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BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday. 7 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 Room Trivia. $50 cash prize for the winner of
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC The New Frontier Lounge Tacoma - Dome District. Acoustic Showcase. Keith Cook, Keith Sturgis, Purple Perry, Paradign, KT Hoops, Nitai, Terhanin, Russian Shai, Looking for Lizards, Gone. 8 pm. $2. Northern Pacific Coffee Co. Tacoma - Parkland. Jeriactric Jazz. All Ages. 11 am-1 pm. NC. BLUES Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Ana Popovic,
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BLUES O'Callahan's Pub & Grill Key Peninsula. Blues Attitude. 8 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Dave's of Milton Milton. Comedian Art Krug, with special guest Renee Perault, hosted by Amos Mack. 8 pm. $10. Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Brandon Vestal. 8 pm & 10:30 pm. $15. Dave's of Milton Milton. Comedy Night. 8 pm. $7-$20. Big
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Cafe Luna Vashon. Herky Cutler. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. The Spar - Olympia. Kate Graves. 8 pm. NC. BLUES O'Callahan's Pub & Grill Key Peninsula. Blues Attitude. 8 pm. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Jerry Miller Jam. 9 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Brandon Vestal. 8 pm & 10:30 pm.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC The Spar Olympia. James Coates. 8 pm. NC. 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 by Blues Attitude.
Arts
For some guys it was guitar chords and epic weekends at Bumbershoot. For others it was the crack of a line drive into deep center field. My childhood cultural milestone was George Lucas's 1977 rocket opera, Star Wars. I was 9 years old that long summer, the perfect age to
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It's the middle of summer and there's hip-hop everywhere. Even at camps for kids. Right now the New Directions Multicultural Multimedia Summer Camp is going on. This is a five-day camp designed to "Unleash the positive potential of youth through arts-centered, intergenerational and multicultural learning programs that value self-awareness, leadership,
Music
Greetings from the pit! It's been a wild week for Pacific Northwest music fans, and here's my rundown: My ears are still ringing from last Saturday's Psychonaut Deathtrip show at Hell's Kitchen. Hundreds of headbanging mosh-maniacs sweated their butts off to every band! Openers After The Fallout and Portland's 10 Speed
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There's a lot going on. Through plenty of work, I've tracked down the teasers and truths behind many recent closings and upcoming openings. Here's a mere sampling of what's happening in the 253. If it feels as busy as bees nests, that's because it is. All this hustle will result
Food Matters
A little over two years ago, a unique coffee shop became part of downtown Olympia. The business was small, constructed from ship remnants, with an ambiance that only vintage wood and antique accessories can bring. Specializing in ancient herbal teas and Stumptown coffee drinks, the joint was open 24 hours
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NEW The Matador (721 Pacific Ave., Tacoma) has added a grilled watermelon salad to its menu. GET ON IT Pho 701 Bistro & Bar (701 Pacific Ave., Tacoma) will serve live crawfish through Sunday. WINE FLIGHT Pour at Four (3814 N. 26th St., Tacoma) will serve barbecue goods with pairing wines from 5:30-9:30 p.m. July
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I confess that I'm not always up on the current happenings in local metal. The world of metal and punk has remained strong and thriving in Washington for a long time, though it has been increasingly relegated to insular communities who always know when and where the great shows are
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NOT FROM BROOKLYN >>> Friday, July 22 What if I were to tell you that there's a show featuring bands performing in the middle of a goddamn skating rink? Yes, you are totally allowed (nay, encouraged!) to put on some rentals and skate backward in a full 360 degree rotation around a
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For an hour and a half on a Friday afternoon, why not get up off your booty and commune with Tacoma on foot? Walk Tacoma/Walk Poetic is a new event debuting this year that aims to put participants in touch with the Brewery District in a whole new way.During Walk
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"I just want to smack her!" Let's face it, you're unlikely to hear an audience member gasp anything like that at Summer in the Sixties or Godspell, but she wasn't complaining. In a way, she was cheering. I'll explain. The smack-worthy character in question was Carol, a student played by
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Hot colors in bold abstract configurations are the order of the day at B2 Fine Art Gallery/Studio in Hot Fusion: Explorations into Abstraction. Hot Fusion, part one of a two-part show, is currently on display and features works by Todd Clark, Yvette Neumann, Judy Hintz Cox and Scott J. Morgan.The
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When I call Bobby Slayton, he picks up and immediately starts talking. It takes him mentioning Tacoma for me to realize that I've not reached a voicemail. And then it's off to the races. Bobby Slayton is a veteran comedian, a road warrior who's been at it for more than 30
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A gangly, bespectacled teenager stares at his hands in disbelief. "What's happening to me?" he asks himself. "I feel - different!" So says Peter Parker in Amazing Fantasy #15, and just like that dumbstruck adolescent, the comic book industry finds itself in the midst of a radioactive growth spurt. From the corporate-owned
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I'm just going to float this idea past you: You know how there are shows "in the round?" You know how that almost seems like a good idea, but in practice it's kind of lame? Well, what if I were to tell you that there's a show coming up in
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Person(s): Ben Toombs and Marisa Mezs Place: My super-duper MacBook fantastico Thing: A local blog worth taking a gander at Called: Clearance Cuisine Found at: Clearancecuisine.com If you can't find it online: I feel sorry for you You remind me of: My mom Who says: She's "calling" a website When she goes: Online Old people: Are funny Except: When they're