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Dr. Stan Flemming currently serves as the Pierce County councilmember for the 7th District and as the Pierce County executive pro-tem. With close to 20 years in public service, he has served as a member of the Washington State House of Representatives representing the 28th Legislative District and as the
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This Sunday, June 2, make your way over to Jake's on 4th for a community fundraiser for Siobhan, aka Rusty Nails, who has been in recovery since a March 27 hit and run accident in downtown Oly. She sustained many broken bones and has been undergoing many life-altering surgeries, including having part
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Cascadia Grill Olympia - Downtown. Jeremy Serwer. All Ages. 6-9 pm. NC. Matrix Coffee House Chehalis. Open Mic Night. All Ages. 6:30 pm. NC. Spar Cafe Olympia - Downtown. Shannon Stephens. 8 pm. NC. Olympia Farmers Market Olympia - Downtown. The Nebles. All Ages. 11 am.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Jacob Kostecka, James O'Keefe. All Ages. 7 pm. $8-$12. Olympia Farmers Market Olympia - Downtown. Sean Gaskell. All Ages. 11 am. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Joe List. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma
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This is a brand-new show, Olympia Family Theater's second premiere of the season (after Wind in the Willows, currently recording its cast album). It derives from Ellen Jackson's 1998 book of the same name, in which Edna, the girl who lives next door to sad sack Cinder Ella, goes
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I wasn't supposed to review this production. My wife, Amanda Stevens, is in Cinder Edna, so fellow Weekly Volcano scribe Joann Varnell was going to critique it, as she has with several shows during my thespian spring biathlon (Robin Hood and Legally Blonde). Then Joann realized she had Memorial Day
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Wind Rose Cellars Sequim. Mary Tulin. 6:30 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Joe List. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Rock the Dock Pub & Grill Tacoma - Downtown. Dance Off pants Off pole dancing celebration featuring raffles and naughty auction. 7 pm. Mud
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Louie G's Pizza Fife. 6th Annual Fish Food Benefit Concert Acoustic Stage featuring Lynn Sorenson, Heidi Vladyka, Dave Hannon, James Caotes. All Ages. 3 pm. $10 suggested donation. Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. Open mic format with Pam Carter from Classic Case as the host. 6-9 pm.
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The Mother Earth News Fair returns to the Puyallup Fairgrounds with Ed Begley Jr. in tow. The green activist will present a talk on energy conservation followed by a question-and-answer session 1:30 p.m. Sunday. When Begley isn't chatting up renewable energy and St. Elsewhere, the family-oriented sustainable lifestyle event will
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Underneath this respectable, suburban veneer lies a seething hotbed of decadence; behind a curtain of boring hides an orgiastic cacophony of richness. It's called jazz. If Bobble Tiki were to count awesome Northwest jazz musicians on one hand, Greta Matassa would land on his index finger. She headlines the Pierce College
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BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Billy Pease, Paul Buck and Chris Gartland. 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
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Acoustic open mic hosted by Leanne Trevalyan. 8 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Oly Songwriter Circle. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Red Wind Casino
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Irish Session. All Ages. 8-10 pm. NC. BLUES The Royal Lounge Olympia - Downtown. Alice Stuart, with Dan Tyack. 7:30 pm. Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma
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The Tallhouse Arts Consortium aerialists, whose Facebook profile states, "Farting rhinestones since... ah, we can't even remember," will delight audiences with its strong and sturdy flips, flying and artistic trapeze for the last time this season Wednesday at The Brotherhood Lounge. The group brings in interesting songs, unique performances, flirty
