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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Bryan Bowers. All Ages. 8 pm. $8-$12. Rialto Theater Tacoma - Downtown. The Christmas Revels. All Ages. 2 & 7:30 pm. $12-$27. Harbor Greens/Forza Wine Bar Gig Harbor. The Shy Boys Christmas Concert. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Red Bicycle Bistro and Sushi Bar Vashon. One
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Bethel Church Vashon. Christa Burch. All Ages. 3:30 pm. Northern Pacific Coffee Co. Tacoma - Parkland. Jeriactric Jazz. All Ages. 11 am-1 pm. NC. Rialto Theater Tacoma - Downtown. The Christmas Revels. All Ages. 1 pm & 5:30 pm. $12-$27. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Washington Center for the Performing Arts Olympia - Downtown. Singalong Messiah. All Ages. 7:30 pm. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Uke & Singalong, hosted by Steve Einhorn & Kate Power. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC O'Blarney's Irish Pub Olympia - Eastside. Irish Sessions. Live traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. Rialto Theater Tacoma - Downtown. The Christmas Revels. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $12-$27. BLUES Olympic Club Hotel and Theater Lewis County. Billy D. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Stonegate
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Rialto Theater Tacoma - Downtown. The Christmas Revels. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $12-$27. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Winter Solstice Celebration, featuring Paddy Coyne's Irish Session Band, hosted by Chiara Wood. All Ages. 6 pm. $25. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. Midtown
Education
MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. (AFNS) -- As part of the effort to modernize Air Force training programs, the Ira C. Eaker Center for Professional Development here has taken to cyberspace recently with five new blended e-learning courses. Using a combination of online webinars and self-paced curriculum,
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Clover Park High Air Force JROTC cadet Priscila Desiderio admits she used to be really shy. But a new tutoring program started by the unit in November is helping the sophomore really come out of her shell and show her leadership qualities. Each Tuesday and Thursday from 3 to 4 p.m., a
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On sale now Nellie McKay Seattle Oct. 20-21 7:30 pm. $25.50 (Jazz Alley, TM) Kathy Griffin Seattle Jan. 28 & 29 8 pm. $45.50-$75.50 (Paramount Theatre, 877.STG.4TIX) Bomba Estereo Seattle Nov. 10 9 pm. $10-$12 (Crocodile, 877.STG.4TIX) Cake Seattle Dec. 31 8 pm. $63-$73 (Moore Theatre, 877.STG.4TIX) Mannheim Steamroller Seattle Dec. 18 8 pm. $50-$95
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The Kings of Outlaw Country have a motto: “Livin’ Hard and Drinkin’ with Both Fists.” So, does it come as any surprise the band will be plugging in at O’Malley’s on Saturday night? Something tells me they share the motto with a number of O’Malley’s regulars. But besides an affinity
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Oh man do I love Lyle Lovett. He’ll be at the Pantages Theater this weekend with John Hiatt, who is almost as awesome as Lovett. But Hiatt has never jumped in the sack with Julia Roberts, so he loses a few points there. Lovett, one of the great singer/songwriters of
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I spoke recently about the dubious new subgenre “dad-rock.” Is there such a things as mom-rock? If no one has hit upon this idea yet, I’d like to nominate San Francisco’s True Margrit as the first mom-rock band ever. My proof? I am certain that, though she hasn’t heard the
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Portland-based beer-core metal maniacs Wehrmacht will be at Hell’s Kitchen this weekend, with a solid line-up following a series of band re-organizations. The remnants of the band’s original line up went on to form bands like Spazztic Blurr, Cryptic Slaughter, Drumattica and Tri-polar, and have played with rock luminaries such
Arts Feature
Sorry folks, but this one’s going to be completely uninspiring. I’m beat. I’ve spent the last five weeks working myself to the bone. I’m surrounded and drained by people going through 16 different kinds of personal hell. Illness, life drama, financial failure, home foreclosure, dying businesses, dead relationships, dying relationships,
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Folk in this day and age can be a tricky proposition. Lone guitarists singing their diaries tend to evoke unfortunate memories of coffee shop performances and jerky sensitive guys at college parties. As a result, it’s completely understandable that some people bristle at the mention of listening to (or, god
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It seems things are finally swinging my direction. The timing couldn’t be better. For the longest time, since well before I became the editor of this fine rag, I’ve been the foodie laughing stock at Weekly Volcano World Headquarters. That bitch Suzy Stump doesn’t even wait until I’ve left the room.
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The 1973 Buick Century parked outside my house is a relic, a dinosaur, a horse that has been put out to pasture. Last week that Buick was also my only form of transportation. When my grandfather went out of town and asked if I’d watch his ’73 beauty,
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Can a sandwich hold a grudge? Are its feelings hurt if you get it special ordered? Do sandwiches feel jealousy? Do they ever worry that you’re thinking of another sandwich while you’re eating it? Sandwich-lovers feel all these things. They feel passionately about all things mashed between bread; they feel
