Arts
You never know what you're going to find at a garage sale, from antique lamps to half-used bottles of hand lotion to pottery ashtrays lovingly crafted by children. But at the Artists' Garage Sale, happening Saturday in Olympia, you do know that whatever you find will be art-related. "There are not just
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Of the trends and affectations that began to emerge in the indie rock scene of the past decade, the one that always inspired admiration and confusion in me was that bands suddenly started having two drummers. The sight of two drum kits on a stage tends to be a compelling
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YARN OWL >>> Friday, May 20 At first blush, Yarn Owl sound perilously similar to other backwoods-embracing, beard-sporting, indie-folk poseurs like Fleet Foxes. In my mind, there is nothing really wrong with those kinds of bands (despite the arguments you could make about their credibility - if credibility need ever really be
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Three nationally prominent Native American artists and one quickly rising new Native art star are featured in the latest show at B2 Fine Arts. Joe Feddersen, of Colville heritage from Omak and an art teacher at The Evergreen State College, is best known as a printmaker, but also makes baskets, glass
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Friday, May 25 PROGRESSIVE ROCK the bimm quaid In my ongoing search to find bands that are atypical and who defy the norm, I ran across the Bimm Quaid on MySpace and was instantly impressed as their first song belted out of my speakers. With a blend of jazz-fusion and psychedelic rock
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Fridays were meant for debauchery. Fridays were meant for cheap beer. Fridays were meant for making out with someone you don’t really know. Fridays were meant for the Broken Oars. Luckily, and appropriately, this Friday’s show at Hell’s Kitchen offers all of the above. Debauchery. Cheap beer. Unfamiliar lips. And one of
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on sale now Robin Williams Seattle. May 24 8 pm. $45 (The Showbox, TM). Pearl Django, Lance Buller/Stephanie Porter Experience Tacoma. June 2 8 pm. $25 (Narrows Theater, 253.565.6867). Doug Stanhope, Andy Andrist, Brandon Popson Tacoma. June 5 8 pm. $15-17 (Jazzbones, 253.396.9169). The Beatniks Tacoma. June 8 9 pm. $12-$15 (Jazzbones, 253.396.9169). Reeble Jar,
Food Matters
A new restaurant is opening Thursday, May 19, in downtown Olympia. Located at 317 E. Fourth Ave., the Greek deli-style establishment boasts fresh blue paint and stainless steel kitchen equipment. The business may look new, but the sticker on the front door tells curious passersby this place is the new
Scene It
I get to Malarkey's a little before midnight on Friday the 13th, thinking this will be the ideal time to sift through the crowd and get some good people-watching done. Unfortunately, attendance is sparse in the rather huge space Malarkey's boasts. I'm greeted mainly by the deep green walls and
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J-Mar Da Sik is back with Du4Self Records to hit us with another mixtape, Off With Their Heads. The mixtape drops May 27 and will be available on datpiff.com and du4self.com. Da Sik is celebrating the release of the mixtape with a ridiculously packed album-release show at the Gruv Lounge (also
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The holidays are a time for family, friends and fun; gathered around tables crammed with caloric casseroles, or gathered around trees adorned with sparkling lights and ornaments. It's a time to celebrate bonds and to make and cherish memories. It's also the time for - cue dramatic drumroll - gift
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Why would you pay $25 for a shave when you can do it yourself? It's a luxury. It's a manly way to be pampered. It's grooming nostalgia in the best way possible. Why buy clothes when you can stitch them yourself? Or why pay for food when you can farm
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Ypsilanti, Michigan, is a capacious, creative "dark horse little sister" of a city, situated only six miles outside Ann Arbor. In the late 19th century, the ambitious hucksters of the Cornwell Paper Company sold effervescent "healing water" siphoned from a well almost a thousand feet deep ("If you are sick
Ragnet
In every issue of this fine rag my hack team of wannabe journalists and I tackle some of the most laughable criminal acts that have recently happened in our area. Then - if we're doing our job - we write about those crimes in a way that makes you chuckle,
Sipping Out
Thursday, May 19 Pomum Cellars tasting, 5:30-8 p.m., complimentary, Pour At Four, 3814 B. 26th St., Tacoma, 253.761.8015. Half-price bottle wine night for wines less than $100, Maxwell's Speakeasy, 454 St. Helens, Tacoma, 253.683.4115. Half-price wine, all night, Harmon Tap Room, 204 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma, 253.212.2725. $3 Thursdays: $3 beer, $3 wells, $3
Food Matters
NEW SPICE BLENDS Chef William Mueller of Babblin' Babs Bistro (2724 N. Proctor, Tacoma) has released his own Culinary Spice Blends. His blends of New Orleans, Thai, West Indies, Lonestar, Everyday and Greek add exotic flavors to your home-cooked meals and barbecue. The all-natural herb blends are available at his Proctor
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Looking for something slightly out of the ordinary to jazz up your next holiday get-together? Well, you live in the right place. The South Sound is positively brimming with unique brews to get that party started. So gather your besties and get ready to celebrate the season with these fine
Advice Goddess
QUESTION: I met an amazing guy - the kind I swore didn't exist: thoughtful, caring, and incredibly secure. He seemed to love me. We were together exactly nine months when he called and suggested we go dancing. Ten minutes after I arrived at the club, he broke up with me.
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The small-town holiday experience is alive and well in Sumner. With the city proper covering less than eight square miles and a population just shy of 10,000 people, the "Rhubarb Pie Capital of the World" hearkens back to the good old days when everyone knew everyone's name, and you could
Nightlife It List
A sweaty dance floor. Clothing falling off the skin. A DJ churning out the hottest of club bangers. This isn't a dream. This is Jake's. And it's the best dance floor in Olympia. [Jake's on 4th, 9 p.m., gay-friendly, 311 E. Fourth Ave., Olympia, 360.956.3247]
