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>>> Friday, Feb. 15 BLACK MARBLE As a mission statement, you couldn't find one much clearer than "Cruel Summer," the lead-off track on the latest release by Black Marble. As if the title didn't do well enough to harken back to the early '80s, from the moment that stiff drum machine meets
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Survival Knife is Kris Cunningham on drums, Meg Cunningham on bass, Brandt Sandeno on guitar and Justin Trosper on guitar and vocals. Yes, Meg and Kris are married, and yes, Sandeno and Trosper are two of the original three members of Olympia's infamous '90s indie rock predecessors, Unwound. All right, now that
Food Matters
RESERVE WINE AND CHOCOLATES Stottle Winery (2641 Willamette Dr. NE, Lacey) is hosting a Reserve Wine and Chocolates event noon to 5 p.m. Feb. 16-17. Stottle will be popping the cork of limited supply bottles of 2008 varietals and reserves. Background tunes, candlelight and chocolate will be present to accompany them.
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Since 1994, Allstar Guitar in Gig Harbor has been proudly owned and operated by Dan and May Wilson. Allstar Guitar is a multi-faceted operation - it serves the community as a custom guitar shop, instrument repair and music academy. This month it's celebrating the grand opening of its new location
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Harmon Tap Room Tacoma - Stadium District. Acoustic Underground Open Mic, hosted by James Coates. 8 pm. BLUES The Royal Lounge Olympia - Downtown. Alice Stuart Royal Wednesday. 7:30 pm. $5. Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South.
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Dancing with the Stars is a TV show that pairs professional dancers with famous people - stars who often wouldn't know the bunny hop if it bit them in the ass. Each show, an unlucky couple gets voted off. By the end of the season, the only couples left on
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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. Olympic Club Hotel and Theater Lewis County. You Me & Apollo. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Summit Pub Puyallup. Tim Hall & The Band Real Times. 7:30
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Uke-Olympians. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday. With Billy Pease, Paul Buck and Chris Gartland. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Palmer Junction. 8 pm. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino rockin' blues
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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. First United Methodist Church of Tacoma Tacoma - Downtown. An Afternoon With Mary K. McNeill. All Ages. 3 pm. $5-$10. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Puget Sound Music For Youth Association
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Part Of Fortune. All Ages. 2 pm. King's Books Tacoma - Stadium District. Songwriter's Circle: Steve Nebel, John Sparrow, Gary Kanter. Join these three for an evening of song and storytelling. All Ages. 7-9 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Jim Malcolm. All Ages. 8 pm. $10-$15. Red Bicycle Bistro and Sushi Bar Vashon. Love Duets: A Benefit For Risk, hosted by Allison Shirk, Cami Lundeen. All Ages. 8 pm. NC. BLUES Forza Coffee Fircrest. Nolan Garrett. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club
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There's a magic rainbow that connects Tacoma and Olympia. An ethereal, colorful, sparkly bridge that connects us in many ways: art, music and beer, for instance. Next week, a burlesque event like no other will make that rainbow shine a little brighter, make that connection a little stronger and make your
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Cascadia Grill Olympia - Downtown. Jeremy Serwer. All Ages. 6-9 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Jim Malcolm. All Ages. 8 pm. $10-$15. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. Eagle's Hall Olympia
Show And Tell
There are profoundly powerful human experiences that are captured and recaptured seemingly annually by filmmakers. Then there are those that are equally or exceedingly powerful yet are seldom selected for depiction. What's even more peculiar is that the large majority of humanity shares some of the experiences that seem to be
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It is a fresh 2013. Who is going to make noise, as far as music? So far ILLFIGHTYOU has been garnering big buzz in Tacoma and Seattle. Every single the group has dropped, such as "Gertrude" and "92," have garnered press by the likes of The Stranger and Seattle Times.
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>>> Friday, Feb. 8 PAT DOHERTY Earlier this year, Pat Doherty, lead singer of local favorites the Wheelies, released his solo debut via the quickly up-and-coming local record label, Swoon Records. On Doherty's Rail Car EP, he breaks from the nervy indie rock practiced by the Wheelies and embraces easy-going, indie folk-pop.
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Last summer, the Love Our Local Fest (LOL) in Olympia's Eastside neighborhood drew 1,500 people. Live music, face painting, street painting, kid's activities, food and artisan vendors helped make the 2nd annual festival a success. "It was pretty much an awesome frickin' day," says Daniel Landin, co-curator. "We had 400 or
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CUPCAKE PARTY The city of Lacey has just climbed a few notches on the coolness ladder, bringing in downtown Olympia's cupcake queen, Cecilia Mikler and her successful business, Bonjour Cupcakes (730 Sleater-Kinney Road, Lacey). Bonjour will have a grand-opening celebration at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb 9. The Oly Rollers
Features
Stop with the tirade about hating Hallmark holidays. Clearly, it's true that Valentine's Day is an artificial way of forcing you to synchronize your expressions of love, loyalty, and romance with those of the rest of the world, but you have to admit that it's also nice to go out
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On any given morning, after eating her daily oatmeal, and feeding her several dogs, legendary musician Roberta Flack gets busy in her New York City home - busy rehearsing, busy planning, busy listening to or writing music. "I'm a busy person. I have a busy personality," Flack says over the phone.