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It's not completely accurate to call Parallel Lives, formerly known as The Kathy (Najimy) and Mo (Gaffney) Show, a sketch comedy, as it isn't very funny for long stretches of time - often intentionally. It's more like an evening of two-person scenes, several of which are comic, most of which
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Ric Hall and Ron Schmitt are phenomenal. They do pastel paintings working in tandem - not taking turns working on the paintings but working side-by-side and simultaneously, and, from what I've heard, with hardly any planning or discussion but reacting to one another with what has been described as a
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Sometimes when I write about a comedian and include a sampling of jokes, copied faithfully from online video sources, I feel a little bit guilty. I wonder if the performer will have to edit the show or, worse yet, fail to edit and have audience members already in on the joke. However,
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In a startling turn of events, Tacoma Little Theatre announced Sunday that its managing artistic director, Scott Campbell, has resigned from that company, effective immediately. Campbell held the same post at Lakewood Playhouse before moving to TLT about two years ago. At the time Campbell accepted the job at TLT, it was widely known that
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This week ... Place: Warthog Barbeque Pit Established: 1999 Location: Fife Founder: Gary Kurashima Closed for deep cleaning: Christmastime Curtains: Black ruffles with chili peppers Stuffed dead animals: 30 Sweet tea: Yes Built: Inside the Kingdome Previously: Log cabin model home Seating: Indoor and outdoor Capacity: 50-100 guests Catering: Yes Music: Country Number of Thin Mints I ate while writing this: 8 Upon entering this log
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One of Olympia's most beloved bartenders is celebrating 10 years of pouring stiffies at the Brotherhood Lounge. And he's celebrating old school style, with two epic Oly bands. (More on that in a minute.) The bartender in question is Buck Huber, and he's one of a kind. Equally witty, charming and
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Time to break your wizard bong out of storage: The Wednesday, Feb. 23 show at Northern promises to be intensely psychedelic. Arbouretum are set to perform with Oregonian jammers Eternal Tapestry, their comrades on a brief West Coast tour that's bringing both bands' gargantuan riffing and hypnotic arrangements to eager
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tempest Lounge Tacoma - Upper Tacoma. Maurice The Fish Records Showcase. 7 pm. NC. Hannah's Bar & Grille Olympia - Downtown. Open Mic. 9 pm. NC. Washington Center for the Performing Arts Olympia - Downtown. The Chieftains. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $30-$67. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with
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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 Rockin' Blues Jam, with David Dickerson, Glenn Hummel. 8:30 pm. NC. Summit Pub Puyallup. Tim Hall & The Band Real
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Yenney Music Olympia - Westside. Kate Power and Steve Einhorn Uke & Song. All Ages. 7-8 pm ukuleles and instrument playalong 8-9 pm singalong. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Uke & Singalong, featuring Steve Einhorn, Kate Power. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Evergreen State College Olympia - Westside. 4th Annual Sean-nos Northwest Festival, with dance, song & workshops by Emma O'Sullivan, Maldon Meehan, Alicia Guinn, Celia Ni Fhatharta, Sean Williams, David Ingerson, Mikey Beglan, Nancy Conescu. All Ages. 10:30 am. Ballyhoo Irish Pub Tumwater. Sean-nos Festival Afterparty Irish Session. 6 pm. NC. Cafe Luna
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Evergreen State College Olympia - Westside. 4th Annual Sean-nos Northwest Festival, with dance, song & workshops by Emma O'Sullivan, Maldon Meehan, Alicia Guinn, Celia Ni Fhatharta, Sean Williams, David Ingerson, Mikey Beglan, Nancy Conescu. All Ages. 1 pm. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Annie Henry. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC The Swamp House - Olympia. Acoustic Show, featuring Baker London, Kimya Dawson. All Ages. 7 pm. Washington Center for the Performing Arts Olympia - Downtown. Anders Osborne, Marcia Ball, The Voice Of The Wetlands All-Stars. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $18-$45. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Jim Macolm. All
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. Dublin On Doyle's Last St. Practice Day Party, featuring Ockham's Razor. 8 pm. NC. Liquid Soul Coffee Roy. Open Mic. Hosted by David Wayne. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. An Evening Of Keys, with Naomi Korchonnoff, Raymond Hayden & Doug
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Tacoma filmmaker Chad Ruin is on the verge of breaking into the big time. As I write these words, Ruin is finalizing a deal for international distribution of his latest film, A Perfect Life (release and distribution details not yet available). Set entirely in Tacoma with Tacoma cast and crew, A
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Weekly Volcano co-publisher Pappi Swarner and I have a little game we play called "Wish I Were There." It involves coming up with the best live show ever played by a band, and then relating how, obviously, we wish we were there. Most selections come from obscure shows of the
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It was Friday night at a crowded club. I was taking refuge near the back, sipping water out of a small plastic cup. All around me happy partyers fought for position at the bar, flirted with members of the opposite sex and dripped sweat on the dance floor. Occasionally I'd
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Stanley & Seafort's Restaurant Where: 115 E. 34th St., Tacoma, 253.473.7300 Hours: Lunch: Monday-Friday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Dinner: Monday-Thursday 4-10 p.m., Friday 4-11 p.m., Saturday 2-11 p.m., Sunday 2-10 p.m. Lounge: Lounge closes Sunday-Thursday 11 p.m., and Friday-Saturday 12 a.m. Happy Hour: Monday-Friday 3-6 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close, Saturday-Sunday
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If a romantic dinner for two at Maxwell's Speakeasy isn't your ideal Valentine's Day, or if you're looking for something to do after diner, local hip-hop will be out in full effect this Monday evening at El Perron, located at 13021 Pacific Ave. Local mainstays Doughkain and Josh Rizeberg are
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Rarely do Washington rockers sound this Midwestern. The Bismarck is a Seattle quartet of North Dakotan expats with a penchant for hard-hitting, hickory-smoked rock 'n' roll. It seems appropriate that they'll be playing Bob's Java Jive with a band called Wyoming Young and Strong (named for a line in that