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Talk about a friend of Tacoma - Drew Grow, and even his Pastors' Wives, feel like long-lost soul mates of Grit City. Originally won over by the warmth of the arts-slash-music scene emanating from The Warehouse (R.I.P.), and intrigued enough to come back even after the DIY venue's demise, the
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Thank you to all who took the time to vote in our Best of Tacoma 2013 Readers' Poll. You are the Best. Best Band: Kim Archer Band Best New Band: Mirrorgloss Best Indie-Rock Band: Wheelies Best Metal Band: Ex-Gods Best Punk Band: Kramer Best Jazz Band: Kareem Kandi Band Best DJ: Mr. Melanin Best Cover Band: Kry Best Hip-hop
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BLUES The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Jay Mabin, Pound 4 Pound. 21+. 8 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 21+. 7 pm. NC. DJ/ELECTRONIC Happy Days Casino Lakewood. DJ dance. Top 40. 21+. 9 pm. NC. O'Malley's Irish Pub Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Rebel Monday/Industry Night. DJ Jason Diamond spinning roots reggae, 21+.
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BEST PLACE TO FIND RAD MESSAGE SOCKS AND SWEATERS FOR BOTTLES Nine Lives Vintage Wears OK, folks, here are two great places that spread Tacoma funshine in one spot! At Nine Lives Vintage Wears, you can't help but smile at the well-made striped knee-high socks with statement words like punk, nerd, bacon
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC O'Callahan's Pub & Grill Key Peninsula. Tammy Faye & The Thrill Billies Family Jam. All Ages. 4 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 21+. 8 pm. City Hall Saloon and Eatery Enumclaw. Rockin’ Blues Jam Session. Hosted by Max Renshaw. 21+. 6 pm. The
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On the cusp of its first anniversary, this Best of Tacoma retail store has a lot to celebrate. Compass Rose, a dreamy little gift shop in Tacoma's Proctor District, offers pretty and unique personal and home accessories, locally produced artisan jewelry, home décor, stationary, cool kitchen gadgetry and sweet-smelling lotions
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Christian and Russ' 40th Birthday Party, with Ockham's Razor. 21+. 9 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Common Ground. All Ages. 1 pm. NC. Fox Elipsus. All Ages. 9:30 pm. NC. HG Bistro Puyallup. Kim Archer. 21+. 7:30 pm. NC. Studio Four 18 Olympia - downtown. Michael
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Olympia Farmers Market Olympia - Downtown. AC2. All Ages. 11 am. NC. HG Bistro Puyallup. Andy Shofner. 21+. 7:30 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Gaelica. All Ages. 8 pm. $8-$12. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Graham Crackers. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. Jam On My Muffin. All
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC The New Frontier Lounge Tacoma - Dome District. Dave Hannon, A Room Called Remember. 21+. 9 pm. Uncle Sam’s American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Jerry Miller Unplugged. Plus it's Taco Thursday. 21+. 7-10 pm. NC. Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. Last Chance Romeos Unplugged. 21+. 8 pm. NC. Liquid Soul Coffee
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LEAD OF THE STACK For the morning sweet toothed-diner, the Hotel Murano serves an amazing gourmet gingerbread French toast. Six gooey cinnamon and ginger swirled slices arrive on a long plate topped with crème fraiche and powdered sugar. They're so soft you could sleep on them. Whipped
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Thursday, May 20 Buddy Dunn's wine portfolio tasting, 5:30-8:30 p.m., complimentary, Pour at Four, 3814 N. 26th Sr., Tacoma, 253.761.8015. Ladies Night featuring half off all wine flights and $5 house pours, Sip, 4793 Point Fosdick Dr. N.W, Gig Harbor, 253.853.3020. Wine tasting, noon to 6 p.m., complimentary, Walter Dacon Winery, 50 S.E.
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BEST CAULIFLOWER IN TACOMA Smoke + Cedar Perhaps you see cauliflower on the menu and instantly get flashbacks. It's the 1980s. Your mother has boiled up some of the vile white vegetable and you have to eat it before you can get back to your paused Super Mario Bros. game. Bowser awaits.
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Of all the categories for which to choose a "best," best brewery is a difficult one. Pierce County is a beer lovin' county. There's no shortage of brew. From Wingman to E9 to Harmon and beyond, beer flows through our be-potholed streets and through many of our veins as well.
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Thank you to all who took the time to vote in our Best of Tacoma 2014 Readers' Poll. You are the Best. Best Restaurant: Marrow Kitchen and Bar Best Restaurant Server: Kent Bolden at Maxwell's Restaurant Best Bartender: Jason Alexander, Tacoma Cabana Best Happy Hour: Pacific Grill Best Pizza: Puget Sound Pizza Best Sushi: TWOKOI Japanese
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In the biggest field of comedians ever to compete in the Bay Area Black Comedy Competition, you can imagine how shocked I was to see "Seattle's Nate Jackson" bring the prize back to the Puget Sound. Although the brother gets around - doing his thing from Olympia to Tacoma to
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As a self-professed "bookish type," it's exciting for me to have the opportunity to sit down and interview Marissa Meyer, the local scribe voted Tacoma's "Best Author" by our readers. Tacoma has a rich, literary community abuzz with both novice and established talents. However, Meyer is a Tacoma author who
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Thank you to all who took the time to vote in our Best of Tacoma 2014 Readers' Poll. You are the Best. Best Filmmaker: Isaac Olsen Best Movie Theater: The Grand Cinema Most Creative Person: James Bender Best Theater Company: Tacoma Little Theatre Best Dance Company: MLKBallet Best Performance Space: Pantages Theater Best Actor: Alex Smith Best Actress:
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What would Jesus serve? Heck, I thought I was entering the Denny's in Lakewood - not the second coming of Christ's "Sportsbar." That is, if Jesus Christ had a "sportsbar," in which case it might have a better name than "Christ's Sportsbar." I can only assume that ol' JC has a
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In every issue of this fine rag my hack team of wannabe journalists and I tackle some of the most laughable criminal acts that have recently happened in our area. Then - if we're doing our job - we write about those crimes in a way that makes you chuckle,
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The Greeks had a succinct way of explaining the seasons: It was all the fault of a pomegranate seed ingested by Persephone after she was abducted and taken to the underworld by Hell's top dog, Hades. Her highfalutin' mom, Demeter, goddess of the harvest, mourned so loudly and dangerously that
