Food Matters
FREE CLASS The Bayview School of Cooking (516 W. Fourth Ave., Olympia) will host a free cooking class on how to make fruit kabobs, plum upside-down cake and peach salad from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4. No registration is required. FOOD DRIVE Papa Murphy's Take ‘N' Bake has teamed up
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Thing: Meat Place: Blue Max Sausage Co. Person: Evan Greco Who is: One of my favorite butchers And works in: An everything meat shop In which: Protein reigns In the form of: Dead animal I'm OK with this: As long as I don't know the cow's name And: It is grilled perfectly Served with: An ice-cold Bud Light By: A
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Pacific Lutheran University Spanaway. Blueberry Festival, featuring Mooncoyne. All Ages. 11:30 am. NC. Hannah's Bar & Grille Olympia - Downtown. Open Mic. 9 pm. NC. Tumwater Farmers Market Tumwater. The Scuff & Al Show. All Ages. 11 am. NC. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9
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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. Skansie Brothers Park Gig Harbor. Summer Sounds At Skansie with Ali Marcus. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. BLUES Olympic Club Hotel and Theater Lewis County. Alice Stuart. All
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Heather Wise. All Ages. 7 pm. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. The Laurie Johnson Band. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 7 pm. NC. Steilacoom Pub and Grill Steilacoom. Beer Pong. 9 pm.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Northern Pacific Coffee Co. Tacoma - Parkland. Jeriactric Jazz. All Ages. 11 am-1 pm. NC. Olympia Farmers Market Olympia - Downtown. Oly Chorale. All Ages. 11 am. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 8 pm. City Hall Saloon and Eatery Enumclaw. Rockin' Blues Jam Session.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Gig Harbor Farmers Market at Uptown Gig Harbor. Billy Farmer. All Ages. 11 am. NC. Cafe Luna Vashon. Damon Buxton, Sarah Christine. All Ages. 7 pm. Proctor Arts Fest Tacoma. Proctor Arts Fest Family Stage with Nancy Stewart, The Not Its, Johnny & Jason, Charlie Williams The Noise Guy, Magician Jeff Evans,
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Olympia Farmers Market Olympia - Downtown. David Wayne. All Ages. 11 am. NC. The Mix Tacoma - Downtown. Julie Schurr. Raffle benefits autism service dogs. 9 pm. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Herky Cutler. All Ages. 8-10 pm. $5 cover. Harbor Greens/Forza Wine Bar Gig Harbor. Jennifer Lind. 7 pm. Port Plaza Olympia
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Harbor Greens/Forza Wine Bar Gig Harbor. Ben Union. 7 pm. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. J.P. Whipple. All Ages. 6:30 pm. NC. Liquid Soul Coffee Roy. Open Mic. Hosted by David Wayne. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. The
Live & CD Reviews
Writing a review of Motopony's self-titled debut LP is a tricky proposition. What with all that's been written about Daniel Blue as a person in this rag, very little has been said about the music. In writing this review, I have made an effort to divorce everything I know about
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>>> BEST LOCAL INTERNET RADIO ACTION NWCZ Radio Propelled by the success of the Northwest Convergence Zone podcast, creator Darrell Fortune and crew birthed a full-fledged, Northwest-focused Internet radio phenomenon this year with NWCZRadio.com. With an ever-growing lineup of shows and hosts - including names like Big Wheel Stunt Show's Justin "The
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Best Band Overall: Fucking Eagles Best Indie Rock Band: Pioneers West Best Metal Band: Mahnhammer Best Punk Band: Broken Oars Best Jazz Group: Kareem Kandi Band Best Jam Band: Mighty High Best Hip-Hop Artist/Group: Fice Best Electronic Music Act: Umber Sleeping Best Singer/Songwriter: Vicci Martinez Best Bad Band: Kry Best DJ: DJ Broam - Oliver Doriss Best Dance Club: Club Silverstone Best
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My ears were ringing for over 24 hours after the last time I saw the Fucking Eagles perform. I think I could feel the damage being done to my ears as it was happening, but I didn't care. I stood planted by the speakers as one blistering dose of rock
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>>> BEST ROAST Marcus Walker Well-known Lakewood Playhouse managing artistic director and all-around community hero Marcus Walker succumbed to his battle with cancer in March of 2011. In November of '10, after word had spread of Walker's malignant metastatic melanoma, a benefit roast at Urban Grace Church was held in his honor
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Best Local Comedian: Kris "Save Our Sonics Guy" Brannon Best Local Theater Group: Tacoma Little Theatre Best Actor: Joe Rosati Best Actress: (five-way tie) Ashley Cozine, Danelle Jaegar, Emilie Shimkus, Kathy Hagen, Nyree Martinez Best Dance Company: MLKBallet Best Public Art: The Glass Bridge Best Art Gallery In Tacoma: Tacoma Art Museum Best Visual Artist: Jesse Michener
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Adam Manley's camera has seen the end, and it is yellow. As he explains in a recent YouTube video on his "Adam The Alien" channel, while at a Seattle meeting with fellow YouTube partners in May, his workhouse camcorder just randomly decided to begin painting the world in a sickly
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>>> BEST ROTATING MENU JW Restaurant Considered hyper-frequent by most standards, this cottage-sized restaurant changes its small core menu every 60 days. Using vegetables, herbs and seafood at the height of season means quality ingredients add superb flavor to New American dishes. "It's really a melting pot of all cultures coming together.
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Top of Tacoma Bar and Cafe wins Best Bar in Tacoma for the second year in a row as voted on in the Weekly Volcano's annual Best of Tacoma contest. Got it? Didn't think so. How about this: Top of Tacoma is a cool bar. So cool that Weekly Volcano readers have
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Best Overall Restaurant: Pacific Grill Best Mexican Restaurant: Vuelve A La Vida Best Thai Restaurant: Silk Thai Cafe Best New Restaurant: STINK Cheese + Meat Best Bowl of Noodles: Vien Dong Restaurant Best Sushi: TWOKOI Japanese Restaurant Best Italian Restaurant: Pomodoro Italian Restaurant & Bar Best Indian Restaurant: Gateway to India Best Pizza: Puget Sound Pizza Best Soup: Infinite
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For this food lover, delivering the news to the winner of Best Restaurant was akin to opening a sealed envelope and announcing an Oscar winner. "Pacific Grill was voted Best Restaurant in the Weekly Volcano's 2011 Best of Tacoma Readers' Poll!" I excitedly blurt out while chatting with Pacific Grill's