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It's a new week, which means it's time for a new installment of Bobble Tiki's South Sound music news and notes column. Without further ado, let's get rolling. As you may or may not have noticed, Bobble Tiki took a moderately deserved vacation last week. That's not to say he was
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Drummer Brad Balsley has a paper cutout of The Who in his bass drum, and I'm reminded these guys actually played on stage with The Who, and were Eddie Vedder's back-up band on numerous occasions. I mean to ask them about these surely incredible experiences, but the conversation never swings
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Today I'm crashing legendary Olympia rockers C Average's band practice. After dropping my boys off at their grandpa's, I pull my toy-strewn Subaru into the driveway. A black shingled house sits in front of me. The sun is shining and it hits the paint in a nice, glossy way. Behind
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I drive through Hilltop Tacoma quite frequently in order to visit some of my favorite haunts like The Tempest and 1022 South, not to mention it's the only good direct route to downtown from my house, and often while heading down South 11th and crossing MLK, my eye would catch
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One of the last MCs with soul had planned on spending most of the beginning of this year in the motherland, Africa, for a life journey, performances and more life learning. However, while in England, Gabriel Teodros' plans were thwarted by the British government who denied him passage from Europe
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Dirty. Well, there was a little vulgarity. Rotten. Actually, the opposite. Scoundrels. That's what everyone came to see. Theatre Northwest's production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, based on the movie, was a laugh out loud musical. Yes, a musical - AND funny. On purpose. The production can be broken down into several categories: script (including
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Sculpture by Bret Lyon along with functional furniture and other works by Sam Winters are among the latest additions to Matter in downtown Olympia. Lyon is an abstract sculptor from Tacoma who works with found and scavenged materials. For his latest work he has taken apart the inner workings of an
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Thursday, Feb. 25 Ladies' Night half off glass pours, every Thursday in February, The Melting Pot, 2121 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.535.3939. Wine tasting, five pours for $5, Vinum Coffee and Wine Lounge, 1001 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.572.8215. Ladies Night featuring half off all wine flights and $5 house pours, Sip, 4793 Point Fosdick
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HALF OFF GLASS POURS The Melting Pot hosts Ladies Night every Thursday in February featuring half off wine glass pours. The Melting Pot is at 2121 Pacific Ave. in Tacoma. CUBAN GALA Come experience an evening of Cuban culinary delights, spoken word by City of Tacoma Poet Laureate Antonio Edwards and music by
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. Olalla Community Hall Olalla. Second Sunday Music Series, featuring Hank Payne & Clair Favro. All Ages. 2 pm. $10-$15 suggested donation. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 8 pm. Immanuel
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Most 5-year-olds are, by the time that birthday rolls around, preparing to go to kindergarten, learning numerals and reading, and figuring out how to tie their shoelaces. But there's a 5-year-old I know who's advanced beyond all that. This one is preparing to go to the Acme Tavern, learning what
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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. The Swiss Tacoma -
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Acoustic open mic hosted by Leanne Trevalyan. 8 pm. NC. Tides Tavern Gig Harbor. Live music with Marc & Joey. 7-9 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and Grill Tacoma - Northend. Barstool Bingo. 6:30 pm. White Horse Tavern Yelm. Barstool Bingo. Prizes! 7
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Sculpture by Bret Lyon along with functional furniture and other works by Sam Winters are among the latest additions to Matter in downtown Olympia. Marcel Duchamp and Allan Kaprow erased the boundaries between art and life. Andy Warhol destroyed the boundaries between fine and commercial art. Matter in Olympia has wiped
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OK, if you are going to have nine bands play a show, it's awesome to start at 4:30 in the afternoon, and it's awesome to make it all ages. So, there's that going for Captain Jack Fest '14. The other thing going is it's at The Midnight Sun, which is
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Between 1853 and 1929, through both the American Civil War and World War I, the Orphan Train Movement shipped over a quarter of a million parentless children to the Midwestern states from overcrowded metropolises on the Eastern seaboard. Initiated by Calvinist minister Charles Loring Brace and
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Between 1853 and 1929, through both the American Civil War and World War I, the Orphan Train Movement shipped over a quarter of a million parentless children to the Midwestern states from overcrowded metropolises on the Eastern seaboard. Initiated by Calvinist minister Charles Loring Brace and his Children's Aid Society,
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To most Americans impressionist art means the art of a small group of late 19th century French artists. But an expanded definition of the movement includes earlier and later works, plus art from other parts of Europe and even America. The Movement of Impressionism: Europe, America, and the Northwest at
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Seth Freeman has played the guitar since the age of 4. He has spent time in both the city and the mountains of Arkansas, in the heart of the South in a large, and very musical, family. When you hear Freeman play guitar, you quickly realize these are not the
