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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tully's Coffee at the Bostwick Building Tacoma - Downtown. First Night Tully's Stage, with Forest Beutel, Kayla Stewart, Apartment Lights, Gina Belliveau. All Ages. 6:45 pm. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Olympic Club Hotel and Theater Lewis County. 2014 New Year's Eve Celebration, with Blues Redmption.
Features
When business owner and veteran Patrick Hughes sees potential, it's a pretty big deal. And that's exactly what he sees in his South Tacoma business Jazzy's Café. Hughes' vision for the restaurant is straightforward: he sees the establishment as not only providing great food and service in a customer-focused and friendly
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If Tacoma had a "history cup" inside the Washington State History Museum it would overfloweth with the city's rich and frothy beer story. This fine city has had an ongoing love affair with all things brew - from the days of suspender-wearing brewmasters at Heidelberg Brewing Co. to brew pub
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A dozen plus one of Tacoma's most well-known artists are represented in the "Sixth Annual Greater Tacoma Community Foundation of Art Award Exhibit" with a variety of prints, drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures. It's a cornucopia of every imaginable style and media that can be tastefully crammed into the small Fulcrum
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[INDIE POP] + SAT, DEC. 21 Two of the influences cited by Dames do well to encapsulate their particular charm: Mac DeMarco and Tacoma's own (possibly defunct?) Makeup Monsters. What all three of these groups have in common is a certain embrace of a slacker ethos, which presents not as apathy,
Music
Slutty Hearts' recent EP, Bones in the Snow, opens by referencing Nancy Sinatra. It's a fitting introduction to the Slutty Hearts ethos, which shares some qualities with Sinatra's spooky romanticism. Dark garage pop gems positively drip from the mouths and fingers of Slutty Hearts - devoted exercises in melodicism and
Guides
Go to the mall any weekend in December and you'll find throngs of shoppers. Venture forth to local hotspots like downtown, Sixth Avenue or Proctor, and you may find the same - people flocking to indie stores to keep it real and shop local. But if you really want local,
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Ah, Secret Santa, the office game of who can buy a decent gift for around $20 for someone they hardly know. You may know that Debbie down the hall, fourth cubicle over, never wipes out the microwave when she's done using it. But what to get her for Christmas? That's where
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Christmas comes in many forms. For many, it kicks off with a fervent shop-fest on Black Friday, with fistfights over $99 flat-screen TVs and angry eyebrows aimed at the latest Elmo doll - the last one on the shelf. If Christmas isn't about scoring that Elmo doll for your child,
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"We would not be able to do what we do without donations and volunteers," said Thomasina Cooper, development director for SafePlace Olympia. SafePlace Olympia is an advocacy agency and confidential shelter for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in Thurston County. It offers support groups, legal advocacy, emergency shelter and
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Nothing says the holiday season has officially arrived like spying cartons of eggnog in the dairy aisle at the grocery store. I've literally seen grown men's eyes alight while a small squeal of excitement escaped their lips knowing that eggnog season was upon us. It seems natural that eggnog is
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>>> SMILE Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown! See the ultimate sad sack Charlie Brown and his sad sack little Christmas tree find the holiday spirit in the Christmas classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas, at a dreamy locally renowned theater. Break out the "peanuts" to take in this charming Tacoma Musical Playhouse production, and
Show And Tell
There seems to be an odd trend in cinema where some filmmakers feel compelled to make Santa Claus evil. There's the Silent Night, Deadly Night series, Christmas Evil, Santa's Slay starring master thespian/wrestling enthusiast Bill Goldberg and countless others. It's almost become a modern holiday tradition. We have a modern
Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week and down
Food Matters
HOLIDAY PARTY Garfield Book Company (208 Garfield St., Tacoma) is hosting an open holiday party. From 2-6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, attendees may enjoy refreshments, raffles, door prizes, giveaways and more. Chef/owner John Sundstrom of Lark restaurant in Seattle, as well as an author of Northwest recipes, will host a cooking
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BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. Eagle's Hall Olympia - Downtown. OlyBlues Dance Night. Third floor, no partner necessary. All Ages. 9 pm. $5. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Brad Upton CD Release Show. 8
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Treos Tacoma - Old Town. James Coates. All Ages. 7 pm. Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. Rhythm & Sass, Dennis Shain. All Ages. 8 pm. $8. The Embers at Indian Summer - Olympia. Tarik Bentlemsani. 6 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia -
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Tingstad & Rumbel. All Ages. 8 pm. $15-$22. BLUES Red Bicycle Bistro and Sushi Bar Vashon. Bill Brown & The Kingbees. All Ages. 8:30 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Brad Upton CD Release Show. 8
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. BLUES 2 Mile House Olympia - Westwide. Blues Bentley Band Sunday Jam. 5-8 pm. NC. The Spar Tacoma - Old Town. Steve Cooley. 7 pm. NC. Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Sunday Blues Jam Night. 7-10
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BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Black Rose. 7 pm. NC. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino and Brooke Lizotte Experimental Jam. 8 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. The Groove Tramps. 8 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Harmon Tap Room Tacoma - Stadium