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A modification on karaoke chaos, Chopstix is a dueling piano bar where audience interaction is encouraged and bawdy jokes accompany the familiar songs. Don't expect much dueling; it's more of a sing-along/comedy show. While this concept can be cringe-inducing, the whole process makes more sense the more one drinks -
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Get formal for farms A wild salmon barbecue, provided by Wilson Fish, will be the featured dish. The produce, naturally, will be fresh from Left Foot Organics. And it'll all be part of the Fun Farm Formal at South Puget Sound Community College, Saturday, Oct. 9, in the Student Union building. That's
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A minute into "Finger," the opening track on Melted, the fourth solo record by Ty Segall, an amplifier obliterates the song's initial mellowness with an ungodly squeal, and an enormous wall of distortion swallows the song whole. In headphones, it's a tinnitus-tempting tidal surge - both ears are flooded with
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Thursday, Oct. 7 $3 Thursdays: $3 beer, $3 wells, $3 for two hot dogs, 4 p.m. to close, Hell's Kitchen, 928 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.759.6003. Half-price Wine Bottle Night with two appetizer purchases, Tides Tavern, 2925 Harborview Drive, Gig Harbor, 253.858.3982. Wine tasting, noon to 6 p.m., complimentary, Walter Dacon Winery, 50 S.E.
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DEAL Johnny's Dock (1900 E. D St., Tacoma) offers a $16.95 dinner and $18.95 seafood dinner from 4-5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. CLAM BOIL Salty's at Redondo Beach (28201 Redondo Beach Dr. S., Des Moines) hosts an old-fashioned clam boil at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7 for $24.99. Reserve your spot at 253.946.0636. COOKING CLASS The Bayview
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Once bands became available to legitimate journalism - when writers were truly available to artists to find out what they were truly thinking - questions began to arise about the sincerity of the artists we knew and loved. Were the Beatles really inseparable friends? Was Prince this mystifying sex god?
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SECRET ENVELOPES Brix 25 (7707 Pioneer Way, Gig Harbor) is at it again with their annual Secret Envelope Giveaway through Feb. 14. With every dinner, a secret envelope will be awarded. Don't open it! Revisit Brix 25 between Feb. 16-April 15, open that sucker up and reveal your monetary prize from
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After more than 20 years of taking the punk ethos and bending it to the will of a clothes horse and a stylistic maverick, Ian Svenonius has arrived at Chain and the Gang, which similarly takes elements of early soul music and abstracts them to conform to a 2015 attitude.
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There are elements I've come to expect from Olympia Family Theater: technical polish, figurative costumes, jokes for adults and, above all, an auditorium full of gleeful kids hopping in their seats. OFT and director Jenny Greenlee continue that reliable tradition with a reprise of A Year with Frog and Toad.
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I reviewed an exhibition of Joe Penrod's intriguing blue-tape shadows three years ago at the now defunct Black Front Gallery in Olympia. The works he's showing at Fulcrum Gallery in Tacoma are exactly the same only more sophisticated. The idea is as profound as it is simple. He traces the cast
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Joell Ortiz, a longtime indie-rap darling, is quickly garnering a reputation as one of the best emcees in hip-hop. Tacoma's best rap group (as deemed by the Weekly Volcano readers), City Hall (Todd Sykes and EvergreenOne), is buzzing in the Northwest and beyond after the recent release of their first
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The Weekly Volcano's 2015 Best of Olympia issue could feels a bit like "The Mr. Clean" edition. The 3-year-old Downtown Project has launched the walking patrol program to increase police presence, approved drug-free zones, added an Alcohol Impact Area to reduce public intoxication and drug-related crime; Downtown Ambassadors walk the
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Talking with country western singer Jo Dee Messina is as real and comfortable as wearing a pair of well-worn blue jeans. "I don't wear fancy clothes; I am not a product of the industry," said the singer during a telephone conversation from Nashville, Tenn. "You either like me or you don't." Born
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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 Joe List. 8 pm. $15.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Arbutus Folk School - Olympia. Betse Ellis, Clark Wyatt. All Ages. 7 pm. $5-$8. Rhythm and Rye Olympia - Downtown. McDougall, Acousta Noir. 9 pm. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Fingertips. 9 pm. Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Hambone Blues Band. 9
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. Red Bicycle Bistro and Sushi Bar Vashon. Allison Shirk CD Release Party. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $10. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Null Set Remembered Music CD Release, with Dan McKinstry, Mike Dumovich, John
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BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Black Rose. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Crazy Texas Gypsies. 8 pm. COMEDY/GAMES The Hub Tacoma - Stadium District. Bar Bingo. Win $100 in cash prizes. 6-8 pm. Harmon Tap Room Tacoma - Stadium
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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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Whether you're a chocoholic who really could benefit from a 12-step program or just enjoy a sweet treat on occasion, the Proctor Chocolate Fest is the place to be. Chocolate treats, activities, cookin, and events all add up to one choc-tastic day (or days). More than 40 of the fabulous
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Thursday Robin J. Landry If you get as psyched as I do when Lucinda Williams rips a new disc, then check out Robin J. Landry. While her voice isn’t as weathered as Williams’, Landry’s insights on life, love and loss are just as compelling as anything the dirty blonde icon ever penned.
