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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC A Rhapsody In Bloom Florist and Cafe Latte Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. The Blow-Ins. All Ages. 7:30 pm. NC. Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Wed night Irish Session. 7:00. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Cascade
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It has been 100 years since Picasso and Braque invented the technique of collage. In more contemporary times the technique has degenerated to either warmed-up Kurt Schwitters or to bizarre and often comical combinations of surrealistic imagery, which tend to be more gimmicky than artistic. Notable exceptions have been the
Music
Tacoma musician Forest Beutel is a rough looking dude. He looks kind of like a cross between Lemmy Kilmister and Sabretooth from the X-Men - but way more redneck. Many peoples' first impression of him is that he seems like he can beat the shit out of anyone at whatever
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You'd be amazed how hard it is to find genuinely funny play scripts these days. A few decades ago, it seems to have dawned on budding Neil Simons that the real money's in TV, and off they went, never to return. So when, in 1987, three American dudes brought their
Food Matters
HARVEST CRUSH EXPERIENCE Stottle Winery (2641 Willamette Drive Southeast, Lacey) is celebrating harvest season with their "Harvest Crush Experience" from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11. Witness firsthand the winemaking process and sample varietals at different stages of the fermentation process. Nibble on small bites paired with the vinos and
Features
Jennifer Johnson is a good friend of mine, dare I say one of my besties. When I asked her for a tip on a good mobile food vendor in Tacoma, without any hesitation, she declared, "Philly This!" Now, seeing as how she has been a food columnist off-and-on for 73 years,
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I was visiting Lisa Kinoshita at Moss + Mineral and she said I absolutely had to visit the new shop next door, Mod Curio. She said they had some cool stuff, and boy-oh-boy was she ever right about that. The new shop, which opened for Art Mingle Sept. 18, is run
Arts
My undergraduate alma mater hosts a yearly offering called "Mr. ECU," in which male competitors vie for cash and prizes by stripping to their undies. One year Barbara, queen of the snobbiest sorority on campus, hailed me at an event the month prior to Mr. ECU. I didn't know Barbara
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[HIP-HOP] + THURS, OCT. 9 Olympia-based DJ Pasquan has arranged another night of hip-hop and rap for his frequent joint, The Cypher. This Thursday, Pasquan will host a night of MCs on the microphone at the quaint and intimate eatery/nightspot, Le Voyeur. An Oly mainstay and favorite for out-of-town acts, the
Music
It's a cliché, at this point, that there is no counting for taste. This much is true. Still, for many parents, out there, there is still the urge to mold the minds of their children, so that their musical taste may pass down through the generations. And so, we have
Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TWEB = Ticketweb, 866.468.7623, www.ticketweb.com >>> ON SALE NOW Tom Wopat Seattle. Oct. 21-22 7:30 pm. $26.50 (Jazz Alley, jazzalley.com) Gerald Albright Seattle. Oct. 23-26. $32.50
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Northern Pacific Coffee Co. Tacoma - Parkland. A Sea of Glass. 7 pm. NC. B Sharp Coffee House Tacoma - Downtown. Ryan Heffner EP Release Party. All Ages. 8 pm. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Red Bicycle Bistro and Sushi Bar Vashon. The Bog Hoppers. All Ages. 8:30 pm. NC. BLUES Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Billy Stoops & The Rectifiers. 8 pm. $6. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Jen Kirkman. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Rialto Theater Tacoma -
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC The Spar Tacoma - Old Town. Acoustic Minefield. 8 pm. Capitol Theater Olympia - Downtown. An Evening With Greg Brown. All Ages. 7 pm. $28-$32. Matrix Coffee House Chehalis. Crude Awakening Oil Train Tour, with Dana Lyons, Matt Krogh. All Ages. 7 pm. $10-$20. B Sharp
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. John McCutcheon. All Ages. 5 pm. $20-$25. BLUES The Spar Tacoma - Old Town. Billy Stoops & The Rectifiers. 8 pm. Dave's of Milton Milton. Blues Jam, hosted by
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Steilacoom Pub and Grill Steilacoom. Monday Music, featuring James Coates. 7 pm. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Black Rose. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Hambone Blues Band. 8 pm. NC. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino and
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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. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and Grill Tacoma - Northend. Barstool Bingo. 6:30 pm. White Horse Tavern Yelm. Barstool Bingo. Prizes! 7 pm.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC A Rhapsody In Bloom Florist and Cafe Latte Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Spanaway Bay. All Ages. 7:30 pm. NC. Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Wed night Irish Session. 7:00- 930. NC. COMEDY/GAMES
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I think it'd be tough to argue Clybourne Park isn't one of the best-written scripts we've seen in years. It won the Pulitzer, the Tony, and the Society of London Theatre's Olivier Award. Playwright Bruce Norris does an exceptional job of allowing characters to talk themselves into conflicts far deeper
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[SINGER-SONGWRITER] + SAT, OCT. 4 House concerts - those intimate shows where people open their homes to musicians, friends and strangers for an intimate show like no other - are a regular occurrence these days. The trend got its start in 1997, when singer-songwriters Elizabeth Hummel and Cindy Lee Berryhill embarked