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In Laura Numeroff's 1985 social treatise If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, she uses the analogy of a mouse to illustrate the dangers of welfare. If you give a mouse a cookie, she warns, he'll want milk. And once he has milk, he'll want a place to sleep. Soon
Arts
You never know what you're going to find at a garage sale, from antique lamps to half-used bottles of hand lotion to pottery ashtrays lovingly crafted by children. But at the Artists' Garage Sale, happening Saturday in Olympia, you do know that whatever you find will be art-related. "There are not just
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YARN OWL >>> Friday, May 20 At first blush, Yarn Owl sound perilously similar to other backwoods-embracing, beard-sporting, indie-folk poseurs like Fleet Foxes. In my mind, there is nothing really wrong with those kinds of bands (despite the arguments you could make about their credibility - if credibility need ever really be
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Three nationally prominent Native American artists and one quickly rising new Native art star are featured in the latest show at B2 Fine Arts. Joe Feddersen, of Colville heritage from Omak and an art teacher at The Evergreen State College, is best known as a printmaker, but also makes baskets, glass
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Ypsilanti, Michigan, is a capacious, creative "dark horse little sister" of a city, situated only six miles outside Ann Arbor. In the late 19th century, the ambitious hucksters of the Cornwell Paper Company sold effervescent "healing water" siphoned from a well almost a thousand feet deep ("If you are sick
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J-Mar Da Sik is back with Du4Self Records to hit us with another mixtape, Off With Their Heads. The mixtape drops May 27 and will be available on datpiff.com and du4self.com. Da Sik is celebrating the release of the mixtape with a ridiculously packed album-release show at the Gruv Lounge (also
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Why would you pay $25 for a shave when you can do it yourself? It's a luxury. It's a manly way to be pampered. It's grooming nostalgia in the best way possible. Why buy clothes when you can stitch them yourself? Or why pay for food when you can farm
Food Matters
NEW SPICE BLENDS Chef William Mueller of Babblin' Babs Bistro (2724 N. Proctor, Tacoma) has released his own Culinary Spice Blends. His blends of New Orleans, Thai, West Indies, Lonestar, Everyday and Greek add exotic flavors to your home-cooked meals and barbecue. The all-natural herb blends are available at his Proctor
Features
Thing: Raw food Place: Caffe Dei Includes: Veggies Not: Animals Nor: Sushi (darn) Mainly: Vegan Must try: Kale chips Tasty: Yes Healthy: Yes Friendly: Yes I am: One of those three things Which one: You guess Every once in a while this ol' liver of mine screams for a good detox, so I put down my beer and fulfill my body's requests.
Listings
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Hannah's Bar & Grille Olympia - Downtown. Open Mic. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Pints & Quarts Pub Westside Olympia - Westside. Bingo. Win prizes. 8:30 pm. Free. Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedy Open Mic Night. 7:30
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC O'Blarney's Irish Pub Olympia - Eastside. Irish Sessions. Live traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. James Bryan, Carl Jones. All Ages. 8 pm. $15. Tacoma Farmers Market Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. James Coates. All Ages. 3 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Dables In Bloom. All Ages. 6:30 pm. NC. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. The Paul Green Band. 7 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 7 pm. NC. Steilacoom Pub and Grill Steilacoom. Beer Pong.
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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. Hosted by Max Renshaw. 6 pm. Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Sunday Blues Jam Night. Hosted by Shelly Ely. 7-10 pm. The Spar Tacoma - Old
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Brad Andrews. All Ages. 6:30 pm. NC. Java Fusion Tacoma. Brian Sonneman. All Ages. 1 pm. NC. Gig Harbor Farmers Market at Uptown Gig Harbor. Open Mic and Acoustic Jam with Billy Farmer. A live CD recording of performances are available. All Ages. 9-11 am. Free. Gruv Lounge
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. Michael Shohan, Jonell. All Ages. 8 pm. $6. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. MoE. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. Coffee Strong Lakewood. Redeem The Exile, Mourning Light. All Ages. 7 pm. Olympia Farmers Market Olympia - Downtown. Scuff & Al. All Ages. 11 am. NC. BLUES Cafe Luna Vashon. Rolf
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Emerald Queen Casino Tacoma - Eastside. Acoustic Dog House, featuring David Nail. 7 pm. NC. Olympia Farmers Market Olympia - Downtown. Eleanor Murray. All Ages. 11 am. NC. Tacoma Farmers Market - Broadway Tacoma - Downtown. James Coates. All Ages. 11 am. NC. Liquid Soul Coffee Roy. Open Mic. Hosted by David Wayne.
Live & CD Reviews
Before Eric Claption, Eddie Van Halen, Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore, and Mark Knopfler, there was this kid from Puyallup - Nokie Edwards. Lead guitarist Edwards, who performed with his longtime band mate rhythm guitarist Don Wilson and The Ventures Thursday at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, rocked their famous hits
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The reports are in. Backstage Bar & Grill, despite its almost-end-of-Sixth-Ave, strip mall locale, is pretty freakin' bad-ass. From what Bobble Tiki hears, the stage is epic, the drinks are strong, and it's the kind of place that hires chicks like these to sling drinks. How can you really go
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ALL EYES WEST >>> Friday, May 13 Chicago's All Eyes West make radio-ready pop-punk - an odd change of pace for a Tacoma show, I know. They seem to draw from the same well as bands like Rise Against. It's all about pummeling, yet tuneful, riffs and snarling vocals. The punk edges
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Subdivision Studios is quite possibly the best thing ever to hit Olympia for up-and-coming hip-hop artists - at least when it comes to finding a legitimate place to record music or finding top-of-the-line production. On April 1, Smoke of Oldominion (Matt Smokovich), Booz E Collinz (Rolando Guajardo) and Chonie Diego