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Steve Dunkelberger on January 9th, 2013
Remember back in the day when you were in your first apartment and spent a memorable Saturday night with your friends just blaring the record player and singing along to random selections from your album collection? Toss in a pitcher of PBR and extreme lighting and that is karaoke at Bob's
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Steve Dunkelberger on December 14th, 2011
The no-frills neighborhood joint Lakewood Pub and Grill attracts a fair number of easygoing regulars to its Sunday night bingo game. It's a great way to end the weekend with a beer and food while trying to win stuff you don't really need. Previous prizes have included Stanley screwdrivers
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Steve Dunkelberger on April 18th, 2011
At a typical trivia night one sits around drinking beer, occasionally feeling really smart, and mostly feeling pretty stupid. It's like your average night of drinking, but you can blame the game instead of your social skills. Every Tuesday night, Farrelli's Wood Fire Pizza on Tacoma's Sixth Avenue draws a
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Steve Dunkelberger on April 11th, 2011
Having moved from its corner spot inside Malarkey's to the massive space at 933 Market St., the Tacoma Comedy Club is ready to amp up the yucks. With all but one Saturday sold out at its former 150-seat location, the club needed more space after just five months of operation.
The
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Steve Dunkelberger on March 16th, 2011
Beyond the Bridge Café on Tacoma's Sixth Avenue is the extended living room for musicians and musicians-in-the-making every Friday night during its all-ages open mic. People - ranging from members of the silver haired set to tweenies - read, surf the Net, chat or kick back
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Steve Dunkelberger on January 17th, 2011
Jeanne Hopkins, the singer and songwriter better known as Jeanlizabeth, hosts an open mic at 8 p.m. every Sunday in the Steilacoom Pub and Grill. The night's entertainment can include poetry readings, original songs and rock covers from Pink Floyd to modern hits. Past crowds ran the gamut of age
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Steve Dunkelberger on September 28th, 2010
Paddy Coyne's is a traditional Irish Pub with a Northwest spin. Its Tuesday night fair includes dark ales flowing from the tap on a regular basis and emceed trivia courtesy of Joe Korbuszewski. For the last two years Korbuszewski has tossed questions to the Coyne's crowd that
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Steve Dunkelberger on November 12th, 2009
You are holding a bit if history, albeit a small one, in your hands. This is my last theater column. The Weekly Volcano wants to take the column in a new direction, and that direction doesn’t involve me. So I had a bit of time to reflect on my almost
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Steve Dunkelberger on November 5th, 2009
The last time I saw Tuesdays with Morrie I shuttled down to Olympia Little Theatre with a great friend and ended up with some wet eyes because the show was so moving. I took my mom this time, to Lakewood Playhouse’s production, and the same thing happened. Darn allergies.
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Steve Dunkelberger on October 29th, 2009
I'm all about getting the bejesus scared out of me, so much so that I have very little bejesus left in me these days. That lack of bejesus comes courtesy of two shows on South Sound stages for Halloween. I wrote about Woman in Black last week, a
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Steve Dunkelberger on March 10th, 2013
PHOTOS PHOTOS PHOTOS >>>
Friday night, I was privy to a personal tour of Shake Shake Shake, the 40-seat, retro-themed walk-up Tacoma Stadium District burger joint that owners Steve Naccarato and Robert Stocker as well as Chef Gordon Naccarato will soon(!) serve roadside diner style burgers, hot dogs, fries and local
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Steve Dunkelberger on January 22nd, 2013
WE ATTEND SECRET CEREMONIES >>>
Cartoonist's League of Absurd Washingtonians, or C.L.A.W., held its ultra secret "Great Yearly Ceremony" at the Knights of the Pythias Temple in downtown Tacoma Monday, Jan. 21. The purpose behind the ceremony was a departing of its Eyes (officers) and the installation of its new Eyes,
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Steve Dunkelberger on January 21st, 2013
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Jeanne Hopkins, the singer and songwriter better known as simply Jeanlizabeth, plays host to an open mic every Sunday night at Steilacoom Pub and Grill. The night has become a playground for musicians to tinker and receive feedback from their peers. It's almost a guarantee to hear
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Steve Dunkelberger on June 23rd, 2012
The underground movement to bring the glories of the ukulele to the masses has added yet another sleeper cell in the South Sound.
Riding the wave of Eddie Vedder's "Ukulele Songs" CD last year and the recent sellout show at the Rialto by ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro (who is known as
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Steve Dunkelberger on May 23rd, 2012
Karaoke watchers are now on alert that Linsey Brooke is doing her thing at Cheers West in University Place Mondays and Tuesdays and at O'Malley's in Tacoma on Wednesday. The news prompted a quick swing by the University Place Tuesday for an update on the world of
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Steve Dunkelberger on April 9th, 2012
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Easter Sunday, the venerable Tacoma Cult Film Club marked its third anniversary with hallmarks of American film.
Not.
In keeping with tradition, the films screened were bad, bad, bad, bad. Martin Scorsese and Ron Howard wept from the back of the house.
The Rev. Colin quipped, "These films are not
Walkie Talkie Blog
Steve Dunkelberger on March 24th, 2012
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It was all monkey business at Tacoma Art Museum Thursday with the latest 100th Monkey arts and community schoozefest sharing space with the internationally-acclaimed exhibition, Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture.
The concept behind 100th Monkey events is to encourage artists and community to meet, mingle and
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Steve Dunkelberger on January 25th, 2012
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Social Media Club-Tacoma's first gathering of the year leaned more toward the "social" side than "media." A small group gathered Tuesday at the Harmon Tap Room to chat social media, play a few games and tip a few brews. Games included name that
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Steve Dunkelberger on January 8th, 2012
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Last Sunday, I dropped by the Steilacoom Pub and Deli for its weekly open mic, hosted by singer/songwriter Jeanne Hopkins - or as many know her, Jeanlizabeth. Hopkins told me she's putting the final touches on her next album, which will likely be out this spring.
This open
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Steve Dunkelberger on August 14th, 2011
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The wedding couple, Dawn and the "Honey Badger" Markley did their wedding their way. The ceremony was at downtown Tacoma's Fireman's Park with the reception at Dorky's Arcade. Nothing says love like a bride's veil and air hockey. She won.
And Girl Trouble rocked The New
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