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In Tacoma, there may be no finer way to spend New Year's out with a date than at Pacific Grill. Drink, dance and eat your way through the evening. The Pacific Grill in downtown Tacoma offers two uber-classy ways to spend your last hours of 2011 ... or, if this 2012-End-of-the-World
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Black is the color of formal evening affairs, little black dresses and tuxedos worn where lights flicker, glasses clink and merriment waltzes with joy. As that lovely image plays in your head remember that everyone knows the seemingly harmless sequence of numbers 01-01-2012 signifies the start
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Black is the color of formal evening affairs, little black dresses and tuxedos worn where lights flicker, glasses clink and merriment waltzes with joy. As that lovely image plays in your head remember that everyone knows the seemingly harmless sequence of numbers 01-01-2012 signifies the start of the zombie apocalypse. I
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"Tokyo Police Club was coming to town, so we wanted to make this poppy sound," says Really Old Airplane's Keagan Smith. "If you listen to our first EP, it's really poppy. We wanted to open for Tokyo Police Club, so we thought we'd try and write songs like them." This is
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Major heat is dropping right now. Artists know they only have a few weeks left to make their mark in 2011. So there are still plenty of quality projects being released. For example, go to djsemaj.bandcamp.com and download DJ Semaj's new LP, Painting Jimmy. There are video accompaniments on YouTube -
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SOTA SONGWRITER SHOWCASE >>> THURSDAY, DEC. 15 If there's nothing else that can be said about Tacoma's School of the Arts, it's a darn fine factory for churning out young and talented songwriters. To see each wave of SOTA musicians emerge from the school is an inspiring and fascinating thing to watch.
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The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation Award is a big deal. Being nominated is an honor bestowed by one's peers, and being chosen as the award recipient is an even greater honor. The choices are made by a committee including Tacoma Arts Administrator Amy McBride; Jeremy Mangan, recipient of last year's
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Holly Senn works undercover by day as a librarian at Pacific Lutheran University. By night, Senn creates amazing artwork. Senn is both an installation and sculpture artist. Her medium? Largely paper from old library books, with occasional splashes of cardboard and other materials. Senn's installations have filled spaces 16-feet tall, while many
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Thing: Fudge-Off With: United Way Amongst: Employees You can only imagine: The immature word play With the word: Fudge That: Melanie and I had during this event Our immaturity: Reigns I refuse: To grow up No: You can't make me! No: No! No! No! No! In this episode of Person, Place or Thing, I am Sherlock Holmes and Melanie Manista-Rushforth
Food Matters
Winter Solstice is a marker of change. As if the earth was holding its breath in the cold darkness as the year draws to a close, the days begin to get longer and lighter. Different customs observe this day with the purpose of reflecting on what was, letting go of
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WINE TASTING Black Door Wine Company - a wine boutique in Tacoma's Proctor District (3906 N. 34th St.) specializing in small wine producers - hosts wine tastings every day from 3-7 p.m. CHRISTMAS TEA Affairs Chocolate & Desserts (2811 Bridgeport Way W., University Place) hosts a Christmas Tea featuring finger sandwiches puffs, quiches,
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Rialto Theater Tacoma - Downtown. The Christmas Revels. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $12-$27. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Winter Solstice Celebration, featuring Paddy Coyne's Irish Session Band, hosted by Chiara Wood. All Ages. 6 pm. $25. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. Midtown
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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. Rialto Theater Tacoma - Downtown. The Christmas Revels. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $12-$27. BLUES Olympic Club Hotel and Theater Lewis County. Billy D. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Stonegate
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Washington Center for the Performing Arts Olympia - Downtown. Singalong Messiah. All Ages. 7:30 pm. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Uke & Singalong, hosted by Steve Einhorn & Kate Power. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Bethel Church Vashon. Christa Burch. All Ages. 3:30 pm. Northern Pacific Coffee Co. Tacoma - Parkland. Jeriactric Jazz. All Ages. 11 am-1 pm. NC. Rialto Theater Tacoma - Downtown. The Christmas Revels. All Ages. 1 pm & 5:30 pm. $12-$27. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Bryan Bowers. All Ages. 8 pm. $8-$12. Rialto Theater Tacoma - Downtown. The Christmas Revels. All Ages. 2 & 7:30 pm. $12-$27. Harbor Greens/Forza Wine Bar Gig Harbor. The Shy Boys Christmas Concert. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Red Bicycle Bistro and Sushi Bar Vashon. One
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. 'Tis The Season Holiday Benefit Show, featuring James Coates, Gina Belliveau, Kurt Lindsay, Nick Sandy, Denny Foreman, Megan Biegalski. All Ages. 6 pm. LakeBridge Forza Lakewood. Cloud Chowder. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Cafe Luna Vashon. Farouche. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. Robert
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Tin Man. All Ages. 6 pm. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. Harmon Brewery and Eatery Tacoma - Downtown. The South Sound Blues Association holiday party. All Ages. 6:30-9 pm. The Junction Sports Bar and Grill Lewis County.
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<h3>Texting in the cold >>></h3>No more fat-fingered, drunk-like texts. No more fumbling to get your gloves off so you can work your touchscreen. No more frozen fingertips! All of this thanks to these awesome smart phone gloves. From a simple version, where the thumb and index finger fold back ($12
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Laura MacCary and husband Joe Benner have a special wish for Christmas - they want to be able to make robots and talk about technology with their fellow dorks in Tacoma. Dork is a term of respect and endearment in Laura and Joe's world, by the way. Especially if said