Food Matters
INFORMAL FALL DINNER PARTY FOR FRIENDS The Bayview School of Cooking (516 W. Fourth Ave., Olympia) teaches a free class on how to make a quick and stress-free party for your friends from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6. OLD-FASHIONED CLAM BOIL Salty's at Redondo Beach (28201 Redondo Beach Dr. S.,
News Front
Fortunately, it was what they called a "facsimile check," -- that is the cost Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) would have had to pay for all the volunteer hours it received. And at the annual Volunteer Recognition Luncheon, the large check was presented on stage at the McChord Club for $2.6 million.
News Front
Commuters to and from Joint Base Lewis-McChord will have to pardon the construction at the Lewis Main Liberty Gate at Exit 120. Work will begin the beginning of June and should be completed by the end of September. Only two of the four access lanes will be open for incoming traffic
Veterans
In an ideal world, when a National Guard or Reserve servicemember attends annual training, monthly drill or is called to active-duty status, her coworkers and employer are there to support her. They absorb her workload -- probably with a little grumbling -- then work together to finish her projects as
News Front
It was a special moment, one filled with commitment on the part of local high school seniors. And it was a moment filled with thank-yous. A little over a month before they graduate, 170 teenagers stood and pledged to join the military at the eighth annual Operation Recruit Enlistment Dinner May 2.
South Sound Cinema
Welcome, once again, to Three Easy Pieces, where I examine a specific subsection of pop culture from its birth, to how it exists today. This month, I'm thinking about comic book adaptations for adults. The subgenre experienced its biggest heyday in the ‘90s and early ‘00s, but with Deadpool and Logan showing that there's
Food Matters
Guys! Take a peek out of your window right now! Unless Washington is being her usual temperamental self, that shiny orb in the sky is called the sun. And I'm pretty sure she's sticking around for a while. Or, at the very least a few consecutive days here and there,
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So give it up for Kittra Coomer, who dares not one, not two, but 27 Cline numbers in a little over two hours for Capital Playhouse's production of Always...Patsy Cline. It's not just a matter of hitting those "Crazy" notes, hard as that is. Cline had one of the
Stage
I suppose one of the defining traits of legendary talent is that it cannot be reproduced. Thousands of doughy Elvis impersonators later, there's still just one King, and Beatlemania remains a mere echo of the Fab Four. Likewise, there has only ever been, and can only ever be, one Virgina
Listings
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Hannah's Bar & Grille Olympia - Downtown. Open Mic. 9 pm. NC. A Rhapsody In Bloom Florist and Cafe Latte Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Spanaway Bay, featuring Carol & Kent. All Ages. 7 pm. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. Midtown Grill Bonney
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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 Lewis County. Mark Alan. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino Band rockin' blues. 8:30 pm. NC. Summit
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Onward, etc. - a collaboration of rowdy americana/folk/rock musicians. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown Tacoma. Tacoma Film Festival acoustic celebration for the film “A Perfect Life” featuring China Davis, Joe Rosati and Heidi Vladyka. 8 pm. NC. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. An Acoustic Conversation, with Doxology Unplugged, Sevens Revenge, Gina Belliveau, Heidi Vladyka. All Ages. 7 pm. $5. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 8 pm. City Hall Saloon and Eatery Enumclaw. Rockin' Blues Jam Session. Hosted by Max Renshaw. 6
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. Dave Randel, Kristen Ford, Kara Kulpa, The Brothers Jim. All Ages. 8 pm. $8. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. E. Pruitt. All Ages. 8 pm. Theatre on the Square Tacoma - Downtown. Kids Concerts, featuring Trains & Tunes In The New World. All Ages. 10 am. NC. Gig
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Red Bicycle Bistro and Sushi Bar Vashon. First Friday Art Walk, featuring Daryl & Renee Redeker. All Ages. 8:30 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Gina Belliveau, Jeff Ross, Andrew & Jesse Hill. All Ages. 6 pm. Blue Heron Arts Center Vashon. Vashon Chamber Music Series, featuring Stephen Bryant, Douglas Davis,
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Andrew Norsworthy. All Ages. 6 pm. Olympia Farmers Market Olympia - Downtown. Blair Lundsedt. All Ages. 11 am. NC. Liquid Soul Coffee Roy. Open Mic. Hosted by David Wayne. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8
Features
ANNOUNCER: It has been a long wait for the swanky 1960's-styled fish and chips shop to open, but Dutch and Jackie rush into Fish Fish Fish this week to see what they can catch. Another venture by the owners of Shake Shake Shake, this too is designed with family and
Stage
Talley's Folly is a sweet romance with an unlikely couple, the daughter of a wealthy garment factory owner in Missouri and a Jewish immigrant from the East Coast. This two-person, Pulitzer Prize-winning play takes place during World War II in one act (97-minutes long with no intermission) and in a
PROMO
(THIS CONTEST CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS TO AUTUMN, MIKE, MEGAN, ADAM AND DAN) We're giving away five pairs of tickets to the opening weekend of Tucker & Dale vs. Evil at The Grand Cinema in Tacoma. Tucker & Dale vs. Evil is one of those gory, good-spirited horror comedies, similar to Shaun of the
South Sound Cinema
It's a baked-in factor of independent film for directors to "steal" shots. Lacking the budget that would allow for a production to get permits and shut down a city street, for instance, a small crew would run out, shoot a couple takes with their actors, and get out before cops
