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The influential Tacoma based production company The Warehouse continues its run of indie underground and aboveground crafted music shows - hand-picking artists, popping up with unusual venues and supporting community artists and entertainers. When the words "Warehouse Presents" hits a poster, SOTA kids wet their pants, Broadway Center adjusts schedules
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For 13 years, co-owner Ryan Discrescenzo and the team at Le Voyeur have barreled through the waves of the music scene, provided an outlet for artists and musicians and served the town of Olympia their own saucy version of hot and tasty - be it a tempeh sandwich (Sloppy Hippie
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Less than one year ago, I met Shazam "Tea Time" Watkins and Liz Scarlett, the faces of Tacoma electro-pop band THE FAME RIOT. When I first encountered the glamorous duo, it was coincidentally right before the release of their first single, "Heart Stray." Watkins told me about the track, and
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Sonny Bonoho - one of the few Tacoma artists to break into the underground national hip-hop scene - has been busy preparing new material for this year's SXSW, which is in Austin, Texas March 12-17. I thought it would be a good idea to bring to light what Bonoho has
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>>> Friday, March 8 RED JACKET MINE By the time "Amy," the lead-off track on Red Jacket Mine's latest album, reaches the totally over-the-top organ breakdown, I'm completely sold on whatever Red Jacket Mine is doing. That organ solo hearkens back to the ballsy pop-mindedness of old guards like Joe Jackson, Elvis
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Silvia Washington is the proud owner of four, going on five dogs. The Spanaway resident recently rescued a yellow lab and is integrating the pup into the pack. Washington, a former Army spouse as well as the mother of a JBLM McChord Field Airman, understands deployments. She has
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How many men does it take to plant a 22-foot pine tree? At Joint Base Lewis-McChord Monday, it took seven members of the Total Landscape maintenance team, three representatives from JBLM's property management company Equity Residential and one JBLM commander. Colonel H. Charles Hodges Jr. helped to plant
Live & CD Reviews
The Urban Grace Church, the sold-out seats and glowing candelabras played a lovely backdrop to a night that allowed Amelia Saakian, Jake Hemming and Damien Jurado to shine. The audience embraced every word during last night's Candle Lit show, presented by The Warehouse. And the singers sounded simply glorious: precise,
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Hailing from Glasgow, Scotland and recently wrapping up a UK tour, the Golden Grrrls trio will play its air-tight set of indie pop punk laced with impeccable harmony March 20 at Le Voyeur in Olympia. (Check out why Le Voyeur is the perfect venue for the Golden Grrrls
Show And Tell
If I had a penny for every time I felt guilty for supporting artists whose work I know to be prejudice or socially harmful I'd have more than enough cash to pay off my student loans. I'm talking about Jay-Z who, pre-Beyonce and Blue Ivy, used to be one of the
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Cascadia Grill Olympia - Downtown. Jeremy Serwer. All Ages. 6-9 pm. NC. Matrix Coffee House Chehalis. Open Mic Night. All Ages. 6:30 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. The Junction Sports Bar and
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COMEDY/GAMES Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Ian Karmel. 8:30 pm. $15. Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Rory Scovel. 8 and 10:30 pm. $10. Big Whisky Saloon Tacoma - Downtown. Comedy Underground Presents Huck Flynn. 8:30 pm. $15. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South.
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COMEDY/GAMES Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Ian Karmel. 8:30 and 10:30 pm. $15. Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Rory Scovel. 8 and 10:30 pm. $10. Dave's of Milton Milton. Comedy Night, featuring Xung Lam, Marilyn Gibbs, Drew Barth, musical guest Danelle Hayes Band. 8
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You might remember the title from movie previews in 1993. You might have read the book ... or rather your mom read it. Even if you've done neither, you've likely heard of The Joy Luck Club, the modern classic by Amy Tan about four young Chinese-American women, their traditional, Chinese
