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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tempest Lounge Tacoma - Upper Tacoma. Maurice The Fish Records Showcase. 21+. 7 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 Bar
Features
I've been rather under the weather lately and it's my own fault. I was cocky and exclaimed on Facebook that I had not been sick in over a year. You'd think I would know better than that. One week after my mighty proclamation, I was struck down with a gnarly
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC O'Blarney's Irish Pub Olympia - Eastside. Irish Sessions. Live traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm. NC. Olympic Club Hotel and Theater Centralia. Kate Power, Steve Einhorn. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Beyond the Bridge Cafe Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Kindermusik, featuring Melissa Cotter. All Ages. 10:30 am. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Karan Casey, John Doyle. All Ages. 8 pm. $15-$20. BLUES The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Laurie Johnson & The Careless Hunters. 21+. 8 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 21+. 7 pm. NC. The Mix Tacoma - Downtown. Barstool Bingo. Prizes! 21+. 9
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC South Tacoma Farmers Market Tacoma - South. The Autumn Electric. All Ages. 11:30 am. NC. Cafe Luna Vashon. Vashon Celtic Players. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. BLUES Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Back To Beal Street Blues 2011 Fundraiser, with The Randy Oxford Band, The Sherriff's Comeback Tour, The Michal Miller Band, Blues
Food Matters
Thursday, Sept. 16 Malbec from Argentina tasting, 6-8 p.m., $5, Minoela Wine House and Bistro, 604 Fawcett Ave., Tacoma, 253.503.1460. Half-price Wine Bottle Night with two appetizer purchases, Tides Tavern, 2925 Harborview Drive, Gig Harbor, 253.858.3982. Wine tasting, noon to 6 p.m., complimentary, Walter Dacon Winery, 50 S.E. Skookum Inlet Road, Shelton, 360.426.5913. Friday,
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WINEMAKER DINNER Morso Wine Bar of Gig Harbor presents a winemaker dinner with Valter Fissore of Elvio Cogno of Italy Friday, Sept. 17 at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $68. Reserve your spot at 253.530.3463. SALMON BAKE The Crossing (10625 Pacific Ave. S., Tacoma) will host a salmon bake as well as entertainment
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Snobbery aside, if I wail, "Don't need nothin'! ... but a -" chances are you know the next two words of that lyric. And if I ask what the phrase "every night has its dawn" implies, almost anyone can extend that musical simile to cowboys and roses. Over a quarter-century
Food Matters
SANTA BREAKFAST Metro Parks Tacoma presents Breakfast with Santa from 9-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 20. Enjoy hands-on crafts, breakfast and an opportunity to meet Santa at the Portland Avenue Community Center (3513 E. Portland Ave., Tacoma). Tickets are $25 for the family, or $7 per person plus $3 for photo opp
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Olympic Club Hotel and Theater Centralia. Halfway To St. Patrick's Day Party, with Crumac. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. Cafe Luna Vashon. John Sparrow. All Ages. 7:30 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Kim Angelis, Josef Gault. All Ages. 8 pm. $8-$12. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Russell
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Scotty & Friends. All Ages. 6 pm. Celia. All Ages. 8:30 pm. NC. Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. Halfway to St. Paddy's Day featuring Ockham's Razor. 21+. 9 pm. NC. Matrix Coffee House Chehalis. Shain's Jam Session. All Ages. 8 pm. Donations. Harbor Greens/Forza Wine Bar
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Audra Connolly. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Cedarwood Dome Milton. Biker BBQ Open Mic Night. 21+. 6 pm. NC. Liquid Soul Coffee Roy. Open Mic. Hosted by David Wayne. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES The Spar Tacoma - Old Town. AEK (Abdul El Kader). 21+. 7 pm. NC. Tacoma
Music
There's nothing worse (literally nothing!) than showing up at a concert - excited, a CD in hand that you hope to get signed - and watching the ensuing performance rise to just below your expectations for a school play. Kind of hard to enjoy that CD anymore, huh? Well, alright, there
Archives
It turns out that my father lied when he told me that hard work would help me reach my career goal. I probably shouldn’t be too shocked by this news. He also lied that time I asked where babies come from. So I admire Broadway Center Executive Director David Fischer’s hard
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The Dixie Swim Club might be the perfect community theater script. It's gossipy without undue saltiness. It offers laughs - not just chuckles but laughs - several times a minute. It gives female actors a chance to shine in an ensemble, when the byword of community
Stage
One of the common complaints about art critics is that we're nitpicky, as if assessing the finer details of a show weren't our job in the first place. When I watch a play, I notice the broad strokes, but I also inspect the minutiae that can, though barely perceptibly, cumulatively
Stage
There's some great stuff in the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation show at Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound. This exhibition of nominees and winners of the Foundation of Art Award includes work by the 25 nominees from 2008 to 2010. It is likely the best selection of art from Tacomans you're
Arts
Every newspaper makes mistakes, but how many newspapers make the same mistake - twice - including once in 3-D? We did. For the last two years the Weekly Volcano named Tacoma artist Jerry Managan "Best Visual Artist" in our Best of Tacoma issues, the last Best of Tacoma, of course, in spectacular
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I don't know how she does it. Susan Christian, owner of Salon Refu, keeps discovering artists of note. Or maybe they find her. The latest is Jean Nagia, an artist completely new to me. He painted the bright, geometric abstract mural on the side of Salon Refu,
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Surreal Ultra Lounge Where: 728 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.722.5489Hours: 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. Monday-SaturdayCuisine: Loosely Pan-Asian with a variety of sliders, small plates and appetizersScene: Cocktail bar, cabana type lounge for dining, DJ and dance floor, upstairs pool tables and VIP seating areas. 21+ only. It's all about the drinks, looking good
