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Homer Simpson once said, "The only guys who wear Hawaiian shirts are gay guys and big fat party animals." Mark Gill, bartender of the Beach Tavern, is the latter. Monday through Friday, Gill leaves his dogs at home on the Key Peninsula to trek to the well-known bar tucked next
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Ben Dews Clubhouse Grill on Sixth Avenue should be number one on your list of places to start your day bright and early with boozy goodness. Or, maybe you're looking to top off an all-night binge with an odd-hour adult beverage? Whatever the case, Ben Dew's opens at 6 a.m.
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Harbor Lights on Ruston Way has a delicious seafood menu, a gorgeous view, stiff drinks and loads of really old people who drink there. Every time I belly up to the bar, it feels like many of the other patrons could have been holding down their seat since the establishment
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Sean Jackson is reminiscent of that friend in college who was way too into beer but somehow made it work for him. Nicholas Brosier seems like he would fit in with the cast of the ‘90s Brit-com, The Young Ones. Together they make up a dynamic duo of drinking at
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Hannah's Bar & Grille Olympia - Downtown. Open Mic. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Pints & Quarts Pub Westside Olympia - Westside. Bingo. Win prizes. 8:30 pm. Free. Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedy Open Mic Night. 7:30
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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. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Paul Mitchell. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino Band rockin' blues. 8:30 pm. NC. Summit Pub Puyallup.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Jeff Ross. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday. 7 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 7 pm. NC. Steilacoom Pub and Grill Steilacoom. Beer Pong. 9 pm. $15 for 2 person team. The New Frontier Lounge Tacoma -
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC South Tacoma Farmers Market Tacoma - South. The Whateverly Brothers. All Ages. 11 am. NC. Capitol Theater Olympia - Downtown. Irish band Kila will perform a fusion of Irish and world music with the Burren Boys. 7 pm. $15-$20. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam hosted by Tim
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Jim Page, with Fast Rattler. All Ages. 8 pm. $8-$12. Gig Harbor Farmers Market at Uptown Gig Harbor. Open Mic and Acoustic Jam with Billy Farmer. A live CD recording of performances are available. All Ages. 9-11 am. NC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma -
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BLUES Rialto Theater Tacoma - Downtown. Tommy Emmanuel. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $35-$40. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Spanky. 8 pm & 10:30 pm. $15. Big Whisky Saloon Tacoma - Downtown. Comedy Underground Presents Sal Calanni with Max Curry. 8:30 pm. $15. Little Creek Casino Shelton. Hypnotist Ron Stubbs. 9 pm. NC. COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Old
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. An Evening Of Keys III, featuring Doug Skoog, Cara Deblinger, Raymond Hayden, Naomi Korchonoff. All Ages. 6:30 pm. NC. Tacoma Farmers Market - Broadway Tacoma - Downtown. Kid's Day, featuring BQ Danza. All Ages. 11 am. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Laurie
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SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill - He "deployed" to Fort Hunter-Liggett, Calif., to help "save lives" - in practice of course. Staff Sgt. Martin Duran, an Air Force Reserve aeromedical evacuation technician with the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., was one of many Airmen supporting Global Medic 2011 and
Schools
While positioning plastic stakes with the hand-written names of deceased U. S. Servicemembers into a plot of land in front of Clover Park High School on May 26, various thoughts flashed through Air Force JROTC cadet Jun Kim's mind as he lightly tapped the stake with a rubber mallet. "It's really
News Articles
I Corps Commanding General Lt. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti and Command Sgt. Major John Troxell cased the Corps colors during a deployment ceremony held May 25 in front of the unit's headquarters on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The ceremony, which involves furling and securing the unit's flag and streamers, is an Army
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WASHINGTON - An Army Ranger who lost his right hand after throwing a live grenade away from fellow soldiers will be the second living Medal of Honor recipient from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the Army. On July 12, President Barack Obama will award Sgt. 1st Class Leroy
Veterans
In 1975, shortly after the fall of Saigon, North Vietnamese communists traveled to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) National Cemetery of Bien Hoa - the country's equivalent to America's Arlington - and toppled its symbolic "Mourning Soldier" statue. They went on to lay waste to the graves
Stage
Randy Clark, co-founder of Dukesbay Theater and director of the French farce The Waltz of the Toreadors, said he saw this play years ago at The Seattle Repertory Theatre and loved it, and that he has never seen it performed anywhere since. He said he does not understand why it
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As the Stryker I rode in bounced across the rolling desert, I could feel the intensity of the training. Two Strykers about 1,000 meters to my right - dust plumes following them across the sage covered desert - bounded ahead to engage light skinned vehicles. "Targets destroyed," a voice said over
Reviews
ANNOUNCER: With Jason off on vacation, he has left Jake all on his own for the next few weeks. It's no surprise that Jake went where there was beer and cheap eats; in this case, The Red Hot on 6th Ave in Tacoma for those 21 and over. JAKE: There's absolutely
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I normally don't drink cocktails - I mostly stick to well whiskey. But, when I'm feeling ostentatious, or if someone else is buying, these are the drinks I remember best (in no particular order): White Russian, New Frontier Lounge: A drink that I had tolerated at other bars was a revelation
