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Saturday's show at the Northern is a showcase of Olympia legends, including K Records founder Calvin Johnson with his Hive Dwellers project, and a supergroup of Karl Blau, Allen Peril, and Jessica Bonin by the name of Lovers Without Borders. Of particular interest is a performance from Lois Maffeo, who
Food Matters
LUNCHBOX LABORATORY Lunchbox Laboratory, with locations in Seattle and Bellevue, has received favorable press from Evening Magazine, Food Network, Bon Appétit and Food and Wine Magazine. A new round of press is certain with the opening of its third location - Gig Harbor (4901 Point Fosdick Dr. NW) Friday, Oct. 25.
Show And Tell
Being that Halloween is almost upon us, it's both fortunate and fitting that I'm able to start this week's review with a quote from a classic horror film. In 1931's Dracula, well before Van Helsing and Harker show up with crosses and stakes, the titular Count (Bela Lugosi) entertains an
News Front
As a tribute for their ultimate sacrifice, a memorial honoring 29 military police killed in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2003-2011 was unveiled Friday at Joint Base Lewis-McChord's memorial park. It was a tearful ceremony as 10 families of the fallen soldiers were at the 42nd Military Police Brigade memorial. The names
Arts
Tacoma Opera's season opener is the Gilbert & Sullivan comedy Pirates of Penzance, Oct. 25 and 27. This will mark the first Gilbert & Sullivan show produced by Tacoma Opera. Bernard Kwiram, musical director and conductor of the Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society, will conduct a cast that includes several
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The frights are upon us once again, and there are, as always, plenty of ways to spend the Devil's holiday. Below we list the parties, the theater performances, haunted houses, the kids fare and the rock 'n' roll - it's up to you to decide where you'll go, and, of
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Cascadia Grill Olympia - Downtown. Jeremy Serwer. All Ages. 6-9 pm. NC. Toscanos Cafe and Wine Bar Puyallup. Natalie Hames. 7 pm. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. The Junction Sports Bar and Grill Lewis County.
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That America isn't as upwardly mobile as we all like to think isn't news. Cut down too much on income mobility, and society risks ossifying into castes. The responsibility for climbing the socioeconomic ladder remains, as it always will, on the individual, but for a long time, a lot of
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Brother Sun. All Ages. 8 pm. $10-$15. BLUES Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Kim Simmond's Savoy Brown, with Nolan Garrett. 7:30 pm. $25. COMEDY/GAMES Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Ian Harris. 8:30 pm. $15. Tacoma Comedy
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This Halloween, Pimp 'n' Ho parties just aren't cuttin' it anymore, are they? Neither are the toga parties, the erotic costume contests or the naughty nurse costumes. So much bare flesh, so much cold weather. If Halloween is really to turn into The Day of Getting As Close to Naked
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. 16 Sparrows. All Ages. 8 pm. $6. BLUES B Sharp Coffee House Tacoma - Triangle District. Rod Cook. All Ages. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Ian Harris. 8:30 and 10:30 pm. $15. Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma
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Does it ever throw you - really throw you - to think that Fidel Castro is still alive. It does us. I had childhood friends - Ortelio and Flora Cardenas - who fled with their families and settled in our town back in the early 1970s. If we had been
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Night of the Living Tribute Bands (NOTLTB) is to musicians what Procession of the Species is to artists. But instead of life-size whales constructed out of reclaimed wood, it's Marshall stacks, rocker stances and an emulation of a band that takes months to perfect. Held at the Capitol Theater, NOTLTB is
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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. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Hootenanny Sing-Along, hosted by Holly Gwinn Graham. All Ages. 2 pm. NC. BLUES 2 Mile House Olympia -
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BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Black Rose. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Gary Crooks. 9 pm. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino rockin' blues jam. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 7 pm.
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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 Pantages Theater Tacoma - Downtown. An Evening With Rufus Wainwright, featuring Lucy Wainwright Roche. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $66-$86. Rose Home for Folk Olympia - Westside. Pine Hearts, Eli Conley, BSE, Woolen Warrior. All Ages. 7-10 pm. $5-10. Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An
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Get ready, Tacoma. The 12th annual Tacoma Studio Tour is happening Nov. 2 and 3 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. - that's two full days to visit some of Tacoma's better artists where they create their work, talk to them, view their art and enjoy demonstrations. You might even
Arts
November is Art at Work Month in Tacoma and one of the city's shining jewels. It's not only a showcase of the best, brightest and most unique on the local art scene, but also a time that makes art accessible to everyone. Art at Work is not one event, but many
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I've been spending a lot of time in the shower lately. The acoustics in there are pretty awesome for a boy and his harmonica. My riffs are getting tighter but my fingers and toes look like raisins. That, and the iPhone acts up when it gets wet. So just leave