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Cupcakes are all the rage and WannaCupcake is opening in Puyallup to prove it. WannaCupcake will be opening at 10 am on June 4th, selling multiple flavors of cupcakes, cake pops, and other sweet treats. If you can't wait till Monday, or if you just want a
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To your knowledge, Toto lives in Kansas. Dortothy's little basket-riding confidant should be safely tucked away in some make believe midwestern dog bed. Not anymore. Toto is now working at MIka Japanese Buffet in Federal Way. He's been reincarnated as a tall buffet server of Japanese (or Asian) descent. I know this
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I cannot believe it took me five years to finally visit the Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle. The park opened to great fanfare in 2007. I wanted to see it from the day it opened but somehow never got around to it, and then I put it off year after
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Hell hath no fury like a lover scorned. Spartan king Menelaus loses Helen to Paris, and he launches a thousand ships to reclaim her and raze Troy as a pretty bonus. Mark Zuckerberg's girlfriend dumps him, and he passive-aggressively retaliates by building his own empire not on land, but online
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Cork! A Wine Bar Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Dave Hannon. 7 pm. 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. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Malcolm Clark Band. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Midtown
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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 Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino Band rockin' blues. 8:30 pm. NC. Summit Pub Puyallup. Tim Hall & The Band Real Times. 7:30 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and
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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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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Northern Pacific Coffee Co. Tacoma - Parkland. Jeriactric Jazz. All Ages. 11 am-1 pm. NC. BLUES Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Back To Beale Street 2013, with Son Jack Jack Jr & Michael Wilde, Mountain Highway, Nolan Garrett, Blues Redemption, Kari Ehli Band, Steve Cooley & The Dangerfields, Mary McPage & The
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Harmon Tap Room Tacoma - Stadium District. Beer Garden Party, with James Coates. 6 pm. NC. Cork! A Wine Bar Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Brian Morris. 7 pm. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Gayle Skidmore. All Ages. 6 pm. TCC Voices. All Ages. 8 pm. Harbor Greens/Forza Wine Bar Gig Harbor. The Dark
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Harbor Greens/Forza Wine Bar Gig Harbor. Jennifer Lind. 7 pm. Al Forno Ferruzza Olympia - Downtown. Tarik Bentleemsani and Lizzy Boyer with guests. All Ages. 7:30 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. The North Oakes Project. All Ages. 6 pm. BLUES Buffino's Golden West Restaurant and Lounge Tacoma - South. Back Porch Band.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tacoma Farmers Market - Broadway Tacoma - Downtown. Gen Obata. All Ages. 12 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Super Saturated Sugar Strings. All Ages. 6 pm. 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
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When we walked into the Powerhouse Restaurant & Brewery at 4:30 p.m. on a Saturday, the only area inside the large, brick building that was full was the secluded outdoor patio. Despite the temptation of the fleeting sunshine, we opted to sit inside at one of the booths and check
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The Olympia Comics Festival, an all day event in downtown Olympia, takes place this Saturday, June 2. "There's something for every comic book fan," promises Frank Hussey, event director. Hussey says he began the Olympia Comics festival back in 2001 because he wanted to create something that was accessible and fun
Food Matters
Sometimes change at the neighborhood level can start with a conversation over a casserole dish. That's the aim of National Potluck Week. National Potluck Week is a brand new event, founded by Tacoman and president of Go Local, Derrick Rhayn. The event is already in about 20 states, and Rhayn hopes to
Music
Skoo-b Ru is a new artist on the scene making some headway. He's been rocking local shows and networking around and he just released his first official video, "We Taking Over." You can find it on YouTube. The video features hometown grind king $krilla. The song starts off with Skoo-b
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It's not always fun being a critic. Sure, I get to see everything for free, but I have to see everything. Think about that. Often, I find myself defaming the earnest efforts of friends. At auditions-I still act a few times a year-I'm competing against, and for, people who have
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Strange creatures both human and animal lurk in the front rooms of Fulcrum Gallery. The show is called Visions from the Other Side Surrealistic Portraits, a Group Show. Featured are works by Larkin Cypher, Kelsi Finney, Jeremy Gregory and Keith Carter. The work is inventive. Each artist has a personal, sometimes
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We pause in our efforts to find the new and innovative to write about a personal favorite.. It's been around forever yet, never gets old for the taste buds - the Burs Bennies. Rich, creamy hollandaise sauce drips off of two perfectly poached eggs smothering the
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Downtown Tacoma has your Memorial Day weekend covered with its ever-cool Tacoma Jazz and Blues Festival. The entire event is free - free parking, free music, free for all. On May 26, be prepared to enjoy hopping music all day long. This T-town jazz and blues extravaganza features three stages: the
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At rise in My Old Lady, now showing at Harlequin Productions, actor Jason Haws fidgets before one of three ornate doors on the set. His character, an American named Matthias, doesn't know he's been to this Paris address several times. He remembers nothing about Mathilde and Chloe Giffard, the mother