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While not a true biography, Shadowlands by William Nicholson depicts the meeting, courtship, and subsequent marriage of British author and Christian theologian C.S. Lewis to American poet Joy Gresham. Fans of historical accuracy will be disappointed that many details are left out such as one of Gresham's sons or that
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BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. Eagle's Hall Olympia - Downtown. OlyBlues Dance Night. Third floor, no partner necessary. All Ages. 9 pm. $5. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Pete Lee. 8 pm. $20.
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One of the worst feelings you can experience involves staying up all night, boozing with fellow belligerents and pondering the many unanswerables of our perhaps-meaningless existence: The Devil won that fiddling contest, right? Is it still cheating if you can't remember? And then - zoom! - there goes an early-morning
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Emma's Revolution. All Ages. 8 pm. $10-$15. Washington Center Olympia - Downtown. Leo Kottke. 8 pm. $30-$35. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Pete Lee. 8 and 10:30 pm. $20. DJ/ELECTRONIC Jezebels Bar & Grill Olympia - Downtown. DJ.
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The ol' Weekly Volcano water cooler is bubbling with the chatter of Showtime's new Masters of Sex series, the dramatized story of 1950s sexuality-research pioneers Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson. Brody and Carrie who? Anyway, with sex on the brain, the University of Puget Sound press release for In the
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Halloween terrifies you every year. You cower behind darkened doors, hoping the pint-size ghosts and goblins don't invade when they discover that you're keeping the candy for yourself. Time for a change of tradition. This year, introduce mini-monsters to the Mexican practice of Dia de Los Muertos (The Day of
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Open Space For Arts and Community Vashon. Cedarsong Nature School Benefit, with Caspar Babypants. All Ages. 10:30 am. $8. Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. Seth Martin & Friends. All Ages. 7 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Pete Lee. 8 and 10:30 pm. $20.
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Happy Dale Chihuly Weekend, everyone! We know; we know. Dale Chihuly's dreamy color, glossy surfaces and flamboyant design are old hat for Tacomans, but as far as we're concerned, the Chihuly's contemporary glassmaking still draws. Saturday and Sunday, visitors to the Museum of Glass may watch Dale Chihuly and his
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Most of the time they wash dishes in exchange for a day's ticket to ride. They probably drive a beat-up ride. And they definitely don't have full-ride dental plans. But the ski bums who careen through Warren Miller's annual ski-adventure films have this unnerving ability to inspire - for at
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Tacoma City Ballet kicked off a scavenger hunt in January the likes of which Tacoma has never seen - a yearlong search for nuts. You heard right. Nuts. The nuts tie into the company's highly anticipated December performances of The Nutcracker and The Tale of the Hard Nut. The contest
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The Kittredge Gallery at University of Puget Sound has two excellent art exhibits through Nov. 9. The front gallery features prints by Randy Bolton that provide delightful and thoughtful commentary on the world we live in. The title of his show, "Have a Terrific Great Nice OK Day," offers a
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. Open mic format with Pam Carter from Classic Case as the host. 6-9 pm. NC. BLUES Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Back To Beale Street Blues 2014 Fundraiser #2 featuring Michelle Taylor and the Blues Junkies, Nolan Garrett, Blues Redemption, Maia Santell and
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BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Black Rose. 7 pm. NC. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino rockin' blues jam. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 7 pm. NC. Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedy
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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. Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm. NC. Vashon Theatre Vashon. Leo Kottke. 8 pm. $35-$45. COMEDY/GAMES Cascade Community Center JBLM-Lewis Main. Bar Bingo in Heroes Lounge. No
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Haley Gregersen climbed into a light blue, plastic hazardous materials suit and waited for the first causalities to arrive. "The training out here has been really good," the young fire fighter from Eatonville said. "The experience I've gained has been well worth the time and effort." Gregersen had joined about 75 other
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The 2014 International Blues Challenge will consume Memphis's famed Beale Street beginning Jan. 21. More than 150 acts will fill 16 venues through the following Saturday with the finals in the beautiful Orpheum Theater. The number of competing acts in the competition has more than doubled in the past five
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Thanks to the ingenious marketing minds behind fine retail establishments everywhere, the holiday season has now commenced. But while many lament the loss of, say, fall, others look at the bright side: a longer holiday season means more time to chug eggnog and nosh on matzo balls, and even more
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After Don Draper, Anthony Bourdain is the coolest cat on cable: Erudite, well-spoken, punk rock literate and fearless - if the locals eat it, he'll have two and a beer. His new Parts Unknown on CNN is ostensibly about globetrotting and cultural immersion, but Bourdain's all-in gusto for chowing down
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So, how many Americans do you think hate their jobs? If Office Space is any indication, the rough estimate would probably be around 95 percent, eh? Imagine 95 percent of humanity burying their dreams, staring at a corporate fax machine all day and secretly wanting to die. Cheery, isn't it?