Food Matters
Since the initial changes made by new owner Steve Anderson upon taking the reigns at Tacoma's Maxwell's Speakeasy + Lounge, the reported response has been good. "People are liking what we're doing, I'm going with it," Anderson says. The "it" Anderson refers to is offering a greater variety of dishes at
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Irish Session. All Ages. 8-10 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Road Work. All Ages. 6 pm. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. Midtown Grill Bonney Lake. Wednesday Night Blues Jam. All Ages. 7-11 PM. COMEDY/GAMES Pints & Quarts
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC O'Blarney's Irish Pub Olympia - Eastside. Irish Sessions. Live traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Oly Songwriter Circle. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino Band rockin' blues.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Acoustic Couch Jam. 8:30 pm. NC. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Steve Cooley & The Dangerfields. 8 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 7 pm. NC. Harmon Tap Room Tacoma - Stadium District. Tap Room
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Northern Pacific Coffee Co. Tacoma - Parkland. Jeriactric Jazz. All Ages. 11 am-1 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Little Tybee. All Ages. 5 pm. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Peter Mayer. All Ages. 7 pm. $10-$15. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Jasper Tollefson. All Ages. 6 pm. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Katya Chorover. All Ages. 8 pm. $8-$12. BLUES Buffino's Golden West Restaurant and Lounge Tacoma - South. Back Porch Band. 8 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Alex Reymundo. 8 & 10:30
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Benefit Concert For The Adventure Project, featuring Andrew Landers. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $10. Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. Witherow & Gibson Band, Jesse Smith. All Ages. 8 pm. $6. The Olympia Ballroom Olympia. The Blackberry Bushes Stringband, Dead Winter Carpenters. All Ages.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Capitol Theater Olympia - Downtown. Amy Ray, with Lindsay Fuller. All Ages. 8 pm. $10-$15. Harmon Tap Room Underground Tacoma - Stadium District. Gen Obata. 9 pm. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Micaela Cooley, with Justin + Ellie. All Ages. 6 pm. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open
Music
The Krisis is the newest member of the Gonzo Family. He's from Centralia and currently resides in Longview. This stretches Gonzo Family into other parts of Washington - now there are members of the ever-growing crew in area codes besides the 253. Krisis has a rap-clown, party-animal vibe that he
Music
THE CAVE SINGERS >>> Friday, March 23 The members of the Cave Singers began their notable music careers on full tilt, in prog-rock and art-punk outfits like Pretty Girls Make Graves, Murder City Devils and Cobra High. Their transition to the indie folk rock of the Cave Singers is somewhat akin to
Stage
I don't want to take anything away from the unassailable work of Hello, Dolly!'s cast and crew at Capital Playhouse. Almost to a person, they're knocking themselves dead out there. It's amazing, truly, what these performers can do. Gwen Haw inhabits the role of matchmaker Dolly Levi, so closely identified
Stage
It's been dumping rain on the South Sound, so you're probably desperate for a sunny vacanza in Lombardy. Enchanted April at Harlequin Productions is just the thing. There's pretty much no way I can summarize Matthew Barber's charming idyll in a way that'll make it inviting to straight men, but here
Stage
In October of this year a team of British researchers is scheduled to dig down through three-kilometer-thick ice to explore Lake Ellsworth in the Antarctic, in hopes of finding new species and clues about the future impact of climate change. But Tacoma artist Lynn Di Nino and her team of stalwart
Arts
How many times have you read a story about someone who's had a singular passion for art for as long as he can remember? The story of Olympia's Jeff Freels is yet another one of those - except Freels' passion had to carry him through more than some lean years and
Features
A running joke among Pacific Northwest residents is that we only have two seasons: August and winter. Spring, summer and winter might be a bit more accurate. While many restaurateurs and chefs would like to unveil quarterly seasonal menus, the reality is the seasons just don't cooperate in our climate
Music
This Saturday, the historic walls of Tacoma's Immanuel Presbyterian Church will be filled with some very fresh sounds. Indie groups Pearly Gate Music, The Maldives and Pickwick make up the impressive line-up. An eye-stopping cobalt blue poster heralds the event as Cathedrals Tacoma: Part One. Cathedrals, a series with the simple
Music
The influence of Modest Mouse is far-reaching and, as more time passes, it becomes increasingly recognizable - the restlessly chopping guitars, rhythmically adding dissonant nuance to compliment the blown-out drums. Modest Mouse has a way of cherishing the guitar, of using every inch of it, even the parts that others
Stage
The concept of The Color Purple as a stage musical seems to evoke the same reaction in virtually everyone - at least everyone I know. And that reaction is, "Huh?" Alice Walker's Pulitzer-winning novel follows Celie, a young black woman in 1930s Georgia, from a childhood of rape by her father, into
Food Matters
In May of last year I wrote about Northern Pacific Coffee Company being under new ownership. A switch to Mike's East Coast Sandwiches (a Seattle-based pre-made food company) was not well received, as owner Ed Cedras recently told me. As a new owner in 2011, Cedras was focused first on
Food Matters
WINE DINNER Salty's at Redondo Beach (28201 Redondo Beach Dr. S., Des Moines) hosts a Franciscan Estates four-course wine dinner at 6 p.m. Friday, March 23. The cost is $75 per person. Reserve your space at 253.946.0636. COOKING CLASS Chef Tom Pantley of (Toscanos Café and Wine Bar (437 29th St. NE, Puyallup)