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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. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Paul Mitchell. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino Band rockin' blues. 8:30 pm. NC. Summit Pub Puyallup.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Jeff Ross. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday. 7 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 7 pm. NC. Steilacoom Pub and Grill Steilacoom. Beer Pong. 9 pm. $15 for 2 person team. The New Frontier Lounge Tacoma -
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC South Tacoma Farmers Market Tacoma - South. The Whateverly Brothers. All Ages. 11 am. NC. Capitol Theater Olympia - Downtown. Irish band Kila will perform a fusion of Irish and world music with the Burren Boys. 7 pm. $15-$20. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam hosted by Tim
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Jim Page, with Fast Rattler. All Ages. 8 pm. $8-$12. 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. NC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma -
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BLUES Rialto Theater Tacoma - Downtown. Tommy Emmanuel. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $35-$40. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Spanky. 8 pm & 10:30 pm. $15. Big Whisky Saloon Tacoma - Downtown. Comedy Underground Presents Sal Calanni with Max Curry. 8:30 pm. $15. Little Creek Casino Shelton. Hypnotist Ron Stubbs. 9 pm. NC. COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Old
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. An Evening Of Keys III, featuring Doug Skoog, Cara Deblinger, Raymond Hayden, Naomi Korchonoff. All Ages. 6:30 pm. NC. Tacoma Farmers Market - Broadway Tacoma - Downtown. Kid's Day, featuring BQ Danza. All Ages. 11 am. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Laurie
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Kristina Vanderlinde is many things: a mother of two, an amateur jeweler and a mixer of fine cocktails. Amongst spectacular glass sculptures of the lobby bar at the Hotel Murano, you can find Vanderlinde chatting with guests from around the world. WEEKLY VOLCANO: Being a hotel bar, do you have many
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Homer Simpson once said, "The only guys who wear Hawaiian shirts are gay guys and big fat party animals." Mark Gill, bartender of the Beach Tavern, is the latter. Monday through Friday, Gill leaves his dogs at home on the Key Peninsula to trek to the well-known bar tucked next
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Ben Dews Clubhouse Grill on Sixth Avenue should be number one on your list of places to start your day bright and early with boozy goodness. Or, maybe you're looking to top off an all-night binge with an odd-hour adult beverage? Whatever the case, Ben Dew's opens at 6 a.m.
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Harbor Lights on Ruston Way has a delicious seafood menu, a gorgeous view, stiff drinks and loads of really old people who drink there. Every time I belly up to the bar, it feels like many of the other patrons could have been holding down their seat since the establishment
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Sean Jackson is reminiscent of that friend in college who was way too into beer but somehow made it work for him. Nicholas Brosier seems like he would fit in with the cast of the ‘90s Brit-com, The Young Ones. Together they make up a dynamic duo of drinking at
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I normally don't drink cocktails - I mostly stick to well whiskey. But, when I'm feeling ostentatious, or if someone else is buying, these are the drinks I remember best (in no particular order): White Russian, New Frontier Lounge: A drink that I had tolerated at other bars was a revelation
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Most meat markets resemble burger patties from a fast food joint. They're cheap. They're flash-cooked. They're greasy, noisy and often times fatty. Too many can leave a patron queasy and disoriented. But a good one? Well, a good meat market is like a cut of perfectly prepared filet mignon. When you're
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Jake's on 4th has a unique and progressive happy hour, as well as the longest and cheapest happy hour in Olympia. So here's the deal: Well drinks and domestic drafts are $1 from 10 a.m. to noon, $1.50 from noon to 2 p.m. and $2 from 2 p.m. to 8
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When one dreams of nightlife hotspots, the towns of Roy and Yelm don't often come to mind, right? Wrong, baby. While still not exactly known as the Las Vegas of the Pacific Northwest (Atlantic City, maybe), these tiny blips on the map have a few watering holes worth noting. The first
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Every Tuesday at 4 p.m., the Harmon Tap Room becomes the rendezvous location and take-off point for the Harmon Bike Club. The Tacoma-based cycling and social group meets for weekly rides around the Puget Sound. This bunch of spinners raises money for Mary Bridge Children's Hospital's Child Abuse Intervention Department.
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Honestly, Bobble Tiki feels like he's been getting promotional messages about Tin Man's CD release show for Somewhere in the Middle since 1987. That can't be, of course. Tin Man founder Rusty Parrish created Tin Man after years spent in punk bands, not to mention years then spent away from
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ANNOUNCER: The tiny retail strip at Regents Boulevard and Contra Costa Avenue in Fircrest has two dining options: old-school Italian delicatessen Viafore‘s and a casual café that has gone by a few names over the years. Remember Spring Lake Cafe, Poppy Seed Cafe or Alia's Sidewalk Café? All three occupied
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"We are Tacoma's brewery and we are going to be in Alaska, Idaho, Washington and Oregon," proclaims Pat Nagle, co-owner of the Harmon Brewing Company (HBC). "That's how we want to brand the Harmon. Everybody knows Ninkasi is from Eugene, Deschutes is from Bend. And everyone is going to know