Music
The Music and Art in Wright Park festival, an annual event that carries on the torch of Tacoma's original Music in the Park festival, has a lot to do with history. A LOT. But it's also about Tacoma's future, and specifically its musical future. The seeds that have grown into the
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Sadly, Bandito Betty was on vacation last week. Someone in the Sidekick Teamsters Local #445 approved her vacation time without my consent, and I had to live with the consequences. Union reps were not willing to negotiate, so a scab sidekick was needed. For this, there was only one real
Food Matters
Patty's Burgers & Milkshakes The quintessential mom and pop diner, Patty's Burgers & Milkshakes on South Tacoma Way opened about four months ago and has already gained a loyal following. Decorated with pictures of hotrods, James Dean, Elvis and Marilyn Monroe, and photos of customers enjoying gigantic burgers, the red and
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In a personal quest begun in 2008 to better myself and increase the health of my mind, body and spirit, I quit drinking alcohol. It seemed orange juice and Sprite, bottled water or pineapple juice with tonic were to be my only options when out on the town. I quickly
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Do you ever wonder what it would be like to live in the days before big chain grocery stores? Where we shopped at small neighborhood markets, and did our laundry at the corner Laundromat? It was a simpler time, and this week I received a small taste of it. The Corner
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SEACATS >>> Thursday, Aug. 12 Tacoma has a problem developing bands like SEACATS. It seems like if you want power pop you have to leave Tacoma, and probably even pass by Seattle. You have to hit Kelso. Or Bellingham. Or one of many other Washington towns that's unselfconscious enough to nurture a
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Ah, the Future Show Benefit Show: the local music scene's glorious feedback loop. "Want to see a great show? Well, then you need to see this great show." Awesome. If you're at all interested in seeing next weekend's Music and Art in Wright Park festival, it'd be best for you to come
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Steilacoom Pub and Grill Steilacoom. Monday Music, featuring Kurt Lindsay. 7 pm. Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. St. Practice Day. 8 pm. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Uke-Olympians. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway.
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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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It has been 18 years since legendary Oly punk metal band Helltrout has played. In a development that started as joking about how funny it would be to have a reunion show like all old rockers, Helltrout is officially back for one glorious night. Four-fifths of the original band will
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Let's talk about some badass girl bands, shall we? Saturday at Le Voyeur you're going to see two of them: Morgan and the Organ Donors and Portland's Cat Fancy! (Exclamation point included.) About the latter: Cat Fancy! rides the art-punk line between pop songwriting and fuck-you dissonance. There are several
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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 Cascade Community Center JBLM-Lewis Main. Bar Bingo in Heroes Lounge. No cash prizes. 7 pm. Pints & Quarts Pub
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C.L.A.W.S. is the project of San Franciscan Brian D. Hock, an unlikely West Coast underground talent (and radio DJ) whose booming beats and wintry digital blips would sound right at home in the famed clubs of Cologne, the world capital for all things komische. Hock, who gleaned inspiration from time
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Tacoma has a problem developing bands like SEACATS. It seems like if you want power pop you have to leave Tacoma, and probably even pass by Seattle. You have to hit Kelso. Or Bellingham. Or one of many other Washington towns that's unselfconscious enough to nurture a Weezer-esque pop rock
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The long wait for the families of Kenneth Bae and Matthew Miller officially ended Nov. 8 when the two men stepped off their plane onto the tarmac at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, after being imprisoned in North Korea. James Clapper, U.S. director of National Intelligence went to Pyongyang, North Korea
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Over the past year Salon Refu has established itself as the edgiest art gallery in Olympia, if not the edgiest south of Seattle. But being in the avant-garde is not enough for gallery owner Susan Christian; she also insists that the art in her gallery be skillfully
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Over the past year Salon Refu has established itself as the edgiest art gallery in Olympia, if not the edgiest south of Seattle. But being in the avant-garde is not enough for gallery owner Susan Christian; she also insists that the art in her gallery be skillfully crafted - no
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Christmas is coming! You can tell because Sirius radio has turned the holiday carols switch on. Get into the Yuletide spirit early with Christmas carols by Karen Thomas and Seattle Pro Musica. Seattle Pro Musica, one of America's best choirs, brings a Gallic flair to Christmas with Christmas motets by Poulenc
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Olympia Latin-American jazz progenitor Steven Luceno has added his bass talent to many a project over the last 40 years, including the beloved Ocho Pies as well as Obrador, Bert Wilson, John Stowell, Joe Baque and Dennis Hastings. Luceno is a bona fide master of his art form and will
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Vince Brown is no stranger to string swing fans in the Northwest. He plays western swing style take-off guitar with Red Brown & the Tune Stranglers; strums guitar and tenor banjo with the gypsy swing band Hot Club Sandwich; he's half of Red and Ruby - a swing duo project
