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I last saw Arsenic and Old Lace back in 1992, when I stage-managed a college production. It had a reputation for being over-performed at the time. Now, thanks to director Dale Westgaard's finely calibrated revival at Lakewood Playhouse, it's a pleasure to welcome it back. We were
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The 11th Annual Local Juried Art Exhibition at the gallery at Tacoma Community College may be the biggest ever, with 40 artists and some of them represented by multiple pieces; yet the show does not seem crowded. As with all juried exhibitions, there is some good stuff and
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC A Rhapsody In Bloom Florist and Cafe Latte Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Sea Shanty Night, with Spanaway Bay. All Ages. 7 pm. donations accepted. Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Cascade Community Center JBLM-Lewis Main. Bar Bingo in
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Acoustic open mic hosted by Leanne Trevalyan. 8 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Summit Pub Puyallup. Tim Hall & The Band Real Times. 7:30 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and Grill Tacoma - Northend. Barstool
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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. Palmer Junction. 9 pm. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino rockin' blues jam. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge
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The Broadway Center welcomes travel guru Rick Steves to its Pantages Theater for a travel chat. Steves - book author, Europe expert, pot smoker, global wanderer, TV host - has spent four months each year overseas for the last 30 years. Bobble Tiki loves to travel and was all set
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. BLUES 2 Mile House Olympia - Westside. Blues Bentley Band Sunday Jam. 5-8 pm. NC. Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 8 pm. The Spar Tacoma - Old Town. Brian Lee
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OK, yes, there will be punk music. And yes, some of that music will be done by local favorites like Girl Trouble, Red Hex, Trees and Timber and The Jilly Rizzo. And yes, this is a function that will be held at a bar. But look, the real draw here
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COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Alex Reymundo. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Drew Barth. 8:30 and 10:30 pm. $15. Dave's of Milton Milton. Comedy Night, featuring Jose Bolanos, Jonas Barnes, Rebecca Corry, music by The Popoffs. 8
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Holy Leslie Knope! Can you imagine Tacoma without Optimist Park? Without Ursich Park? Without anywhere to take your dog off the leash and let her run? Even in dense, urban areas, open space is a calming force, giving us a place to sit, lie, tag zombies or walk amidst the
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In the late 1800s and early 1900s, vaudeville was by far the most popular form of entertainment in America. Sadly, the advent of radio and talking pictures killed it off by about 1925 or so, as people became (and still are) more fascinated by compact, one- or two-dimensional forms of
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Deep in our weird, neurotic hearts, I think everyone feels an instinctual sympathy for people with great or famous sibling: When your sister is someone like Linda Ronstadt - an 11-time Grammy winner with 38 Billboard Hot 100 singles, with 21 reaching the top 40, 10 making it into the
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Erika Luckett, Lisa Ferraro. All Ages. 8 pm. $10-$15. COMEDY/GAMES Le Voyeur Café and Lounge Olympia - Downtown. Altercation Punk Comedy Tour. 9 pm. Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Alex Reymundo. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15.
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The quarterly Ancient Victorys Open Mike brings back some of the 3,000 acoustic music performers from open mikes run by Chris Lunn in this state and California from the 1965 through 1990 to the Antique Sandwich Co. Thursday. The night is dedicated to Suzie Grey who passed in August at
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tinkertopia Tacoma - Downtown. Folk Singers In Hell. All Ages. 6-9 pm. NC. Cascadia Grill Olympia - Downtown. Jeremy Serwer. All Ages. 6-9 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. Eagle's Hall Olympia - Downtown.
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The thing about Trees and Timber is their music could be anywhere ... the soundtrack to a road trip for example. I could easily imagine slipping in their latest album, Electric Gypsy Lovechild, for a trip up the Kitsap Peninsula - their upbeat jams guiding my way. Trees and Timber
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I hate Jane Austen. Yeah, I said it. It may shock some of you to hear this, but early 19th century romantic British literature just isn't my cup of tea. (Rimshot!) I don't think Jane Austen's a bad writer or that there's anything inherently wrong with her literary genre. It's
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The crucible of the verbal jousters continues to take center stage in the burgeoning Puget Sound hip-hop community - an upward trajectory since the early 2000s, even in terms of MC battles. Battles such as "Brainstorm" and other freestyle competitions have, however, been largely replaced by pre-written and arranged feature
