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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Michael Tomlinson. All Ages. 8 pm. $10-$12. Matrix Coffee House Chehalis. The First & Final. All Ages. 8 pm. $6. BLUES JR's Hideaway Belfair. Junkyard Jane. 9 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Ron Osborne.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Paddy O'Brien, Dale Russ, Nancy Conescu. All Ages. 8 pm. $10-$15. COMEDY/GAMES Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Ron Osborne. 8:30 pm. $15.Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Mike Merryfield. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Big Whisky Saloon Tacoma
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC The Red Room Tacoma - Downtown. Acoustic Night: The Learning Process, Jason Kay, Rodney Mitchell and Cooper Inveen. All Ages. 7 pm. $3. Spar Cafe - Olympia. James Coates. 8 pm. NC. Matrix Coffee House Chehalis. Open Mic Night. All Ages. 6:30 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar
Arts
Since Labor Day, the South Sound has waited with baited breath for the Hands On Children's Museum to open at its new location, 414 Jefferson St. in Olympia. Three locations and nearly 2 million visitors later, the Hand's On Children's Museum is finally at home. This weekend, the museum celebrated its
Music
I have been getting lots of messages in my inbox from the team that represents L. Hammond. I honestly have never heard of this cat. I have never seen him on a local bill. I have also never heard anyone or any other artists talking about him. I do not
Arts
Video Games Live is not just a concert. It's an experience. An experience to end all experiences for all nerdkind. An experience that will give every game geek in the land the chance to hear live video game music. An experience that will yank game fanatics from joysticks Friday night
Music
>>> Friday, Nov. 9 BARLEYWINE REVUE Barleywine Revue credits itself simply as a bluegrass band, but to hear it, the band somehow transforms that format into something more. Depending on whose lead vocals you get (in a very egalitarian move, the members trade off lead vocal duty,) you'll either find yourself in
Food Matters
MAC N' MORE Like most South Sounders, our love affair with fall and anything (and everything) pumpkin started in high school when we bowled them out our moving car windows and there isn't a September, October or November that doesn't go by without an assortment of pumpkin pies, bread, shots and
Arts
Riding on the successful (sold out) wave of Night of the Living Tribute Bands, Olympia Film Society keeps the drive alive into this year's incredible lineup of screenings, events, guests and kick-ass gala that is the 29th annual Olympia Film Festival. The event runs Nov. 9-18, and while there are many
Stage
The exhibition Andy Warhol's Flowers for Tacoma at Tacoma Art Museum is a major event for Tacoma any way you look at it. We didn't get to see Andy Warhol turn the Tacoma Dome into a giant flower 30 years ago when he originally proposed it, but now we get
Reviews
Peterson Brothers 1111 Where: 1111 S. 11th, Tacoma, 253.284.1111 Hours: Open daily from 11 a.m. until 2 a.m. Scene: Comfortable neighborhood bar vibe. Lots of character thanks the decor that includes an understated voodoo head and a plethora of illuminated brew signs. Drinks: Full bar, beers on tap, bottle and can, usual suspects for
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After watching three professional plays at Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, my wife and I traveled six hours to catch the opening night of Night Must Fall at Olympia Little Theatre. As she drove, we dialed our expectations down. Community theater, including OLT, can and should be inconsistent in quality.
Music
Despite an impressive resume and discography some critics feel Texas-born performer Jolie Holland has failed to find the audience she yielded as a member of the folk outfit The Be Good Tanyas and her early solo career. In a candid Denver Westworld article the singer joked, "I've done a good
Listings
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Little Creek Casino Shelton. Wine Wednesdays Acoustic. 8 pm. NC. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Crazy Texas Gypsies Open Jam. 8 pm. Midtown Grill Bonney Lake. Wednesday Night
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Acoustic open mic hosted by Leanne Trevalyan. 8 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Summit Pub Puyallup. Tim Hall & The Band Real Times. 7:30 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and Grill Tacoma - Northend.
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BLUES Play Pen Bar & Grill Lacey. Blue Monday. Electric Blues with Rickey Otto Gabbard & The Blue Emerald Cowboys. Karaoke after show. 7-10 pm. Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Jr. Hill Band. 8 pm. COMEDY/GAMES
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. Open mic format with Pam Carter from Classic Case as the host. 6-9 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Open Shape Note Singing. All Ages. 5 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam,
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Alan Reid, Rob Van Sante. All Ages. 8 pm. $12-$18. BLUES Louie G's Pizzeria Fife. Nolan Garrett, Dudley Taft, Larry Mitchell. All Ages. 8 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Ron Stubbs. 8:30 and 10:30 pm. $15. Tacoma
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Cork! A Wine Bar Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Cork's First Annual Storytellers Series, featuring Dave Hannon. 8 pm. Forza Coffee Company - DuPont. Erik Thomas. All Ages. 7 pm. Spar Cafe Olympia - Downtown. Paul Mauer. 8 pm. NC. BLUES Forza Coffee Company Fircrest. John Leonard. All
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Matrix Coffee House Chehalis. Open Mic Night. All Ages. 6:30 pm. NC. Lakewood Family YMCA Forza - Lakewood. Todd Koeppen. All Ages. 6 pm. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. The Junction Sports Bar and Grill