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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 Grill Bonney Lake. Wednesday Night Blues Jam. All Ages. 7-11 PM. COMEDY/GAMES Pints & Quarts Pub Westside Olympia - Westside. Bingo. Win prizes.
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BLUES Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino rockin' blues jam. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Harmon Tap Room Tacoma - Stadium District. Tap Room Trivia. $50 cash prize for the winner of each round. 6-8 pm. JAZZ El Gaucho Tacoma Tacoma - Downtown. Butch Harrison piano Lounge. 6 pm. NC. ROCK Le Voyeur Olympia - Downtown. Mosquito
Military Life
Monday, Feb. 19, 2007, started like any other day for a spouse whose husband is deployed. "I just backed out of my parking space and my cell phone rang," said Kathreyn Harris, wife of now retired Staff Sgt. Shilo Harris. On the other end of the
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There is no stopping Maj. Zori Drew. A growing presence in the field of technical science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), she recently received the Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association's (AFCEA) Under 40 Award and the Women in Engineering: Rising Star Award. "I get after anything that's in my path," began
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Time is hard to get with a three-star general. And for leadership from across Joint Base Lewis-McChord, known as JBLM, a short block of time with Lt. Gen. Robert Brown, commanding general of I Corps, proved to be a valuable thing. Brown met with more than
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The paths of two Washington natives - men who in their separate ways have never given up or refused to be defeated - intersected last February, and together they made history. In 2016 at the Paralympic Games in Rio De Janeiro, they hope to do so again - this time
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There's an annual love affair with autumn characterized by the nip of a crisp evening, the smell of warm apple cider and the orange, red and yellow turning of the leaves and fields of pumpkins. This is the stuff of a wonderful dream. For the 32nd year in a row, Spooner
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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. The Midnight Sun Performance Space Olympia - Downtown. The Lonely Night: Luminous Solo Dance Works, with Stephen Fadrich, White Gourd. All Ages. 6 pm. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South.
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There are some hobbies better kept to yourself. You know, the ones you do alone in your basement late at night. And then there are some truly cool hobbies, like model railroads. These should be celebrated and dragged out in the open for all to admire. This is why the
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Matrix Coffee House Chehalis. Caleb Ross. All Ages. 8 pm. $6. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Tingstad & Rumbel. All Ages. 8 pm. $12-$18. COMEDY/GAMES Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Brett Hamill. 8:30 and 10:30 pm. $15. Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Steve Mazan. 8
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We knew this girl in college who dressed like a certain pop star we all knew and loved; she was what we punkers called a "Madonna-wanna." We ended up hanging out with this miniature pop star replica, spending endless hours watching her do this dance at house parties. How'd she
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As sure as you'll pair a stack of pancakes with the 2 a.m. showing of the holiday cartoon featuring that French-Canadian miner and amateur dentist, the Weekly Volcano will write about Ocean Grooves hosting homeboy DJ Donald Glaude's annual Christmastime show in Tacoma. We'll remind you he spun at Lakewood
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Tingstad & Rumbel. All Ages. 8 pm. $12-$18. BLUES Forza Coffee Fircrest. Nolan Garrett. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Brett Hamill. 8:30 pm. $15. Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Steve Mazan. 8 and 10:30 pm.
Music
In a world where every new band claims to have invented its own genre, and synthesizers outnumber real instruments, it's easy to think tradition has gone by the wayside. Especially when it comes to blues music. Telling people you listen to blues music usually produces a somewhat judgmental look, as
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Last year Weekly Volcano Publisher Pappi Swarner pounded some syrup, transformed into Buddy the Elf and infamously acted as the tour guide for the December 2011 installment of the Tacoma Third Thursday Art Walk Art Bus. Hilarity and art bus history ensued. Well guess what? Buddy is back. Also returning will
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Spar Cafe - Olympia. James Coates. 8 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. Harmon Brewery & Eatery Tacoma - Downtown. South Sound Blues Association Holiday Party. All Ages. 6-9 pm. NC. The Junction Sports Bar and Grill Chehalis.
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD - Joint Base Lewis-McChord hosted the Air Force Wounded Warrior Program during the Northwest Region Warrior CARE (Caregiver Support, Adaptive Sports and Ambassador Workshop, Recovering Airman Mentorship Program and Resiliency Programming, and Empowerment in Transition) event during the last week of August. AFW2 offers CARE events as a
Health
In September 2024, VA researchers will be reaching out to Gulf War-era veterans for the fourth time since the 1990-1991 Gulf War. This is a part of a long-term health study called the Gulf War Era Cohort Study. VA will send invitations to pre-selected veterans for this study. "Now, more than
Live & CD Reviews
Jesse Noll is a 31-year-old native of the Pacific Northwest who creates music in the vein of both blues and folk. Noll, at the time of this writing, is ranked number 1 in the Pacific Northwest in the genre of indie, blues, and folk on Reverbnation, and has amassed a
