Arts
It's time to go polar. Thank the Tacoma Art Museum, Franciscan Health Systems and a bunch of other nice folks who have transformed Tacoma's Tollefson Plaza into a full on Polar Plaza, complete with arts, activities and a covered, open-air ice rink open to anyone brave enough to strap on
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Tucked in a small strip mall, Mystic Mocha in Graham has many of the same amenities as other coffee joints: a drive-thru window, coffee and drinks, pastries, light snacks and comfy couches. What sets Mystic Mocha apart is that while grabbing a beverage and a quick bite, you can have your
Food Matters
DRINK LOCAL Tacoma's 21 Cellars and Wingman Brewery present a joint tasting under the title Drink Local, Drink Tacoma at The Swiss at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1. Benefiting HIV/AIDS Reach Ministries - it's World AIDS Day Dec. 1 - the night offers wine and beer tastings, T-shirts, raffle and live
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Place: Five Guys Burgers and Fries Location: Puyallup River Road: And Meridian Dubbed: Five Guys Calories and Fries By: Mr. DeRosa I've done a damn fine job staying away from my beloved bacon cheeseburger the last three months. It's been a challenge, but very worth it. I was doing just fine passing by Quick Pick on
Music
Have you ever seen the look on someone's face the first time he rides a roller coaster? It's a mixture of abject fear, exhilaration and satisfaction. This same convoluted look might grace your mug standing in front of Devil On a Leash Friday night at Hell's Kitchen. Bobble
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Irish Session. All Ages. 8-10 pm. NC. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. Midtown Grill Bonney Lake. Wednesday Night Blues Jam. All Ages. 7-11 PM. COMEDY/GAMES Pints & Quarts Pub Westside Olympia - Westside. Bingo. Win prizes. 8:30 pm.
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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. Justin Stang. All Ages. 6 pm. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. Olympic Club Hotel and Theater Lewis County. Samantha Crain. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Stonegate Pizza Tacoma
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BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday. 7 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 7 pm. NC. Capitol Theater Olympia - Downtown. Repeal Day Celebration, with a showing of Pre-Prohibition movies, burlesque by TUSH, music by Greta Jane Quartet. All Ages. 7 pm. $8-$12. Harmon Tap Room Tacoma
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Northern Pacific Coffee Co. Tacoma - Parkland. Jeriactric Jazz. All Ages. 11 am-1 pm. NC. Kent-Meridian Performing Arts Center Kent. Magical Strings Celtic Yuletide Concert. All Ages. 3:00 pm. $16-$22. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 8 pm. City Hall Saloon and Eatery Enumclaw. Rockin' Blues
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Urban Grace Church Tacoma - Downtown. Cantus: All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce Of 1914. All Ages. 3 pm. $42-$52. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Dana Lyons. All Ages. 8 pm. $6-$12. Cafe Luna Vashon. Vashon Christmas Carolers, Led By Joe Farmer. All Ages. 5 pm. NC. Harbor Greens/Forza
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Camille Bloom's CD Release Party, with Mary Tebbs. All Ages. 8 pm. $6-$10. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Dana Lyons. All Ages. 8 pm. $6-$12. The Spar Olympia. Floating Pointe. 8 pm. NC. Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. Song Circle Acoustic Night. All Ages.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. An Evening Of Keys VI, featuring Mark Johnson, Raymond Hayden, Anthony Ciarochi, Mark Bittler, Eric Roberts, Doug Skoog. All Ages. 6 pm. 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
Guides
The gift of greenery Seriously. Give somebody a cherry tree. Or an orchid. Or a Jasmine bush. Watson's Greenhouse and Nursery in Puyallup touts 32,500 square-feet of living gifts, gardening supplies and way more candles and furniture for sale than you would expect to find at a nursery. Watson's has been
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Shift happens. Especially during the holidays. That's the message from local community-building non-profit Go Local Tacoma, as it joins more than 150 communities across North America in the Shift Your Shopping holiday campaign, an unprecedented national effort that encourages residents to take job creation and economic concerns into their own
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Parties in general, but holiday parties in particular, are tentatively negotiable fields of landmines. The added pressure of, let's say, out-of-town relatives being in attendance, or the murky phenomenon that is the work party, can turn an otherwise genial get-together into a perpetually self-regenerating faux pas machine. As a man
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You have the tree picked out, every box of yard decorations categorized, and the yuletide music at full blast. Now all you need are some choice movies to fully embrace the reason for the season. At this time of year, more than any other (with Halloween as a possible exception),
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In January, one of Tacoma's most beloved family-oriented nonprofits, the Children's Museum of Tacoma (CMOT), will celebrate the opening of a bigger and more up-to-date space for community kids to play with. Located inside the United Way of Pierce County's downtown Tacoma building, on South 15th Street and Pacific Avenue,
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You may never have ventured out to the Tacoma Tree Lighting ceremony. You may not even know there is such a ceremony. But there is! Now in its 66th year, the annual tree lighting ceremony has been part of Tacoma's history since 1945, rising out of ceremonies dating back
Arts
In January, one of Tacoma's most beloved family-oriented nonprofits, the Children's Museum of Tacoma (CMOT), will celebrate the opening of a bigger and more up-to-date space for community kids to play with. Located inside the United Way of Pierce County's downtown Tacoma building, on South 15th
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Cooking takes all forms. Some stand at the stove like an artist at a blank canvas, adding ingredients free form style in hopes of a masterpiece. Fusion food, combining ingredients not traditionally thought to go together, follows few accepted culinary rules - and at times strives to stretch and break