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Ostensibly, Jonathan Deschamps is a folk musician, but his tracks are laced with experimental touches that prevent them from coming across as too coddling or naïve - his music is childlike, but not childish, and clearly in touch with the "psychedelic unknown." He's also got a finely-tuned ear for hooky
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Big Wheel Steakhouse and Lounge I've been watching for signs of life below the Big Wheel Steakhouse sign in a strip mall off Steele Street for months. Building owner Steven Kang took over the endeavor after the original would-be restaurateur defaulted, leaving the restaurant and lounge unfinished. Kang went looking for
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Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) was a German Romantic composer who, all his life, aspired to be a Classicist in the Beethoven mold - to the extent that he refused to allow titles tacked onto any of his instrumental-genre works: symphonies, concertos, string quartets and quintets, piano trios and quartets, piano sonatas,
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tempest Lounge Tacoma - Upper Tacoma. Female Singer-Songwriter Night. 21+. 8 pm. NC. Sax Restaurant and Lounge Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Olivia De La Cruz. The guitarist, singer/songwriter performs during dinner. All Ages. 7-9 pm. Free. Hannah's Bar & Grille Olympia - Downtown. Open Mic. 9 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC O'Blarney's Irish Pub Olympia - Eastside. Irish Sessions. Live traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm. NC. 6th Ave Farmers Market Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Julie Gribble. All Ages. 4:30 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Mary Win, Sea Of Tides. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Ethan J Perry, Connor Garvey. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Jerry Miller Band. 21+. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 21+. 7 pm. NC. Le Voyeur Café and Lounge Olympia - Downtown. Movie Night! 21+. 7 pm. DJ/ELECTRONIC O'Malley's Irish Pub
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Thursday, Aug. 19 "The Best of Jed Steele" wine tasting, 5:30-8 p.m., complimentary, Pour at Four, 3814 N. 26th St., Tacoma, 253.761.8015. 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,
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ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT Happy Days Casino (11521 Bridgeport Way SW, Lakewood) offers all-you-can-eat chicken on Tuesdays, pasta on Wednesday and barbecue ribs on Thursdays for $9.99 with purchase of a drink (non-alcoholic or alcoholic). TWILIGHT DINNER Mercato Ristorante (111 Market St. NW, Olympia) offers a $17.95 twilight dinner. For more details, call 360.528.3663. TAKE OUT HG Bistro
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Jackie Fender, Weekly Volcano cohort and one of the Gritty City's art scene and literary superstars, is about to step things up a notch. She and fellow Volcano scribe Joshua Swainston are releasing the first print collection of stories and poems from their online literary destination, CreativeColloquy.com. I chose this
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The holiday shopping season has likely already started for many, but really kicks into high gear with the rapidly approaching Black Friday, followed closely by Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. While Small Business Saturday has made a point of sticking up for local businesses, there's still a heavy focus
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC South Tacoma Farmers Market Tacoma - South. Julie Gribble. All Ages. 10:30 am. NC. Hi-Fidelity Lounge Bremerton. Open Mic. 21+. 8:30 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Open Mic Night. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Open Note Shape Singing. All Ages. 5 pm.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Cafe Luna Vashon. Kathryn Logan. All Ages. 7:30 pm. NC. Harbor Greens/Forza Wine Bar Gig Harbor. Rick Gonzalez. 21+. 7 pm. NC. Paddy Coyne’s Irish Pub Tacoma - Downtown. Traditional Irish Music Session. Leo MacNamara & guests. 21+. 7 pm. BLUES Rock the Dock Pub & Grill Tacoma - Downtown. Billy Roy Danger &
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Cafe Luna Vashon. May Stands Still. All Ages. 7:30 pm. NC. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Rick May & Gil Yslas. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. BLUES O'Callahan's Pub & Grill Key Peninsula. Blues Orbiters. 21+. 8 pm. NC. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. King Dogs. 21+. 9 pm. JR's Hideaway Belfair. MoJo Blues. 21+.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Olympia Farmers Market Olympia - Downtown. David Wayne. All Ages. 11 am. NC. Liquid Soul Coffee Roy. Open Mic. Hosted by David Wayne. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES The Junction Sports Bar and Grill Chehalis. Blues Jam. Hosted by Blues Attitude. 21+. 8 pm. City Hall Saloon and Eatery Enumclaw. Junkyard Jane. 21+.
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You may not recognize the name of retired filmmaker Warren Miller, but chances are high you've seen some of his work. Starting in 1950 with his debut documentary feature, Deep and Light, Miller shot a new nonfiction film about skiing and/or snowboarding every year for 54 years. He captured some
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[NOISE-ROCK] + SAT, NOV. 15 Octagrape like to describe their music with cutesy terms like "hazy rabbits foot jams," but what they really deal with is searing noise. The only way I can see a rabbit's foot as a metaphor for Octagrape is to imagine the silky fur as it transitions
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There are certain bands that have oddly flown under the radar for entire generations of music snobs - bands that you've heard of, sure, but not any band that you'd ever be caught actively listening to. I saw one of those dopey "Did You Know?" factoids on a '70s music
