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Hangover breakfast Masa's breakfast is a tasty, nongreasy alternative for nursing a wicked case of the day-afters. According to eHow, Mexican food spices help calm the stomach. Sipping a cup of Stumptown coffee from embedded Satellite Coffee (yeah, dehydration bad - but whatever) amid Latin colors and sports broadcasts is
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This week is my sister's birthday. Soooooooo... Happy birthday, Jessica. Thanks for the life contributions. The Seattle Center, and what used to be the Coliseum, is where I saw most of the rock concerts attended during my formative years. The first show I ever saw was at the hands of
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Probably my favorite ethnic cuisine is Asian. What's not to like? With the exception of dairy, it covers all the basic food groups. I kind of wish "sodium" was a food group because that is a huge reason why I enjoy Asian food so much. Japanese to be specific, with
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Sax Restaurant and Lounge Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Olivia De La Cruz. All Ages. 7-9 pm. NC. Hannah's Bar & Grille Olympia - Downtown. Open Mic. 9 pm. NC. Northern Pacific Coffee Co. Tacoma - Parkland. Open Mic. 8 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. St. Paddy's Day, with The McKassons. All
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC O'Blarney's Irish Pub Olympia - Eastside. Irish Sessions. Live traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Laura Meyer. All Ages. 7 pm. Donations. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Summit Pub Puyallup. Blues Jam. Hosted by Tim Hall & The Realtimes. 21+. 7:30 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Farrelli's
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Kyle Williams. All Ages. 7 pm. Donations. BLUES The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Dana Lupinacci Band. 8-11 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 21+. 7 pm. NC. DJ/ELECTRONIC Happy Days Casino Lakewood. DJ dance. Top 40. 21+. 9 pm. NC. O'Malley's Irish Pub Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Rebel
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Phil Hansen. All Ages. 3 pm. Donations. W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory Tacoma - Stadium District. Second Sunday Concert Series: Kathye Long. All Ages. 1-2:30 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 21+. 8 pm. City Hall Saloon and Eatery Enumclaw.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Red Bicycle Bistro and Sushi Bar Vashon. Dead Elvis Backbone Campaign Fundraiser. 20+ slots available for performers to play an Elvis or Dead song. All Ages. 7 pm. $15. Cafe Luna Vashon. Jonathan Nicholson. All Ages. 7:30 pm. NC. HG Bistro Puyallup. Lewis/Lane. 21+. 7 pm. NC. Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. Open
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OYSTER FESTIVAL Anthony's Restaurants celebrates West Coast oysters with a Three For Three promotion in their lounge. Pick any three oysters for $3 from 7-10 p.m. daily. Go to anthonys.com for the nearest location. MARCH MARTINI MADNESS Toscanos in Puyallup will let you take home a hand-painted martini glass if you pay
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC HG Bistro Puyallup. Andy Shofner. 21+. 7 pm. NC. Salty's at Redondo Beach Des Moines. Myles Crew. 21+. 8 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Too Many Cooks. All Ages. 8 pm. Donations. BLUES O'Callahan's Pub & Grill Key Peninsula. Junkyard Jane. 21+. 8:30 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Emerald Queen Casino Tacoma - Eastside. Carlos Mencia.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Antique Sandwich Company Ruston. Ancient Victory Open Mic. All Ages. 7 pm. Uncle Sam’s American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Jerry Miller Unplugged. 6 pm. NC. Liquid Soul Coffee Roy. Open Mic. Hosted by David Wayne. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Russ Salton & Friends. All Ages. 7 pm.
Concert Alert
An album entitled Teen Dream can seemingly lead to only two things: bubblegum pop stars or angsty pop-punk sensations. Thankfully, Beach House's most recent album, the band's first on Sub Pop, delivers on neither. Instead, listeners are offered a seamless mix of ambient, indie-pop perfection. Fans that fell in love
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Tech N9ne coming to Oly Tech N9ne will hit The Royal Lounge's stage Friday March 26. The Kansas City representative is a giant on the independent music scene. Example: he signed fellow underground legend Brotha Lynch Hung of Sac-Town to his Strange Music label last year. SP will host the joint
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Thursday, March 4 Ladies' Night half off glass pours, every Thursday in February, The Melting Pot, 2121 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.535.3939. Wine tasting, five pours for $5, Vinum Coffee and Wine Lounge, 1001 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.572.8215. Ladies Night featuring half off all wine flights and $5 house pours, Sip, 4793 Point Fosdick
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RADIO ACTIVE >>> Thursday, March 4 I may be off base in my assessment of Radio Active, but he sure sounds like a really nice guy. On top of that, he sounds as if he wouldn't mind me saying so. Radio Active is a rapper and accomplished free-styler whose songs are overwhelmingly
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Old Town Jazz and Wine Festival Jazz and wine go together like Hall and Oates. Or Carnegie Hall and Honey Bunches of Oates. You get the picture. It only makes sense to have a festival featuring this dynamic duo. Now in its seventh year, Saturday's Old Town Jazz & Wine Festival
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When you're running an underground music and arts venue - especially a successful (relatively speaking) underground music and arts venue in a town like Tacoma - there are no clear-cut guidelines. No instruction booklet is provided, and the task at hand is, essentially, to walk a tightrope - getting the
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I wonder what it's all about? No, that's not a question; that's the name of the Mike Capp exhibit at Mineral. I've been told there's a happening art community in Everett that includes Capp, who does knockoffs of Juan Miro and Wifredo Lam combined with a personal iconography that includes
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Much of New Jersey playwright's Christopher Durang's work can be described as "the comedy of disorientation." Much like the comedy of social awkwardness popularized in the U.S. by the British version of The Office, Durang's writing requires exquisite precision in tone and pacing or it falls apart completely. The audience
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BITE THIS The Hotel Murano lobby bar offers half-price appetizers every Wednesday in March. Swing by at 1320 Broadway Plaza in Tacoma. FAT OF THE LAND Langdon Cook, who left his senior book editor job at Amazon to live off the land, will discuss his book, Fat of the Land: Adventures of a