Food Matters
Thursday, July 29 Yalumba Winery tasting, 5:30-8:30 p.m., complimentary, Pour at Four, 3814 N. 26th St., Tacoma, 253.761.8015. 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 30 Fridays
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Tacoma is often described as a city full of underdog freaks. If this is the case (and there does seem to be some truth to it), Tacoma will eat up the Hellzapoppin Sideshow Review, set to infest Hell's Kitchen with more bearded women, human pincushions and oddities than normal on
Music
I'm crammed into a tight practice space in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle, at Prospect and Elliott, down by the railroad tracks. They Rise, We Die's five members crowd the room, which is getting stuffier and sweatier the longer they jam. The walls are trembling from the force of their
Music
I can remember my very first mixtape. It was the summer of 1986 and my cousin went back to Harlem to visit his family. He returned with a cassette tape that would forever change my sister's and my life. It was a live radio mix from WBLS 107.5 FM's legendary
Music
Built to Spill is one of these bands - like Animal Collective and Interpol - where I feel like I just totally missed the boat. I missed them when they first hit the scene, and have been playing catch-up ever since. And you know what? I've really tried, guys, but
Music
EDISON ORANGE >>> Friday, July 30 Edison Orange's "Flour Shortage" starts out sounding sort of like Pixies if they made bubblegum pop - that ba-ba-ba-bass, stiffly rhythmic guitar and thudding drums sounding brighter than Black Francis probably would've liked. About a minute in, a certain No Doubt flavor (including horns) kicks in,
Features
"It's supposed to be through the parking lot and past the hotel," I remarked to my designated drinker and co-pilot Sarah M. She looked at me dubiously, probably thinking I was dragging her to another mystery spot the Weekly Volcano editors had added to my scavenger hunt of places to
Stage
What does it mean to be naked? The Brick House Gallery encouraged artists to come up with their own definitions of the word with strong hints that they should feel free to interpret nakedness in ways other than the obvious (i.e., figures without clothing). But with very few exceptions the
Arts
I love the Art Bus. I love Third Thursday Artwalk. I love our museums and galleries. But I also believe we can do more than put art on display for appreciation and gawking through the bottom of a beer or wine glass. Art has power, or it once did, to
Stage
William Shakespeare's As You Like It opens thus: "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." With Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, playwright Tom Stoppard addresses this philosophy on a deeper level: If all the world is a stage, then what happens in the wings? Where
Features
So, I decided to go dumpster diving for this weeks Grocery Stories. My beloved boss Pappi Swarner threw the idea at me a few weeks back and I completely laughed it off, but then I got thinking - why not? They deserve a look-see, just as anyone else, so I
Listings
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tempest Lounge Tacoma - Upper Tacoma. Dave Roberts. 21+. 7 pm. NC. 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. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Olympic Club Hotel and Theater Centralia Frank Fairfield. All Ages. 7:30 pm. NC. O'Blarney's Irish Pub Olympia - Eastside. Irish Sessions. Live traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Oly Songwriter Circle. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night.
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COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 21+. 7 pm. NC. DJ/ELECTRONIC Muckleshoot Indian Casino Auburn. Club Video. 21+. 9 pm. NC. The New Frontier Lounge Tacoma - Dome District. Grit Rock Monday with DJ Darren Selector. Spinning Tacoma indie rock and underground hits. 21+. 9 pm. NC. O'Malley's Irish Pub Tacoma - Sixth
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Open Mic Night. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 21+. 8 pm. Immanuel Presbyterian Church Tacoma - Northend. Blues Vespers: Candye Kane and friends. All Ages. 5-7 pm. free. Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Lyon Pride
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Forsa Wine Bar Gig Harbor. 41 Miles. 21+. 7 pm. NC. Cork! A Wine Bar Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Jake Westhoff. 21+. 8 pm. NC. Gig Harbor Farmers Market Gig Harbor. Steve & Kristi Nebel. All Ages. 11:30 am. NC. HG Bistro Puyallup. Steve Stefanowicz. 21+. 8:30 pm. NC. Paddy Coyne’s Irish Pub Tacoma
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Red Bicycle Bistro and Sushi Bar Vashon. Cody Beebe & The Crooks. All Ages. 9 pm. NC. Cafe Luna Vashon. Herky Cutler. All Ages. 7:30 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Jam On My Muffin. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. Jackie Mitchell, Scott Baird Lesman. All Ages. 8:30 pm. NC. Fort Nisqually
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Billy Stoops Acoustic Jam, guest hosted by Leanne Trevalyan. 21+. 9 pm. NC. 4th Ave Ale House Olympia - Downtown. Gina Belliveau, True Margrit. 21+. 9 pm. Toscanos Cafe and Wine Bar Puyallup. Groove House Unplugged. Live music on the patio. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Liquid Soul
Reviews
Laura's Bayview Bar & Grill Where: 229 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma, 253.327.1015Hours: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner dailyCuisine: American and European inspired dishes made from all original recipes. Steak, seafood, pasta, burgers, appetizers, soup, and
Live & CD Reviews
Ed. note: The Dignitaries will not be joining Ben Union at Jazzbones tonight. Guitarist Lino Fernandez was in a traffic accident last Saturday nightin Seattle. Luckily, he only has a broken left foot. A photo of Lino at the hospital can be found here. It's a new week, which means it's