Music
With James Jenkins of Mama Loves Daddy moving to Portland; the increasing irregularity of Drug Purse and Paris Spleen shows; the switch ideologically and title-wise from the Elephants to the Nightgowns; and with lots of people just getting their shit together - it seems as if the last vestige of
Arts
Saul Becker is a Tacoma artist who strives to capture the world via sculpture and landscape painting and drawing. While Becker grew up in T-town, he has traveled the world more than he has stayed, seeking new horizons to fortify his work. His unique sense of style yields some cool
Stage
"That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." - William Shakespeare, Romeo and JulietThis weekend, Evergreen Shakespeare's production of Romeo and Juliet is blooming in the former Griswold's Office Supply in Olympia, which was gutted by fire in 2004.Soon, there'll be much more growing
Stage
Mavi Contemporary Art has a stable of about 20 artists whose works rotate from month to month. I may be wrong, but it seems like three of them, William Turner, Michael Croman and William Quinn, are in almost every show. These three are again featured in Mavi's latest show. To
Features
Thing: Free wings, baby! Place: Sparks Firehouse Deli Located: Across from Sparks Stadium In: Puyallup Given to: Local high schools In pursuit of: Fundraising And: School spirit Sparks also has: Awesome pizza Goes with: $5 happy hour pitchers of beer Which makes for: A cheap date An estimated $85,000 has been donated in the form of either food product or
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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. Oly Songwriter Circle. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Veronica Malki. All Ages. 7:30
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ACOUSTIC Charlie’s Bar & Grill Olympia - Downtown. Jabi Shriki, Mike Burdorff. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Moon Daddy. 8 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 7 pm. NC. Steilacoom Pub and Grill Steilacoom. Beer Pong. 9 pm.
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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. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma -
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC O'Callahan's Pub & Grill Key Peninsula. Chelsea Broders. 1 pm. The Hub Tacoma - Stadium District. Jerin Faulkner. 9 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Kate Power & Steve Einhorn. All Ages. 8 pm. $8-$12. Gig Harbor Farmers Market at Uptown Gig Harbor. Open Mic and Acoustic Jam
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Olympia Farmers Market Olympia - Downtown. David Wayne. All Ages. 11 am. NC. Metronome Coffee Tacoma. Heidi Vladyka CD Release Party. Heidi Vladyka and guests. All Ages. 7-10 pm. NC. The Spar Olympia. Jettison Band. All Ages. 8 pm. NC. Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. Song Circle Acoustic Night. All Ages. 7 pm.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Cricket & Snail. All Ages. 6:30 pm. NC. Olympia Farmers Market Olympia - Downtown. Greg Parke. All Ages. 11 am. NC. 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
Music
This week, Bobble Tiki's going to cut straight to the chase. Bobble Tiki went to his high school prom, but it was not the magical evening it's often made out to be in the movies. There was dinner in Bobble Tiki's braces, hesitation in his date, and island themed souvenirs simply
Music
These days music is digital and mostly free. How does this impact us? Well, for one, big-name local artists are now able to release albums at will, with or without an album-release show or listening. On this note, Doughkain, one of the most respected artists on the streets, is back at us
Food Matters
Gibson's Frozen Yogurt Shoppe had its official grand opening party Saturday, May 14. You better believe this sweets-lover was there to cheer loudly. An adorable girl in a penguin costume helped folks spin a prize wheel and Stadium High School's jazz band performed. The weather even cooperated so the fro
Music
SUGAR SUGAR SUGAR >>> Friday, May 27 Some performers, like Jarvis Cocker or Prince, are able to make their music purely, simply, uncomfortably about sex without it being embarrassing or seeming insincere. Their songs are chicken fights, bold stare-downs, at the end of which we always blink. There's always going to be
Music
As the years of music's existence drag on, different eras and time periods are increasingly cannibalized and morphed into new, unsteady amalgams. Profoundly specific subgenres spring up with the rapacious frequency of weeds through cracks in the sidewalk. Musical ground-breakers are summoned up and recontextualized in the manner of Fred
Arts
Daphne Nixon is a transplanted oil painter, originally from New York and California, just in the past two years drawn to the awesomeness that is the Tacoma area. Now based in Gig Harbor, Nixon currently has work hanging at both the Proctor Art Gallery and Gallery Row in Gig Harbor.
Music
Thursday is one of the busiest days of my week, from sunrise to sunset and then some. Yet I carve out time for the magic that starts early in the morning and lasts until late afternoon every Thursday on Broadway in downtown Tacoma at the beloved Broadway Tacoma Farmers Market,
Stage
How many typos can you count in the title above? The answer is none. That's the correct title for the new show at Fulcrum Gallery, complete with the threes in place of E's and weird capitalization. And the title is about as weird as the art, which is to typical