Listings
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Amocat Cafe Tacoma - Triangle District. Amocat Live! featuring the Amocat House Band. All Ages. 7 pm. Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. Carly Calbero. All Ages. 8 pm. $6. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Ben Gleib. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Grit City Comedy
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Every November my snowboarding buddies and I head to the base of the mountains, light a fire in a garbage can and pray for snow. We call the event Frozen Man. I won't provide too many details, like the name of the host, the date or the location, because I want
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Feather is in tribute to the local Native American history. Oar is symbolic of the European settlers who came to Tacoma. Feather & Oar is a men's clothing store in downtown Tacoma specializing in gentle used and vintage goods with a sense of timelessness. The chaps behind the suits not
Listings
BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. Eagle's Hall Olympia - Downtown. OlyBlues Dance Night. Third floor, no partner necessary. All Ages. 9 pm. $5. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Ben Gleib. 8 pm. $15.
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I've got a hankering for bluegrass this week. Maybe it's the rain, the flannel shirts and the switch from summer's gin to autumn's whiskey. Whatever the case, it's nice. Tacoma's Cottonwood Cutups are bringing that satisfying pluck and twang and funk to Olympia for a hot set in a cool
South Sound Cinema
Some days you just don't feel like paying for another Redbox rental, and the next movie on your Netflix queue takes FOREVER to arrive in your mailbox. And recession or no, who can pass up free, convenient entertainment? Every Tuesday, "Check This Out" recommends movies available at any of the
Music
The Julie Ruin, the latest incarnation of music from Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna and Kathi Wilcox, is making waves with its debut album, Run Fast, appearing on Jimmy Fallon and the cover of SPIN magazine. Now, the gritty power pop group is making its way to Olympia to rock opening night
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The Julie Ruin, the latest incarnation of music from Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna and Kathi Wilcox, is making waves with its debut album, Run Fast, appearing on Jimmy Fallon and the cover of SPIN magazine. Now, the gritty power pop group is making its way to Olympia to rock opening
Food Matters
IN A MEXICAN KITCHEN Soitza Devlin leads In a Mexican Kitchen culinary course at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7 at the Bayview School of Cooking (516 W. Fourth Ave., Olympia). Devlin will lead students through dishes that remind her of home, such as Chilitos Rellenos de Atun en Escabeche, chile rellenos
News Front
Sticking with the premise that Joint Base Lewis-McChord is "not a military island," Col. Charles Hodges talked Tuesday about the base's master plan of the future. He emphasized that deciding that future is a cooperative effort, one that includes input from the base's surrounding cities. "The plan that we're going to unveil
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I first wrote about Melanie Valera, aka Tender Forever, almost exactly two years ago. But, I never had the opportunity to catch her live until I booked her for my music festival, Squeak and Squawk. There, I finally saw what Tender Forever is all about. While all of the glossy,
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Bay Area band One Hundred Percent channel the sort of guitar-driven alt-rock that dominated the '90s, calling to mind groups like Dinosaur Jr. and My Bloody Valentine. Angular guitars melt into fuzzy atmospherics before exploding into a squall of distortion, all the while accompanied by the sensitive lead vocals of
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Combining angelic R&B-indebted vocals with muscular instrumentation and wistfully romantic lyrics, Tangerine sound like very little else on the market right now. Led by Marika Justad - along with drummer Miro Lion (Justad's sister), bassist Ryan Baker, and guitarist Toby Kuhn - Tangerine quickly began gaining traction and attention, aided
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Friday nights are typically reserved for your release after a week of monotony. If you stop by 1230 Room Friday, your release will be lit on fire and blasted straight into the weekend. The downtown Olympia's award-winning resident disc jockey DJ Drastic celebrates his birthday by giving up some time
Show And Tell
A young New Yorker, a loving husband and father of two children, accepts a job offer from two promoters for a lucrative short-term engagement with their traveling circus. It seems legitimate: the man is both a talented violinist and a professional carpenter; both useful skills in any traveling show. After
Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week and down the road. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster,
News Front
Change is afoot among top-ranking officials at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. It was announced Tuesday, Nov. 6 that Lt. Gen. Robert Brown, who assumed command of I Corps in July 2012, would be moving on. Brown has spent the last 16 months redirecting I Corps' focus to the Pacific Rim; in fact,
Liquid
After tiring of driving to Seattle for alcohol tasting events, Tacoman Todd Buckley created the Tacoma Alcohol Consortium in 2011. He wanted to create camaraderie between all local alcohol producers, such as The Harmon, Wingman Brewery, 21 Cellars and other future alcohol manufacturers, such as those distilling today in the
Features
October brought blustery winds carrying a chill in the air that announced Fall had finally arrived. The very idea leaves me dancing a celebratory jig, because Fall means hats, scarves, boots and hot cups of roasted bean accompanied by baked goods. Thankfully, October also introduced Tacoma's Triangle District to the B
Music
The first time I heard of Tangerine, it was from Jeff Southard over at Swoon Records. Southard was glowing over his experience with a Seattle band that had just come over to his studio to record their debut EP, which they cranked out over two days. This, mind you, from
