Music
Nearly ten years after I had located, been accepted, and been labeled by the first in a lifelong quest for surrogate families, I took a job aboard a commercial crabbing vessel working out of Dutch Harbor on the Bering Sea. The vessel was called the Pavlov. Growing up in the
Features
Do you ever wonder what it would be like to live in the days before big chain grocery stores? Where we shopped at small neighborhood markets, and did our laundry at the corner Laundromat? It was a simpler time, and this week I received a small taste of it. The Corner
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Sax Restaurant and Lounge Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Olivia De La Cruz. The guitarist, singer/songwriter performs during dinner. All Ages. 7-9 pm. Free. Hannah's Bar & Grille Olympia - Downtown. Open Mic. 9 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Seven's Revenge. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Rikk Beatty. All Ages. 8
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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. Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. St. Practice Day, featuring The Boys Of Greenwood Glen. 21+. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Summit Pub Puyallup. Tim Hall & The
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. James May. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Phil Berkowitz & The Dirty Cats. 21+. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 21+. 7 pm. NC. Le Voyeur Café and Lounge Olympia - Downtown. Movie Night! 21+. 7 pm. DJ/ELECTRONIC Muckleshoot Indian Casino
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Hall of the Woods Olympia. Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits. All Ages. 9-11:30 pm. $7. Olympia Farmers Market Olympia - Downtown. Part Of Fortune. All Ages. 11 am. NC. Engine House No. 9 Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Steve Stefanowicz. All Ages. 5 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Alyssa Chambo Benefit Concert featuring traditional music of Scotland and Ireland with Jamie Marshall and Annie Henry of Jug of Punch, Red McWilliamst, violinist Sunnie Larson and cellist Betsy Tinney and group jam. All Ages. 6 pm. Donations. Cafe Luna Vashon. Damon Buxton. All Ages. 7:30
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. 41 Miles. All Ages. 8:30 pm. NC. Cafe Luna Vashon. Ken Jacobsen. All Ages. 7:30 pm. NC. BLUES Capitol Theater Olympia - Downtown. Shemekia Copeland. All Ages. 7 pm. $15-$20. Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Billy Shew Band. 21+. 7:30 pm. NC. JR's Hideaway Belfair. Johnny Ray Band. 21+. 9
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Marian Call. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Liquid Soul Coffee Roy. Open Mic. Hosted by David Wayne. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Olympia Farmers Market Olympia - Downtown. The Neebles. All Ages. 11 am. NC. BLUES The Junction Sports Bar and Grill Chehalis. Blues Jam. Hosted by Blues Attitude.
Reviews
Marcia's Silver Spoon Where: 2601 South Tacoma Way, Tacoma, 253.472.0157Hours: 5:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Monday- Friday, 6 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday Cuisine: All-American breakfast, burgers, sandwiches, seafood baskets, homemade soup, saladScene: All-American diner - casual, family friendlyDrinkies: Standard non-alcoholic beveragesPrices: $3.49-$12.99 ANNOUNCER: As promised earlier this year, the boys will shine a
Arts
The Museum of Glass is on John McCain's shit list for receiving stimulus money. Senators Tom Coburn and McCain just issued their third list of what they consider misuse of federal stimulus dollars. The report is called Summertime Blues, "100 stimulus projects that give taxpayers the blues". According to the report, arts
Concert Alert
I really don't like the feeling of déjà vu. It makes me miserable; it consumes my brain space and brings out my worst obsessive-compulsive tendencies. I can spend weeks at a time trying to figure out what that familiar taste was, or who was playing on the radio (it was
Music
It's a new week, which means it's time for a new installment of Bobble Tiki's South Sound music news and notes column. Without further ado, let's get rolling. Well, lo and behold, Bobble Tiki didn't get drunk and make a total jackass out of himself at last week's Volcano Best
Music
One of my fondest memories from a show I attended took place at urbanXchange. This was about three years ago when, along with my fellow under-agers, I watched the Blakes perform. What made this memory special wasn't so much the band that I was watching - I can't even remember who
Food Matters
HUG A FARMER Farmers markets across the state have gained recognition from Gov. Christine Gregoire, through her proclamation of August 2-8 as Washington Farmers Market Week. The Tacoma Farmers Markets have supported local farmers and brought fresh produce to our community for the past 20 years. Go to wafarmersmarkets.com, find a
Food Matters
Thursday, Aug. 5 Mollydooker tasting, 5:30-8 p.m., $10, Pour at Four, 3814 N. 26th St., Tacoma, 253.761.8015. Half-price Wine Bottle Night with two appetizer purchases, Tides Tavern, 2925 Harborview Drive, Gig Harbor, 253.858.3982. Wine tasting, noon to 6 p.m., complimentary, Walter Dacon Winery, 50 S.E. Skookum Inlet Road, Shelton, 360.426.5913. Friday, Aug. 6 Mercer Estates
Food Matters
Sushi World Sushi World on River Road has undergone a management change, but Yakisoba, Pad Thai, teriyaki dishes, edamame and wonton appetizers, in addition to a full service sushi, are still available. Tacoma resident Pete Sedgwick swears by the all-you-can-eat lunch and dinner sushi specials for $9.95 and $14.95, which include
Music
TWINK THE WONDER KID >>> Friday, Aug. 6 As far as reunions go, I'm not sure where the return (kind of) of Dick Rossetti's Twink the Wonder Kid ranks. Somewhere behind the first time the Pixies did it, surely, but probably well ahead of the 87th time the Pixies did it. Either
Stage
The Spaceworks program is the kind of thing that's sure to put Tacoma on the map. You can no longer think of T-town as the stepchild of Seattle when it has things like this - open spaces and empty buildings enlivened with visual art, music and performance art. And not
Music
What do Al Qaeda's Osama Bin Laden and YellowFever's Jennifer Moore have in common? Nothing, it turns out. But when the androgynous, unassuming 27-year-old guitarist tried going through Houston airport security with the 7-inch chef's knife she borrowed from her job cutting brisket at Ruby's BBQ in Austin - the one she