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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Kate Reid. 6 pm. Jamie Michaels. 8:30 pm. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Linda Waterfall, The Gloria Darlings, Dean Stevens. All Ages. 8 pm. $8-$12. Cafe Luna Vashon. Russell Clepper. All Ages. 7:30 pm. NC. Paddy Coyne’s Irish Pub Tacoma - Downtown. Traditional
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Picture shoppers dancing in the street, vendors humming a tune as they weigh their shiny apples and L&I agents stomping toward smelly fish stands, tapping their clipboards to the beat. Sound absurd? Don't be too quick to discount it; this shit's totally going down this weekend
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Picture shoppers dancing in the street, vendors humming a tune as they weigh their shiny apples and L&I agents stomping toward smelly fish stands, tapping their clipboards to the beat. Sound absurd? Don't be too quick to discount it; this shit's totally going down this weekend in Tacoma. The Tacoma
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The formula looks something like this: One part gay-friendly Hilltop club staring its fifth anniversary right in the face; two parts tasty cocktails; three parts remixes, mashups and electro messes; one part back patio with heat lamps; one part soul music expert DJ Bobby Galaxy; one part DJ Broam hot
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Jon Tartaglia and Roger S. Rahil, the forces behind popular downtown Tacoma nightclubs The Loft, 21 Commerce, Big Whisky Saloon and countless others, opened their new venture last Friday in the site formerly occupied by The Vault in downtown Tacoma. Designed by award-winning architect Marcelo Rocha, the swanky Encore Boutique
Food Matters
Thursday, Nov. 4 $3 Thursdays: $3 beer, $3 wells, $3 for two hot dogs, 4 p.m. to close, Hell's Kitchen, 928 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.759.6003. Wine tasting, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Abby's on Broadway: A Wine Shop, 743 Broadway, Tacoma, 253.262.2902. Half-price Wine Bottle Night with two appetizer purchases, Tides Tavern, 2925
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LOBSTER: During November, Anthony's Restaurants (Tacoma, Gig Harbor, Olympia, including Harbor Lights) has lobster tails and is offering them along with guest's choice of clam chowder or fresh garden salad and basmati rice for $19.95. NOVEMBER DEAL: Cutters Point Coffee in Gig Harbor's Uptown Shopping Center (4735 Pt. Fosdick Dr.) has
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The Proctor Art Walk brings together a whole bunch of artists and a whole bunch of Proctor businesses, all within a three-block area. On one cold and rainy day, I ventured from my warm and cozy apartment to meet with Carolyn Burt (owner of the Proctor Art
Arts
Want to get out, take a walk in the November rain (insert badass Guns N' Roses song here) and support some local artists? Sure, we all do. We're Northwesterners and we love both rain and art. Perhaps the perfect opportunity to merge these two great facets of Northwest life awaits
Listings
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC A Rhapsody In Bloom Florist and Cafe Latte Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Dinner & Music Evening, featuring T.R. Stewart. All Ages. 6 pm. $20. Beyond the Bridge Cafe Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Open Mic Night. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Russell Clepper. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. Matrix
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Billy Stoops Acoustic Jam. 21+. 9 pm. NC. Liquid Soul Coffee Roy. Open Mic. Hosted by David Wayne. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES City Hall Saloon and Eatery Enumclaw. Taco Thursday Live Blues Night. 21+. 5 pm. Uncle Sam’s American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Taco Thursday, with Jerry
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Having to enter a building not knowing what kind of enemy is waiting on the other side is a frightening and dangerous prospect for soldiers. To better hone these skills, soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, spent two days at a shoot house on Joint Base Lewis-McChord Feb. 10-11 where
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Seattle quartet Specters are romanticizers of the '90s, as they say. Specifically, they bring the sort of slacker vibe to their music that bands like Pavement mastered. Unlike the weirdo energy that recent slacker rockers like Mac Demarco carry, there is a gentle power pop grandeur to the Specters that
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The timing was perfect. This past weekend, the nationwide "Make A Difference Day" and the National Guard initiative "Guard the Environment" coincided in a show of community cooperation. Joint Base Lewis-McChord and Washington Army National Guard soldiers volunteered to help the environment and strengthen community ties. "It is very important for us to
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Hungry Skinny perfect a kind of dirtbag glam befitting their Northern California roots. What initially sounds like the same sort of garage pop that comes from Ty Segall and Mikal Cronin eventually reveals itself to be impeccably assembled rock that draws from the sloppy blues-rock of '60s mods like the
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - Last year's shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, during which alleged gunman Maj. Nidal Hasan killed 12 soldiers and one civilian, shocked the world. A day that had begun as nothing outside of typical at the sprawling Central Texas Army post left wives as widows; children without
Viva South Sound
I found it. There is at least one place in the South Sound that plays materialistic, no-holds-barred rap: TacLanta Part 2! If you are looking for the crunk, trapped out, hustle-music haven check out Champions every Sunday night. DJ Qualifi keeps the beats bangin' - deep bass, booty music, trap music,
Food Matters
CHINESE NEW YEAR Thursday, Feb. 19 is the Chinese New Year. The Social Bar and Grill (1715 Dock St., Tacoma) celebrates with a sake pairing dinner party. Enjoy delectable Asian style cuisine concocted by Chef Tram and team paired with a delightful variety of sakes. Tickets are $75 per couple or
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Seattle's prestigious Cornish College of the Arts stole jazz guitarist Michael Powers from the San Francisco Bay area, where he emerged in 1982 graduating Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor of fine arts in Composition and Performance. While at Cornish, Powers was molded by composers Gil Evans and Sam Rivers,
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Did your girlfriend show you 1,342 animated Adam Sandler GIFs over Valentine's Weekend? Boyfriend won't stop Instagramming in lieu of pillow talk? Spouse habitually checking Twitter and Facebook instead of tenderly caressing your fair and scintillating flesh? Hashtag them on the side of the skull and feed their souls Friday
