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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tempest Lounge Tacoma - Upper Tacoma. Dave Roberts. 7-9 pm. NC. A Rhapsody In Bloom Florist and Cafe Latte Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Don Izenman. All Ages. 7 pm. Hannah's Bar & Grille Olympia - Downtown. Open Mic. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC O'Blarney's Irish Pub Olympia - Eastside. Irish Sessions. Live traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Misner & Smith. All Ages. 6:30 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
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Holus Bolus. All Ages. 6:30 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Uke & Singalong, featuring Steve Einhorn, Kate Power. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday. 7 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Le Voyeur Café and Lounge Olympia -
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC LakeBridge Forza Lakewood. Cameron Pruitt. All Ages. 3 pm. Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. St. Practice Day & Doyle's 5th Anniversary Show, with Ockham's Razor Trio. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 8 pm. Immanuel Presbyterian Church Tacoma - Northend. Blues
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Alchymeia. All Ages. 6:30 pm. $10. Pantages Theater Tacoma - Downtown. Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $26-$49. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Evie Laden. All Ages. 6 & 8 pm. $8-$12. Gruv Lounge and Nightclub Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. SNL,
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Cafe Luna Vashon. Beth Whitney. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. David Roth. All Ages. 8:30 pm. $12-$15. The Spar Olympia. Mike Fekete. 8 pm. NC. Beyond the Bridge Cafe Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Open Mic Night. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Coffee Strong Lakewood. Open
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Nick Sandy. All Ages. 6:30 pm. Liquid Soul Coffee Roy. Open Mic. Hosted by David Wayne. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. Open Mic Night. All Ages. 6 pm. Donations. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8
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Sean Alexander has been a friend to the Volcano. He's been a bigger friend to Tacoma, at least in our opinion. The Helm gallery and the Squeak and Squawk music festival only begin the list of things he's given us. He's also an artist. And he's moving far away soon.
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Red Rooster Café Where: 3313 Harborview Dr., Gig Harbor, 253.514.8175 Hours: Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cuisine: American cafe-style breakfast and lunch: sweet and savory crêpes, French toast, omelets, biscuits and gravy, bagel sandwiches, oatmeal, soup, salad and sandwiches. Scene: Cute, country house vibe. Lots
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Here at the Weekly Volcano we have many friends - friends in high places; friends in low places; friends with no name; and friends of the devil. We get around ... when it comes to making friends, that is. One of our bestest friends in the whole, wide world has always
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In Hamlet, the greatest play ever written in the English language, a young man runs the numbers and concludes that life sucketh, ere ye die. In Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Judith Viorst's 1972 kid-lit classic, a young man muses that while existence is indeed
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In 2004, the apex of the Bush years, Greg Mudarri, Noah Wolf, Eric Gosselin and Dave Paige were unwinding in a Beantown basement after logging another practice session as Formosa. Mudarri, a gifted sculptor and origami artist, found a wad of Play-Doh and formed it into a clenched fist. "Noah thought
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SAVE THE CHILDREN >>> Thursday, April 7 Thursday at the Royal Lounge some of Oly and Tacoma's best hip-hop acts will come together to play a benefit show for disaster victims in Japan. Hosted by Q Dot and featuring performances by the Weekly Volcano's own Josh Rizeberg, Thought Crime Collective, Collective Love
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Olympia is known for its alternative, indie, do-it-yourself arts scene."To me, that's one of the beautiful things about Olympia," says Devon Damonte, an experimental filmmaker and artist. "It's a very welcoming arts community, and that fosters people pursuing their dreams, regardless of how well their dreams might not pay."Yet often
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Every day we encounter people who would love to see a big change in the community and world around them. And almost just as often, we see a lack of action toward this ideal. Why? As the old saying goes, "A small group of thoughtful people could change the world.
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On June 30, 1908, an unknown object of extraterrestrial origin smashed into the earth's atmosphere over Tunguska, Siberia, and disintegrated with the force of 185 Hiroshima bombs. Witnesses 40 miles away were blown out of their chairs. Superstitious locals believed it was the falling of a god. Luckily, only trees
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Transitions in life and in art can be momentous. A historic building comes tumbling down and precious memories fall along with the rubble, yet in its place something grander may arise. There's an accident. Perhaps someone is disfigured, and his life is changed forever. For better or for worse? In
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The indie music landscape has shifted quite a bit since Minus the Bear formed in 2001. "Indie rock," as a label, is murkier than ever with the dozens of subgenres and mashups that have sprung up from cracks in the cement like so many gangly dandelions. Chillwave, shit-fi, ghostly R&B,
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Months and months of rain. Bad traffic. A high suicide rate. The not-so-subtle odor of pulp hanging in the air. With all of this, is it much of a surprise that Tacoma spawns some damn fine blues? "Some of the best blues artists in the country come from the Pacific Northwest," says
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SP, aka Slo Poke, has been a pillar in the Olympia hip-hop community for the past 15 years. He was featured as The Source magazine's "Unsigned Hype" a few years back and continues to drive Olympia as an incredible artist and promoter. One might assume that once you get such