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Army civilian Carl E. Marchlewicz demonstrated selfless service when he was off the clock last year: he didn't even think twice before running into a burning home to rescue six children. Marchlewicz was among a dozen Army civilian and military personnel honored today at the Pentagon, with the 2014 Secretary of
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BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. Eagle's Hall Olympia - Downtown. OlyBlues Dance Night. All Ages. 9 pm. $5. City Hall Saloon and Eatery Enumclaw. Taco Thursday Live Blues Night. 5 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma
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COMEDY/GAMES Red Wind Casino Yelm. Brian Green. 8:30 pm. NC. Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Don Friesen. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Nat Baimel. 8:30 pm. $15. Lucky Eagle Casino Rochester. Rodney Carrington: Laughter's Good. 8 pm.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Morso Wine Bar Gig Harbor. Jaime Wyatt. 8 pm. $25. Northern Pacific Coffee Co. Tacoma - Parkland. James Coates, Patrick Baldwin & Adam Hendricks. All Ages. 8 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Kevin Carr. All Ages. 8 pm. $10-$15. Le
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Do you yearn for the long-lost days of dapper duds and the fash 'stache? Feather & Oar's inaugural Tacoma Tweed Ride will recall those finer bits of life. A celebration of turn-of-the-century fashions, particularly the tweed suit, this Victorian-esque bike ride starts at the Point Defiance Park Pagoda and winds
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Most football fans have heard of Herschel Walker. Many of these same people know Walker won the 1982 Heisman Trophy during his junior year at the University of Georgia and he was a top running back in the NFL. Fewer of these folks can rattle off his professional football statistics, which include
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It started out as a routine appointment to get some professional photos shot to send to her deployed husband. But before Joint Base Lewis-McChord spouse Bethany Lord knew it, she and photographer and fellow spouse Kara Trimmer had decided to start their own magazine. "I just wanted some pictures for my husband
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Sax Restaurant and Lounge Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Olivia De La Cruz. All Ages. 7-9 pm. NC. Hannah's Bar & Grille Olympia - Downtown. Open Mic. 9 pm. NC. Northern Pacific Coffee Co. Tacoma - Parkland. Open Mic. 8 pm. NC. Sax Restaurant and Lounge Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Sax Unplugged. Tacoma bands
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC O'Blarney's Irish Pub Olympia - Eastside. Irish Sessions. Live traditional Irish music. 7:30 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Farrelli's Gourmet Wood Fire Pizza Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Team Trivia Night. 9 pm. Farrelli's Gourmet Wood Fire Pizza Sumner. Team Trivia Night. 9 pm. The
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BLUES The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Bill Barner & The Groove Gators. 21+. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar Bingo. 21+. 7 pm. DJ/ELECTRONIC Latitude 84 Tacoma - South. DJ Jacob. Hip-hop, R&B, Top 40, and dance. 21+. 9 pm. NC. Happy Days Casino Lakewood. DJ dance. Top 40. 21+. 9
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Open Shape Note Singing Group. All Ages. 5 pm. NC. BLUES The Spar Tacoma - Old Town. Abdul El Kader. 7 pm. NC. Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma -
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Peter Mayer. All Ages. 7 pm. $8-$12. Engine House No. 9 Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Steve Stefanowicz. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. Cafe Luna Vashon. Vashon Celtic Players & Knitting Group. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Cafe Luna Vashon. Dustin Darnold. All Ages. 7:30 pm. NC. Blue Heron Arts Center Vashon. Island Celtic Celebration, with Dan Brown, Geordie's Byre, Hillside Irish Dancers, Gordon Miller, Kat Eggleston, Julie Mainstone, Marita Ericksen. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $13-$15. Steilacoom Cafe Steilacoom. James Coates, A Leaf. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Salty's at
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Urban Grace Church Tacoma - Downtown. Kye Alfred Hillig Album Release Party, featuring Bradford Loomis. All Ages. 7 pm. Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Cascade Community Center JBLM-Lewis Main. Bar Bingo in Heroes Lounge. No cash prizes.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Cafe Luna Vashon. Benefit Concert, featuring Jon Whalen. All Ages. 7:30 pm. Donations. HG Bistro Puyallup. Chicks With Guitars. 21+. 7 pm. NC. Pantages Theater Tacoma - Downtown. Indigo Girls. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $36-$66. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Jam On My Muffin. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. Rialto Theater Tacoma - Downtown.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Uncle Sam’s American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Jerry Miller Unplugged. 6 pm. NC. Liquid Soul Coffee Roy. Open Mic. Hosted by David Wayne. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES The Junction Sports Bar and Grill Chehalis. Blues Jam. Hosted by Blues Attitude. 21+. 8 pm. O'Callahan's Pub & Grill Key Peninsula. Blues Jam. Hosted
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Susan Christian continues to show the strongest art to be seen in Olympia in her little "Project Space" at Salon Refu. Her latest show is "Thomas Johnston Palmpeset II, Paintings and Photography." This is some powerful stuff - most notably "Envelop," the painting used on the posters and
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Thursday, March 18 Ladies Night featuring half off all wine flights and $5 house pours, Sip, 4793 Point Fosdick Dr. N.W, Gig Harbor, 253.853.3020. Wine tasting, noon to 6 p.m., complimentary, Walter Dacon Winery, 50 S.E. Skookum Inlet Road, Shelton, 360.426.5913. Friday, March 19 Guardian Cellars wine tasting, 3-6 p.m., Water to Wine, 9014
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MARCH MADNESS CHALLENGE If you eat two burgers and fries in 24 minutes or less at the Varsity Grill before April 6, you will receive the food for free. Drop by the sports bar at 1114 Broadway in downtown Tacoma for the challenge and its rules. FORAGE THIS Master forager Langdon Cook will
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Susan Christian continues to show the strongest art to be seen in Olympia in her little "Project Space" at Salon Refu. Her latest show is "Thomas Johnston Palmpeset II, Paintings and Photography." This is some powerful stuff - most notably "Envelop," the painting used on the posters and invitations. It is