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BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Tommy Johnagin. 8 pm. $15. The Ram Restaurant and Brewery Tacoma. Geeks Who Drink pub quiz. 8:30 pm. NC. Narrows Brewing Company Tacoma
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Watch out, Quentin Tarantino and Christopher Nolan: A new generation of directors wants your jobs. These aspiring filmmakers will showcase their efforts at the second annual TCC Student Film Showcase. A team-taught class at Tacoma Community College's Gig Harbor campus host a film event that will raise funds for student
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Urban Grace Church Tacoma - Downtown. Magical Strings 36th Annual Celtic Yuletide Concert. 7:30 pm. $12-$28 in advance, $3 more at the door. B Sharp Coffee House Tacoma - Downtown. Ty Elwin. All Ages. 8 pm. $3. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Tommy Johnagin. 8
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Bryan Bowers. All Ages. 8 pm. $10-$15. Rialto Theater Tacoma - Downtown. The Christmas Revels. All Ages. 2 pm & 7:30 pm. BLUES B Sharp Coffee House Tacoma - Downtown. Little Bill & The Blue Notes. All Ages. 8
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Tacoma's acclaimed Fulcrum Gallery hosts its annual Holiday Artists Market Saturday and Sunday offering one offs, B-sides and studio gems from such artists as Kellë McLaughlin, Darlene Dihel, Ometepe Art (Victor Inmaculada and Maria Davis), Artifaex Studios (Michael Wishwell), Mossport Studios (Gail Kelly) Scott Nelson and Lynne Farren and gallery
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. Rialto Theater Tacoma - Downtown. The Christmas Revels. All Ages. 1 pm & 5:30 pm. $12-$32. BLUES Dave's of Milton Milton. Blues Jam, hosted by Doug McGrew. 7:30 pm. NC. Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Steilacoom Pub and Grill Steilacoom. Monday Music, featuring Kurt Lindsay. 7 pm. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Uke-Olympians. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Black Rose. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma -
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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. Rialto Theater Tacoma - Downtown. The Christmas Revels. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $12-$32. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and Grill Tacoma - Northend.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. St. Practice Day. 5 pm. Rialto Theater Tacoma - Downtown. The Christmas Revels. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $12-$32. Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Wed
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It's official. Col. Leonard J. Kosinski will assume command of the 62nd Airlift Wing from current Commander Col. David Kumashiro in 2015. Kosinksi currently works as the vice commander of the 60th Air Mobility Wing on Travis Air Force Base, California, where he is responsible for the readiness and well being
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Seasoned musicians Nathan Weaver and Chris Beug recently opened Obsidian concert venue and cafe in downtown Olympia. They chose the name because of the healing and purifying properties associated with the black crystal formed from fast cooling volcanic lava. The aesthetic of Obsidian is an amalgamation of the building's existing
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If you haven't seen Kellë McLaughlin's art, which I had not until this week, you really should. Her "Bestial Mirrors" at Fulcrum Gallery is a skillfully presented mythology or bestiary of imaginative and fierce imagery. In bold wood block prints and even bolder ceramic sculptures, McLaughlin creates hybrid creatures with
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In my Stardust review, I cited a line from Ratatouille: "The new needs friends." That line, delivered by "Anton Ego," means the best thing a critic can do is focus attention on quality work that doesn't come with a built-in audience. Often, as in The Head! That Wouldn't Die!, it's
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"What's wrong with the same old thing? "I think that question answers itself." - actual dialogue from The Stardust Christmas Commotion Indeed it does. Coincidentally, my wife and I had just caught the end of Ratatouille on TV. The bloodthirsty critic voiced by Peter O'Toole in that film, Anton Ego, says of
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I recently celebrated my five-year anniversary as a theater critic. As befit this occasion, I noshed on humble pie, sour grapes and cold crow with a snifter of rattlesnake venom. I've already reviewed three different takes on Charles Dickens's beloved 1843 classic, A Christmas Carol. Is there anyone older than
