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A fantasy, even a comic fantasy, needs above all to be lean and uncluttered. Only reality is untidy. The classic fantasy structure involves the hero, the quest, the prize and what stands in the way. It is not a good sign that almost the most entertaining element of “Stardust” is
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Reilly & Maloney. All Ages. 8 pm. $15-$20. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. The Junction Sports Bar and Grill Lewis County. Blues Jam. Hosted by Blues Attitude.
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Writing in her 1891 compilation, Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cookbook, Mrs. D.A. Lincoln describes a clam boil as follows: "An impromptu clambake may be had at any time at low tide along the coast where clams are found. If you wish to have genuine fun, and to know what an appetite
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Artubus Folk School Olympia - Downtown. Benny Sidelinger. All Ages. 5-7 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Fiddle Fest, with Riff Raff, Jamie Fox, The Young Geezers, Pinniped, Terrible Lizard, The Quebecois Session Of Olympia. All Ages. 5 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Grit City
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Artubus Folk School Olympia - Downtown. Fiddlie-I-Ay, Old Time Family String Band. All Ages. Noon to 2 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Nina Gerber, Chris Webster. All Ages. 8 pm. $10-$15. BLUES Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. The Cold 102's.
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Sesame Street's Ernie must have hit the pipe when he proclaimed "Rubber duckie, you're the one." Sure, the little yellow toys are iconic but, as evident by the inaugural Iron Duck World Championships, are not as fun as the real thing.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. The Commons House Vashon. Mainstone and MacLeod: Dual CD Release Show. All Ages. 5 pm. BLUES 2 Mile House Olympia - Westside. Blues Bentley Band Sunday Jam. 5-8 pm. NC. Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues
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BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Billy Pease, Paul Buck and Chris Gartland Black Rose. 7 pm. NC. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino rockin' blues jam. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 7 pm. NC. Grit
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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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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC A Rhapsody In Bloom Florist and Cafe Latte Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Steve Beck. All Ages. 7 pm. Donations. Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm. NC. BLUES The Royal Lounge Olympia - Downtown. Alice Stuart, with Dan Tyack. 7:30 pm.
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Fred Oldfield is known for his positive outlook on life, great storytelling and his passion for fishing. He is also one of the best western artists every to paint the western town red. Drawing on the experiences of his young life and possessing a keen interest in the history of
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Meghan Mitchell's drawings in the show "Hello" at Fulcrum Gallery are delightful. I could easily dismiss them as cute little drawings not really important as art, but I could just as easily dismiss the art of great graphic artists like Saul Steinberg and Jules Feiffer in the same way. I
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Originally, this music pick was going to be about Olympia rockers Horse Bodies, who never cease to have high-energy rock shows, but as I investigated the rest of the bill, I have decided to include other bands, like Highlight Bomb, who are ready to play Olympia for the first time
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Mural art doesn't seem like the kind of discipline that should be broken into seasons, like fashion or the performing arts - not least because so many murals, with their all-together-now imagery and perennial visibility, seem lodged in a permanent Sesame Street-like past. But the weather in the South Sound
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Why do we love movies so much? Not just watching them, but making them, too. Watching is easy - you leave your life behind for a brief amount of time in trade for what's happening on screen. Making them - it becomes your life for an amount of time. The
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Tacoman Erik Hanberg loves parks and books. He's taken both passions to the next level. He's currently a commissioner with Metro Parks Tacoma. He's also penned The Saints Go Dying, The Marinara Murders and within days of releasing his first sci-fi novel, The Lead Cloak. Hanberg is campaigning to create
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New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber has 170 million books in print; the newest, Rose Harbor in Bloom, will be front and center Wednesday when Macomber visits the Tacoma Public Library Main Branch. The book is the sequel to The Inn at Rose Harbor, which was set in the
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It may be grayer than Bea Arthur's pixie cut outside, but not so inside King's Books Wednesday. The Stadium District bookstore draws a crowd during the Scrabble Rabble sessions, where folks compete with similar skill level players and pounce with triple word scores. The Weekly Volcano doesn't know about you
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Musical performances during openings at B2 Fine Art Gallery are nothing new, but the gallery is branching out into music in a big way with the first of a two-part series of art celebrating music. "SPIN 1: American Vinyl Exhibition" - which has been extended through Nov. 16 - is
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There are those among us who can make their trip to a hair stylist the most riveting story you've heard all week. People whose stories never trail off into "it was really cool. ..." Envy them. They are not like you. Not only do they have great success at parties,
