Music
It's a new week, which means it's time for a new installment of Bobble Tiki's South Sound music news and notes column. Without further ado, let's get rolling ... Wow. Just wow. Bobble Tiki hates to be a whiner, but the fuck is up with getting sick in the middle
Music
Last week, as the boy and I were taking in the epic Puget Sound view from the swimming pool at the fancy Tacoma home of my new favorite "tragically too young love story with a happy ending years later" couple Ty and Rachel, the subject of personal watercraft trips
Food Matters
Thursday, July 15 Morgan Winery tasting, 4-6 p.m., Water to Wine, 9014 Peacock Hill Ave., Gig Harbor, 253.853.9463. Half-price Wine Bottle Night with two appetizer purchases, Tides Tavern, 2925 Harborview Drive, Gig Harbor, 253.858.3982. Wine tasting, noon to 6 p.m., complimentary, Walter Dacon Winery, 50 S.E. Skookum Inlet Road, Shelton, 360.426.5913. Friday, July 16 Fridays
Food Matters
DIP IT The Melting Pot in downtown Tacoma (2121 Pacific Ave.) offers three courses and a bottle of wine for $35 a person, through July Sunday through Thursday. AFTERNOON TEA Affairs Restaurant & Catering in University Place would like to host your afternoon tea party. Their tea menu includes cucumber sandwiches, ham and
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Sitting in his hotel room overlooking the land of the mighty Lummi Nation, Anthony Fernandes, aka Block Savage of Savage Family, is thinking about his future and his people. Teaching at a music mentor academy at the Lummi Nation Reservation just north of Bellingham has refreshed Fernandes, and recharged the
Music
Times are - once again - tough for all-ages venues in Tacoma. Of course, it seems like there's never much of a break between those times in this town, but this feels especially dire. At the end of the month the mostly hardcore all-ages joint, the Viaduct, will bite the
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The Northwest music scene knows how to take care of its own. Our woodsy, insular corner of the country has nurtured some remarkably supportive and artsy communities - a minor empire of wide-eyed, open-hearted creatives, stretching from Bellingham's coven of enthusiastic house-show crust-punks, to as far South as the legendary
Food Matters
Gluten-free pizza dough Celiac disease, also known as gluten-intolerance, is one of the most common chronic health disorders in the Western world. As more Americans are finding out they can't tolerate gluten - a very small protein found in wheat, barley and rye - the demand for gluten-free foods is increasing exponentially. Farrelli's
Arts
Art and drugs was a hit in last week's column. Apparently Layne Staley was banging all the way through Mad Season, and people like drugs. And apparently I totally missed the point of a recent request to write about art and drugs. The request, which came from a reader, was
Stage
All Shook Up is currently running at Tacoma Musical Playhouse. It's a play inspired by and featuring the songs of Elvis Presley, with a book by Joe DiPietro. The play is also based on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, which does a much better job with the formulaic plot line: boy wants
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Overall I'm less than impressed with the quality of public art in Olympia. OK, yeah, The Kiss by Richard Beyer at the Percival Landing boardwalk (Fourth Avenue and Water Street) is kind of fun. People love to get their picture taken with the kissing couple. But it's really silly and not
Features
As we all know, these days it's all about local, and Tacomans are incredibly fortunate to have four farmers markets spread-out through out the week to make our shopping accessible. What I would like to see is a year-round market in a permanent structure like Olympia. Why do they
Listings
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Sax Restaurant and Lounge Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Olivia De La Cruz. The guitarist, singer/songwriter performs during dinner. All Ages. 7-9 pm. Free. Hannah's Bar & Grille Olympia - Downtown. Open Mic. 9 pm. NC. A Rhapsody In Bloom Florist and Cafe Latte Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Watch The Sky. All Ages.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC O'Blarney's Irish Pub Olympia - Eastside. Irish Sessions. Live traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. The Rosie Burgess Trio. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Summit Pub Puyallup. Tim Hall & The Band Real Times. 21+. 7:30 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Huntamer
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Sharaya Mikael. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES The Royal Lounge Olympia - Downtown. The Greta Jane Quartet. 21+. 9:30 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 21+. 7 pm. NC. DJ/ELECTRONIC Muckleshoot Indian Casino Auburn. Club Video. 21+. 8 pm. NC. Latitude 84 Tacoma - South. DJ Jacob.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tides Tavern Gig Harbor. Breakfast Jam Session, hosted by Billy Farmer. All Ages. 9 am. NC. Olympia Farmers Market Olympia - Downtown. Part Of Fortune. All Ages. 11 am. NC. Engine House No. 9 Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Steve Stefanowicz. All Ages. 5 pm. NC. Cafe Luna Vashon. Vashon Celtic Players & Knitting
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Mike Connelly. All Ages. 11 am. NC. Six House Radious, The Olympics. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. Cork! A Wine Bar Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Mr. Fusion 9 pm. NC. Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. St. Practice Day, with Ockham's Razor. 21+. 9 pm. NC. Paddy
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. 41 Miles. All Ages. 8:30 pm. NC. Red Bicycle Bistro and Sushi Bar Vashon. Ian McFeron, Picoso. All Ages. 9 pm. $10. Matrix Coffee House Chehalis. Shain's Jam Night & Musician's Workshop. All Ages. 8 pm. $2 suggested donation. BLUES Salty's at Redondo Beach Des Moines. Cory Wilds Band.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Austin Jenckes. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Olympia Farmers Market Olympia - Downtown. Katherine Alderette. All Ages. 11 am. NC. Liquid Soul Coffee Roy. Open Mic. Hosted by David Wayne. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES The Junction Sports Bar and Grill Chehalis. Blues Jam. Hosted by Blues Attitude.
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One of my earliest memories is reading to my three-years-younger brother Richard. His favorite book was Roald Dahl's 1964 classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, so I must've read it to him four or five times cover to cover. Yet we didn't see the 1971 movie adaptation in theaters. Almost