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Zombies are taking over T-town - and no - not the bath salt eating kind, but the kind that in real life are fun-loving people who want to get gory for a good cause. The Tacoma Zombie Festival and Preparedness Expo is back, with a new name - QZ-CON -
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There are hundreds of opportunities for the amateur and the professional photogs to get some incredible shots at the annual Oceanic Lumins Festivus Saturday in downtown Tacoma. Flex your photojournalism muscle as costumed folks march a winding path through the Theater District, try your hand at an abstract camera toss
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Cork! A Wine Bar Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Kurt Lindsay. 8 pm. Olympic Club Hotel and Theater Lewis County. Oktoberfest bands. All Ages. 11 am. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Rebecca Corry. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma -
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The concept ranks alongside The Grand Cinema's popular 72-Hour Film Competition in the Too-Busy-for-Culture-Give-It-to-Me-in-a-Hurry Hall of Fame. Returning to Tacoma, the Double Shot Festival takes playwrights, directors and actors, then gives them a mere 24 hours to write, rehearse, and stage original plays. Not even George Bernard Shaw worked this
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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 The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Back To Beale Street Blues 2014 Fundraiser, with The Rafael Tranquilino Band, Blues County Sheriff, Blenis/Ehly Band with Thai Barker, Mark Riley
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National Alpaca Farm Days is Sept. 28-29. Oh, did you not hear that? You've never heard of an alpaca? Alpacas resemble little Wookie-horses or miniature llamas. Unlike llamas, though, alpacas are not for carrying things; specifically, they are bred for their hair, which is a lot like sheep's wool. Alpaca
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BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Billy Pease, Paul Buck and Chris Gartland. 7 pm. NC. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino rockin' blues jam. 8 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. The Rod Cook Band. 9 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant
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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. A Rhapsody In Bloom Florist and Cafe Latte Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. The Cantrells. All Ages. 7 pm. Donations. Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES
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Also on the 28th, as on the second and fourth Saturday of every month, the Blue Mouse Theatre presents a late-night screening of 1975's The Rocky Horror Picture Show complete with audience cosplay and commentary. If you're a Rocky Horror virgin, you owe it to yourself to raid your
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It's a quiet autumn Monday in Tacoma, but inside The New Frontier Lounge, the night is cooking. Pianist Nate D., bassist Cameron and drummer Peter T. have launch the city's newest jazz jam inviting talent to sit in as the house trio explores straight ahead, funk and
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"DUN DUN." You already know what's happening. "DUN DUN." A cavalcade of snares and cymbals rupture. A whale of a drummer pounds. Two fair-haired boys and a skinny guitar wizard feel the rush of thousands cheering as the quartet launches in "Good Times Bad Times." Sorry, Led Zeppelin fans, but
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The staff at the Weekly Volcano has a very strict exercise regime. Find an old, beaten-up chair. Slouch in it for several hours. At around 3 p.m., begin to get stressed out about the 5 p.m. deadlines. Walk - slowly - to the honor candy box, and steal something bad
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Back in the day, your favorite parts of school were things such as recess, lunch, assemblies, hell - heck, sorry - even read-a-thons. Think kids today are any different? Uh-uh. Nope. So the logical conclusion is a community Reads Together - a month-long series exploring a novel's importance in society
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Glassblowing engages both right-brain and left-brain alike, combining aesthetics with technical know-how. So does eating and balancing a spoon on your nose, we think. Anyway, the award-winning Hilltop Artists hosts its seventh annual fundraising luncheon, "Better Futures," Wednesday, Oct. 2, at Hotel Murano in Tacoma. Attendees will hear directly from
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Stadium District is a bustling business district just a tiptoe away from the heart of downtown Tacoma and its waterfront areas, and is aptly named for the majestic Stadium High School that it surrounds. If you haven't laid eyes on the castle-like architecture of this high school or glimpsed some
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While reservists with the 446th Airlift Wing's Security Forces Squadron, headquartered at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, McChord Field, might be prepared for conflict in their military career, they'd rather avoid it when it comes to their civilian jobs. Luckily for some, an understanding and a supportive boss can make for a
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For the 20th year, Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) units have combined to work with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF). This year, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division and several other units partnered with the 16th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division of the JGSDF to participate in
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Imagine the thoughts running through a young man's head as he lies hidden on the side of a ditch for nearly 90 minutes, slowly dying. That was the scenario earlier this summer for 16-year-old Battle Ground High School sophomore Justin Carey. While he was waiting for the school bus the morning
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The Tacoma Cabana, nestled in Tacoma's hip lower Pacific Avenue, offers a waggish combination of strategic lighting, dangling blowfish, bamboo, Hawaiian textiles and dances with Polynesian decor, from tropical tackiness to authentic Hawaiian artifacts - including a bar rigged to resemble a hut, and sports a 600-pound stuffed marlin mounted