Music
With Coachella on the horizon and SWSX respectfully behind us, it can only mean one thing - 54 music fest season is officially in swing. The Olympia Acoustic Festival is just one of many in the South Sound, and it's a good one. In its second year, the all-ages, two-stage festival
Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound
Food Matters
WINE SOCIAL Maxwell's Speakeasy (454 Saint Helens Ave., Tacoma) launches its new monthly Wine Social Thursday March 20. For $40, lovers of the vine may sip four wine varietals perfectly paired with four gourmet small plates concocted by Chef Hudson Slater. Participants are encouraged to mix and
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Babes is a band that frequently crosses the wires of love and desire. Online, they don't have much of a presence, beyond vague websites and unoccupied Twitter pages. They have a hotline: (470) BABES-77. One gets the impression that you could call any time for intimate connections.
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The complicated interplay and opposition of sex and love is a subject that's been explored extensively in pop music - sometimes explicitly, sometimes subconsciously. Jarvis Cocker made a career out of exploring the destructive and redemptive qualities that sex can inject into a relationship. In "She Fucks Me," Ween take
Show And Tell
I review a lot of biopics and documentaries screened at The Grand Cinema. Because these types of films recount stories about real people and events, it's no surprise that - just like in real life - they don't consist entirely of feel-good escapism. Kon-Tiki told the story of Thor Heyerdahl's
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"Whether they admit it or not, everyone's got a bit of a heel fetish." So proposes the bio of Seattle glam-power-poppers the Heels. For a band as preoccupied with aesthetics (sound-wise and clothing-wise), it's easy to see why they'd think that. Further, on their Joan Jett-esque anthem, "Fetish," they name-check
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Chicago fuzz merchants the Funs bringing a chugging, lo-fi bravado to your more standard garage rock. Fittingly, given the recent passing of Gary Burger, the Fuzz at times recall the motorik drive of proto-punk weirdos the Monks (whom Burger fronted). Even with the buzzy noise that surrounds the Funs' music,
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Every third Thursday El Protrero packs them in for live hip-hop, rap and DJs. That's right, El Protrero has remained a bastion for the type of hip-hop/rap that reflects the streets and attitude of Tacoma and Lakewood - among other enclaves in Pierce County. This Thursday, everybody and their momma
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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. Blues Jam. Hosted by Blues Attitude. 7 pm. Eagle's Hall Olympia - Downtown. OlyBlues Dance Night. Third floor, no partner necessary. All Ages.
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BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Hambone Blues Band. 9 pm. Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. The Fat Tones. 8 pm. $7-$10. COMEDY/GAMES Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedians Ed Hill & David Tobey. 8:30 pm. $15. Urban Onion Restaurant and Lounge Olympia -
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. April Verch. All Ages. 8 pm. $15-$22. Morso Wine Bar Gig Harbor. Michael O'Neill CD Release. 8 pm. Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. The Bog Hoppers. 9:30 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma -
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. Open Space For Arts and Community Vashon. By Heart: The Poet's Magic Of Memory, with Thomas H. Pruiksma. All Ages. 4 pm. $10-$12. BLUES 2 Mile House Olympia - Westside. Blues Bentley Band Sunday Jam. 5-8 pm. NC. Dawson's
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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 Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm. NC. BLUES Midtown Grill Bonney Lake. Wednesday Night Blues Jam. All Ages. 7-11 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Cascade Community Center JBLM-Lewis Main. Bar Bingo in Heroes Lounge. No cash prizes. 7 pm. Pints & Quarts Pub Westside
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You've had that Moment. The Moment you know you will look back on six months (or a year, or 10 years) from now and laugh. Laugh and laugh and laugh, just laugh hysterically that you couldn't find PJ Hummel's Warehouse or the Turtledust Media Spaceworks installation, or you got lost
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Jack and Diane sucked on chili dogs outside the Tastee-Freeze. Danny and Sandy, they went strollin' and drank lemonade. And you? Was it over something in a cone or on a stick, deep-fried or double-dipped? Were you roadside or seaside, at a stand or a shack, a hut, a cart,
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Are you ready to run yourself rugged? The Titlow Mud Run offers you multiple obstacles during a 2-mile run. During those 10,560 feet, you will crawl through the mud, climb over logs, jump fire, and jump wires. However, all obstacles are optional through the trails and woods of Titlow Park.
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Normally, you might not consider spending the Third Thursday Art Walk in South Tacoma, but the Asia Pacific Cultural Center has cooked up a special "somtum somtum" for you: A Meet the Artist reception for Kathy Thurston followed by a screening of Somtum (a.k.a. Muay Thai Giant). The former promises
