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I won't let Mrs. Claus toss it. I have a firm grip on my Christmas-light-laden and obscenely geometric printed green-and-red sweater. It's my go-to ugly holiday sweater. This puppy captured three ugly sweater contests, including the Winter Warlock's 2003 Festival of Lightsabers & Ugly Holiday Sweater Party. That, my friends,
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KARAOKE The Mix Tacoma - Downtown. Gay-friendly karaoke. 9 pm. NC. Bob's Java Jive Tacoma - Central. Karaoke, hosted by Billy. 8 pm. NC. POP/ROCK/METAL Muckelshoot Casino Auburn. Wally & the Beaves. 5:30 pm. WORLD BEAT Emerald Queen Casino Tacoma - Eastside. Asia Fest, featuring Ho Le Thu, Don Ho, Huong Thuy,
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With the family Ultimate Frisbee season behind us, you may have thought your opportunity to bond with your family on the basis of poor athleticism and a bad team name was over. Not so. The annual Norpoint Turkey Trot takes flight Thursday morning. Jog, trot - hell, even go on
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Millesime Designs Tacoma - Downtown. Black Friday Concert: Apartment Lights. All Ages. 4 pm. NC. BLUES Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Billy Stoops & The Rectifiers. 9 pm. Lucky Eagle Casino Rochester. Blues Power. 9 pm. NC. Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Boneyard Preachers. 8 pm. $6.
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Little Orphan Annie likes you. Little Orphan Annie wants to be your friend. Little Orphan Annie wants you to visit her in the orphanage. Little Orphan Annie wants you to adopt her. Little Orphan Annie wants to live with you. Little Orphan Annie wants. Little Orphan Annie wants. Go watch
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. MaryLeigh Roohan. All Ages. 7 pm. $8. BLUES Lucky Eagle Casino Rochester, WA 98579-9643. Blues Power. 9 pm. NC. Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Hambone Blues Band, Jerry Miller. 9 pm. B Sharp Coffee House - Tacoma. SB Slim. All
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In an effort to make it easy and fun to shop local this holiday season, Duchess of Downtown Tours, best known for its monthly Tacoma ART BUS tours, has hand selected nine of its favorite locally owned shops for the Small Business Saturday Shopping Tour. Nobody better to explain the
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Winters here are cold and wet, and it's better to admit that fact and find a way to enjoy the season than to stay home depressed. Ice skating, with its low requirements in start-up costs and athletic prowess, may be the perfect way to beat the winter doldrums. It's charming
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So you don't want to admit to drinking and going to the mall with your friends when you were a teenager. Fine. But there's no shame in shopping at The New Frontier Lounge Saturday night with a few drinks in hand. The fine folks at Feather & Oar mens clothing
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. BLUES 2 Mile House Olympia - westside. Blues Bentley Band Sunday Jam. 5-8 pm. NC. Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 8 pm. The Spar Tacoma - Old Town. James King
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BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Black Rose. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Blues Night. 8 pm. NC. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino and Brooke Lizotte Experimental Jam. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 7
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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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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Irish Session. All Ages. 8-10 pm. NC. Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Maurice The Fish Records 1st Wednesday Session, Rebekah Ann Curtis, Heidi Vladyka, Tracy Thorpe, The Lush Tones, Champagne Sunday. 8 pm. $5. The Gig Spot Gig Harbor. Ryan Dishen. 8
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With holidays just around the corner, and the gift-giving list getting longer, the Lincoln Winter Market organized by Make Olympia is just what the doctor ordered. Well that, and a hot buttered rum. The market is in its third run, and has grown to more than 70 vendors. Shanty Slater, who
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There was a time when the Weekly Volcano could have been renamed the Weekly Pacific Grill Doyle's Lynn Di Nino Rich Wetzel. Our love for these folks wasn't hidden, and arguably still can be overwhelming. We've given Wetzel a lot of love over the years, not only because he's a
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Why are European communities imposing regulations on the Muslim head scarf? How did a proposed Muslim cultural center in Lower Manhattan provoke a fevered political debate? Drawing inspiration from philosophy, history and literature, University of Chicago scholar and national commentator Martha Nussbaum deconstructs the rise of anti-Muslim zealotry since Sept.
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One of the Pacific Northwest's leading Native artists, from a family long associated with The Evergreen State College, is the subject of a richly illustrated new book, A Totem Pole History: The Work of Lummi Carver Joe Hillaire. Lummi elder Pauline Hillaire writes about her father's legacy as one of
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There is the sometimes perilous aspect of holding a discussion in a room full of folks who have had a couple. People feel inclined to yell weird stuff like ‘I've done Jager! I've done Jager!' But it's that kind of energy that makes the Broadway Center's Think & Drink. Part
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You're in denial, but the signs are hard to ignore. Shops are draped in red and green; cocktail parties ?ll your calendar, and you can't button your skinny jeans anymore. Yep, it's the holiday season. As they say, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em, which is why you'll be
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The first thing I thought when I visited Thomas Studio Art Gallery in Olympia to see M.W. Lindenmeyer's pastels was this stuff is funny. And then I thought it's more than just funny; it's also smart. And then references came to mind. These pictures remind me of Red Grooms and
