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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Rialto Theater Tacoma - Downtown. National Conference Of The American Harp Society Comedy Harp Concert, with HarpCore 4, Louise Trotter. All Ages. 1 pm. Latin American Harp Concert, with Mercedes Gomez, Janet Paulus. All Ages. 4 pm. Pantages Theater Tacoma - Downtown. National Conference Of The American Harp Society Five Harp
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Call ahead to double check if these joints are open on July 4 ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tides Tavern Gig Harbor. Breakfast Jam Session, hosted by Billy Farmer. All Ages. 9 am. NC. Pantages Theater Tacoma - Downtown. National Conference Of The American Harp Society Chamber Music Concert. All Ages. 1 pm. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Gig Harbor Farmers Market - Gig Harbor. Kel. All Ages. 11:30 am. NC. Urban Grace Church Tacoma - Downtown. National Conference Of The American Harp Society Concert, with Judy Loman. All Ages. 1 pm. Pantages Theater Tacoma - Downtown. National Conference Of The American Harp Society Harp & Choir Concert, with
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Red Bicycle Bistro and Sushi Bar Vashon. Danny Godinez, Eric Apoe. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Hotel Murano Tacoma - Downtown. National Conference Of The American Harp Society Celtic Concert, with Philip & Pam Boulding. All Ages. 5 pm. Rialto Theater Tacoma - Downtown. National Conference Of The American Harp Society Gala
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Acoustic Open Mic. Leanne Trevalyan hosts. 21+. 9 pm. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Lindsay Weidmann, Jeremy Facknitz. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Liquid Soul Coffee Roy. Open Mic. Hosted by David Wayne. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Tacoma Farmers Market - Broadway Tacoma - Downtown. Stephen Duster.
Arts
So I did it. I saw the Banksy movie at The Grand Cinema. Exit Through the Gift Shop was a work of genius. I think. For those who haven't seen it, the film - which recently ended its run at The Grand - follows the escapades of the indie art world's
Music
It has been a year since death entered my life. I had, of course, come to terms with the possibility of my own demise a couple years prior, which is certainly an encounter with the finality. But being left behind by someone I had a future with, whose being was
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 ... Whew! What a couple of weeks! Bobble Tiki tells you what! After squeezing into his skinny jeans for the Squeak and
Food Matters
WINE DINNER Asado on Sixth Avenue in Tacoma will host a Peay/Failla/Turley wine dinner Thursday, June 24 at 6 p.m. The cost is $85 per person. Reserve your spot at 253.272.7770. WINE DINNER Brix 25 in Gig Harbor will host an Efeste Winery winemaker dinner Thursday, June 24. The cost for the four-course
Food Matters
Thursday, June 24 Wine tasting, noon to 6 p.m., complimentary, Walter Dacon Winery, 50 S.E. Skookum Inlet Road, Shelton, 360.426.5913. Friday, June 25 Fridays Uncorked: Rose - The Everyday Summer Wine tasting, 5-7:30 p.m., $12, Bayview School of Cooking, 516 W. Fourth ave., Olympia, 360.754.1448. Wine tasting, 4-6:30 p.m., Corky Cellars, 22511 Marine View
Food Matters
Pacific Grill pop-up Blame the economy's downturn. Or blame creative thinking. Whatever the reason, pop-up restaurants - temporary restaurants in private homes, other restaurants, galleries, street corners, abandoned buildings and, hopefully, the Weekly Volcano World Headquarters lunchroom - seem to be all the rage, at least in
Music
When I catch up with Vancouver, B.C. punk duo Nü Sensae, they're in Southern California, making some tour purchases at Wal-Mart while their van is being serviced. "Hang on," says drummer Daniel Pitout. "I'm buying a Barbie doll." Nü Sensae are such a relentlessly hardcore band that them copping to buying
Music
For a band, escaping the past can become harder than is quite necessary. The Decemberists had to release two or three albums before they could brush off those Neutral Milk Hotel comparisons, though perhaps still not even completely. Of course, some bands desperately depend on those associations, i.e. the appalling
Music
The worlds of hip-hop and entertainment are full of illusions: mirages and images of luxury, riches and material wealth. Girls wearing next to nothing, men with money to burn and the most lavish of lavish lifestyles. It's not like that. I am picturing the real lifestyle of hip-hoppers in the Pacific
Arts
It's that time again. Time to celebrate all the beauty and creativity and funk and goodness that exists between the cracks of urbanity. There are a whole lot of festivals in Tacoma. But only one Urban Art Festival. On the surface, this may look like any other Urban Art Fest
Features
Scheduled for Friday, June 25, through Sunday, June 27, the 2010 Taste of Tacoma in Point Defiance Park will feature more than 30 restaurant booths, products from 20 food companies, a beer garden and wine tasting, five live music entertainment stages, comedy shows, amusement rides, and - of course - endless
Music
CONGRATULATIONS >>> Thursday, June 24 Congratulations are a hard band to track down. As I pursued them this week, to no avail, I started to think they might not even exist. Sort of like when I took those pills that one time and I was convinced Tricky was not a real
Stage
Properly speaking, Harlequin Productions' Sixties Kicks isn't musical theater, it's a concert. Five talented young people backed by a killer five-piece rock band sing 37 hits of the 1960s. I'm not a music critic, but I don't have to be Lester Bangs to give a thumbs-up to the source material. In
Stage
Brunch, a new play by local actor, director, and playwright Elliot Weiner, tells the story of three friends; three friends with a long-standing tradition of monthly brunch together, interrupted by a sequence of new additions, ranging from a pregnant girlfriend to a psychiatrist. ... Now here's the trouble with the play:
Features
In this week's Grocery Stories column I am slightly referencing immigration, illegal or otherwise, which can have a large impact on our economy. Clearly the Albertsons on South 38th Street in Tacoma recognizes this because they are trying to appeal to the Hispanic community on the Eastside. There are several