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Jimmy Buffett Tribute Show at Johnny's Dock Restaurant Enjoy some Margaritaville-Tacoma style, 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Sunday, May 27. Dave Calhoun, the Pacific Northwest's only Jimmy Buffett tribute show, will be at Johnny's Dock Restaurant and Marina (1900 East D Street). Nothing rings in summer better than the tropical sounds of Buffett, a
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This Friday is "Shut the Stage Down," in Seattle, and while I hate to send you north, half the bill is from Tacoma. It is E-Dawg's version of a Summer-Jam, so-to-speak. The show is brought to us by E's Radio. It is sort of a shirk to the Seattle Hip-Hop
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While strolling through the downtown Puyallup shopping district, I stumbled upon a fantastic little English tea room neighboring a store which specializes in retail food products imported from England. My nine-year-old daughter went crazy with curiosity, so inside T-4-2 and British Aisle we went for a quick tea-time. After choosing the
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King Solomon's Reef in downtown Olympia is officially open. After two fires and 15 months of restoration, The Reef's curse has turned into a blessing. The restaurant hosted its grand re-opening May 18, complete with hundreds of Facebook posts and spotlights in the parking lot. "It was a really great day, everyone
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Flaming Eggplant Cafe Olympia. Concert For SafePlace, featuring The Brothers Jim. Proceeds benefit SafePlace Olympia. All Ages. 2:30 pm. Donations accepted. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. Midtown Grill Bonney Lake. Wednesday Night Blues Jam. All Ages. 7-11 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Pints & Quarts Pub
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tacoma Farmers Market Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Gen Obata. All Ages. 12 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Gregory Rawlins. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. 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
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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 Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Blame Sally. All Ages. 6 pm. $10-$15. Northern Pacific Coffee Co. Tacoma - Parkland. Jeriactric Jazz. All Ages. 11 am-1 pm. NC. Olympia Farmers Market Olympia - Downtown. The Sundowners. All Ages. 11 am. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam,
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC C.I. Shenanigans Tacoma - Northend. David Gardner. 7 pm. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Northern Lights. All Ages. 8 pm. $5. BLUES Buffino's Golden West Restaurant and Lounge Tacoma - South. Back Porch Band. 8 pm. Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Jam For Jerry Miller Benefit. 9 pm. The Spar Tacoma - Old
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. The Strangled Darlings. All Ages. 8:30 pm. $6. Olympia Farmers Market Olympia - Downtown. Vince & Monica. All Ages. 11 am. NC. 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.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Jim Page. All Ages. 8 pm. $12. Tacoma Farmers Market - Broadway Tacoma - Downtown. Ron Fowler. All Ages. 12 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Tin Man. All Ages. 7 pm. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open
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Before you ask, the answer is yes. Now: only three years after the 1997 film version, this musical version of The Full Monty made its debut in San Diego. Other than a transplant from Sheffield to Brooklyn, the story is pretty much what you recall from the Oscar-nominated movie: six average
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Late blooming artist Becky Knold has landed on the scene, and I suspect we can look forward to seeing much more of her. On July 19, 2011, I wrote about her in an article for the Spew blog called "Becky Knold: The Great Unknown." The opening sentence was: "Attention area
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Q-Storm, aka Floyd Noodles, has been an active member of the Olympia hip-hop scene since it really started booming in the late 1990s. He has also been one of the few and wise that from the start has consistently released new music to the public, making it difficult for him
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One of the better DJs operating out of the 253 area is DeeJay Quietstorm. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., but ended up here by way of the military. I feel like Lewis/McChord spits out more hip-hoppers into our local community than actual soldiers (ha!). He's been blessing us
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The culture of watching bad movies because they're so terrifically bad has been growing, outside of the light, insidiously, for years and years. Edward D. Wood Jr. conquered, very early on, the art of having such awesomely misplaced judgment in one's own talent. In his stead-and especially in the '70s
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If it's been a while since you've been to Pastiche Wine Bar, it may be time for another visit. In addition to its ample wine selection, the place has transformed into a full service restaurant and cocktail lounge with delectable new food options and events. Pastiche is quite the classy neighborhood
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Dirty Oscar's Annex chef Aaron Grissom has transformed his menu, filling it with locally grown spring flavors. Aaron pointed to his new sandwich, the Muffaletta, as a shining example. Stacked with, house-smoked salami, ham, mortadella, green olive tapanesca, peppered tomato, havarti, and served on focaccia bread
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With names like Matt Groening and Lynda Barry on the alumni roster, The Evergreen State College is known for fostering big time cartoonists and animators. A bunch of them will visit Evergreen tomorrow for what's called the Fishbowl Seminar facilitated by faculty member Ruth Hayes. PR for the event states: "Animation, comics,
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Rising from the ashes, once again, King Solomon's Reef will re-open this Friday. One of Olympia's best dive restaurants plans to re-open their doors, Friday, May 18th at 8am following a closure after catching on fire. With a wide variety of entree's using primarily local products,