Listings
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Olympia Farmers Market Olympia - Downtown. Ali Marcus. All Ages. 11 am. NC. Salty's at Redondo Beach Des Moines. Myles Crew. 21+. 8 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Shareef Ali & The Radical Folksonomy. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. Cafe Luna Vashon. The Diggers. All Ages. 7:30 pm. NC. BLUES O'Callahan's Pub &
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Mike Fekete. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Liquid Soul Coffee Roy. Open Mic. Hosted by David Wayne. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Tempest Lounge Tacoma - Upper Tacoma. Thursday Open Mic, hosted by Kim Archer, Nick Sandy. 21+. 7 pm. NC. BLUES The Junction Sports Bar and Grill Chehalis.
Live & CD Reviews
It took nearly an hour and a half after the planned start time for a band to actually take the stage. I'm not ready to say that this was an entirely bad thing. In that empty hour and a half, the above average-sized crowd had ample time to get
Reviews
Angels Thai Cuisine Where: 318 Fourth Ave. E., Olympia, 360.786.1252Hours: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday-SaturdayCuisine: Thai appetizers, noodle dishes, stir-fry, grilled meat, soup, salad, fried rice, and curryScene: Casual, family friendly - not specifically a romantic localeDrinkies: Thai iced coffees, wine, beer, and
Arts
I don't believe it. Someone in Tacoma is selling art. A lot of it. And spray paint. A lot of it. Don't sleep on Gallery 38 Art Supply on 38th Avenue. I hope someone has a fit. Because Gallery 38 is a graffiti joint. And they're selling art. I don't believe it.
Concert Alert
As a recent college graduate, I spend most of summer days racking my brain for exciting post-grad life plans. You know, intellectually stimulating but badass; somewhat financially sound, but totally spontaneous; completely unique and fulfilling. Like maybe recording a solo album in a solar-powered van in the California wilderness? Something
Music
TENDER FOREVER >>> Friday, July 2 Melanie Valera is Tender Forever - and so are her songs. Not tender in a Hallmark, fuzzy bunny sort of way - or cliché in the slightest - simply tender in the care with which they're mined, crafted and presented, and tender in the themes
Food Matters
MILITARY DISCOUNTS Neo Wood Fired Pizza at 8425 S. Hosmer offers free 7-inch pizzas and 99 cent draft beers to all returning troops - every day. TIGHTWAD TUESDAY Every Tuesday Hell's Kitchen serves $2 tacos, $2 wells and $2 beers. Get on it at 928 Pacific Ave. in Tacoma. TACO THURSDAYS Rock the Dock Pub
Food Matters
Thursday, July 1 Small Vineyards Italian Wines tasting, 6:30 p.m., $16.50, Wine Bank, 7017 27th St. W., University Place, 253.564.1101. 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,
Music
Pop music is a huge, absurd tent that holds within it many bullshit subgenres. Kraut rock? I guess. Slowcore? Er, Glo-fi? Go fuck yourself. The very idea, at this point, of experimenting with pop music is almost laughable. When experimenting with pop music you'd better be careful, lest your experiment be
Arts
I usually hate homemade hip-hop videos about how much some unknown rapper loves where he or she comes from. But I got an e-mail the other day from someone who appreciated just such a video. So I watched "253" by local emcee Fice. The video is a testament to the beauty
Stage
A dozen beautiful women in colorful, flesh-baring harem costumes swayed and undulated as the appreciative crowd cheered them in Turkish and Arabic. The air was filled with trills of ululation. One richly tattooed woman danced in bare feet on stemmed water glasses. Other beauties swirled around each other gracefully while
Music
Canadian wonder-MC, Moka Only (aka Ron Contour), has been doing his thing as a rhyme-sayer and microphone master for more than a decade strong. And I mean strong - like army strong. The veteran of the rap circuit has found his way into the hearts and ears of the toughest
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. Do you ever get flashbacks? Bobble Tiki does. Sometimes, completely out of the blue, Bobble Tiki's mind will be transported from his
Music
These days, when Spencer Kelley talks, I listen. Kelley is the frontman of Basemint, a T-town indie rock throwback with all the right moves - and quite possibly my favorite thing going in Tacoma these days. Yes, better than the "scrap metal collectors" that try to make off with my lawnmower
Food Matters
Caffe Dei opens Shuanna Holt and Shane Siegfried opened Caffe Dei on Sixth Avenue Tuesday. The coffee shop and café - or Caffe - offers Ritual Coffee Roasters and True North Coffee drinks, and Macrina baked goods. They also plan to hold art shows, like the one currently hanging featuring Julie
Music
I had talked to maybe two strippers in my first 31 years of life. In Washington State, no alcohol is allowed on the premises of ANY establishment where there is nudity - until recently, not even in a movie theater. I'm, by nature, a pretty hands-on person. Also - in
Features
You know the saying, "sometimes you just have to look under your nose to discover what you are truly looking for?" I embellish because I can't recall exactly how it goes, and I have no inclination to look it up, but it rings true. You get the gist. In my pursuit
Listings
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Sax Restaurant and Lounge Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Olivia De La Cruz. All Ages. 7-9 pm. Free. Hannah's Bar & Grille Olympia - Downtown. Open Mic. 9 pm. NC. The Royal Lounge Olympia - Downtown. Skie Bender, Jessica Langton, Sarah Tavis, Quinn Russell. 21+. 8 pm. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia -
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC 6th Avenue Farmers Market - Tacoma. Abi Grace, Josiah Bogle. All Ages. 3:30 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