Arts
Let's face it: some people are genetically predisposed to be standup comedians. I say this knowing I may be one of them. Ian Karmel, a comic best known for appearances on Chelsea Lately, Conan and Portlandia, is a 29-year-old who looks a great deal like I did at age 29.
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Marita Dingus is one of Seattle's most unique and well-known artists, renowned for works made from scrap materials such as bent wire and often depicting and commenting on the African American experience. For years she made art about the institution of slavery including a monumental, room-size figure of a slave
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I earned my undergraduate theater BA in an auditorium reputed, as so many are, to be haunted. Students reported inexplicable pennies falling from the "clouds" overhead. I heard women's voices arguing in the wings one night in an otherwise empty building, a phenomenon I was helpless to explain till a
Features
It's An internationally known fact that I am not an international traveler. I've made the people of America, and all four of you who read this column, well aware of my feelings toward international travel safety and lack thereof. I've become a huge germaphobe and wuss when it comes to foreign
Critics' Picks
[INDIE ROCK] + FRI, SEPT. 5 Casey Neill and the Norway Rats are steeped in Portland's eclectic music scene. From dusty rockers to seafaring folk expeditions, the band comes across like the sort of people who gleefully dig through crates of forgotten troubadours from the '60s and '70s. Featuring the essential
Music
For me, there's been a particularly distasteful and wrongheaded aspect of the rampant - and cliché - shit-talking aimed at so-called "hipsters" and their music. Just to get the obvious out of the way, there is no such thing as a hipster. It's a made-up thing, and what little semblance
Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TWEB = Ticketweb, 866.468.7623, www.ticketweb.com >>> ON SALE NOW Paloma Faith Seattle. Oct. 9 8 pm. $15 (The Crocodile, axs.com) Yelawolf Seattle. Nov.
Food Matters
INDIAN FOOD MARKET Bucks Fifth Avenue spice store (209 Fifth Ave. SE, Olympia) hosts virtual tours of world food markets. Saturday, Sept. 13, 1:15-3 p.m., expect to see, smell and taste an Indian food market. Watch a food demo by host Kavita Kamat and take home recipes and $5 worth of
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BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian B.T. 8 pm. $15. The Ram Restaurant and Brewery Tacoma. Geeks Who Drink pub quiz. 8:30 pm. NC. O'Blarney's Irish Pub Olympia -
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BLUES The Heritage Room Olympia - downtown. Jazz/blues vocalist Pamela Rose and pinaist Tammy Hall Present "Wild Women of Song. 7 pm. $18-$25. B Sharp Coffee House Tacoma - Downtown. Little Bill & Rod Cook. All Ages. 8 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian B.T. 8
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COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Adam Ferrara. 7:30 and 10:30 pm. $15. Mud Bay Coffee Company Olympia - Westside. Fool's Play Improv Comedy Troupe. All Ages. 8 pm. $5. Capitol Theater Olympia - Downtown. The Rocky Horror Picture Show, including Shadow Cast from Blue Mouse
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Immanuel Presbyterian Church Tacoma - Northend. 10 Strings Symphony & Tattletale Saints. 7 pm. NC. Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. BLUES Dave's of Milton Milton. Blues Jam, hosted by Doug McGrew. 7:30 pm. NC. Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam,
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Steilacoom Pub and Grill Steilacoom. Monday Music, featuring James Coates. 7 pm. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Black Rose. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Butter Bean. 9 pm. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino and Brooke Lizotte
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Acoustic open mic hosted by Leanne Trevalyan. 8 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and Grill Tacoma - Northend. Barstool Bingo. 6:30 pm. White Horse Tavern Yelm. Barstool Bingo. Prizes! 7 pm.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC C.I. Shenanigans Tacoma - Northend. Live music on the patio. All Ages. 7-10 pm. NC. Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Wed night Irish Session. 7:00- 930. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Cascade Community Center JBLM-Lewis
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It's been a long time since I've visited Art House Designs in Olympia. Since I was last there they have remodeled with larger display spaces, and the place is jam-packed with art. Susie Engelstad, Mia Shulte, Simon Kogan, Tom Anderson and Rose Nichols are just a handful of the many
Reviews
Any native Tacoman can recall at least one evening, if not several, playing pedestrian along "the Ave" while traveling from one late night destination to another and spying into House of Tattoo as folks received fresh ink. Some may even hold fond memories of the buzzing needles and blissful ache
Critics' Picks
[PSYCHEDELIC INDIE POP] + FRI, AUG. 29 They say good things come in threes. Bandolier, People Under The Sun and The Echo Echo Echoes, are all celebrating a record release, a trifecta of "Hell yeah!" for Tacoma. But if you've seen your share of these bands, and think you'll just
Music
There was once a show called Duets - please, lord, let this show actually be canceled, because I can't be bothered to look it up - where young performers from around the country were tasked to perform duets with professionals. What made this shitty show interesting was the unstated premise
Music
China Davis is a band that is firmly rooted in the foundation of Americana and singer/songwriter tropes with the ability to take in a larger conversation of rock and alternative elements. Along with singer and principal songwriter Ben Fuller, China Davis features the guitar work of Fuller's younger brother Ted