Arts
I pledge allegiance to the flag ... Our Father, who art in Heaven ... What else can you recite verbatim from your school days? I know that after 17 years of private and public education, not much stuck with me into adulthood. And don't ask me about the Bible - just trying
Music
Lately we've been seeing Todd Sykes and Qui Vive catch wreck doing solo live MP3 sets with some MC-ing. Another player in this creative movement is Eeetree. Hailing from Oakland, Calif., Eeetree grew-up as an MC, producer and artist in the talent-rich Bay Area hip-hop scene. Musically he's worked with
Music
Sure, the Mayans had a lot to say about 2012, but one thing they forgot to mention was that it would reckon the return of Tacoma's Squeak and Squawk Music Festival, running April 5-9. When Squeak and Squawk originator Sean Alexander left Tacoma for New York, this third installment went
Reviews
CHORIPAN BY ASADO WHERE: At the Museum of Glass, 1801 Dock St., Tacoma, 253.248.4263 HOURS: Open daily when the museum is open: Wednesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, noon to 5p.m. and every third Thursday until 7 p.m. CUISINE: Argentinean-inspired street food. Select a protein, and then choose how it
Food Matters
GOURMET HOT DOGS Blazing Onion in Gig Harbor (4701 Point Fosdick Dr. NW, Gig Harbor) is having a special "BOB-Dogfest" in April, with four different gourmet hot dog creations for $6.99, served with French fries. 253.514.6703. RESTAURANT OPENING Overtime - Tacoma's Bar and Grill opened March 30 at 3118 Sixth Ave., Tacoma. Open
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Brianne Kathleen. All Ages. 6 pm. Redwood Son. 7 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 Pub Westside Olympia - Westside. Bingo. Win
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Olympia Farmers Market Olympia - Downtown. David Wayne. All Ages. 11 am. NC. O'Blarney's Irish Pub Olympia - Eastside. Irish Sessions. Live traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Jesse Brewster, Cyndi Harvell. All Ages. 6 pm. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Stonegate Pizza
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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. Jr Hill Band. 8 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 7 pm. NC. Harmon Tap Room Tacoma - Stadium District. Tap Room Trivia. $50
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Northern Pacific Coffee Co. Tacoma - Parkland. Jeriactric Jazz. All Ages. 11 am-1 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Open Shape Note Singing. All Ages. 5 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Classical Trio. All Ages. 3 pm. NC. BLUES Buffino's Golden West Restaurant and Lounge Tacoma - South. Back Porch Band. 8 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Dave's of Milton Milton. Comedy Night, featuring Joe "Mr Calm" Fontenot, JR Berard, Nicholas Prescott, music by Cavernous Groove. 8 pm. $10. Mud
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Moss Brothers. All Ages. 6 pm. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. The Honey Dewdrops. All Ages. 8 pm. $10-$15. Forza Coffee Fircrest. The Kari Ehli Band. All Ages. 5-8 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Tin Man. All Ages. 8 pm. BLUES Buffino's Golden West
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Lakewood Playhouse Lakewood. Lakewood Concert Series, featuring Ryan McCasson, Dave Bartley. All Ages. 8 pm. $15. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Witherow & Gibson. All Ages. 6 pm. 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
Features
Used to extend the life of food, pickling has been a part of many cultures for countless generations. In certain parts of America, hot on the heels of a harvest is canning time. An assembly line of sorts is set-up, neighbors and friends lend a hand to tackle the very-involved
Music
For all the guff Tacoma takes from outsiders and its own population for various exaggerated reasons, something I will always defend and take a certain modicum of pride in is that we take care of our own when it's called upon us to do so. Part of the reason people
Stage
"So this is how liberty dies: with thunderous applause." - Star Wars, Episode III Like The Crucible or, for that matter, The Hunger Games, George Orwell's Animal Farm (1945) is an allegorical novel - meaning it isn't about what it seems to be about. If you skipped it in high school,
Stage
The big gay history/portrait show at Tacoma Art Museum is overwhelming. I came away exhausted but wanting more. It would take at least three columns the size of this one to adequately review this show. So don't be surprised if I follow up with one or two or more articles on
Music
BANGS >>> Thursday, March 29 Bangs, one of the more popular rock bands to emerge from Olympia - having toured extensively and forged connections with all the other great bands of the '90s and 2000s - broke up in 2004 when frontwoman Sarah Utter moved to L.A. A brief stint of fundraising
Food Matters
WINE TASTING Metropolitan Market (2420 N. Proctor St., Tacoma) will host a complimentary wine tasting paired with Kurobuta ham, roasted lamb and Columbia King salmon 4-7 p.m. Friday, March 30. CAPITAL FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL The 23rd version of the popular event will take place noon to 9 p.m., Saturday, March 31 at
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Blah blah blah, Matt Driscoll has left Weekly Volcano, blah blah blah he's now working in Seattle. As I told him last week after our taping of the weekly podcast, Volcano Radio, I would've made him a cake but I didn't know what to write on top of the frosting. "We'll
Music
The old Surreal Ultra Lounge, and whatever it was before that, is now Club In (Seventh and Pacific Avenue). It's newly remodeled and has now hosted a spattering of hip-hop shows. There's a big one coming up Friday, March 30 called March Madness Reggae/Rap Fest. The show is being planned