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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Harbor Greens/Forza Wine Bar. Gig Harbor. Brandon Morgan. 7 pm. Olympia Farmers Market. Olympia - Downtown. Joe Capoccia. All Ages. 11 am. NC. Port Plaza. Olympia - Downtown. Music In The Park, featuring M-Pact. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Matrix Coffee House. Lewis County. Song Circle. All Ages. 7 pm. $2. Al Forno
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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 Jam. All Ages. 7-11 PM. COMEDY/GAMES Pints & Quarts Pub Westside. Olympia - Westside. Bingo. Win prizes.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC O'Blarney's Irish Pub. Olympia - Eastside. Irish Sessions. Live traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art. Olympia - Downtown. Oly Songwriter Circle. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies. Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Stonegate Pizza. Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino Band rockin'
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza. Tacoma - South. Acoustic Couch Jam. 8:30 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. Harmon Tap Room. Tacoma - Stadium District. Tap Room Trivia. $50 cash prize for the winner of each round. 6-8
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BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill. Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 8 pm. Stonegate Pizza. Tacoma - South. Chicago Blues Jam. 8:30 pm. NC. City Hall Saloon and Eatery. Enumclaw. Rockin' Blues Jam Session. Hosted by Max Renshaw. 6 pm. Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill. Spanaway. Sunday Blues Jam Night.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Harbor Greens/Forza Wine Bar. Gig Harbor. Adam Small. 7 pm. Cork! A Wine Bar. Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Kurt Lindsay. 7 pm. Gig Harbor Farmers Market at Uptown. Gig Harbor. Winterlings. All Ages. 11 am. NC. BLUES Buffino's Golden West Restaurant and Lounge. Tacoma - South. Back Porch Band. 8 pm. Forza. DuPont. BlueStone.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tacoma Farmers Market - Broadway. Tacoma - Downtown. Billy Farmer. All Ages. 12 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. 8 pm. Eagle's Hall. Olympia - Downtown.
Food Matters
Soft and savory breads, sweet and fun desserts, and homemade pizza crusts to-go are just a few local favorites at San Francisco St Bakery in Olympia. Summer adds something new to the menu – dinner. The beloved bakery has expanded summer hours and provides an open air restaurant
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tugboat Annies. Olympia - Westside. Irish Session. All Ages. 8-10 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 Jam. All Ages. 7-11
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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. BLUES Red Wind Casino. Yelm. Alice Stuart. 6:30 pm. NC. Stonegate Pizza. Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino Band rockin' blues. 8:30 pm. NC. Summit Pub. Puyallup. Tim Hall &
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza. Tacoma - South. Acoustic Couch Jam. 8:30 pm. NC. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill. Spanaway. Blues Monday. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss. Tacoma - Downtown. The Rod Cook Band. 8 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge. Yelm. Bar Bingo. 7 pm. NC. Harmon Tap Room. Tacoma - Stadium District. Tap Room Trivia.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC South Tacoma Farmers Market. Tacoma - South. Charlie Herrman. All Ages. 12 pm. NC. The Swiss. Tacoma - Downtown. Puget Sound Music For Youth Performances & Jam Session. All Ages. 2 pm. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill. Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 8 pm. Stonegate Pizza. Tacoma - South. Chicago
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC The New Frontier Lounge. Tacoma - Dome District. Debut Record Release Party, with A Leaf, The Magic Mirrors, Kyong Kim. 9 pm. Matrix Coffee House. Lewis County. Jack Reid, Joe Breskin. All Ages. 7 pm. $6. Wright Park. Tacoma - Stadium District. The McG's. All Ages. 2 pm. BLUES Buffino's Golden West Restaurant and
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Forza. Fircrest. Acoustic Couti. All Ages. 7 pm. Forza. DuPont. Diamonds In The Rough. All Ages. 7 pm. BLUES Buffino's Golden West Restaurant and Lounge. Tacoma - South. Back Porch Band. 8 pm. Spar Cafe. Olympia. Billy D. 8 pm. NC. Stonegate Pizza. Tacoma - South. Jerry Miller Jam. 9 pm. NC. Jazzbones. Tacoma - Sixth
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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. 8 pm. Eagle's Hall. Olympia - Downtown. OlyBlues Dance Night. Third floor, no partner necessary. All Ages. 9 pm. $5. City Hall Saloon
Stage
Last night I dreamed a dream of painting. I had laid a large canvas on the floor, and I was down on my hands and knees drawing a jagged slash of vivid red across the canvas with a cattle marker. Cattle markers are a kind of oil stick (oil paint
Stage
Olympia's Matter Gallery, named Best Olympia Gallery two years in a row, has moved a few blocks to Washington Street in the old Capitol Theatre building, one block north of the Washington Center for the Performing Arts. It's a modest-sized space that is nicely laid out so that even though there
Reviews
Medi's Pizza on 6th Ave in Tacoma offers something unique to what has become a reborn, upscale neighborhood in North Tacoma. In addition to local brews, spirits, pasta and great pizza, it offers a downscale eatery to take the whole family or just hang out with friends. The atmosphere at Medi's
Music
It's pretty annoying when I hear people say, "I'm gonna put Tacoma on the map" when I know about all this awesome stuff Tacoma hip-hop artists are doing right now. Do people that say this know that a Tacoma producer just produced a track on Raekwon's "Unexpected Victory" album? Do
Music
It's ironic. In the mid 2000s there was a movie set in the rural southern United States about a low-budget pimp who turned to be an aspiring rapper. It was an innovative twist on the All-American rags-to-riches story that we've come to love in this grand old country of ours.