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Whether you are new to the South Puget Sound, or a veteran resident, you'll enjoy what is inside our Spring 2012 Housing Guide. Click here
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I dig a good beer and a heated political debate. And I found a spot to do both — at the same time. There is a rising national progressive movement that is taking over spots for those folks politically left of the center to meet and plot to take over the
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Al Forno Ferruzza Olympia - Downtown. Tarik Bentleemsani and Lizzy Boyer with guests. All Ages. 7:30 pm. NC. Olympia Farmers Market Olympia - Downtown. Tattered Dress. All Ages. 11 am. NC. BLUES Buffino's Golden West Restaurant and Lounge Tacoma - South. Back Porch Band. 8 pm. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Jerry Miller Jam.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. Annie Henry. All Ages. 8 pm. $6. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Brad Andrews. All Ages. 6 pm. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Claudia Schmidt. All Ages. 8 pm. $10-$15. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. KT Hoops. All Ages. 8 pm. $5. Cork! A Wine
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Northern Pacific Coffee Co. Tacoma - Parkland. Jeriactric Jazz. All Ages. 11 am-1 pm. NC. 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
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This creature’s pizza is to die for, which helps the Weekly Volcano do what we do best: drink lots of booze and beer. We could go to Katie Downs every day, stare out the windows across Commencement Bay or at the game on the flat screen and drink lots. But,
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This creature’s pizza is to die for, which helps the Weekly Volcano do what we do best: drink lots of booze and beer. We could go to Katie Downs every day, stare out the windows across Commencement Bay or at the game on the flat screen and drink lots. But,
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC O'Blarney's Irish Pub Olympia - Eastside. Irish Sessions. Live traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Justin Klump, Nick Sandy. All Ages. 7 pm. 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
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Champagne Sunday. All Ages. 7 pm. 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 Westside Olympia - Westside. Bingo. Win prizes. 8:30 pm. Free. Tacoma
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If there is one skill you should actively cultivate in life it is cooking. Being able to feed yourself is not the point. Any person can buy a six-pack and a frozen dinner and call it good. Yet, as we know, all sustenance is not created equal. Though cooking for
Health
Beginning this month, some National Guard and reserve members will need to pay dental premiums directly rather than through payroll deduction, a senior official of the TRICARE military health plan said today. A change to the TRICARE Dental Program means that payroll deduction for premiums is not
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When not in his military uniform, Lt. Col. John L. Westhoff can still be found wearing one. The second uniform he wears is that of a registered Boy Scouts of America (BSA) adult leader. Westhoff works at the Madigan Healthcare System as a staff physician for the Emergency Room and Preventative Medicine
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Vietnam veteran Raleigh Showens gripped his shotgun tightly as he sat in his car outside the pain management clinic. This was his last chance - if this treatment didn't work, he knew what he had to do. Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for decades, Showens left the gun behind and
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Not everyone who wears glasses with lenses the size of those on the Hubble telescope came by them naturally. For some, those glasses are a byproduct of surgery they had for cataracts - back in the days when cataract surgery was in its infancy. "The process has been refined to the
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I'm sitting here, staring at my keyboard, and trying to think of more to say about Lozen other than they f#@*ing rock. I guess that's ultimately the best place to start. Lozen - a two-piece, all-girl, alt-metal-experimental-tribal-etcetera band - f#@*ing rock. They exploit the limitations of having a band made up
