Music
Three Quarter Minus has the musical spectrum covered. With over five hours of original music and covers in the band's repertoire, fans can practice live-music longevity. No wussy 45-minute-to-two-hour sets here, these boys will give you what you love ... all ... night ... long. Originals created by longtime musicians and
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Fulcrum Gallery has joined other area galleries in celebration of the 46th annual NCECA ceramic conference by presenting the show Creatures of Habit: Contemporary Ceramics - On the Edge with ceramic artists Heather Cornelius and Spencer Ebbinga. Each artist explores human and animal consciousness through the creation of anthropomorphized animals (or, in the
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When Capital Playhouse board members described Fiction at the start of their season, it looked right up my alley: it's a straight (i.e., non-musical) play about a writer who lies even while writing his own diary, and whose sins are exposed at the worst possible moment. Then, when I learned
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Mother. Daughter. Killer. Lover. Angel. Demon. Bette Midler. Assemblage Theater's debut presentation pulls away the walls that separate these disparate images, leaving behind the revelation that is Terminus. Mark O'Rowe knows there is darkness in the best of us, and profound decency in the worst. In his Terminus we bear witness
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I loved this play! Distracted at Olympia Little Theatre is one of those productions where, halfway through, I was thinking, "Please don't screw up the ending, ‘cause Act 1 was terrific." Then I was sorry it ended at all. It's that good. I don't mean it's without imperfections. Opening night, actors lost
Music
A very long time ago I was on the radio. I used to rig contests so folks in Tacoma would win - I felt I owed them something. Tacoma was the first place to embrace my early '90s rock outfit Squirt. We didn't make it big or anything, but Tacomans
Arts
Traditionally, a wayzgoose was a party thrown by a master printer. Now that we are in the age of Kindles and Nooks, the term just means a party thrown by or for printers and literary sorts. Tacoma's Wayzgoose is headed up by King's Books owner sweet pea Flaherty and letterpress printer
Features
Gardens can grow in all shapes, sizes, compositions and methods of containment. From a tiny windowsill herb garden to a 50-by-30-foot plot that yielded enough food for two families, I've had one almost every year. There's something so satisfying about working the earth and watching something I planted grow and provide
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To paraphrase Paul Simon: If you took all the mosh pits you played to in tiny rock clubs and brought them all together for one night ... Title Fight is a band that's finding out just how that would feel. "We started when we were 12 years old," says Title Fight bassist
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Tacoma Musical Playhouse sets sail with an all-male cast in a musical based on Kipling's Captains Courageous and the classic 1937 film of the same name. Music by Frederick Freyer; book and lyrics by Patrick Cook. Under the heading of Tacoma Children's Musical Theater, TMP produces a play suitable for
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Person: Johnny Andrews Age: 50 something Olympia's: Charitable celebrity Who serves: Thanksgiving dinner To: 400 Olympia citizens Cooks all the food: Himself Payed for: By himself Even delivers: To those who don't show up for dinner Why can't I celebrate Thanksgiving in April? People like to celebrate Christmas in July, so what's the difference? More than celebrating the actual
Food Matters
With the weather warming up, there's a new option for dining with a view. Topside Bar and Grill opened March 23 in the former Jake's Bar and Bistro location. The restaurant seems to be off to a great start. On a recent visit for dinner, there was a line at the
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It's ‘bout to be 4/20, an important date for the marijuana community, and therefore the hip-hop community. The green, beats and rhymes roll together like the Three Musketeers. For all my medical-card holders, celebrate this year by checking out DJ Gerze's new dispensary that'll have its grand opening on 4/20.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Rex & Donnie. All Ages. 6 pm. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. Hell's Kitchen Tacoma - Downtown. Nolan Garrett, Darin Watkins, Jeff Leonard. All Ages. 8 pm. $5. Midtown Grill Bonney Lake. Wednesday Night Blues Jam. All
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Jon Heartbreak. All Ages. 6 pm. Chloe Wallace, Alex Duarte. All Ages. 7 pm. 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. BLUES Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino Band
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Acoustic Couch Jam. 8:30 pm. NC. Crystal Voyage Tacoma - Dome District. Celia Farran. All Ages. 7 pm. $10. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Dean Reickard. 8 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 7 pm.
Food Matters
NEW MENUS The Fish Tale Brew Pub (515 Jefferson St. SE, Olympia) has a bevy of new menu items on both their brunch, lunch and dinner menus. If you're feeling brunchy, they now offer a smoked pork chop and French toast. For lunch and dinner, try their Fish Tale parfait,
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Unitarian Universalist Church Tacoma. Celia Farran. All Ages. 7 pm. $10. Olympia Farmers Market Olympia - Downtown. Earth Day Celebration, with Greg Parke. All Ages. 11 am. NC. Northern Pacific Coffee Co. Tacoma - Parkland. Jeriactric Jazz. All Ages. 11 am-1 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Josiah & Sam Bogle. All Ages. 8 pm. Tahoma Tea and Co. Tacoma - Downtown. Valerie Warren, Eli Moore, Que Sera and the Seras. All Ages. 7 pm. Harbor Greens/Forza Wine Bar Gig Harbor. Luke & Lucy Band. 7 pm. Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Rae Solomon,
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Emma's Revolution. All Ages. 8 pm. $12-$17. C.I. Shenanigans Tacoma - Northend. James Coates. 7 pm. Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. Roscoe Bills. All Ages. 8:30 pm. $6. BLUES Buffino's Golden West Restaurant and Lounge Tacoma - South. Back Porch Band. 8 pm. Spar Cafe Olympia.