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I've been rather under the weather lately and it's my own fault. I was cocky and exclaimed on Facebook that I had not been sick in over a year. You'd think I would know better than that. One week after my mighty proclamation, I was struck down with a gnarly
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC O'Blarney's Irish Pub Olympia - Eastside. Irish Sessions. Live traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm. NC. Olympic Club Hotel and Theater Centralia. Kate Power, Steve Einhorn. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Beyond the Bridge Cafe Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Kindermusik, featuring Melissa Cotter. All Ages. 10:30 am. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Karan Casey, John Doyle. All Ages. 8 pm. $15-$20. BLUES The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Laurie Johnson & The Careless Hunters. 21+. 8 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 21+. 7 pm. NC. The Mix Tacoma - Downtown. Barstool Bingo. Prizes! 21+. 9
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC South Tacoma Farmers Market Tacoma - South. The Autumn Electric. All Ages. 11:30 am. NC. Cafe Luna Vashon. Vashon Celtic Players. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. BLUES Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Back To Beal Street Blues 2011 Fundraiser, with The Randy Oxford Band, The Sherriff's Comeback Tour, The Michal Miller Band, Blues
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Thursday, Sept. 16 Malbec from Argentina tasting, 6-8 p.m., $5, Minoela Wine House and Bistro, 604 Fawcett Ave., Tacoma, 253.503.1460. Half-price Wine Bottle Night with two appetizer purchases, Tides Tavern, 2925 Harborview Drive, Gig Harbor, 253.858.3982. Wine tasting, noon to 6 p.m., complimentary, Walter Dacon Winery, 50 S.E. Skookum Inlet Road, Shelton, 360.426.5913. Friday,
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WINEMAKER DINNER Morso Wine Bar of Gig Harbor presents a winemaker dinner with Valter Fissore of Elvio Cogno of Italy Friday, Sept. 17 at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $68. Reserve your spot at 253.530.3463. SALMON BAKE The Crossing (10625 Pacific Ave. S., Tacoma) will host a salmon bake as well as entertainment
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Olympic Club Hotel and Theater Centralia. Halfway To St. Patrick's Day Party, with Crumac. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. Cafe Luna Vashon. John Sparrow. All Ages. 7:30 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Kim Angelis, Josef Gault. All Ages. 8 pm. $8-$12. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Russell
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Scotty & Friends. All Ages. 6 pm. Celia. All Ages. 8:30 pm. NC. Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. Halfway to St. Paddy's Day featuring Ockham's Razor. 21+. 9 pm. NC. Matrix Coffee House Chehalis. Shain's Jam Session. All Ages. 8 pm. Donations. Harbor Greens/Forza Wine Bar
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Audra Connolly. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Cedarwood Dome Milton. Biker BBQ Open Mic Night. 21+. 6 pm. NC. Liquid Soul Coffee Roy. Open Mic. Hosted by David Wayne. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES The Spar Tacoma - Old Town. AEK (Abdul El Kader). 21+. 7 pm. NC. Tacoma
Music
Bellingham quintet the Sunshine Bumpers have a talent for crafting boozy, bluesy rock, and even though most of the band isn't even old enough to drink yet, they admit that they like to get rowdy. Rambunctiousness, of course, goes hand in hand with rock 'n' roll, and, as soulful frontwoman
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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. ... Bobble Tiki doesn't need any help feeling old. He's got it handled. Every day when Bobble Tiki crawls out of bed, he
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NOW OPEN Ramblin' Jacks RibEye is now open at 1336 Rush Road in Chehalis. They serve breakfast, lunch and dinner with a western themed interior. The restaurant is owned by the Ramblin restaurant Group, the same people who own Ramblin' Jacks, Mercato and i.talia pizzeria in Olympia. FIRST TUESDAYS The first Tuesdays at
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Thursday, Sept. 9 Half-price Wine Bottle Night with two appetizer purchases, Tides Tavern, 2925 Harborview Drive, Gig Harbor, 253.858.3982. Wine tasting, noon to 6 p.m., complimentary, Walter Dacon Winery, 50 S.E. Skookum Inlet Road, Shelton, 360.426.5913. Friday, Sept. 10 Wine tasting, 4-6:30 p.m., Corky Cellars, 22511 Marine View Dr. S., Des Moines, 206.824.9462. Sean Minor
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THE DIRTY BIRDS >>> Friday, Sept. 10 Olympia's the Dirty Birds are consistently awesome, a musical staple for the thousands of rock-hungry partygoers who need a tight set to rattle their bones and cure their jones. The band's garage punk/surf-a-billy roots branch into states of sophistication and skank with the well-placed hum
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Thee Oh Sees are not shy about what they do. This is made evident by "Warm Slime," the opening track on their album of the same name. At 13 minutes, it's a vast, towering tribute to '60s psychedelia, warts and all. The one-two bass line pounding on and on and
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From traditional Swedish herring and kosher Jewish beef tongue to African Cape Malay yellowtail garlic - and onion - pickling recipes, methods and ingredients differ wildly (just as use of the word pickled may refer to deep purple beets or your neighbor's red nose and consistent slur). Pickling foods is
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"Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act," M. F. K. Fisher opined, "that should not be indulged in lightly." If he's right, then the intimacy quotient in downtown Olympia is about to get downright freaky. On Saturday, Sept. 11, the Olympia Action Network and the Volunteer Center of
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1/2 Night: FIRST NIGHT >>> DEC. 31 Tacoma's annual safe, sane and (relatively) alcohol free New Year's Eve celebration is one of the coolest of its kind - combining music, gobs of art, and Tacoma's life and soul into one memorable evening each year. Fun for the whole family, from the
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21. OLEANNA >>> SUMMER 2011 David Mamet's Oleanna is one of those plays people holler about decades after it was written. It's a two-hander about a college professor, John, and his ongoing feud with Carol, a female student. Is John guilty of sexual harassment, or is Carol just wielding political correctness
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They're based in Tacoma, but every year the Northwest Sinfonietta logs a lot of miles - traveling up and the Interstates for regular performances in Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and Puyallup - not to mention stops in Port Townsend, Olympia, Kirkland and even Astoria, Ore. Led by renowned conductor Christophe