Arts
First Night has a 19-year-long history of filling downtown Tacoma's streets with New Year's Eve exuberance - fire and flame, music and dance, community and camaraderie among the celebrants. It's a magical night. A night that brings all Tacomans together. A night that lifts us up where we belong. Too bad
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Olympia Timberland Library Olympia - East. Tattered Dress. All Ages. 7:30 pm. NC. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Crazy Texas Gypsies Open Jam. 8 pm. Midtown Grill Bonney
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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. BLUES Summit Pub Puyallup. Tim Hall & The Band Real Times. 7:30 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and Grill Tacoma - Northend. Barstool
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. St. Practice Day. 6 pm. NC. 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. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Jerry
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. Open mic format with Pam Carter from Classic Case as the host. 6-9 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 8 pm. Immanuel Presbyterian Church Tacoma - Northend. Blues Vespers, with Little Bill
Music
For those of you who have been reading my column, you have inevitably inferred my belief that Tacoma is a musical epicenter of sorts. It has provided a starting platform for many bands that have gone on to find great success on an international level. The Northwest has been both
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Bryan Bowers. All Ages. 8 pm. $10. Tacoma Main Library - Tacoma. Bryan Bowers. All Ages. 2 pm. NC. Le Voyeur Café and Lounge Olympia - Downtown. Jessie Hill. 9 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Amocat Cafe Tacoma - Triangle District. Amocat Live! featuring the Amocat House Band. All Ages. 7 pm. Northern Pacific Coffee Co. Tacoma - Parkland. Heidi Stoermer, Jenny Snipstead featuring Andrew Crook. Show will include special duets and holiday sing-alongs. All Ages. 7 pm. $4. Spar Cafe Olympia
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. Open Mic Night. All Ages. 6:30 pm. NC. 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.
Music
I want to start off by telling all my readers that NWCZradio.com is a great place to hear local music. For some, listening to the radio on your computer might seem a little strange. What's strange to me is the lack of local music on the AM/FM radio. Why not
Stage
Pierce College has small but outstanding art exhibits on both the Steilacoom and Puyallup campuses. I mentioned the Fall Invitational Exhibition on the Puyallup campus in this column last week, saying that Barlow Palminteri and Becky Knold are both excellent painters. The other two artists in that show are Charles
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What do you want from a Christmas play? If you're like most people, you want sparkly lights, a jolly Saint Nick with a real beard, tiny tots with their eyes all aglow, and a reminder of the true, commercial-free meaning of Christmas (brought to you by Coca-Cola). If the lobby
Music
>>> Thursday, Dec. 6 BROKEN WATER After several months of silence Broken Water has emerged. This serves as a relief to those concerned about the state of the band following the groups critically acclaimed LP, Tempest. After a period of canceling a number of shows in July, including its own record release
Music
For years, local musicians and bands have struggled to find safe, secure, moderately sound-proofed, and remotely comfortable rooms in which to rehearse. The carpet-padded garages, busy storage units, blanket-lines laundry rooms and drafty backyard tool sheds - band practice spaces come in all shapes and sizes. Practice spaces can be mysterious
Reviews
What the heck is a hidden gem, anyway? The phrase rises from the mist of culinary cliché, a cheery, primordial beast eager to swallow any eye-opening South Sound dining experience that wanders unchained out of our delicious routine. It's hard to lift a fork around here without poking it into
Arts
You want to keep up with the South Sound arts scene, but how? Those crazy cats are always up to something and it seems you're always finding out just a bit too late. If you find yourself missing out on gallery openings, exhibits at museums, flash cash mobs at quirky
Music
You may have heard one or two of her tracks on a TV show, or seen her in one of her numerous tours, but Friday, Dec. 7 you have the rare opportunity to see the singer/songwriter Camille Bloom in a very intimate setting, and from the trajectory of her career,
Food Matters
BOATHOUSE BONUS If you haven't checked out South Sound's newest waterfront eatery Boathouse 19 (9001 S. 19th St., Tacoma), then set sail for it this month. If you dine at the Narrows Marina restaurant in December, it will award you a buy-on-get one-half-off voucher for January. Helps to pad the wallet
Stage
I'm an actor and director myself, so my job spawns its share of awkward moments. Over the last three years, I've reviewed the work of friends, respected colleagues, and folks who've been unkind to me. I've done my best to turn an equal critical eye on everyone. I believe in
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Little Creek Casino Shelton. Randy Linder. 8 pm. NC. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Crazy Texas Gypsies Open Jam. 8 pm. Midtown Grill Bonney Lake. Wednesday Night Blues