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Maybe you like your songs of romance to be sacred in nature? Perhaps you prefer them secular? Either way, according to the press release, the Canonici Vocal Quartet will have you covered on Valentines when the group busts out a collection of Renaissance love songs in English, French and Italian
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. Bitterroot, Dillon Warnek. All Ages. 8:30 pm. $6. Tempest Lounge Tacoma - Upper Tacoma. Dave Roberts. 7:30 pm. NC. Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. St. Practice Day, featuring Shillelagh Jack. 8 pm. NC. Spar Cafe Olympia. Tattered Dress. 8 pm. NC. BLUES O'Callahan's Pub & Grill Key Peninsula.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Forza Coffee LakeBridge Lakewood. Ben Potter. All Ages. 6 pm. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Josiah & Sam Bogle. All Ages. 8 pm. Rialto Theater Tacoma - Downtown. The Cypress String Quartet & Jon Nakamatsu. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $39-$52. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. The Downtown Mountain Boys.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Northern Pacific Coffee Co. Tacoma - Parkland. Jeriactric Jazz. All Ages. 11 am-1 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall Band. 8 pm. The Spar Tacoma - Old Town. Mia Vermillion. 8 pm. NC. City Hall Saloon and Eatery Enumclaw. Rockin' Blues Jam Session. Hosted
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Uke & Singalong, hosted by Steve Einhorn, Kate Power. All Ages. 7 pm. $10 donation. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Dean Reickard. 8 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 7
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC O'Blarney's Irish Pub Olympia - Eastside. Irish Sessions. Live traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino Band rockin' blues. 8:30 pm. NC. Summit Pub Puyallup. Tim Hall & The Band Real Times. 7:30 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and
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BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. Midtown Grill Bonney Lake. Wednesday Night Blues Jam. All Ages. 7-11 PM. COMEDY/GAMES Pints & Quarts Pub Olympia - Westside. Bingo. Win prizes. 8:30 pm. Free. Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedy Open Mic Night. 7:30 pm.
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Kari Binns sighted an M249 Squad Assault Weapon (SAW) on a paper target 50 meters away. She pulled the trigger and didn't stop firing until the belt of 7.62 mm ammunition ran out. At that instant, the firing line on Range 6B went silent. "Boy," a Soldier standing behind me said. "I
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The Association of the U.S. Army is more than just the professional organization that represents the largest of the armed services; it is the conduit that brings civilians and military together to better community relations on and off an installation. "This is the best way to tear down the ‘gates' of
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FROM ARMY TIMES... Kellie Trombitas fought through surgery and two rounds of chemotherapy for 10 long, difficult months before she was declared cancer-free Dec. 21. But one thought always lingers in her mind. "I hope it never comes back," said Trombitas, the wife of Maj. Gen. Simeon Trombitas, commanding
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Thursday, Feb. 16 Wine tasting, 3-7 p.m., Black Door Wine Company, 3906 N. 34th St., Tacoma, 206.359.0466 Tasting room RSVP only, 4-7 p.m., 21 Cellars, 2621 N. 21st St., Tacoma, 253.220.7752. Ladies Night half-off all wine glass pours, lounge only, The Melting Pot, 2121 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.535.3939. Wine tasting, noon to 6 p.m.,
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Spar Cafe Olympia. James Coates. 8 pm. NC. 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. Eagle's Hall Olympia - Downtown. OlyBlues Dance Night. Third floor, no partner necessary.
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MONDAY NIGHT SUSHI Jazzbones (2803 Sixth Ave., Tacoma) has opened its raw sushi bar at 7 p.m. Monday nights during its popular Rockaraoke live band karaoke night. BEER TASTING Understanding and tasting styles of beer with Doug Tiede, Great American Beer Festival award-winning brewer every Saturday in February from 1-2:30 p.m. at Morso
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In the fall of 2000, Houston's Enron Corporation claimed revenues of $101 billion. A year later, it was discovered to be worth exactly nothing, and 20,000 employees were out on their asses. The fallout cost fortunes and lives; we're living with it still. Yes, we know that. But just as the
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In time for a swell 30th anniversary appearance, Annie returns to the silver screen Saturday at Olympia's Capitol Theater. But don't come looking for a 3-D reboot like some of these supposed "classics" Hollywood plans to dig up this year. (The Phantom Menace? Wow.) Instead, clear your throat, rehearse those
