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"Bible stories, witches and whiskey." Admit it. You're a bit curious now. Well that is just a sampling of the influences of Witchburn. Some might attend the show for the eye-candy of the women on the stage, some might prefer the heavy Southern guitar riffs, and some might just
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Daniel Adams. All Ages. 7:30 pm. Donations. Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Jerry Miller Unplugged. 6 pm. NC. Liquid Soul Coffee Roy. Open Mic. Hosted by David Wayne. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. The Ale House - Tacoma. Steve Stefanowicz. 21+. 6 pm. NC. BLUES O'Callahan's Pub &
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"Psychedelia is all about experiencing sounds and images that your brain wouldn't be able to comprehend under normal circumstances," my father will occasionally tell me, a mad look lingering in his eyes. I usually respond that I understand, and beg him to please turn off "Echoes." I don't care if the
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It's hard to call yourself a kayaker if you don't have any kayaking skills. Furthermore, it's hard to obtain many kayaking skills without actually kayaking - which, if you're not already a kayaker, can be challenging. That's the problem. Luckily, the Eastside Pool in East Tacoma has you covered.
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If James Cameron made a four-hour movie about paint drying, chances are it still wouldn't be as pointless as watching the Oscars. Check that - it wouldn't be as pointless as watching the Oscars alone in your sad little hobble. Watching the Oscars amongst friends at The Grand Cinema's
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Let's shoot straight for a minute - you're no artist. Sure, you sometimes wear the jeans for the part, but when it comes right down to it most seventh graders have more art skills than you - which is fine. Because you can drink way more than them. Friday
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Fulcrum Gallery hosts another first Friday party full of hypnotic grooves and righteous visuals, this time wooing trip-hop geniuses The New Law from Seattle. Adam Straney and Justin Neff will create a simmering soundscape of throbbing drum machines, surreal sax, samples, and soaring synths far too ballsy to be
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Butt implants are everywhere. Gone are the more simple times when women perked up their form through torturous straps and pins and clamps and possibly a witch's spell or two. Patricia Cosgrove will be able to shed more light on the suffering women went through with her lecture "Revealing
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Like I mentioned in the last installment of Wednesday Reading, every once in a while in the music business, hard work, sacrifice, luck and timing combine to pay off - rewarding the lucky with these little things called chances of a lifetime. The summer of 2002, while living in Los Angeles, turned
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Your fear of technology is unfounded. Deep down you know this, even if the idea of Twitter still makes your skin crawl. The first annual Shift Awards will go down Wednesday at the Theatre on the Square, and the plan is to honor "companies in the South Puget Sound that
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We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week and down the road. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TW = TicketsWest, 800.325.SEAT, www.ticketswest.com TWEB = Ticketweb, 866.468.7623, www.ticketweb.com ON SALE NOW Robert Glasper Seattle March 23-24 times
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Sax Restaurant and Lounge Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Guitarist, singer/songwriter Olivia De La Cruz. All Ages. 7-9 pm. NC. Tacoma bands acoustic sets. 9 pm. $5, $8 VIP. Hannah's Bar & Grille Olympia - Downtown. Open Mic. 9 pm. NC. Northern Pacific Coffee Co. Tacoma - Parkland. Open Mic. 8 pm. NC. Tempest
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COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 21+. 7 pm. NC. DJ/ELECTRONIC Latitude 84 Tacoma - South. DJ Jacob. Hip-hop, R&B, Top 40, and dance. 21+. 9 pm. NC. Happy Days Casino Lakewood. DJ dance. Top 40. 21+. 9 pm. NC. The New Frontier Lounge Tacoma - Dome District. Rebel Monday/Industry Night. DJ Jason
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Throat Singing Open Circle. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 21+. 8 pm. The Spar Tacoma - Old Town. Nick Vigarino & Mean Town Blues. 21+. 7 pm. NC. City Hall Saloon
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Matrix Coffee House Chehalis. Good Wood, Ear Food. All Ages. 8 pm. $5. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Mike Connelly. All Ages. 11 am. Donations. Ian McFeron, Alisa Milner. All Ages. 6 pm. Donations. The Blue Mongols. All Ages. 8:30 pm. Donations. Salty's at Redondo Beach Des Moines. Mike Roy. 21+. 8
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Dave Randel, Brandon Beauchesne. All Ages. 6-8 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. David Rovics. 21+. 8 pm. $5-$10. Salty's at Redondo Beach Des Moines. Myles Crew. 21+. 8 pm. NC. HG Bistro Puyallup. Steve Stefanowicz. 21+. 7 pm. NC. Harbor Greens Wine Bar
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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 Summit Pub Puyallup. Blues Jam. Hosted by Tim Hall & The Realtimes. 21+. 7:30 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Farrelli's Gourmet Wood Fire Pizza Tacoma Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Team Trivia
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BITE THIS The Hotel Murano lobby bar offers half-price appetizers every Wednesday in March. Swing by at 1320 Broadway Plaza in Tacoma. FAT OF THE LAND Langdon Cook, who left his senior book editor job at Amazon to live off the land, will discuss his book, Fat of the Land: Adventures of a
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Much of New Jersey playwright's Christopher Durang's work can be described as "the comedy of disorientation." Much like the comedy of social awkwardness popularized in the U.S. by the British version of The Office, Durang's writing requires exquisite precision in tone and pacing or it falls apart completely. The audience
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I wonder what it's all about? No, that's not a question; that's the name of the Mike Capp exhibit at Mineral. I've been told there's a happening art community in Everett that includes Capp, who does knockoffs of Juan Miro and Wifredo Lam combined with a personal iconography that includes
