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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Nick Sandy. All Ages. 6:30 pm. Liquid Soul Coffee Roy. Open Mic. Hosted by David Wayne. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. Open Mic Night. All Ages. 6 pm. Donations. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8
Military Life
Life as a military brat can be vastly different than childhood portrayed in the media. It can be difficult to keep long-lasting friendships when your family continuously relocates from base to base around the country, and for some, around the world. Couple that with an earlier loss of innocence compared
News Front
After serving in the Navy for 20 years, both driving and working on submarines, Commander Alan Mandigo knew that he would like to spend his military retirement teaching but wasn't exactly sure what. Very quickly, Mandigo found his second calling by becoming a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) instructor
Archives
Four months ago the Tacoma City Council voted 6-3 to build a surface parking lot at the vacant property on the corner of Pacific Avenue and 12th Avenue. The parking lot is being constructed at the request of DaVita Inc. with the help of state grants from Governor Christine Gregoire
Nightlife It List
Having moved from its corner spot inside Malarkey's to the massive space at 933 Market St., the Tacoma Comedy Club is ready to amp up the yucks. With all but one Saturday sold out at its former 150-seat location, the club needed more space after just five months of operation. The
News Front
Clover Park High School's Junior Reserve Officer's Training Corps (JROTC) received the 2015-16 Air Force JROTC Distinguished Unit with Merit Award. This award recognizes Air Force JROTC units that have performed above and beyond normal expectations and distinguished themselves through outstanding service to their school and community, while meeting the
Music
It's hard to believe, but it really has been two whole decades since Lakewood first incorporated into a city. That means that right around the time the rest of us were nervously re-spooling our Scotch-taped Tragic Kingdom cassettes with a #2 pencil, ensuring our Jinco pants had the precise amount
Music
One of my favorite Christmas songs - and I like so very few - is "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." It's a lonely little number that reflects the quiet ambience of winter, while still largely sending a positive message. The most interesting part of the song, though, comes at
Arts
I almost missed seeing the "11th Annual Student Art Exhibition" at South Puget Sound Community College. It has only another week to run. If I were cynical enough, and I admit that I often am, I could say, "What's the big deal? It's only a student show." There's some truth
Reviews
Announcer: The greater South Sound area is not lacking in waterfront dining. From Browns Point, slicing through the downtown, around the bend at Point Defiance and on down to Olympia, diners can have views of ships, ferry boats, kayakers, seals and islands to their heart's content. You can eat on,
News
A series of films can be the span of a bridge that runs from the past to the future. The South Sound Veterans Partnerships will present Healing, Hope and Harvest at 5 p.m. in the Capitol Theater in Olympia, June 5. Local veterans created five short but inspirational films, each lasting between
Military Life
Sarah Barlow knelt down, turned her digital camera around, and showed a small group of students from Steilacoom High School the pictures she had taken of them. "It is so amazing to be here, to see the awesome smiles of these kids," said the 10th grade student at Steilacoom High School. Barlow
Attractions
There are few things more fascinating to kids than bugs. What else perfectly taps into their curiosity towards all things gross and unique? It's really not surprising, then, that the Puget Sound has their very own bug museum; the creatively-named Bug Museum in Bremerton should satisfy your kids' needs for
Music
Here at the Weekly Volcano we have many friends - friends in high places; friends in low places; friends with no name; and friends of the devil. We get around ... when it comes to making friends, that is. One of our bestest friends in the whole, wide world has always
Military Life
"I averaged about a purple heart a year; it's an award that doesn't take a lot of brains to get," Jake Robinson said with a chuckle. Robinson is a retired Green Beret with two decades of service under his belt. He did multiple tours in Vietnam and was wounded several times.
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The Weekly Volcano Happy Hour App has up-to-date listings of happy-hour offerings from bars, clubs, taverns and restaurants from Tumwater to Federal Way, from Gig Harbor to Bonney Lake. As of now, some 160 happy hours are listed - with more being added on a constant basis. Your smart phone tells
Stage
I confess to having gone into Tacoma Little Theatre's production of Smokey Joe's Cafe under the mistaken impression that I was about to see a jukebox musical, when it's actually a revue that assembles almost 40 tunes by the songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. With absolutely no
