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Listen for the honking and yelling, and then maybe you'll see them: cyclists moving in and out of traffic, between parked cars, then braking hard in front of Fulcrum Gallery on Hilltop Tacoma. Eliot Lipp, Rockwell Powers and Lozen - a musical dream lineup for many - will fill the
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. BLUES Dave's of Milton Milton. Blues Jam, hosted by Doug McGrew. 7:30 pm. NC. Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim Hall. 8 pm. The Spar Tacoma - Old Town. Jerry Miller. 8
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Every year, the Washington D.C. comedy troupe Capitol Steps descends on Tacoma and Olympia, bringing with it a full bag of political humor and clever song parodies about things that rhyme with Scalia. Major laughs ensue. Elaina Newport cofounded the troupe in 1981 while working for Illinois senator Charles H.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Steilacoom Pub and Grill Steilacoom. Monday Music, featuring James Coates. 7 pm. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Black Rose. 7 pm. NC. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino and Brooke Lizotte Experimental Jam. 8 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma -
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There are those among us who can make their trip to a hair stylist the most riveting story you've heard all week. People whose stories never trail off into "it was really cool. ..." Envy them. They are not like you. Not only do they have great success at parties,
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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. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and Grill Tacoma - Northend. Barstool Bingo. 6:30 pm. White Horse Tavern Yelm. Barstool Bingo. Prizes! 7 pm.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Wed night Irish Session. 7:00- 930. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Cascade Community Center JBLM-Lewis Main. Bar Bingo in Heroes Lounge. No cash prizes. 7 pm. Pints & Quarts Pub
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On Oct. 18, the 570th Sapper Company of the 555th Engineer Brigade - the Triple Nickel - returned from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan. It was an early morning. Friends and families of the soldiers sat patiently at Joint Base Lewis-McChord at the 110th Chemical Battalion Readiness Bay. Brigade Commander
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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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A day in the life of freelance writer Melissa Renahan was not ordinary by any means. One minute she would interview actors Ricky Schroder or Tom Skerritt, and the next she was on the phone with World War II veteran Lt. Col. Richard "Ken" Wheeler, who was shot down over
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The paintings of Mark Landis have been featured in at least 46 museums in 20 different states over the course of 30 years. So why isn't this shy, slender Mississippian a renowned artist in his own right? Chalk it up to his knack for crafting expert forgeries of everyone ranging
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Barbara Ehrenreich's 2001 book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America is about her cross-country odyssey as a voluntary member of the working poor. Ehrenreich believes that even as poverty rates - and income inequality - climb, it's only getting harder to be poor. Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland
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B2 Fine art Gallery offers "The Black Aesthetic," with more works by notable African-American artists including Milt Simmons, Thelma J. Streat, Paul Dusenbury, Richard Mayhew, Humbert Howard, Norman Lewis and the great Romare Bearden. Simmons' paintings dominate this exhibition. His "Introspection" at six-by-eight feet is a dramatic,
