Archives
After spending two hours driving up from Portland while listening to the deliciously corny Combustible Edison, I got the urge to be in a deliciously corny bar. I got the urge to go to The Little Red Barn. Located just off Interstate 5 in Rochester, The Little Red Barn is a
Food Matters
Thursday, July 1 Small Vineyards Italian Wines tasting, 6:30 p.m., $16.50, Wine Bank, 7017 27th St. W., University Place, 253.564.1101. Half-price Wine Bottle Night with two appetizer purchases, Tides Tavern, 2925 Harborview Drive, Gig Harbor, 253.858.3982. Wine tasting, noon to 6 p.m., complimentary, Walter Dacon Winery, 50 S.E. Skookum Inlet Road, Shelton, 360.426.5913. Friday,
We Recommend
Experimental pop is, to me, an awfully murky term. I suppose it is to pop music whatever progressive rock is to rock music. Faithful readers should know that, whenever faced with a question of progression, I turn to my hippy-dippy dad. Upon being shaken from his "nap-time brain illusion," my
We Recommend
Fifteen months ago I went out on a limb and checked out the classic-rock inspired Midnight Salvage Co., which, at the time, had been on the Tacoma scene for scant more than four months. As I wrote back then, what I found was a "rocking alt-country posse that's staking a
We Recommend
Remember Sylvester Park way back, like, 15 years ago? When you were young and defiant and totally comfortable doing anything from having drum circles and smoking jays to making out and getting homemade tattoos? A time when the gazebo was a living room for you and your best buds to
We Recommend
Melanie Valera is Tender Forever - and so are her songs. Not tender in a Hallmark, fuzzy bunny sort of way - or cliché in the slightest - simply tender in the care with which they're mined, crafted and presented, and tender in the themes they present. Once described as
Listings
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. Immanuel Presbyterian Church Tacoma - Northend. Jeremy Clyde's One Night Benefit Concert Tour. Opening are Jeremy's longtime friends Rick Jones & Valerie Neale. 7 pm. Donations. BLUES Dave's of Milton Milton. Blues Jam, hosted by Doug McGrew. 7:30 pm.
Listings
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 - Stadium District. Bar Bingo. Cash prizes. 6-8 pm. The New Frontier Lounge
We Recommend
JULY 3: JOSH RIZEBERG Hip-hopper Josh Rizeberg is all up in this mug. Dude is everywhere, from shows to poetry readings to art workshops to the express checkout lane at the grocery store. Straight off a performance at The Den the previous night, Rizeberg will be at Rocket Records on Sixth
We Recommend
Like cherries, handmade knickknacks, ice sculptures and free parking for your SUV? Then you'll love the Puyallup Farmers Market, a valley institution for nearly as long as cows have been tipped. Engulfing historic downtown P-town every weekend, May through October, and drawing impressive crowds on a regular basis, there's no
We Recommend
Nothing says "party" like a wicked-ass harp solo and a cheese platter. While we can't guarantee any cheese platters, the 39th Conference of the National Harp Society is set to go down in Tacoma, July 2-5. Along with bringing some much-needed culture to our Rainier Beer-stained region, the conference will
We Recommend
Theater Artists Olympia (or TAO) is doing some of the most forward theater out there, from last year's Poona the Fuckdog, to their interpretation of Shakespeare's classic, Othello, which opens Thursday. Set in 1968 in crime-riddled New York - in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement - TAO's Othello
We Recommend
Friday at King's Books, Marisha Auerbach of Wild Thyme Farm and Herb'n Wisdom will discuss the benefits and activist nature of seed saving (quite literally, saving seeds from your garden to ensure genetic diversity in the food we eat). Stop laughing. It's important. Considering the corporatization of our food
Food Matters
MILITARY DISCOUNTS Neo Wood Fired Pizza at 8425 S. Hosmer offers free 7-inch pizzas and 99 cent draft beers to all returning troops - every day. TIGHTWAD TUESDAY Every Tuesday Hell's Kitchen serves $2 tacos, $2 wells and $2 beers. Get on it at 928 Pacific Ave. in Tacoma. TACO THURSDAYS Rock the Dock Pub
Listings
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.
Listings
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Irish Session. All Ages. 8-10 pm. NC. C.I. Shenanigans Tacoma - Northend. Live music on the patio. All Ages. 7-10 pm. NC. Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia -
We Recommend
Canadian wonder-MC, Moka Only (aka Ron Contour), has been doing his thing as a rhyme-sayer and microphone master for more than a decade strong. And I mean strong - like army strong. The veteran of the rap circuit has found his way into the hearts and ears of the toughest
Listings
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Sax Restaurant and Lounge Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Olivia De La Cruz. All Ages. 7-9 pm. Free. Hannah's Bar & Grille Olympia - Downtown. Open Mic. 9 pm. NC. The Royal Lounge Olympia - Downtown. Skie Bender, Jessica Langton, Sarah Tavis, Quinn Russell. 21+. 8 pm. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia -
Listings
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC 6th Avenue Farmers Market - Tacoma. Abi Grace, Josiah Bogle. All Ages. 3:30 pm. NC. O'Blarney's Irish Pub Olympia - Eastside. Irish Sessions. Live traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Oly Songwriter Circle. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open
Listings
ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Rialto Theater Tacoma - Downtown. National Conference Of The American Harp Society Comedy Harp Concert, with HarpCore 4, Louise Trotter. All Ages. 1 pm. Latin American Harp Concert, with Mercedes Gomez, Janet Paulus. All Ages. 4 pm. Pantages Theater Tacoma - Downtown. National Conference Of The American Harp Society Five Harp
