Arts
I guess you could say I was ignorant. See, I lived in a bubble. I grew up with parents that explained sexual orientation as more than a two-way street. I grew up in Olympia, where a man kissing another man is - for the most part - celebrated and treated just
Music
YOU ARE PLURAL >>> Friday, July 8 The music of You Are Plural is so immediately, vibrantly engaging that it can be almost jarring. The first song on Hand it Over, the band's debut LP, is a spryly shuddering meeting of strings and bubbling electronic instrumentation that sweeps along the lovely vocals
Features
Thing: Fruit-flavored rolling papers available at The Hippie House Made by: Zig Zag and Juicy For sale at: The Hippie House Located: 3109 Sixth Ave., Tacoma Co-owners: Justin Stieglitz and John Anderson Opened: May 21, 2011 Not your: Normal, dirty head shop Considered: The Nordstrom of head shops If only: I could visit Santa at a head shop Christmas
Food Matters
WINE DEAL El Gaucho (2119 Pacific Ave., Tacoma) celebrates the growth of Washington and Oregon wine with a Quantitative Wine Easing program featuring $50 off any bottle of wine with the purchase of two dinner entrees before July 31. For more details, call 253.272.1510. WINE DINNER Affairs (2811 Bridgeport Way W., University Place)
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC The Midnight Sun Performance Space Olympia - Downtown. Christian Swenson's "Body Of Music". All Ages. 8 pm. $15. Hannah's Bar & Grille Olympia - Downtown. Open Mic. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. Prime Time
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC 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 rockin' blues. 8:30 pm. NC. Summit Pub Puyallup. Tim Hall & The Band Real Times. 7:30 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and
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BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Quiet Fire. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 7 pm. NC. Steilacoom Pub and Grill Steilacoom. Beer Pong. 9 pm. $15 for 2 person team. Harmon Tap Room Tacoma - Stadium District. Tap
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Sixth Avenue Tacoma. Art On The Ave Metro Parks Family Stage, with Mario Lorenz, William Hines, The BT Rhythm Drum Circle, Doggie Fashion Show. All Ages. 11 am. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Fiddler Jesse Partridge & Friends. All Ages. 2 pm. NC. South Tacoma Farmers Market
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Automatic Theory, Gina Belliveau. All Ages. 8 pm. $5. Gig Harbor Farmers Market at Uptown Gig Harbor. Open Mic and Acoustic Jam with Billy Farmer. A live CD recording of performances are available. All Ages. 9-11 am. NC. Rockin' Worship Bremerton. Rockin' Worship, featuring Isaac Watts. All
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Amocat Cafe Tacoma - Downtown. Amocat Live, featuring Gabe Rhee, Sam Bogle, Steve Cairns, Karen Miller. All Ages. 7 pm. The Spar Olympia. Brad Creel. All Ages. 8 pm. NC. Harbor Greens/Forza Wine Bar Gig Harbor. Kelsie Bahr. 7 pm. BLUES Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Debut CD Release Show, with Thaddillac, Jus'tina. 7:30
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Chris Taylor. All Ages. 6 pm. Liquid Soul Coffee Roy. Open Mic. Hosted by David Wayne. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. The Junction Sports Bar and Grill Lewis County. Blues Jam. Hosted
Arts
On a sunny Thursday afternoon a group of inquisitive patrons enters an ornate park-side building. As they do so, they ask, "What is this place?" Thomas M. Jutilla, the museum's director, gladly tells them that they have stepped into the Karpeles Manuscript Library. The visitors' eyes light up as they
Arts
Whether they are fabricating a downtown mural or running fabulous summer arts programs, Fab-5 is nothing but ab fab. For those not in the know, Fab-5 brings often under-represented art forms to the youth of Tacoma. This summer, the organization kicks off a new project bigger than anything they have
Arts
We are constantly reminded that art is a matter of opinion. One man's trash is another man's treasure. One man's art, another's annoyance. Graffiti is ever-changing, and is evolving from a defacement of property to a welcome art form adorning public space. The Street Sign Project - a small, worldwide
Music
DEAD CAT HAT >>> Sunday, July 3 Billed as "twang infused Recession Rock," heavy on the banjo, strum guitar and snare drum (and don't you forget it), Pato Milo (San Francisco's Big Chicken Dinner) and Allan Canumay (Seattle's Jettison) of Dead Cat Hat will drop into The New Frontier in Tacoma on
Music
I saw Night Beats throwing bones in a shot bar in Austin, Texas. I saw Night Beats drinking fresh-pressed apple juice in the backyard of a mobile home on Tacoma's South Side on the Fourth of July, just after finishing my first interview as a music writer for the Weekly
Music
John Crown loves to drive, and does so for a living as a garbage truck driver in Kent. "Driving is my crutch," he says while rolling in his green 2002 Chevy Trailblazer. "I got this car in November and it had 82,000 miles on it. It's June and it has
Music
The third annual Olympia Independent Music Festival goes down Saturday and Sunday, July 2 and 3, in Sylvester Park. Thirteen bands, two days and immeasurable amounts of good indie music are in store. The Hard Way, Romanteek, Glass Elevator, One Nation Undereducated and Hollywood Kill Krew are just a few
Stage
The name of the show is Under Pink Skies, but the skies above the lush and colorful foliage in the Nina Weiss landscapes at Mavi Contemporary Art are orange and lavender and a steely blue-gray - not just pink.The colors and the sure and deliberate brushstrokes in these landscapes are
Music
Summer is always a good time for hip-hop. There are lots of outdoor shows and festivals that bring people out and together. There's been hip-hop to see outside so far this summer at Urban Art Festival and Tacoma Hempfest. And there'll be much more at festivals like the Capital