Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TWEB = Ticketweb, 866.468.7623, www.ticketweb.com >>> ON SALE NOW New Mastersounds, The Nth Power Seattle. Sept. 23 9 pm. $15-$20 (Nectar Lounge,
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CROWN BAR If you think Charlie McManus and Jacqueline Plattner, you think the re-opening of Primo Grill on Tacoma's Sixth Avenue. But, their neighborhood pub is still very special ... with specials. The Crown Bar (2705 Sixth Ave., Tacoma) offers smoky wines for $5 on Tuesday, Wednesday night Burgerama (burger and
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The rapid growth of Valhalla Coffee Company, which includes shipments overseas, forced A.J. Anderson to relocate his operation from his embedded situation at the former Mandolin Café to the small storefront on Sixth Avenue. Anderson thinks in terms of flavor profiles and uses adjectives such as "robust, rich, and acidic"
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In partnership with the Office of the Secretary of State, the Washington State Historical Society has created a Washington 125 program series that continues until the big celebration Nov. 11 at the State Capitol Building. As part of the series, women's historian Shanna Stevenson will explain what role women played
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While riding in a motorcade with Texas Governor John Connally, President Kennedy was assassinated. Never regaining consciousness, the President died on an operating table at 1 p.m. The suspect, Lee Harvey Oswald, was caught in a darkened movie theater in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, about a mile and
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The Iittala birds by Oiva Toikka return to the Museum of Glass for the 11th consecutive year beginning Wednesday, Sept. 24. In partnership with Finland's Iittala, Inc., this year's display will feature the newly designed "Anna's Hummingbird," continuing the celebration of internationally recognized designer Oiva Toikka's glass birds. In addition
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In the 12 years since its debut, the Juried Art Exhibit at The Gallery at Tacoma Community College has not only grown in scope, but it's also become a favorite for South Sound art lovers. Nearly 40 artists - a who's who of the South Sound arts scene - have
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A patchwork of agricultural lands, booming border towns, and fast-growing cities line the United State-Mexico border. Teams of border patrol agents cruise the landscape in white and green jeeps, hoping to stem the tide of illegal immigrants seeking to cross into the United States. Against this backdrop, Peg Bowden, a
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Human greenhouse gas emissions have led to a 40 percent increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. As a result, the Earth is gaining energy at an alarming rate. We expect to lose ice, see oceans rise, changes to the ocean acidity level, among other changes. The
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[POP] + SAT, SEPT. 13 It'd be a waste of everyone's valuable time to pretend the biggest item in Tacoma music news this week isn't the arrival of Katy Perry and her Prismatic World Tour. Like, not only is Perry, like, one of the biggest names in Top 40, she's also
Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TWEB = Ticketweb, 866.468.7623, www.ticketweb.com >>> ON SALE NOW Nick Jones Seattle. Sept. 22 8:30 pm. $29.50-$32 (The Showbox, axs.com) Kenny Lattimore Seattle.
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MAKE YOUR OWN CHEESE Cheese mongers should gather at Bayview School of Cooking (516 W. Fourth Ave., Olympia) at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16 to take the hands-on instructional course, "Make Your Own Cheese." Mark Solomon, a Seattle-based cheese maker, guides participants through every step toward making seven soft cheeses: mozzarella,
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Whodunit? Criminal mastermind Agatha Christie's 1943 And Then There Were None (Ten Little Indians) - based on her best-selling novel of the same name - is a mind-bending murder mystery that asks that very question. And the Lakewood Playhouse production will keep you guessing. Ten strangers are trapped on an
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Opening Sept. 13, Museum of Glass and Hilltop Artists present "Hilltop Artists 20th Anniversary," an exhibition highlighting the impact of glass art on the lives of youth, the Hilltop neighborhood, and beyond. The exhibition will consist of glass objects, images, and videos, telling a story that spans the past 20
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Jazz LIVE at Marine View is one of the best jazz series in the South Sound, and it isn't even a club. The venue is actually a church off beautiful Marine View Drive in Northwest Tacoma; it also happens to host a treasured music series for free. The series starts
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Flash back to the Roaring 20s, when Port Angeles was in the midst of the Prohibition: Booze was banned, stealthy bootleggers, rum-runners and manufactures of moonshine roamed the streets. Local author Karen Barnett captured the scene in her book, Mistaken, a suspenseful, historical romance set in and around Port Angeles,
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The story behind this sound begins in late sixteenth-century Cuba. Spaniards had arrived years before, establishing a colonial system, decimating the Siboney and Taino Indian populations. That left the invaders short on the labor needed to mine for the yellow metal that made them so feverish. Enter the Yoruba people.
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[INDIE ROCK] + FRI, SEPT. 5 Casey Neill and the Norway Rats are steeped in Portland's eclectic music scene. From dusty rockers to seafaring folk expeditions, the band comes across like the sort of people who gleefully dig through crates of forgotten troubadours from the '60s and '70s. Featuring the essential
Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TWEB = Ticketweb, 866.468.7623, www.ticketweb.com >>> ON SALE NOW Paloma Faith Seattle. Oct. 9 8 pm. $15 (The Crocodile, axs.com) Yelawolf Seattle. Nov.
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INDIAN FOOD MARKET Bucks Fifth Avenue spice store (209 Fifth Ave. SE, Olympia) hosts virtual tours of world food markets. Saturday, Sept. 13, 1:15-3 p.m., expect to see, smell and taste an Indian food market. Watch a food demo by host Kavita Kamat and take home recipes and $5 worth of
