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TIN MAN >>> Friday, June 10 Honestly, Bobble Tiki feels like he's been getting promotional messages about and Facebook invites for Tin Man's CD release show for Somewhere in the Middle since 1987. That can't be, of course. Tin Man founder Rusty Parrish created Tin Man after years spent in punk bands,
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Kimya Dawson is (and has been) an icon in the Olympia music scene since the mid-1990s. Although Dawson has come and gone, she has now been back in Olympia for about five years and says she's here to stay. The folk singer, who gained notoriety with the Moldy Peaches and
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You'd be hard pressed to find a more wide-ranging roster of artists at any other Northwest music-related event than the one lined up for the 17th Annual Olympia Experimental Music Festival. This year, the fest welcomes more than 20 artists, including the likes of Eurostache, Squim, Pavonine and Megabats, along
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I don’t feel at all guilty about the pun above. They’re fun to write, puns, not to mention de rigueur in entertainment review titles. They’re scattered throughout Riot to Follow’s production of Honk! The Ugly Duckling Musical like chicken feed in a barnyard. Kids enjoy puns. They also like hummable
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The device of a “play within a play” is hardly new, of course. Theater has always been meta. A Midsummer Night’s Dream incorporates Pyramus and Thisbe, and Hamlet directs a loaded performance of The Mousetrap. Cyrano berates a ham actor, Montfleury. Actors love finding excuses to overact, and portraying a
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Tacoma Art Museum tries to cater to every taste and every demographic by mounting exhibitions that range from the traditional and historic to today’s most revolutionary and idiosyncratic art. It seems the museum tries very hard to balance a need for catering to popular taste — that is, bringing in
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How much of an Olympia mainstay is former vaudevillian Saul Tannenbaum?Enough that Tannenbaum (who made his Olympia debut just a year and a half ago) is performing Sunday, June 12, as part of Capital City Pride.The show, dubbed Saul Tannenbaum and His Friends of Dorothy, is the highest profile gig
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"It definitely doesn't hurt being an out performer," says Jade Jericho, "when you enjoy playing for a queer audience." Jericho will be singing for gay-positive folks of all stripes this weekend, as she's among the featured performers at the 20th anniversary Capital City Pride Festival in Olympia. She's a five-foot-tall
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Is it wrong that I secretly wished Lakewood Playhouse’s production of Sweeney Todd would be a little bit more like a GWAR concert? My instincts say yes, but my heart says no. Not that I wanted a horde of spastic metalheads kicking me in the head, but if there is one
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Sometimes a band will come along with a series of songs that sound naggingly as though you've heard them many times before ... hazily, quietly from a nearby speaker, or lurking in the background of a movie scene. Even though you've never heard the song before, somehow it seems to
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It all started with the DJ. This ain't a Hip-Hop 101, class, so I'm not going to break down the history, but when hip-hop started in the South Bronx, the DJ was the most important element. Fast-forward 30-some years and it's not quite the same. A lot of shows nowadays don't
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1992: Originally called WG Sandwiches 1993-95: Also opened Old Milwaukee Baking Co. 1992-95: Inside Freighthouse Square Somewhere during that time: Sandwich shop was sold 1995: Moved to South Tacoma Way 1995: Became Old Milwaukee Cafe Serving: Breakfast & lunch 1997: Moved to Sixth Avenue location I think: I got the dates right Because: I am thoroughly confused Oh, you are
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Olympia's twice-yearly Arts Walk is one of the city's biggest events - and this year the fall edition will be bigger than ever. Expanding from one day to two, Arts Walk XLIII will happen Friday, Oct. 7, from 5 to 10 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 8, from 11 a.m. to 4
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BEER TASTING 208 Garfield (208 Garfield St., Tacoma) hosts a summer beer tasting with beer geek Erick Swenson at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 9. Two dollars nabs you a guided tour. WINE DINNER El Gaucho (2119 Pacific Ave., Tacoma) hosts a five-course Boudreaux Cellars wine dinner with winemaker Rob Newsom at 6 p.m.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC 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. COMEDY/GAMES Pints & Quarts Pub Westside Olympia - Westside. Bingo. Win prizes. 8:30 pm. Free. Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedy Open Mic Night. 7:30
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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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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Little Brave, K Phillips. All Ages. 6:30 pm. NC. BLUES The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Billy Roy Danger. 8 pm. 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
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Olympia Farmers Market Olympia - Downtown. Spot The Dog. All Ages. 11 am. NC. BLUES Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Back To Beale Street Blues 2012, with Mary McPage Band, Julie Powers, The Michal Miller Band, Cody Rentas Band, James King & The Southsiders, Jimmy Jones Band, Red Hot Blues Sisters, Rafael
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Larry Murante, Terry Holder. All Ages. 8 pm. $8-$12. 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. Free. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Amocat Cafe Tacoma - Downtown. Amocat Live! featuring the Amocat House Band. All Ages. 7 pm. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Erica Russo, Felicia & The Dinosaur. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. Luke Sayers. All Ages. 8 pm. $5. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Friends of Rocky Prairie