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Harlequin's production revives the set and concept of a '98 run, for which director Scot Whitney pared Shakespeare's cast down to six men and two women. The actors play actors, who spill out of a roadside pageant wagon. (Like Henry himself, the pageant wagon approach was centuries
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Little antique stores have their appeal, but sometimes it's nice to take a giant approach to antique shopping - that is, you stop at one big place and find everything. Sanford and Son Antiques stocks all sorts of old knickknacks and goodies in a three-floor maze of awesomeness. Griswold cast-iron
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To acknowledge my bias up front, I could rant on for thousands of words about the reasons I hate C.S. Lewis. I find his Christian apologias patronizing if not simpleminded. His children's books, about an allegorical wonderland called Narnia, are as inconsistent and illogical as the stories on which they're
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm. NC. BLUES The Royal Lounge Olympia - Downtown. Alice Stuart, with Dan Tyack. 7:30 pm. Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Cascade Community
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Caffe Adamo Puyallup. Open Mic Night, AA, 7 pm. Dawson’s Tavern Tacoma. Open mic 9 pm. Farrelli’s Pizza Parkland. Open mic, with Aaron Bigler 9 pm. Hannah’s Olympia. Open mic 9 pm. NC. Malarkey’s
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Bob’s Java Jive Tacoma. Brittany Shane 9 pm. $5. Hannah’s Olympia. Open mic 9 pm. NC. The Manette Bremerton. Open Mic Night, with hosts Mike & Lee 8 pm. Northern Pacific Coffee Co. Parkland. Open mic 8 pm. NC. E
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Antique Sandwich Co. Ruston. Open mic 7 pm. Farrelli’s Pizza Parkland. Open mic, with Aaron Bigler 9 pm. NC. Mandolin Café Tacoma. Dave Randal, AA, 7 pm. Pierce College Puyallup. Centrevol, AA, 12 pm. NC.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC The Barrel Tavern Burien. Jam Night 8 pm. Farrelli’s Pizza Tacoma. Team Trivia Night 9 pm. Farrelli’s Pizza Sumner. Team Trivia Night 9 pm. Mandolin Café Tacoma. Marian Call, AA, 7 pm. O'Blarney's Irish
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Rhapsody In Bloom Tacoma. Pint & Dale, AA, 7 pm. NC. Shakabrah Java Tacoma. Open Mic Night 7 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Charlie’s Pub Tacoma. Battle Of The Boobs Wet T-Shirt Contest with cash prizes 8 pm. NC. Le Voyeur
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Café Tacoma. Russ Salton, AA, 7 pm. NC. Shakabrah Java Tacoma. Poor Man's Club & Open Mic Night 5 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Lady Luck’s Cowgirl Up Parkland. Toxic Karaoke 9 pm. NC. Le Voyeur Olympia. Movie Night 9
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Olympia Dockside Bsitro & Wine Bar — Downtown Tacoma Cafe Divino — Old Town Enoteca — Stadium District Pour at Four — Proctor District Vinum Coffee & Wine Lounge — Downtown CAFE DIVINO Tacoma’s first wine bar. It beckons you like a beacon with its friendly service, delicious bites and tasty sips. If the lasagna is on
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Tacoma Marlene's Market And Deli — Central West Quickie Too — Hilltop Wendy's II — Central MARLENE'S MARKET AND DELI They serve a vast variety of soups, sandwiches, quiches, specialty entrees and desserts — all with your health in mind. Highly recommended are: fresh quiche, which is now approved for real men; towering sandwiches made
