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Karrin Allyson performs Sept. 18-22 at Jazz Alley in Seattle. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, (253) 627-TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TW = TicketsWest, (800) 325-SEAT, www.ticketswest.com TWEB = Ticketweb, (866) 468-7623, www.ticketweb.com on sale now Howie Mandell Puyallup. Sept. 15 5 and 8:30 pm. $20-$40 (Puyallup Fairgrounds, TM). Elspeth Savani And Orchestra Zarabanda Seattle. Sept. 15 9:30 pm. $12-$20
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Friday, Aug. 31 INDIE FOLK adam sweeney What is indie folk? Isn’t folk just folk? Well, I don’t know either, but that’s where Adam Sweeney has categorized himself. Listing such obscure neo-traditional folk minstrels as Dave Carter and Josh Ritter as major influences, Sweeney is one of a handful of young artists
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Every once is a while a band comes along that is hard to describe without adding three or four exclamation marks at the end of each sentence. When I started to write this story about Girl in a Coma, I had to physically restrain myself by duct taping the upper
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Team Unicorn Records is not your typical indie record label. They don’t have a CEO, an office or even an official telephone number. It’s more of a collective of Tacoma bands and a tight knit community than a record label in the traditional sense. The bands of Team Unicorn are
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Hairstylist Denise Francis finessed a couple of Manhattan Blowouts at the Biella Launch Thursday night: one set of the curls graced the head of spa owner and operator Ruth Soukup, while the other frolicked atop the head of Women of the Military Makeover winner, Jennifer Nagle, whose husband, newly home
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The painting on the side of the building looks like it’s been there forever, well suited for a Tacoma icon many consider one of the cultural treats that set Tacoma apart from the average strip-mall enclave. It’s the kind of book store where you can bring your well-loved tomes and
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Not quite, since all three shops will have totally different outlooks: Super Supplements, set to open Sept. 1 in the space next to the recently opened Tight Cuts on Sixth and Pearl in Tacoma, will offer all manner of healthy goodies — vitamins, minerals, organic beauty aids. Willow, a new
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Olympia Family Theater has joined the ranks of recent Tacoma and Olympia companies to make physical changes to their space. As of Sept. 1, they have finally found a permanent home in the old Capital Playhouse theater. They are currently fundraising to update the sound, put in new carpet in
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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 Quinn Dahle. 8 pm. $15. The Ram Restaurant and Brewery Tacoma. Geeks Who Drink pub quiz. 8:30 pm. NC. O'Blarney's Irish Pub Olympia
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Fiddle Fest, featuring Riff Raff, The Bow Pullers, Pine Top Pickers, Nordic Spirit, Joe & Paula McHugh, Les Gens Des Chutes, hosted by Carla Wulfsberg. All Ages. 5 pm. NC. BLUES Southbay Dickerson's BBQ Olympia - Downtown. Blue Laces, Mudcat.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC B Sharp Coffee House Tacoma - Downtown. Sundae, Mr. Goessl. All Ages. 8 pm. BLUES Rialto Theater Tacoma - Downtown. Heritage Blues Orchestra. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $10-$39. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Quinn Dahle. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Matrix Coffee House Chehalis. Variety Show
