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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Northern Pacific Coffee Co. Tacoma - Parkland. Jeriactric Jazz. All Ages. 11 am-1 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Open Shape Note Singing. All Ages. 5 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 8 pm. The Spar Tacoma - Old
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Josiah & Sam Bogle. All Ages. 8 pm. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Judd Wasserman. All Ages. 6 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Big Whisky Saloon Tacoma - Downtown. Comedy Underground Presents Jay Montepare. 8 pm & 10:30 pm. $15. MetroGruv Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Drag n' Dance Saturdays with host Aphelia
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tempest Lounge Tacoma - Upper Tacoma. Gina Belliveau. 7:30 pm. NC. Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. Song Circle. All Ages. 7 pm. $2 suggested donation. BLUES Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Jerry Miller Band. 7 pm. Doyle’s Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. McTuff funk soul boogaloo and Jesse T’s birthday. 9 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Big
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BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. The Junction Sports Bar and Grill Lewis County. Blues Jam. Hosted by Blues Attitude. 8 pm. City Hall Saloon and Eatery Enumclaw. Taco Thursday Live Blues Night. 5 pm. Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Taco
Nightlife It List
The restaurant is housed in a firehouse built in 1907 and still retains some of original firefighting artifacts. Recently purchased by the X Group, the force behind Asado and Masa, there's new excitement regarding the food, which over time has been good, but not astounding-tastier than
Arts
January is unique month for Tacoma. While there are several published writers in town, in January, one local novelists will make her debut. The first is Marissa Meyer. Her book, Cinder, launches Jan 3. Cinder is a young-adult book based on 16-year-old Cinder, who is part human and part machine. The story
News
LeMay Docent and veteran Dennis Blowers is surrounded by vintage cars during his volunteer hours giving tours of the LeMay Family Collection at Marymount. He began to think about his fellow Vietnam veterans and decided to put a plan into action. Blowers wanted to donate a van to give to
News Front
Less than one percent of the American population will know what it's like to serve in the Air Force. However, major motion pictures give the global audience a glimpse into the service's history of breaking barriers and a taste of its fighting spirit. To ensure an accurate depiction of military service,
Nightlife It List
Lakewood Pub and Grill has taken the bar term "meat market" literally with a meat raffle every Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., when patrons drop $10 for 15 tickets to win premium cuts courtesy of Stewart's Meat Market ... or a $25 gas card. Choice wins include stacks
Focus
As a kid growing up in South Dakota, Tech. Sgt. Tavis Delaney loved military aircraft. There wasn't a speck of wall in his bedroom that wasn't covered by a poster of an aircraft. "I was infatuated," Delaney said. Years later, that love still burns strong. Delaney, now a joint terminal
Housing
No one disagrees about the importance of a good night's sleep."Everyone needs rest and that comes from a good mattress," David Smith, co-owner of Mattress Depot USA, said. "Getting a good night's sleep makes life a bit easier."Mattress Depot USA specializes in selling quality clearance, mismatched, factory seconds and closeout
Reviews
ANNOUNCER: Located right in the heart of Olympia, Our Table offers diner meals that are driven by local and sustainable ingredients and a friendly staff that keep their customers coming back. In turn, they are known throughout town for their contributions made to the community as well. This week, Dutch
Stage
In theater, there's a sea of closed-room dramas that are designed around two or three characters coming at each other to try and suss out the truth of a morally complex mystery. Think plays like Doubt, Tape, or Oleanna -- explosive depictions of conflict between people who have everything to
Music
Welcome to Three Easy Pieces, where I examine a witheringly small alley of pop culture, from how it started to how it looks today. This time: art-rock in the mainstream. I love when art-rock bands -- those noted adversaries to pop music who lurk in the underground -- take the
News Front
Team McChord announced the 2018 Annual Award winners during the Team McChord Annual Awards Banquet Feb. 22 at the McChord Club on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Officer and enlisted servicemembers, civilians, spouses and teams were honored as the best of the best in 15 different categories during the ceremony. "It's a real privilege
Focus
Families worry when a Soldier goes off to war -- it's natural. They schedule Internet chats and regular emails and phone calls to check in with one another. They send care packages to their Soldiers to curb any boredom and give them a little taste of home.
Focus
Not long after the Air Force Safety Center released that last year's motorcycle deaths had risen more than 150 percent compared to the previous year, Senior Master Sgt. Robert Cutchin felt the need to flip that statistic by having military motorcycle riders commiserate and stress traffic
News Front
The Army has recently expanded its Not in My Squad initiative as part of its ongoing fight against sexual assault, the Army's top enlisted leader told lawmakers Feb. 27. Introduced in 2015, the program empowers junior leaders at the squad level to reduce sexual assault and violence by building cohesive units
Military Life
Benefits help individuals obtain something they desire. Some of these can make a large difference in a person's life. A VA Home Loan is an example of a benefit that plays a significant role in a potential buyer's decisions to finance a home. For servicemembers and veterans thinking about using their VA
Ragnet
In every issue of this fine rag my hack team of wannabe journalists and I tackle some of the most laughable criminal acts that have recently happened in our area. Then - if we're doing our job - we write about those crimes in a way that makes you chuckle,
