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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Steilacoom Pub and Grill Steilacoom. Monday Music, featuring James Coates. 7 pm. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Black Rose. 7 pm. NC. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino and Brooke Lizotte Experimental Jam. 8 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma -
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Here & Now, the latest show at Fulcrum Gallery, is an investigation of the styles and concerns of Tacoma artists of different generations, from Lynn DI Nino, born in 1945, to Ian Wheelock, born in 1997 - 16 artists in all including students from the Hilltop Artists
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There we were in Priest Point Park, watching theater that went beyond poor to free, in which actors sped around on all fours like greyhounds. When I heard about Animal Fire Theatre's approach to Macbeth I was skeptical, but it's applied with discretion and wit and it's damn fun to
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There are those among us who can make their trip to a hair stylist the most riveting story you've heard all week. People whose stories never trail off into "it was really cool. ..." Envy them. They are not like you. Not only do they have great success at parties,
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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. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and Grill Tacoma - Northend. Barstool Bingo. 6:30 pm. White Horse Tavern Yelm. Barstool Bingo. Prizes! 7 pm.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Wed night Irish Session. 7:00- 930. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Cascade Community Center JBLM-Lewis Main. Bar Bingo in Heroes Lounge. No cash prizes. 7 pm. Pints & Quarts Pub
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Les Gove Community Park Auburn. Auburn Kids SummerStage, featuring Eric Herman. All Ages. 12 pm. NC. Sax Restaurant and Lounge Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Olivia De La Cruz. The guitarist, singer/songwriter performs during dinner. All Ages. 7-9 pm. Free. Hannah's Bar & Grille Olympia - Downtown. Open Mic. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Charlie's Sports
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Huntamer Park Lacey. Children's Entertainment Summer Series, with Eric Herman. All Ages. 6:30 pm. NC. 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. Tim Hall & The Band Real Times. 21+. 7:30
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BLUES The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Doug Skoog Band. 21+. 8 pm. NC. The Royal Lounge Olympia - Downtown. The Greta Jane Quartet. 21+. 9:30 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 21+. 7 pm. NC. DJ/ELECTRONIC Muckleshoot Indian Casino Auburn. Club Video. 21+. 8 pm. NC. Latitude 84 Tacoma - South. DJ Jacob.
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"Champion the underdog," the Variety Hour's Rob Olsen urged me through email earlier this week. I decided to listen, and with good reason. You see, Olsen's Variety Hour is playing The New Frontier Saturday, on the same night that much of Dome District hangout's usual ironic crowd will probably be
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San Francisco's The New Up kind of sounds like an updated, slowed-down version of the old Hammerbox. Like, Carrie Akre's Hammerbox - all ferocious and female and flannel covered, circa 1990-whatever. But don't get me wrong; this five-piece is no rehash. While the scene stealing rock guitars, gut-punch hooks and
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Tacoma's Osama Bin Rockin did not win "Best Band Name" in the 2010 Weekly Volcano Best of Tacoma poll. That's unfortunate, because they probably should have. Sure, there are some pretty sick-ass band names out there, some fairly memorable monikers, but just hearing this band mentioned makes me grin -
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Toward the end of Eightball Break's song, "Kickin' Myself in the Ass," the guitars smooth out and lead singer Nick Millward breaks it down for us, saying we'll soon regret not asking that girl out when we see her walking with a lesser man. It's a slyly winking acknowledgement from
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QUESTION: My wife's a hairstylist, and I recently learned that she continues to cut the hair of a guy she had a fling with seven years ago. We're newlyweds but dated for three years. She's always been truthful and forthright, so I was dumbfounded that she kept this from me.
Military Life
A day in the life of freelance writer Melissa Renahan was not ordinary by any means. One minute she would interview actors Ricky Schroder or Tom Skerritt, and the next she was on the phone with World War II veteran Lt. Col. Richard "Ken" Wheeler, who was shot down over
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The paintings of Mark Landis have been featured in at least 46 museums in 20 different states over the course of 30 years. So why isn't this shy, slender Mississippian a renowned artist in his own right? Chalk it up to his knack for crafting expert forgeries of everyone ranging
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tides Tavern Gig Harbor. Breakfast Jam Session, hosted by Billy Farmer. All Ages. 9 am. NC. South Tacoma Farmers Market Tacoma - South. Critter, Doug Deems. All Ages. 11 am. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Open Shape Note Singing Group. All Ages. 5 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Folk Singers In Hell. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. Cork! A Wine Bar Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Otherwise. 21+. 8 pm. NC. Gig Harbor Farmers Market - Gig Harbor. Rick Gonzalez. All Ages. 11:30 am. NC. Paddy Coyne’s Irish Pub Tacoma - Downtown. Traditional Irish Music Session. Leo
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Vir's songs are dark, vaguely ominous tension-builders created out of relentlessly pulsing bass lines and bathed in guitar fuzz. They are rhythmic in that way that might inspire you to bob your head and tap your toe in the dim light of a venue. And when the tension is released,
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Continuing its tour of free area music in the park type summer events, this week the Volcano's girlfriend-activity Doppler highlights Tunes @ Tapps, a weekly musical gathering in Bonney Lake that happens every Wednesday through Sept. 1. This week Tunes @ Tapps welcomes the Pierce County Community Big Band, a
