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Recently circumstances forced me to step in and cover one of my server’s shifts. I like to serve. The money can be really good. However, my skills are a little rusty, and while the job of a restaurant server is not the most challenging job out there, it does take
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“dream” over Gig Harbor’s Encore! theater is ending its run this weekend of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at its outdoor theater. The spin-off of William Shakespeare’s comedy ends Sunday. [Impact Church International, 7 p.m. Friday-Sunday, $6-$15, 3819 Hunt St., Gig Harbor, 253.858. 2282, www.encoretheater.org] ah, youth Creative Theatre Experience Youth Theatre’s summer offering is
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Red Molly. All Ages. 7 pm. BLUES Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Crazy Texas Gypsies Open Jam. 8 pm. Midtown
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In the past few years, I've observed a once-dying medium's return to music's mainstream, and it's re-entering into the consciousness of America's youth - the vinyl record. Even after its coercion into near extinction, vinyl maintained its appeal to a small group of music listeners due to its richer sound,
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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. BLUES Summit Pub Puyallup. Tim Hall & The Band Real Times. 7:30 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and Grill Tacoma - Northend. Barstool
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BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday. 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 City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedy Open Mic. 8
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. Open mic format with Pam Carter from Classic Case as the host. 6-9 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 8 pm. The Spar Tacoma - Old Town. Ravin Wolf. 8 pm. NC.
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COMEDY/GAMES Washington Center for the Performing Arts Olympia - Downtown. Broadway's Next Hit Musical Improv Show. All Ages. 7:30 pm. Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Duane Goad. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Rodney Sherwood. 8:30 and 10:30 pm.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Forza Coffee Fircrest. Megan Biegalski. All Ages. 6 pm. BLUES Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Jim King & the Southsiders. 8 pm. $5. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Duane Goad. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Rodney Sherwood. 8:30
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Spar Cafe Olympia - Downtown. John Phelan. 8 pm. NC. Matrix Coffee House Chehalis. Open Mic Night. All Ages. 6:30 pm. NC. 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.
South Sound Happy Hours App
The Weekly Volcano Happy Hour App has up-to-date listings of happy-hour offerings from bars, clubs, taverns and restaurants from Tumwater to Federal Way, from Gig Harbor to Bonney Lake. As of now, some 160 happy hours are listed - with more being added on a constant basis. Your
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American life after the Civil War was defined by incorporation, melding what had been two separate countries - with separate lifestyles, industries and culture - into one entity. This idea of bringing everything together prompted the birth of American vaudeville, an organized and localized version of variety theater. Although the
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