Bars & Clubs
When the Olympia bar Cryptatropa opened in 2010, people were suspicious. The red lights, the black booths and the funky name had everyone running around like frightened cats. But just like the Goth kid who wore black makeup in junior high, Cryptatropa has captured a following. Black is alluring, people.
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Join these Kitsap Restaurants for Special Valentine’s Day online menu options that are delicious and affordable. Make a reservation at one of the listed restaurants on Valentine’s Day for dinner, and either print or mention the special Northwestmilitary.com menu to your server. Prices are as low as $40.00 a couple on
Stage
I Could Go On Singing: The Judy Garland Songbook For one night only, the life and songs of Judy Garland will be brought to the Centerstage Theatre. Meg McLynn will be portraying the irreplaceable actress and singer as they cover her enormous songbook. - Rev. Adam McKinney Sunday, Sept. 27, 2:30
Music
[LO-FI NOISE POP] + FRI, MAY 1 Seattle quartet Versing are masters of lo-fi noise pop. Somehow both stripped down and soaked with fuzz, Versing evoke the deadpan rock of '90s icons like Pavement and Guided By Voices, taking turns with quiet, introspective pop and anthemic rock. The guitars are unimpeachable,
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CHOCOLATE TOUR Participating businesses in Tacoma's Sixth Avenue neighborhood invite you to drop by for chocolates noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 25. Stroll around the district and collect chocolates from more than 25 locally owned and operated small businesses. Bring a friend and find your new favorite place to shop,
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[SINGER-SONGWRITER] + FRI, APRIL 17 When most singer-songwriters show up at open mics, what you can expect is a series of weepy ladies and gentlemen strumming away on acoustic guitars. In direct opposition to these expectations, what you will find Friday at the New Frontier Lounge is a horse of a
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SEASONAL SOCIAL Like many establishments, The Social Bar and Grill (1715 Dock St., Tacoma) is unveiling some new seasonal flavors - one of which is a new seafood dish, The Point Defiance Pasta! Prawns, with calamari, corn, roasted red pepper, herb butter, parsley served with a piece of their amazing grilled
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As the Washington State Fair opens its spring version from April 16-19, savvy South Sounders might ask: "Who goes to the fair, anyway, besides farmers and grandparents?" Well, put down your Cosmos and snap on some overalls, because the answer is ... you. Organizers say that this year's edition, while
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When then-young filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock used all the tools of early cinema to tell the unlikely but entertaining espionage tale of John Buchan's 1915 novel The 39 Steps, the audience of 1935 marveled at the "realistic" visions of derring-do. The modern eye can easily see the holes in Hitch's primitive
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The gang at Harlequin Productions will reveal their plans for shows this coming year. And of course it's a party ... with a name ... Eclectica! The party will feature live entertainment by Red & Ruby, improv troupe Something Wicked, a wine toss, food and drinks, and of course, the
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Pianist and vocalist Nelda Swiggett will be able to handle the crowd hanging out at Rhythm and Rye on April 20 just fine. She performed for several years on Seattle's thriving late night salsa scene, then got up early on Sunday mornings to lay down soulful gospel riffs at her
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Author, professor and cultural geographer Dr. Carolyn Finney will discuss "This Patch of Soil: Race, Nature and Stories of Future Belonging" at the 2015 Earth Day Lecture at Pacific Lutheran University. Finney's discussion will center on how the discussion of environmental and racial issues is grounded in the experience of
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Olympia-raised artist and musician Sarah Utter predominantly paints and creates prints but she is also a well-known graphic designer. Her "Reading is Sexy" merchandise - stickers, buttons, t-shirts and other items - is sold worldwide. Libraries rank high on Utter's list of favorite things: "I was the kid who always
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[JAZZ] + FRI, APRIL 10 There are events we in the musical promotional game could never have expected to see. This is one of those events. An otherwise noteworthy jazz musician, Brian Lynch, has cemented our interest in an upcoming concert by adding ... a juggler. This juggler is Henrik Bothe.
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WINE DINNER Tickets are now available for Pacific Grill's Sleight of Hand Wine Dinner. Chef Jessica Armstrong and Pacific Grill (1502 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma ) will be joined by winemaker Trey Busch of award winning Sleight of Hands Cellars at 6:30 p.m. April 29. Pacific Grill will serve a decadent six-course
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Charles Cross captained The Rocket, Seattle's monthly rock newspaper, during the era when Nirvana played Seattle Vogue club before a handful of people and you could eat breakfast next to Eddie Vedder at the original Cyclopes Café up the street from the Seattle Art Institute. Overnight, Seattle and the Northwest
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Remember in high school, how your best friend had the coolest sister? You know, the one who loaned you her smokes and bought you beer with her fake ID and laughed at dirty jokes? She's still cool as hell, and now she's skating for the championship Saturday. Tacoma's original roller derby
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Only six films compose the Diversity Film Festival at The Grand (April 12-29), each one a meditation on the theme of cultural diversity. The concept began a few miles (and years) away from the Grand, at Tacoma Community College. Dr. Scott Earle, a TCC English and Humanities instructor since 1999,
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Thirteen-year-old Hiroya Tsukamoto picked up a five-string banjo and before long mastered the guitar. In 1994, Hiroya Tsukamoto entered The Osaka University and while at college was introduced to a musical and social movement in South America called Nueva Cancion headed by musical legends such as Victor Jara and Violeta
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In this day and age, it's rare to find someone who didn't have the three R's drilled into them all the way through grade school. Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. Third graders across the country know it like a prayer. How about adults? Do they know their three R's? Tacoma Eco-Hour has
