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Ricky J's Restaurant and Sports Lounge doesn't exactly sound like the name of a meat market haven. But in fact, Ricky J's has some of the most reasonably priced meat in town. Every Tuesday night Ricky J's offers a bar steak special for $4.95. That's a heaping pile of meat
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John F. Kennedy, Frank Sinatra and Paul Newman. Cool, cool cats. And these cool cats wouldn't suckle off the Wednesday night $1 PBR special. They went for top shelf. Single malt. They went classy. The best of the best. Fortunately for us cool cats in training, Asado of Tacoma has
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This year, The Christmas Revels - an interactive holiday performance and celebration - will bring to Tacoma the customs, culture and music of Wales. "Wales is a singing culture," said Mary Lynn, executive director of the Puget Sound Revels. "They sing in multi-part harmony at rugby games." It's a perfect subject for
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Climate change is a bit of a hot topic these days. (Pun fully intended.) For all the talk this election season, the nation appears to be divided between two extremes - one side thinks it doesn't exist, while the other side thinks we'll be living in the movie Waterworld in
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Seattle's Mad Rad don't know when to quit. Between the end of their monstrous West Coast tour with Mash Hall and their new Mountain State Tour with State of the Artist, they took exactly two days off. And given how hard these dudes supposedly party, that's even more of a
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The Hard Way share their name with what is perhaps one of the most ridiculously fun action movies ever. The Hard Way, the movie, is big, dumb and silly, and it stars Michael J. Fox as an actor researching a role as a cop by going on a ride-along with
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Sweet Water has played Hell's Kitchen before. In fact, a simple search of the Weekly Volcano's database reveals a Sweet Water show at Hell's Kitchen almost a year ago, in April of 2010. Not that I was searching the databases trying to find old copy to steal for this week's
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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 present in a discussion
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As a young boy, Gavin Woody enjoyed adventures in California as a Boy Scout and Eagle Scout. Many other childhood adventures included camping and backpacking over 50 miles through the woods complete with a summit of Mt. Whitney. These experiences are something that stuck with Woody and forged a lifelong
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Thing: Raw food Place: Caffe Dei Includes: Veggies Not: Animals Nor: Sushi (darn) Mainly: Vegan Must try: Kale chips Tasty: Yes Healthy: Yes Friendly: Yes I am: One of those three things Which one: You guess Every once in a while this ol' liver of mine screams for a good detox, so I put down my beer and fulfill my body's requests.
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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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City Center is one of three Michigan bands currently touring the U.S. together. Sharing a van is not an issue, as Swimsuit and Secret Twins draw from the same pool of tight-knit talent. Dina Bankole plays guitar in both Secret Twins and Swimsuit, and her bandmates are likewise busy: bassist
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Save a tooth and treat a troop! That was this year's motto for the Neal Smiles Orthodontics Candy Buy-Back program that helped gather candy around Halloween time to be donated to servicemembers and veterans 2,800 pounds in all. It may not be an easy task to motivate young children to not
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Hannah's Bar & Grille Olympia - Downtown. Open Mic. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Pints & Quarts Pub Westside Olympia - Westside. Bingo. Win prizes. 8:30 pm. Free. Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedy Open Mic Night. 7:30
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC O'Blarney's Irish Pub Olympia - Eastside. Irish Sessions. Live traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. James Bryan, Carl Jones. All Ages. 8 pm. $15. Tacoma Farmers Market Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. James Coates. All Ages. 3 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Dables In Bloom. All Ages. 6:30 pm. NC. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. The Paul Green Band. 7 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 7 pm. NC. Steilacoom Pub and Grill Steilacoom. Beer Pong.
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Tony Worrell wanted to surprise his girlfriend with a romantic one-night getaway. As soon as he pulled into the driveway at Treehouse Point, he knew he'd succeeded in his quest. "She was completely shocked," said Worrell, a Lakewood resident. "I had heard about (Treehouse Point) a couple of years ago on television,
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BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 8 pm. City Hall Saloon and Eatery Enumclaw. Rockin' Blues Jam Session. Hosted by Max Renshaw. 6 pm. Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Sunday Blues Jam Night. Hosted by Shelly Ely. 7-10 pm. The Spar Tacoma - Old
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It was an outdoor classroom, an experience in learning by doing known to educators as "experiential education." But for the six Joint Base Lewis-McChord teens taking part in a Cutty Sark Wooden Sailing Ship Adventure to the San Juan Islands April 30 to May 1, it was mostly just fun. The second
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Brad Andrews. All Ages. 6:30 pm. NC. Java Fusion Tacoma. Brian Sonneman. All Ages. 1 pm. NC. Gig Harbor Farmers Market at Uptown Gig Harbor. Open Mic and Acoustic Jam with Billy Farmer. A live CD recording of performances are available. All Ages. 9-11 am. Free. Gruv Lounge
