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Tacoma's best are represented in The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation's Foundation of Art Award, 2008-2010 show at Kittredge Gallery. Twenty-five artists over the past three years had their art judged by a panel in hopes of grabbing the $7,500 prize. Chris Sharp and Jeremy Mangan won in 2008 and
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Dana Lyons. All Ages. 7 pm. $5-$15. David's On Broadway Tacoma - Downtown. Waltz into the Victorian era at the Dickens Ball with Valse Cafe Orchestra. 6:30-10 pm. $45. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Kristin Key.
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True, blue Tacomans likely already have the date circled on their calendar, or programmed into their smart phone, or scrawled on the back of their hand in sharpie. The Valley Pub celebrates its "hard opening" Saturday with CFA, Sun Giants, Stereo Creep and Infinite Flux. Cody Foster, bassist and singer
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BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 21+. 8 pm. Tides Tavern Gig Harbor. Breakfast Jam, with Billy Farmer. All Ages. 9 am. NC. Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Lyon Pride Music's Black & Blue Sundays. 21+. 7 pm. NC. City Hall Saloon and Eatery Enumclaw. Rockin’
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Abi Grace. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. Salty's at Redondo Beach Des Moines. Paul Kroeger. 21+. 8 pm. NC. Gig Harbor Farmers Market Gig Harbor. Steve Stefanowicz. All Ages. 11:30 am. NC. Paddy Coyne’s Irish Pub Tacoma - Downtown. Traditional Irish Music Session. Leo MacNamara & guests. 21+.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. B Sharp Coffee House Tacoma - Downtown. Colossal Soul Holiday Show featuring holiday classics performed by William Jordan, The Cloves, Nyoka, James Coates, Alessandra Rose, Mark Avis & Andy Wambem, Jake Loden & Jonah Oh, Intisaar, Anna Gutierrez, Micaela
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Ian McFeron, Alisa Milner. All Ages. 8:30 pm. Salty's at Redondo Beach Des Moines. Myles Crew. 21+. 8 pm. NC. Matrix Coffee House Chehalis. Song Circle Acoustic Open Mic. All Ages. 7 pm. $2/Performers NC. BLUES Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Junkyard Jane Reunion Show, the four-piece local favorite
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Cedarwood Dome Milton. Biker BBQ Open Mic Night. 21+. 6 pm. NC. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Billy Stoops Acoustic Jam. 21+. 9 pm. NC. Tacoma Farmers Market - Broadway Tacoma - Downtown. James Coates. All Ages. 10:30 am. NC. Liquid Soul Coffee Roy. Open Mic. Hosted by David Wayne. All Ages. 7
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More than just the pulsating beat, there's just something about reggae music that makes you feel good. It transports you to a place where ice doesn't cement your door shut and the crystal blue waters are not bursting out of your house's pipes. Hailing from Columbia, South Carolina, the reggae-rock
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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. Win $100 in cash prizes. 6-8 pm. Harmon
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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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Nancy Thorne Chambers' installation "A Story Place" is the culmination of a lifelong dream for the Olympia artist. A retired therapist, illustrator and self-taught ceramic artist, Chambers has long wanted to create a life-size storybook world. Imagine this: an 8 by 10-foot diorama featuring 30 life-size woodland
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Nancy Thorne Chambers' installation "A Story Place" is the culmination of a lifelong dream for the Olympia artist. A retired therapist, illustrator and self-taught ceramic artist, Chambers has long wanted to create a life-size storybook world. Imagine this: an 8 by 10-foot diorama featuring 30 life-size woodland creatures - anthropomorphized bears,
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Did you know Seattle boasts one of the largest community choruses in America? Did you know that justly revered group is making its way south to Tacoma this week? Better recognize! The Seattle Men's Chorus is celebrating its 35th season, so all 300-plus members are dressed up
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Did you know Seattle boasts one of the largest community choruses in America? Did you know that justly revered group is making its way south to Tacoma this week? Better recognize! The Seattle Men's Chorus is celebrating its 35th season, so all 300-plus members are dressed up with someplace to
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Holiday songs are a love-hate proposition. At their best, such tunes provide for an evocative seasonal soundtrack. However, they're just as likely to be nauseous, like that cheese log your aunt gave you last year. The year's most ambitious effort comes from the award-winning Tacoma Concert Band. The symphonic band
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University of Puget Sound Theater Department matches scenes from six plays with student directors and actors in its Directors' Lab series. Six scenes run the gamut from dramatic to absurd. There is classic mythology involving dangerous street kids, a slice-of-life set in the Russian countryside at the end of the
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We all have touchstones that bring the simple spirit of Christmas to our harried, mall-besotted souls. For some, it's that first burst of multi-colored light when the last string is strung. For others, it could be a long-treasured card or the smell of baking cookies. For us, it's the music.
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Ah, Christmas. A nip in the air, lights strewn carefully around the perimeter of the house and lots of little doodads indicating that St. Nick is about to make his yearly trek to deposit presents in our living rooms. A fresh-cut, locally grown Christmas tree brings the whole scene together,
