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Let's face it. Tacoma's gay-friendly bar The Mix has seen plenty of vibrating, undulating, circling and pulsing. Nov. 19 patrons of the downtown Tacoma joint will experience all of that, only with even more tutus. Tuesday's performance is part of The BareFoot Collective's modern dance series out of the black
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Rivers have been widely regarded as the sustenance of life, forever renewing the fertility of land. Rivers are also more than a source of water. They are the start of cities and countries that bring people together. A river is thus a metaphor for all-embracing, merging of cultures from around
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The Northwest Repertory Singers are deep in practice for its annual mid-December holiday concert. This year it will bust out seasonal songs from a variety of countries and cultures, including Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and the American Southwest twice - Dec. 14-15 at Mason United Methodist Church. How does this
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What could be better than one thought-provoking piece of theater? Seven, of course. Saint Martin's University Theater Department presents An Evening of One-Act Plays, a taste of crazy-quilt comedy theater of actors taking to the stage to perform student-directed, one-act plays exploring topics as diverse as discordant marriages, life and
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Irish slang has this wonderful word: craic, pronounced "crack." Its several meanings include "gossipy banter" and "fun," which tells you all you need to know about what constitutes fun for the Irish. A weir, on the other hand, is a dam in a river or stream. It's a place where a
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Irish slang has this wonderful word: craic, pronounced "crack." Its several meanings include "gossipy banter" and "fun," which tells you all you need to know about what constitutes fun for the Irish. A weir, on the other hand, is a dam in a river or stream. It's a
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Artists have played with tricks of visual perception forever. The ancient Greeks used optical illusions in their temples. Michelangelo used it in his sculpture of David tapering the figure so that it got larger toward the top in order to look normal when viewed from below. Perhaps the most famous
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Artists have played with tricks of visual perception forever. The ancient Greeks used optical illusions in their temples. Michelangelo used it in his sculpture of David tapering the figure so that it got larger toward the top in order to look normal when viewed from below. Perhaps the most famous
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Cascade Community Center JBLM-Lewis Main. Bar Bingo in Heroes Lounge. No cash prizes. 7 pm. Pints & Quarts Pub Westside Olympia - Westside. Bingo. Win prizes. 8:30 pm. NC. Tacoma Comedy
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Acoustic open mic hosted by Leanne Trevalyan. 8 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and Grill Tacoma - Northend. Barstool Bingo. 6:30 pm. White Horse Tavern Yelm. Barstool Bingo. Prizes! 7 pm.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Uke-Olympians. All Ages. 7 pm. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Black Rose. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Jerry Miller. 8 pm. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino and
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Kevin Burke. All Ages. 7 pm. $10-$15. Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. St. Practice Day. 5 pm. BLUES 2 Mile House Olympia - Westside. Blues Bentley Band
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A cursory look at the Tacoma reggae quartet The Approach's debut record suggests the band favors upbeat rhythms over the lazy, laid-back tempos preferred by too many of its contemporaries. This gives the songs an exceptionally strong rhythmic backbone. Combining hip-hop, reggae, rock and ska, the band isn't afraid to
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It takes cajones to be a good storyteller! You have to impress a crowd with no props, no fancy lighting and no CGI-crafted battle scenes! Each year around the world, "Tellabration!" is celebrated to honor these brave souls and their fans! In its purest form, Tellabration! binds people together in
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Metronome Coffee Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Debbie Neigher. All Ages. 8 pm. Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. Isaiah. All Ages. 8 pm. $6. Treos Tacoma - Central. Michael Coucoules. All Ages. 7-9 pm. NC. BLUES Southbay Dickerson's BBQ/Pig Bar Olympia - Downtown. Daniel "Mudcat" McKinstry. 8 pm.
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Forget the booing, hissing, cursing and projectile throwing that characterized slam poetry events in the early 1990s. Despite its name, Drunken Telegraph isn't that kind of spoken word event. The storytelling series that borrows its name from a travel piece novelist Rudyard Kipling wrote about debauchery he witnessed in Tacoma
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COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Chad Daniels. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Derek Sheen. 8:30 pm. $15. JR's Hideaway Belfair. Comedy Night, featuring James Uloth. 8 pm. $10-$15. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Magic At Your Table,
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In honor of National Pickle Day Nov. 14, Lynnae Schneller of Lynnae's Gourmet Pickles will place nine jars of pickles in Tacoma businesses and on historic Tacoma monuments for fans to locate and win up to $1,000 in cash and prizes. Tacoma's Mayor Marilyn Strickland will announce the first clue
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Nothing is more infuriating than to be held up in traffic by some smirking, oblivious, self-absorbed fool, yammering into a cell phone with one hand on the wheel and the other up to an ear, while angered drivers maneuver to pass on the left and right. Don't they still teach
