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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC 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 Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. The Junction Sports Bar and Grill Lewis County. Blues Jam. Hosted by Blues Attitude. 8 pm. Tacoma Farmers Market - Broadway Tacoma
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MOUNT ST. HELENS, WASH. Ape Caves If you aren't scared of the dark, or the possibility of running into Sasquatch (as this is his rumored stomping grounds, and this is not a beef jerky commercial nor is John Lithgow your dad), grab your hiking gear and flashlights and visit the Ape Caves,
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Stop me if you've heard all this already: Portland, Ore. - just 130-some miles south of Tacoma, and 100 miles south of Olympia - is a mecca of cool. Everyone rides a bike in Portland. Literally. The city has no cars. What it lacks in automobiles is made up for
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What does ECETI stand for? It stands for Enlightened Contact with Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Where is the ECETI Ranch? It's at the base of Mount Adams near Trout Lake, Wash. Why is the ECETI Ranch known internationally? It's one of the most frequented places in the world for UFO sightings, with
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I feel like a queen when I hit Westport city limits. Besides a few random locals and most visitors, I'm practically the only one there with all my teeth. Folklore has it that hillbillies and squanderers make up the majority of Westport's inhabitants, so when out-of-towners like myself infiltrate it's
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The drawing power of the mecca that is Forks, Wash., pulses through the veins of any self-respecting Twilight fan. Luckily for us, it's a mere three hours from Tacoma. Things you will not find here include: Edward, Jacob, possibly any hot men at all (although, as with anywhere, hot men can
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The What the Heck Fest, now in its 10th year, gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "dinner and a show." The Anacortes music festival/family reunion of sorts features a host of indie/alternative bands from Anacortes and Olympia, a weekend getaway to a beautiful town - and dinner shows at
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How unlikely was it that 40,000 works of Russian avant-garde art, forbidden by the former Soviet Union, would be housed in a museum in Uzbekistan? When told about the museum, filmmaker Tchavdar Georgiev at first didn't even believe it. "We heard about this incredible collection in the middle of the desert," says
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My, how time flies. It's true what they say. Life seems to be zipping past all of us faster than ever. It's white-knuckle stuff. Now, imagine you were an island themed souvenir working for the Weekly Volcano with a questionable visa and a not-so-secret dependency on mid-afternoon boxed wine. Imagine every
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During the Great Depression, a gift of meat or other scarce food items was treasured, loosely translated as "I love you" or "You're very important to me." Mothers prepare countless meals in their lifetimes, yet nothing tastes better than food made by the hands of someone else. Going out to
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SLUSHY >>> Friday, May 6 Slushy, featuring Shayne Weeks of the once-again-on-hiatus Makeup Monsters, shares similar sensibilities with the latter. But the light touch that both bands share is given a slightly harder edge with Slushy, as heavier riffs and distortion are layered over that bratty pop-punk. The sound feels somehow fuller
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He's back. Only one MC from Tacoma has gotten big enough to where those two words mean anything. Not that he ever left us. The MC I speak of has consistently been opening for the biggest national acts that hit Sea-Tac. He's one of the few Tacoma MCs who get good looks
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Dirty Oscar's Annex Where: 2309 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.572.0588 Hours: Monday-Friday 4 p.m. to 2 a.m., Saturday-Sunday 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. Breakfast served until 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday only Cuisine: Internationally-inspired American comfort food made with quality ingredients - locally sourced and organic when reasonable. Grilled burgers, flatbread, sweet potato fries,
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Days of sunshine all but demand lounging outdoors; harboring thoughts of roasted ears of corn, backyard grilling and hand-patted burgers smothered in melted cheese becomes commonplace. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, summer is fast approaching, and with it comes the all-American pastime of eating and drinking in the sun. From sidewalk seating,
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Drink in a little art with your coffee at Amocat Cafe, where throughout the month of May you can view paintings by Angela Wales Rockett. Rockett's paintings are richly colored and expressively textured but very subdued abstractions inspired by landscape minus any overt references to land or water - with
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In a somewhat counter-intuitive way, collaborating with another artist is a bold act of confidence. One might think relinquishing some control to another person is a way of hedging bets, but it's quite the opposite. To collaborate is to say, "I am sure enough of my voice and my ability
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Always, Patsy Cline is a musical for people that love music but are not particularly fond of musicals. It's more like a concert with a play interspersed between the songs. The story is about the beginning of the six-year friendship between country star Patsy Cline and Louise Seger.Walking into Tacoma
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Until last year, I had competed in every Tacoma 72-Hour Film Competition since the competition's meager beginnings with 11 teams in 2005. I watched it grow over the years, and become more and more of a "thing" - until my shameful outing in 2010 when I failed to complete my
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What's the best way to get people excited about something? Free stuff. Check that. Free stuff and Imperial stormtroopers. When the number one goal of the free stuff is the promotion of literacy in children, teens and adults, it's a win for everybody. Thus, on the first Saturday of every May since 2002,
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While it would be unfair to call Tacoma's underage music scene comatose, there seems to be no shortage of locals who think it needs a good shot in the arm. Among them are Shayne Weeks and Sam Olsen, two young, doggedly creative musicians spearheading the Coma Collective, an arts contingent in