Music
It goes without saying that the World Famous Bob's Java Jive is a thing of beauty. Sure, it's grimy beauty, the kind of beautiful thing that also features a trough to piss in, but it's beautiful nonetheless. Tacoma's most legendary dive bar has been home to decades of iconic bands
Concert Alert
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Food Matters
SAKE PAIRING DINNER TwoKoi Japanese Restaurant (1552 Commerce St., Tacoma) hosts a sake pairing dinner every first and third Thursday. For $70 attendees can indulge in fine sake paired with Two Koi's edible delights and will leave you walking away with some wicked culinary knowledge as award winning chef and sake
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This is a band that describes themselves as a novelty act, though their music is far too complicated and off-putting to land them a spot on a Dr. Demento compilation. A piano-punk trio more on the Don't Stop Or We'll Die side than the Ben Folds Five side, Swingset Showdown
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I've previously noted Louie G's as one of the South Sound's premiere all-ages venues. Revered by fans and artists alike for it's fantastic stage, professional lighting and wonderful sound, Louie G's Pizzeria in Fife is loved in numbers. Sept. 21 and 22 will mark the venue's
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Magic Mouth recently got off tour opening for Gossip. It's easy to see why Gossip were drawn to them in the first place: Magic Mouth fold a myriad of influences into their sound, ending up with music that flies in the face of the recent trend of revivalism. Their funk,
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Zohra Atash and Joshua Strawn make up the dark post-punk duo, Azar Swan. As residents of the NYC-based goth label, PENDV SOUND, it would be easy to guess what Azar Swan are all about even before you saw a picture of the pair looking moody, black and intimidatingly stylish. That's
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The crucible of the verbal jousters continues to take center stage in the burgeoning Puget Sound hip-hop community - an upward trajectory since the early 2000s, even in terms of MC battles. Battles such as "Brainstorm" and other freestyle competitions have, however, been largely replaced by pre-written and arranged feature
Show And Tell
I hate Jane Austen. Yeah, I said it. It may shock some of you to hear this, but early 19th century romantic British literature just isn't my cup of tea. (Rimshot!) I don't think Jane Austen's a bad writer or that there's anything inherently wrong with her literary genre. It's
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The thing about Trees and Timber is their music could be anywhere ... the soundtrack to a road trip for example. I could easily imagine slipping in their latest album, Electric Gypsy Lovechild, for a trip up the Kitsap Peninsula - their upbeat jams guiding my way. Trees and Timber
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tinkertopia Tacoma - Downtown. Folk Singers In Hell. All Ages. 6-9 pm. NC. Cascadia Grill Olympia - Downtown. Jeremy Serwer. All Ages. 6-9 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. Eagle's Hall Olympia - Downtown.
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The quarterly Ancient Victorys Open Mike brings back some of the 3,000 acoustic music performers from open mikes run by Chris Lunn in this state and California from the 1965 through 1990 to the Antique Sandwich Co. Thursday. The night is dedicated to Suzie Grey who passed in August at
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Erika Luckett, Lisa Ferraro. All Ages. 8 pm. $10-$15. COMEDY/GAMES Le Voyeur Café and Lounge Olympia - Downtown. Altercation Punk Comedy Tour. 9 pm. Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Alex Reymundo. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15.
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Deep in our weird, neurotic hearts, I think everyone feels an instinctual sympathy for people with great or famous sibling: When your sister is someone like Linda Ronstadt - an 11-time Grammy winner with 38 Billboard Hot 100 singles, with 21 reaching the top 40, 10 making it into the
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In the late 1800s and early 1900s, vaudeville was by far the most popular form of entertainment in America. Sadly, the advent of radio and talking pictures killed it off by about 1925 or so, as people became (and still are) more fascinated by compact, one- or two-dimensional forms of
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Holy Leslie Knope! Can you imagine Tacoma without Optimist Park? Without Ursich Park? Without anywhere to take your dog off the leash and let her run? Even in dense, urban areas, open space is a calming force, giving us a place to sit, lie, tag zombies or walk amidst the
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COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Alex Reymundo. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Drew Barth. 8:30 and 10:30 pm. $15. Dave's of Milton Milton. Comedy Night, featuring Jose Bolanos, Jonas Barnes, Rebecca Corry, music by The Popoffs. 8
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OK, yes, there will be punk music. And yes, some of that music will be done by local favorites like Girl Trouble, Red Hex, Trees and Timber and The Jilly Rizzo. And yes, this is a function that will be held at a bar. But look, the real draw here
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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. Brian Lee
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The Broadway Center welcomes travel guru Rick Steves to its Pantages Theater for a travel chat. Steves - book author, Europe expert, pot smoker, global wanderer, TV host - has spent four months each year overseas for the last 30 years. Bobble Tiki loves to travel and was all set
