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Death By Stars is a band I've come to love, as have many other Puget Sounders. Is it their funk pop, all jams and synth and boom-chika-boom? Is it Cherry Danger, Patrick Galactic and Juan El Revelator's hypnotic voices, rolling around the bass lines and guitar licks, harmonizing into your very
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Olympia Farmers Market Olympia - Downtown. Climate Change. All Ages. 11 am. NC. Harmon Tap Room Tacoma - Stadium District. Kurt Lindsay. 6 pm. The Embers at Indian Summer - Olympia. Tarik Bentlemsani. 6 pm. NC. BLUES Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. John Nemeth, Ayron Jones &
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Wind Rose Cellars - Sequim. Gil Yslas. 7 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Augie Smith. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Kane Holloway. 9 pm. $15. Dave's of Milton Milton. Comedy Night, featuring Dylan Avila, Jonas Barnes,
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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. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Puget Sound Music For Youth Association Performance. All Ages. 2 pm. BLUES 2 Mile House Olympia - Westside. Blues Bentley Band Sunday
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BLUES The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Blenis Ely. 8 pm. 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. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Acoustic open mic hosted by Leanne Trevalyan. 8 pm. NC. Olympic Club Hotel and Theater Lewis County. Kendl Winter. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Pioneer Park Puyallup. Noon Tunes featuring 5 Bit. Noon. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic
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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. A Rhapsody In Bloom Florist and Cafe Latte Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Jim Page. All Ages. 7 pm.
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THE STARS Stargazer’s night Every so often, on cloudless nights that follow slow traffic days, smog makes a deal with the atmosphere and agrees to cut out early so South Sounders can see those white, twinkling things Midwesterners and mountain purists call “stars.” But apparently billions of these star things are floating
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The ever-popular Art Bus rolls on this Thursday. What's that, you say? You've never been on the Art Bus? You don't even know what the Art Bus is?? For the uninitiated, the Art Bus is a tour of art exhibitions and galleries around Tacoma. But it's really so much more
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If you know Lynn Di Nino, you know she's a quirky Tacoma artist who always makes a big splash in whatever she does - from the 100th Monkeys parties, to rolling heads downhill on First Night, to her Suitcase Sightings. I still have fond memories of her Postcard Party from
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The latest works by Ron Hinton (not to be confused with Ron Hinson) at Childhood's End are more dynamic than anything of his I've seen before. At least the wall-hanging sculptures. The free-standing pieces on pedestals are more of the same stuff I've seen from him I the past -
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Calvin Goings is a regional administrator for the Small Business Administration (SBA). Prior to being appointed by President Obama, he spent most of his adult life serving the public as an elected official, first in Olympia and later on the Pierce County Council. Along the way he worked in banking,
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When Taylor Travers graduated high school in 2001, he didn't know what his next step in life would or should be. Then a friend told him about the Air Force and all that they had to offer; within six months, Travers had enlisted and described himself as "open to anything." He
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March 15, 44 B.C., conspirators murdered Julius Caesar on the steps of the Senate in Rome, and an immortal tale of power and politics was born (and the Roman empire was just fine, thank you very much). At some point in your life, you've probably encountered Shakespeare's version of this
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Continuing its tour of free area music in the park type summer events, this week the Volcano's girlfriend-activity Doppler highlights Tunes @ Tapps, a weekly musical gathering in Bonney Lake that happens every Wednesday through Aug. 28. This week Tunes @ Tapps welcomes The Coats, a vocal band born in
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There's just not much we shove in our mouths we Americans can claim a clear title to. Sandwiches? British and, concurrently, Russian. French fries? Belgian (but see how tricky those French are?). Meatloaf? French, though they'd call it something like le galantine de boeuf and probably wouldn't
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While it's easy to quantify Oly as just a hippie, college town - that's only partially true. A large portion of the population is proudly blue-collar. The most amazing part of all of this is the two demographics - shoeless hippies and hardworking grunts - come together every year for
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Now in its fifth year, the annual Summer Garden Party at the Conservatory has proven to be a delightful evening showcasing a Tacoma gem. It's a fun social time for people to come and enjoy the conservatory and mingle. Scheduled for Friday, music by classical and rock violinist Grace Youn
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Film is called a medium, but mainstream filmmakers don't employ it in the manner of other artistic media like oils or clay. That's been left to art-film craftsmen like Devon Damonte, who's currently exhibiting handmade, camera-free movie film loops and related graphalia homages and maps to Olympia's historic "Marker Trees,"
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Not many people enjoy being told that they can't do something - especially after they've experienced an unexpected life-altering injury or illness. Sometimes it takes the aid and understanding of a person who's been through similar circumstances to help them press on and make the best of their new situation. Thomas Higdon
