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WEDNESDAY, JULY 10 2013 >>> 1. Sean Alexander's installation, "Life is OOD" at Fulcreum Gallery, is a giant departure from the ink drawings he is known for. It is a love song to the Hilltop Tacoma neighborhood in manipulated found objects. Alexander has collected, and in some cases stolen, items
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TUESDAY, JULY 9 2013 >>> 1. If you're at all familiar with The Band, A prolific Canadian-American folk rock group of the '60s and '70s, then drummer Levon Helm requires no introduction, and the captivating documentary Ain't in It for My Health chronicling Helm's final years is sure to draw you
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MONDAY, JULY 8 2013 >>> 1. As the clock nears 5 p.m. you'll once again think only of post-work drinking. Today we suggest you add a little class to your happy hour adventure. The Broadway Center of the Performing Arts hosts a happy hour combining apps, beer and wine with hoopla
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SUNDAY, JULY 7 2013 >>> 1. Count yourself blessed, Tacoma, because you got to see something few people in the world have seen. Throughout his career Eric Carle, famous for children's books such as Brown Bear - Brown Bear, What Do You See? And The Very Hungry Caterpillar and
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LIVE MUSIC TONIGHT IN THE SOUTH SOUND >>> Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. McTuff. 10 pm. Hammond organist Joe Doria, guitarist Andy Coe and saxophonist Cliff Colon cross the barriers of jazz with powerful keyboards, rhythmic drums, screaming sax and sometimes fuzz-distorted guitar in their band McTuff.
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SATURDAY, JULY 6 2013 >>> 1. The past couple of years have been exciting ones for Lemolo. Last year, in particular, saw the release of the Seattle duo's debut LP, The Kaleidoscope - an appropriate title, evocative as it is of the band's dreamy, summery shimmer. Capitalizing on
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FRIDAY, JULY 5 2013 >>> 1. It's officially summer, and longer days and warmer nights mean finding any excuse to be outside. What could be a better nighttime entertainment choice than hanging out in a park? Hanging out in a park with free movies! CinemaGig Outdoors movie series
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THURSDAY, JULY 4, 2013 >>> 1. Well, in Tacoma there's Freedom Fair. Duh. Find details right here. 2. Then there's a huge celebration at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Click here for details. 3. What's that? You live in Tumwater. Well, they really know how to celebrate the Fourth of July in style with the
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 3 2013 >>> 1. Titus-Will Ford is hosting the Ford Food Truck Challenge from 4-7 p.m. with three objectives: eat, drive and vote. After you roll onto its lot at 36th and South Sprague in your crappy car, Titus, Will and crew ask you to chow down on
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TUESDAY, JULY 2 2013 >>> 1. Meet two Muscle Beach boys from the neon 1980s who fall in love with some circus aerialists and end up join the immortal, 200-year-old traveling troupe, which is part of Portland's Wanderlust Circus. Wanderlust is different from a traditional circus. It's more
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By now you know the Tacoma City Ballet is in the midst of a yearlong scavenger hunt for Golden Krakatuk Nuts. The nuts tie into the company's highly anticipated Dec. 7, 2013 performance, Prequel to The Nutcracker. Here's a refresher: TCB hides hand-painted Golden Krakatuk
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MONDAY, JULY 1 2013 >>> 1. Deep Space Showcase is a collaboration of five female puppeteers, burlesque dancers, sideshow freaks and clowns hailing from points across the United States. The weird circus combines the puppetry prowess of the Many Furs Puppet Troupe with the tranimalistic shenangians of the Bonobohobo's Panspermic Circus,
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SUNDAY, JUNE 30 2013 >>> 1. Man, we don't ever get tired of slide guitar. Ex-Sheryl Crow guitar slinger Todd Wolfe plays classic rock with jam-band elements thrown in and a wicked blues slant. He and
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SATURDAY, JUNE 29 2013 >>> 1. An almost too obvious entry point for the kind of satirical Americana of Shotgun Kitchen would be their spiritual forefather, John Prine. Just as Prine had a tendency to almost undermine salient points in his songs by making stoned-out, hallucinatory jokes about chasing
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FRIDAY, JUNE 28 2013 >>> 1. A first listen to Jack Endino's "Set Myself on Fire," the title track of his band Endino's Earthworm's upcoming full-length release, and we're sold. Deep vocals, edgy lyrics, and a crushing ride of instrumentals leaves us pleased. Endino may have produced Nirvana and Mudhoney,
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THURSDAY, JUNE 27 2013 >>> 1. Do you find science less than thrilling? Maybe all those memories of sitting in biology class while your teacher prattled on about the phylum classification of the thorny-headed worm has put you off forever. But what if you could listen to an
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26 2013 >>> 1. On Happy Noose's forthcoming releases, the Amagosa and Haunted EPs, find the Olympia band embracing the darker, more romantic side of their sound, even as their hooks become bigger, catchier and more anthemic. Where their earlier output was spunky
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TUESDAY, JUNE 25 2013 >>> 1. It's Tuesday and that means The Grand Cinema unleashes another special film as part of its Tuesday Film Series. Today at 1:45 and 6:45 p.m. The Grand will screen An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, a multimedia collage incorporating (semi-)scripted scenes,
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Premier hip-hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis will kick off their fall U.S. arena tour Oct. 22nd, playing some of the biggest venues of their career, including a Thursday, Dec. 12 date with Seattle's big house, KeyArena. Fan pre-sale begin Tuesday, June 25 here. Ticketmaster has the $35-$72 tickets, and will
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MONDAY, JUNE 24 2013 >>> 1. Tonight is Name That Tune night at Le Voyeur in downtown Olympia. The bar tries to create a fun party vibe by offering up brain teasing beats and a chance to win great prizes. Trivia Newton John returns (hello 2005!) along with Gary Keys, and
