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The notion of "ideas worth spreading" is a broad one, but it's one that will be explored when TEDxTacoma comes to the Theatre on the Square. TED, of course, standing for "technology, entertainment and design," these speaking engagements always draw a wide range of presenters with divergent backgrounds, all talking
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This week the entire bill rules. I wish I had room to dive into the history these bands have, how deep their ties to the music scene run, how stellar their dynamic is, like the patterns of a mandala, reaching into the organisms of time and space and stitching elements
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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. Third floor, no partner necessary. All Ages. 9 pm. $5. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Andy Haynes. 8 pm. $15.
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COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Andy Haynes. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Rex Navarrette. 8:30 pm. $15. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Magic At Your Table, with Cary Durgin. 6 pm. NC. DJ/ELECTRONIC Blue Heron Arts Center Vashon.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Judy Fjell. All Ages. 8 pm. $10-$15. Theatre on the Square Tacoma - Downtown. Project Trio. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $22-$36. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Andy Haynes. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Grit City
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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. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Golden Bough. All Ages. 7 pm. $10-$15. BLUES 2 Mile House Olympia - Westside. Blues Bentley Band Sunday
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Lacey Timberland Library Lacey. Joe & Paula McHugh: Green Fields Of America. All Ages. 4 pm. Metronome Coffee Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Joshua Powell & the Great Train Robbery. 6:30pm. NC. BLUES The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Blues County Sheriffs. 8 pm. Uncle Sam's American Bar &
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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. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Northern Olympia - Downtown. Diane Cluck, Sondra Sun-Odeon, Eleanor Murray. All Ages. 8 pm. $5. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Irish Session. All Ages. 8-10 pm. NC. Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm. NC. BLUES The Spar Tacoma -
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Though it gets a lot less press than Woodinville, the South Sound also has a number of wineries. The South Sound Wine Trail ventures through Olympia, Lacey and Shelton. Participating wineries are tucked throughout Thurston County and include Madsen Family Cellars, Medicine Creek Winery, Northwest Mountain
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With a mission statement that states "We've got your back," a Rally Point/6 office has opened in Lakewood ready to help transitioning military in the next step of their careers. Whether you're a veteran looking for a new job as you leave the military, or wanting to pursue college or a
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Chosin Company's Mark Shaw and Keith Roach blew down the ramp of their Stryker, turned hard to their left and began running toward a long berm 75 yards away. Spc. Shaw carried a M240B assault weapon; Spc. Roach carried the weapon's tripod and ammunition - plus his own weapon and ammunition. Both
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Well holy crap. Honestly, we see an event title like "Sewing & Stitchery EXPO" and our eyes instantly glaze over. Sounds like about 11 old ladies in a double wide crocheting death certificates, right? Wrong. Completely false. As it turns out, the Sewing & Stitchery EXPO overtaking the Washington State
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Fun fact: Before there were expos, people had no idea how to disseminate information about sustainability. It was a bleak time. Luckily, events like Saturday's South Sound Sustainability Expo at the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center have solved this problem, bringing "green" to the masses. According to yearly hype,
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Winter usually proves to be the time of year that the superstars of popular music hunker down in their California bunkers, eating horded steaks and sleeping snugly on beds made of $20 bills. It's also the time of year that the working Joes of the music scene make their way
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The only polar bear photograph you've seen recently was a snapshot of your hefty neighbor Earl and his New Year's Day plunge into Commencement Bay wearing a tutu and Viking helmet. Why would someone do such a thing? Anyway, you don't have to be a polar bear to enjoy traveler
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With so many Mardi gras parties to choose, you'll most likely find yourself in a bit of a party-picking pickle. Sometimes, when making decisions like these, the advice of your friends, family and Charlie Sheen just doesn't cut it. You may want to consider consulting some outside help - of
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Used books reign supreme over new books because there's something to be said for encountering a chocolate stain, a teardrop or a snot smear on random pages, reminding you that you're holding something someone enjoyed before you. Used books are things with histories. At the Friends Lakewood Library's Book Sale
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The music typically coming out of Denmark leans toward art punk, power electronics and cold synth pop. Jessica Lynne, who grew up 60 km south of Copenhagen, sings country music. Country Music Television had an effect, as did rural life, with cows outside the church windows. Whatever, Lynne relocated to
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When Chicago bands need a musician, they call Howard Levy. He can play any instrument and genre, although he prefers the piano and harmonica - and has a special affection for the music of South America, the Middle East and the Mediterranean. Most know Levy as the founding harmonica player
