Features
Very soon, Pierce County residents can choose to do something awesome for his or her community by eating. That's right - chow down, do good. Sign me up! Thursday, Oct. 24, a new communitywide fundraiser will allow just about anyone to support local immigrants by merely going out to dinner. The
Food Matters
Holiday Food and Gift Festival Cooking Classes The 31st annual Tacoma Holiday Food and Gift Festival includes South Sound chefs performing cooking demonstrations. See the likes of Adriatic Grills Chef Trudnowski, Chef Dircks of Stanley and Seafort's, Chef Geoffrey Yahn of Dirty Oscar's and many others. The program runs through Sunday,
Show And Tell
In today's economically tumultuous world, there are three main pecuniary/societal systems at play: capitalism, socialism and communism. Each of these economic models promises financial stability and prosperity, but none of them entirely deliver. Communism and socialism look great on paper, unless that paper happens to be the pages of a
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 the road. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TW = TicketsWest, 800.325.SEAT, www.ticketswest.com TWEB
Music
If you've read The Rockford Files frequently, you've read several times about local record company Maurice the Fish Records. Founded in 2007, Maurice the Fish Records has a variety of goals, including providing its artists with, as its hype proclaims, "a platform in which they can maintain creative control of
Listings
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. St. Practice Day, with Ethan Tucker Band. 9 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.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. Jo Elless. All Ages. 8 pm. $6. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Sarah McQuaid. All Ages. 8 pm. $10-$15. BLUES Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Junkyard Jane. 8 pm. $10. COMEDY/GAMES Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. John McCutcheon. All Ages. 6:30 pm. $20-$25. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Hambone Blues Band, Seth Freeman, Jerry Miller. 9 pm. Fife Community Center - Fife. The Witches' Ball: A Black & White Masquerade, with Nora
Stage
The Northwest Playwrights Alliance has once again teamed with Prodigal Sun Productions to present short new plays in the Midnight Sun, An Improbable Peck of Plays II. I'm a fan of zero-budgeted evenings like this. They're easy to produce and digest, plus a much-needed venue for writers both fledgling and
Listings
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. Old Town Music Society Tacoma - Old Town. Old Town Music Society Presents Stephanie Anne Johnson. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Puget Sound Music For Youth Association Performance. All Ages. 2 pm. BLUES 2 Mile House Olympia - Westside.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Uke-Olympians. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Black Rose. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Dean Reichert. 8 pm. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Acoustic open mic hosted by Leanne Trevalyan. 8 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and Grill Tacoma - Northend. Barstool Bingo. 6:30 pm. White Horse Tavern Yelm. Barstool Bingo. Prizes! 7 pm. NC.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC A Rhapsody In Bloom Florist and Cafe Latte Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Steve & Kristi Nebel. All Ages. 7 pm. donations accepted. Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm. NC. BLUES The Royal Lounge Olympia - Downtown. Alice Stuart, with Dan
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 the road. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TW = TicketsWest, 800.325.SEAT, www.ticketswest.com TWEB = Ticketweb,
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[HIP-HOP] + FRI, OCT. 11 He has a new video/single, he has a new line of clothing on racks and now he is celebrating the release of his latest album, Revelations EP (with MTK). "He" is none other than award-winning Olympia (to Seattle transplant) MC XP, aka Xperience. This weekend the
Music
It's not a secret that some of the best music has emerged from Olympia's unique blend of long-time locals and Evergreen State College transplants. Some of the best record labels and recording studios have emerged as well, from K Records to Kill Rock Stars and all the labors of love in
Music
Sometimes, when I get a load of laundry done, write a couple of articles for this rag, make some dinner, send out some important emails, and finally relax to have a drink, I'll think, "Boy, did I get an awful lot done today. What a productive and energetic guy I
Music
From the first resonant chords of piano on Rockwell Powers's and DJ Phinisey's new album, BUILD, it's clear that this is an album that strives to be more than just another album of blustering and posturing. Accompanied by the reading of a poem by Jesse Ann Fouts, opening track "BuildxPoem1"
Features
The 6th Avenue District is perhaps the most widely recognized in the Tacoma area as home to culinary masters. Several of the establishments that line the "Ave" have been nationally recognized on the Food Network for their compelling menus and flavors. While Primo Grill has not yet been among those
Food Matters
THINK AND DRINK The Broadway Center for the Performing Arts has extended its annual Fall Free For All events to a yearlong pow wow called Tacoma Free For All, which includes its Think and Drink series. This free event will encourage participants to gather, over beverages, and discuss