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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza. Tacoma - South. Jose Villahermosa. All Ages. 4 pm. Harbor Greens/Forza Wine Bar. Gig Harbor. Luke & Lucy. 7 pm. BLUES Buffino's Golden West Restaurant and Lounge. Tacoma - South. Back Porch Band. 8 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club. Tacoma - Downtown. Comedians Toby Muresianu & Dave Williamson. 8 & 10:30 pm. $15. Mud
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BLUES Buffino's Golden West Restaurant and Lounge. Tacoma - South. Back Porch Band. 8 pm. Harbor Greens/Forza Wine Bar. Gig Harbor. Dave Hannon Band. 7 pm. Stonegate Pizza. Tacoma - South. Jerry Miller Jam. 9 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club. Tacoma - Downtown. Comedians Toby Muresianu & Dave Williamson. 8 & 10:30 pm. $15. Stonegate
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Olympia Farmers Market. Olympia - Downtown. Vince & Monica. All Ages. 11 am. NC. 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 Jam. Hosted by Blues Attitude. 8 pm. Eagle's Hall. Olympia - Downtown. OlyBlues Dance
Food Matters
Peach-O-Rama is Just Peachy Cutline for photo: Peach-O-Rama peaches from Pence Orchards must have a Brix level of 13 or higher. Peach-O-Rama is taking place right now at Metropolitan Markets all throughout the Puget Sound, but most importantly at Tacoma's own Met Market in the Proctor District. What does this mean
Features
"For steaks, my personal preference is the New York, because the marbling dispenses throughout and makes it nice and tender," says Cassie Weber, butcher at Western Meats in Tumwater. "And I cook everything on the BBQ. It just tastes better." Weber has been with the company for seven years, following in
Reviews
Jake: There are times when only a burger will satisfy your hunger, and last week's heat wave was one of those days. Avoiding the chain fast food urge, I gave Mary's Burger Bistro a shot. After all, how can you be dissatisfied with a burger bistro? Jason: When you recommended we
Stage
When American playwright A. R. Gurney wrote his Tony-nominated play Love Letters in 1989, he knew it'd be a draw for name-brand actors. That's because the play is in epistolary form, meaning it's constructed as a series of letters in the manner of many 19th-century novels, thus requiring less rehearsal
Food Matters
PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. We appologize for the inconvenience.
Listings
BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill. Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. Dawson's Bar and Grill. Tacoma - South. Crazy Texas Gypsies Open Jam. 8 pm. Midtown Grill. Bonney Lake. Wednesday Night Blues Jam. All Ages. 7-11 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Pints & Quarts Pub Westside. Olympia - Westside. Bingo. Win prizes.
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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. BLUES Stonegate Pizza. Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino Band rockin' blues. 8:30 pm. NC. Summit Pub. Puyallup. Tim Hall & The Band Real Times. 7:30 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and
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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. Jerry Miller. 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 cash
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC 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 Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 8 pm. Stonegate Pizza. Tacoma - South. Chicago Blues Jam. 8:30 pm. NC. City Hall Saloon and Eatery. Enumclaw. Rockin' Blues Jam
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Cork! A Wine Bar. Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Jeff Ross. 8 pm. Olympia Farmers Market. Olympia - Downtown. Part Of Fortune. All Ages. 11 am. 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 Rebecca Corry, Michelle Westford, Bahiyyih Mudd,
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Amocat Cafe. Tacoma - Triangle District. Hot August Amocat Live, featuring Amy Bleu, Joe Holcomb, Beatrice Ensunsa, Volkert Volkersz, The Collaborators. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Spar Cafe. Olympia. Paul Mauer. 8 pm. NC. BLUES Buffino's Golden West Restaurant and Lounge. Tacoma - South. Back Porch Band. 8 pm. Stonegate Pizza. Tacoma - South.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC The New Frontier Lounge. Tacoma - Dome District. Songwriters Showcase, with Stephanie Anne Johnson, Heidi Stoermer. 8 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 Jam. Hosted by Blues Attitude. 8 pm. Eagle's Hall. Olympia
Reviews
Announcer: The San Francisco Street Bakery in the Northeast neighborhood of Olympia has been serving up sweet treats made from local products to its customers for 23 years, and has just recently opened for dinner Thursday through Sunday. Always up for trying something new, the boys made the quick trip
Features
Last month I overheard an extremely true statement that resonated with me and made perfect sense. It made so much sense, in fact, that I wondered why the thought hadn't occurred to me previously. "You don't have to be hungry to eat ice cream," said a teenage boy to his equally
Features
At the "Heart Ball" in Seattle, Odette D'Aniello and Alyson Jones had the same thought: The Moveable Feast. D'Aniello, a member of the Chambers Creek Orthopedic Guild (a charitable organization that benefits Mary Bridge Children's Hospital), and Jones, the events coordinator for the Tacoma Rainiers, started discussing food trucks. Jones and her
Stage
Ralph Fiennes's recent movie version of Coriolanus is set in "a city called Rome" - a blasted hellhole that looks more like 1990s Belgrade. It allows Fiennes to contemporize the action; what's more, it sidesteps the spectacle of bloodbaths in togas. Similar motivations compelled director Pug Bujeaud to transport Theater
Music
The Grays Harbor County Fair announced its musical lineup and other entertainment acts this week, and it features several great acts. Charlie Daniels and the Charlie Daniels Band will take the stage at 8 p.m. Aug. 8. Daniels is probably best known for his hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia,"