednesday Night
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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. BLUES Summit Pub Puyallup. Tim Hall & The Band Real Times. 7:30 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and Grill Tacoma - Northend. Barstool
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Olympia Timberland Library Olympia. James Talley. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday. 7 pm. NC. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino rockin' blues jam. 8 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Velocity. 8 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's
Food Matters
THANKSGIVING ADVICE The Red Coats are coming! Culinary artists of the Metropolitan Market (2420 N. Proctor St., Tacoma) will don red chefs coats and be available Nov. 20-22 to answer food prep questions for your Thanksgiving feast, help find that special ingredient you're looking for and suggest recipes for your holiday diners.