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Since its beginnings in 2006 (the number 21 denotes that this is the 21st show, not the 21st year), MOVE! has popped up in different types of venues around town and sometimes had more than one performance per year. For all 21 performances, the goal has remained the same -
Arts
MLK Ballet is a ballet school that thrives on a unique concept in this ever-expensive world: completely free tuition for its students. The non-profit offers free ballet lessons to kids ages 6 to 12, but goes above and beyond by setting up students with ballet uniforms, shoes and opportunities to
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So you wonder — as I do — how the Tacoma Art Museum will trump its community celebration, Glitter, Glisten, and Gleam, held several weeks ago. First in the equation, leave the kids at home. Next, add drag diva Sylvia O’Stayformore and DJ Vodka Twist. Add the band Lushy, performing with
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Army civilian Carl E. Marchlewicz demonstrated selfless service when he was off the clock last year: he didn't even think twice before running into a burning home to rescue six children. Marchlewicz was among a dozen Army civilian and military personnel honored today at the Pentagon, with the 2014 Secretary of
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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. All Ages. 9 pm. $5. City Hall Saloon and Eatery Enumclaw. Taco Thursday Live Blues Night. 5 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma
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Steve Dunkelberger and Walter Neary are city of Lakewood legends. They were on the scene when Pong debuted inside the Liberty House store. They were there for all-you-can-eat pizza Wednesdays at Pizza Haven. They held court at Big Scoop, Shakey's Pizza and Bob's Big Boy. They threw toast at midnight
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COMEDY/GAMES Red Wind Casino Yelm. Brian Green. 8:30 pm. NC. Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Don Friesen. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Nat Baimel. 8:30 pm. $15. Lucky Eagle Casino Rochester. Rodney Carrington: Laughter's Good. 8 pm.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Morso Wine Bar Gig Harbor. Jaime Wyatt. 8 pm. $25. Northern Pacific Coffee Co. Tacoma - Parkland. James Coates, Patrick Baldwin & Adam Hendricks. All Ages. 8 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Kevin Carr. All Ages. 8 pm. $10-$15. Le
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Do you yearn for the long-lost days of dapper duds and the fash 'stache? Feather & Oar's inaugural Tacoma Tweed Ride will recall those finer bits of life. A celebration of turn-of-the-century fashions, particularly the tweed suit, this Victorian-esque bike ride starts at the Point Defiance Park Pagoda and winds
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Open Shape Note Singing Group. All Ages. 5 pm. NC. BLUES The Spar Tacoma - Old Town. Abdul El Kader. 7 pm. NC. Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma -
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Steilacoom Pub and Grill Steilacoom. Monday Music, featuring James Coates. 7 pm. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Black Rose. 7 pm. NC. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino and Brooke Lizotte Experimental Jam. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES The Hub Tacoma -
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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 Urban Grace Church Tacoma - Downtown. Kye Alfred Hillig Album Release Party, featuring Bradford Loomis. All Ages. 7 pm. Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Cascade Community Center JBLM-Lewis Main. Bar Bingo in Heroes Lounge. No cash prizes.
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I have a confession. I love The Grateful Dead. I own Steal-Your-Face shirts. I have dropped and been "enlightened" by Garcia. I sometimes sing "Ripple" as a lullaby to my kids. The reason I'm telling you this is because the Andy Coe Band is coming to the Olympia Ballroom for
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I promise you, no animals were harmed in Olympia Little Theatre's production of playwright Lauren Gunderson's Exit, Pursued by a Bear (other than an antelope set upon by crocs in a nature video, for which life doesn't seem to be going well). The prey in this story is Kyle
Stage
Among the most notorious of all stage directions appears in the middle of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. In Act III, Scene 3, Sicilian lord Antigonus has just delivered a longish soliloquy of 45 lines when - why the hell not, really? - the script directs him to "[Exit, pursued by
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Susan Christian continues to show the strongest art to be seen in Olympia in her little "Project Space" at Salon Refu. Her latest show is "Thomas Johnston Palmpeset II, Paintings and Photography." This is some powerful stuff - most notably "Envelop," the painting used on the posters and
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Susan Christian continues to show the strongest art to be seen in Olympia in her little "Project Space" at Salon Refu. Her latest show is "Thomas Johnston Palmpeset II, Paintings and Photography." This is some powerful stuff - most notably "Envelop," the painting used on the posters and invitations. It is
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"Over the past three years, (Boeing has) supported me through everything," said Spc. Jordan Hill, 1st Battalion, 168th General Support Aviation Battalion, Washington National Guard. They have done so much for me as far as supporting me while I was on deployments, keeping my job for me when I went
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It all starts with those peepers, of course, sometimes flirty, sometimes intense, but always aware, of the cameras, of the crowds, of the cool. Ol' Blue Eyes, a singin' joe with the world on a ring-a-ding string. Sinatra made his way, like a figure out of a 19th century novel,