Listings
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Cascadia Grill Olympia - Downtown. Jeremy Serwer. All Ages. 6-9 pm. NC. Matrix Coffee House Chehalis. 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. The Junction Sports Bar and Grill
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Amocat Cafe Tacoma - Triangle District. Amocat Live! featuring the Amocat House Band. All Ages. 7 pm. Little Creek Casino Shelton. Larry Hill. 7 pm. NC. Spar Cafe - Olympia. Paul Mauer. 8 pm. NC. Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. Rickshaw, Holly St. Clair. All Ages.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Pacific Lutheran University Spanaway. Hardanger Fiddle Spring Workshop Northwest. All Ages. 9 am to 10:30 pm. $40.00 Adult all day and evening (ages 16+), Little Creek Casino Shelton. Larry Hill. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Gray Sky Blues Festival Afterparty, with Blues Redeption, All
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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. Anthem Coffee & Tea Tacoma - Downtown. Ask An Atheist radio show presents Australian singer-songwriter Shelley Segal. All Ages. 5-8 pm. $5 cover. Olympia Farmers Market
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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 Billy Pease, Paul Buck and Chris Gartland. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Crazy Texas Gypsies. 8 pm. Stonegate
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Acoustic open mic hosted by Leanne Trevalyan. 8 pm. NC. Olympic Club Hotel and Theater Centralia. Jeff Crosby & The Refugees. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Summit Pub Puyallup. Tim
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BLUES The Royal Lounge Olympia - Downtown. Alice Stuart, with Dan Tyack. 7:30 pm. 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
Food Matters
TOUNAMENT OF SANDWICHES PARTY The titanic sandwich throwdown finale will go down Monday! Voting for the 2013 Weekly Volcano Tournament of Sandwiches Championship game will go live at 6 p.m. Monday, April 8 at Masa (2811 Sixth Ave., Tacoma). Two sandwiches will remain. Come vote for one of the sandwiches, enjoy
Features
South Sounders: Get ready to celebrate Thurston County's unique fine dining scene. Following in suit with its neighbors to the north, the inaugural Olympia Restaurant Week is happening April 7-18, Sundays-Thursdays. Ten Thurston County restaurants will be serving up special $25 three-course dinners, with some eateries offering a three-course lunch
Stage
The fascinating thing about Michael Johnson's new sculptural installation at Kittredge Gallery is that you can see it from many perspectives, literally and metaphorically. The installation is in the smaller back gallery. Viewed through the double open doors from the larger front gallery it can be taken in in a
Arts
If you haven't seen modern dance, you'll be surprised how much more exciting and beautiful it is than you thought. It's not three lines of pink tutus. You don't need an art degree to understand it. Dance can be relevant. Dance can be modern and accessible. Dance can comment on
Features
All the telltale signs of an Olympia spring are here. The cherry blossoms are in bloom, the Evergreen students have come out of their damp dorms and the Olympia Farmers Market is gearing up for another year of food, music and fun. Opening day is Thursday, April 4 and produce vendors
Music
>>> FRIDAY, APRIL 5 HELL'S BELLES, MOSQUITO HAWK This is one of those Better Living blurbs where I'm like, "Shit, what's there to say about this show that people don't know?" It's Hell's Belles, for crying out loud. The band Angus Young himself said was the best AC/DC cover band in the
Music
Horse Bodies, like the centaur creatures that inspired the band's name and some of the songs, is magical. And by magical, I mean bad ass - mostly rock, with a '70s lean, part punk and maybe even a sprinkle of folk and blues. Horse Bodies is the type of band
Music
The world is forever changing. Remember when it was standard procedure to burn CDs or get some CDs of your album made? This is happening less and less as most music has fully moved onto and become digital. This affects Tacoma in many ways. One thing happening is the emergence
Music
Speaking from experience, there's nothing more frustrating than being barred from seeing a favorite local band due to that pesky little "21+" fine print at the bottom of the flyer. As if being of legal drinking age has some sort of positive correlation with music appreciation. Yes, I realize that
Stage
It's difficult to say which members of the audience had a better time at Olympia Family Theater's production of The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood. Written by Mary Lynn Dobson, the play follows the basic Robin Hood plot but with the addition of some creative license has been described
Listings
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Cascadia Grill Olympia - Downtown. Jeremy Serwer. All Ages. 6-9 pm. NC. Spar Cafe Olympia - Downtown. Kendl Winter. 8 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
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Little Creek Casino Shelton. John Cugno. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Jimmy Thackery. 8 pm. $15. Little Creek Casino Shelton. Randy Linder. 9 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Alvin Williams. 8:30 pm. $15. Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Little Creek Casino Shelton. John Cugno. 7 pm. NC. Vashon Maury Grange - Vashon. Singing Together: A Community Sing, with Mark Growden. All Ages. 1 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Teresa Tudury. All Ages. 8 pm. $10-$15. BLUES Little Creek Casino