Arts
I recently met a woman who was beautiful, intelligent, confident and creative. She has a PhD, she is a successful photographer and she is a world-traveler. She is also a visual voice for the people of Olympia. Her name is Jan Lewis, and she just completed Olympia Portrait Project, an 80-page
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Art at Work Month is a collective of events and exhibits packaged into one exciting month by the Tacoma Arts Commission. Some of these happenings take place year-round, others are Art at Work specific, but all of them invite the public out to see why Tacoma is such an amazingly
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I went with my wife to see Don Tiller's paintings at Childhood's End Gallery. She loved them, raved about them. I thought they were pretty good, but I was not as excited as she. Tiller is a landscape painter from Port Townsend. I suspect his work sells very well with the
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At 28, Stacy Jones has released five CDs, played hundreds of shows and won multiple awards, including Washington Blues Society's "Best Female Vocalist of the Year" in 2010. Way to go girl! Shoot, by the time I was 28, my finest accomplishments were popping out two little hellions and developing a
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Blue Nose Music is one of the last true local labels left in the Tac'. Before everyone had the ability to grind musically on their own - local artists almost needed a little label help. Now someone can record on their own, find beats on their own, pay for their
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Pacific Grill is a shining culinary gem in downtown Tacoma, the home of award-winning deliciousness, the creation of chef and owner Gordon Naccarato. Originally from Tacoma, Naccarato worked at and learned his tasty craft around the world before returning to Tacoma to open Pacific Grill. If you've never been to Pacific
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Olympia punker turned hip-hopper Doc Hollywood and his goofball/party rap group Hollywood Kill Krew broke onto the scene in 2009. Since then, HKK and Hollywood have been busy playing shows and releasing multiple projects - and even earned themselves "best hip-hop group" in the Weekly Volcano's 2012 Best of Olympia.
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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.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Acoustic open mic hosted by Leanne Trevalyan. 8 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.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Le Voyeur Café and Lounge Olympia - Downtown. John Elliott. 9 pm. 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. Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma -
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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. Paddy Coyne's Irish Pub Tacoma - Downtown. Celtic music with Martin Nyberg and friends. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Olympia Farmers Market Olympia -
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Key Peninsula Civic Center - Vaughn. Bottom Line Duo, featuring Spencer & Traci Hoveskeland. All Ages. 8 pm. $10-$15. Lucky Eagle Casino Rochester. Carrie Cunningham. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Red Bicycle Bistro and Sushi Bar Vashon. The Garth Reeves Birthday Bash. All Ages.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie - Vashon. An Intimate Evening To Support Approve R74, with Jesse Sykes, Phil Wandscher, Mike Dumovich. All Ages. 7 pm. $20. Lucky Eagle Casino Rochester. Carrie Cunningham. 9 pm. NC. Vashon Cohousing Commons - Vashon. Vashon Drum Circle.
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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. The Junction Sports Bar and Grill Chehalis. Blues Jam. Hosted by Blues Attitude. 8
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Q-Dot might be the mayor of 253 hip-hop. His name rings bells in Seattle. He often has good quality shows up north. In Tacoma, he teaches a hip-hop class at the Tacoma Public Library. He plans Grit City. He is often the go-to guy when an organization or event needs
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It's not very often that a production smacks you upside the head with the sudden realization that you aren't merely seeing a good play but, instead, are seeing a fantastic play. Tacoma Little Theatre's production of Lucille Fletcher's play Night Watch accomplishes just that. While it has been around for
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The current show at Flow honors sumi and collage artist Mary Shizuka Bottomley, a co-founder of Puget Sound Sumi Artists who recently passed away. The show features 11 works by Bottomley, which offer a sampling of the wide array of her art, plus sumi art by six of Tacoma's better
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"It all started when he fell in the shower..." begins Darryl Small. Scratch that - that must've been the introduction to a different story. For Tacoma director/writer Joseph Kephart, it started with another film. "I was watching a 1940's rock musical and I had an epiphany," Kephart says. "I needed to do
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After winning 2011 and 2012 awards for Best Band in the Weekly Volcano's Best of Olympia reader's picks, as well as Best Funk/Jazz/Blues Band in the 2012 Oly Music Awards, it's high time funk masters Brown Edition made an album. Enter Soulpocalypse, a 12-track masterpiece from the 13-piece lineup featuring Miguel
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Jake: Anyone that grew up in the Northwest 25 years ago knows the importance of Hoagie's corner. This was a sandwich chain owned by the 7-11 company, and before closing its doors it was THE place to get a sandwich. This week, I was drawn in by the name Hoagie's