Music
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. Bobble Tiki's never been afraid of redundancies. For years, Bobble Tiki has heard his bosses fight against it, both in print inside the
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Wed night Irish Session. 7:00- 930. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Little Creek Casino Shelton. America's Greatest Game Shows, hosted by Erik Estrada. 2 and 6 pm. Cascade Community Center
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Aloha, my good friends! This is Carmen Jones coming at you live from a Waikiki lanai that overlooks the busiest golf course in the world, and is a stone’s throw from the beach and the sand that I love to sink my pedicured toes into. Yes! I’m here visiting my dear friend from
Arts
Let's face it: some people are genetically predisposed to be standup comedians. I say this knowing I may be one of them. Ian Karmel, a comic best known for appearances on Chelsea Lately, Conan and Portlandia, is a 29-year-old who looks a great deal like I did at age 29.
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Marita Dingus is one of Seattle's most unique and well-known artists, renowned for works made from scrap materials such as bent wire and often depicting and commenting on the African American experience. For years she made art about the institution of slavery including a monumental, room-size figure
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Marita Dingus is one of Seattle's most unique and well-known artists, renowned for works made from scrap materials such as bent wire and often depicting and commenting on the African American experience. For years she made art about the institution of slavery including a monumental, room-size figure of a slave
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When my husband joined the Army in 1983, there were no cell phones, no computers and the Berlin Wall was still going strong. The Global War on Terror was nowhere to be seen - at least for most of us. Things have certainly changed during the course of what will be
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Jazz LIVE at Marine View is one of the best jazz series in the South Sound, and it isn't even a club. The venue is actually a church off beautiful Marine View Drive in Northwest Tacoma; it also happens to host a treasured music series for free. The series starts
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Flash back to the Roaring 20s, when Port Angeles was in the midst of the Prohibition: Booze was banned, stealthy bootleggers, rum-runners and manufactures of moonshine roamed the streets. Local author Karen Barnett captured the scene in her book, Mistaken, a suspenseful, historical romance set in and around Port Angeles,
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I earned my undergraduate theater BA in an auditorium reputed, as so many are, to be haunted. Students reported inexplicable pennies falling from the "clouds" overhead. I heard women's voices arguing in the wings one night in an otherwise empty building, a phenomenon I was helpless to explain till a
Music
Recently, I watched a television program called Seven Ages of Rock. Among the many issues I had with the show (only seven ages of rock, ending with '90s Britpop?), chief among them was the coverage of late '80s, early '90s American alternative music. Only R.E.M. and Nirvana were discussed.
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My name is Savanna. I live in Graham, WA and I am in the Air Force. My husband, who is also in the Air Force, is deployed for a 365. I just found out that I am deploying in September for 4 months. I have these two wonderful black labs
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Directed by Issac Olsen, written by Olsen and Kurt Kendall, and starring Dale Phillips, the film centers around a private dick by the name of Savage - Rick Savage. When a suspicious-looking dame enters his life, the dick is thrown into a world of intrigue, cigarettes, shadows,
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When you’re riding herd on one of the largest indoor and outdoor extravaganzas in the state of Washington and you’ve been doing it twice a year since just about forever, it might be a little difficult to keep it fresh and exciting. But the city of Olympia somehow does just
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There are eight million stories in the City of Destiny. This is one of them. In February of 2006, Isaac Olsen got together with Kurt Kendall and Dale Phillips of Girl Trouble at a deserted farmhouse in Orting. They had broken into the house for their first day of shooting; the
Operation Family Support
Are you looking for a special place to share a picnic lunch with your sweetheart? If so, Washington state has places along the Pacific Ocean, amongst the mountain ranges, in the National parks, on islands, near the beach, with views of whales, lighthouses, the Seattle skyline, and beautiful lush gardens. Before you
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Every state in the United States boasts some unique bird-watching excursions, and Washington State is no exception. Whether you are out to see Bald Eagles, Laysan Albatross, Hermit Warblers, or Spotted Owls, Washington has some breathtaking locations for spotting birds. Some of the top locations include: Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge, Olympic National
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I got a sneak peek at the Davide Salvadore exhibition at William Traver Gallery in Tacoma, and I'm glad I got to see it. Salvadore is a Venetian glass artist from Murano, the glass art capital of the world. His art reflects the colorful traditions not of Venice,
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I got a sneak peek at the Davide Salvadore exhibition at William Traver Gallery in Tacoma, and I'm glad I got to see it. Salvadore is a Venetian glass artist from Murano, the glass art capital of the world. His art reflects the colorful traditions not of Venice, but of
