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Early summer in the South Sound means changing warmer weather, adding a boa and checking out the pride festivals. In conjunction with Olympia Capital City Pride event - June 19-22 - the Olympia Film Society presents the 2014 Pride Film Festival. According to pre-film festival hype, "We hope to entertain,
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BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. Charley's Pub Fircrest. Chicago Blues Thursdays. Real Chicago blues with Richard Molina. 8-11 pm. NC. Eagle's Hall Olympia - Downtown. OlyBlues Dance Night. Third floor, no partner necessary. All Ages. 9
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The unofficial creed of the United States Postal Service, inscribed on the James Farly Post Office in New York City, reads, "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." If the Tacoma Postal Service had had an
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC B Sharp Coffee House Tacoma - Downtown. Forest Beutel & Friends. All Ages. 8 pm. Cork! A Wine Bar Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Kurt Lindsay. 8:30 pm. NC. Matrix Coffee House Chehalis. Seth Hoffman. All Ages. 7 pm. $6. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian
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Music has been a part of the cinema since almost the beginning of film history. From the simple piano accompaniment of silent films to Max Steiner's swelling scores (such as that for Gone With The Wind) to "... and Iiiiiiiiii-yi-iiiiiiiiiii will always love youuuuuuuu-uh-hoo-uh-hooooo ..." from The Bodyguard, they've become
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC The Mineral School Mineral. Storytelling & Song: Eric Taylor, with The Drop Shadows. All Ages. 7 pm. $25. BLUES Red Bicycle Bistro and Sushi Bar Vashon. Bill Brown & The Kingbees. All Ages. 8:30 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Sarah Colonna. 8 and 10:30
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Capital City Pride began under the aegis of Rainbow Center Olympia. Back then, the festival drew a few hundred people. Now as many as 10,000 celebrants converge on a two-day extravaganza that marks the climax of a very busy year for the organization. After a "Pride Power-up & Dance Party"
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. Washington Center for the Performing Arts Olympia - Downtown. Summertime Soiree, featuring Daven Tillinghast. 6:30 pm. An Evening With Joan Baez. All Ages. 8 pm. BLUES Dave's of Milton Milton. Blues Jam, hosted by Doug McGrew. 7:30 pm. NC. Dawson's
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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. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Blues Night. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES The Hub Tacoma - Stadium District. Bar Bingo. Cash
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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 C.I. Shenanigans Tacoma - Northend. Live music on the patio. All Ages. 7-10 pm. NC. 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. Free. COMEDY/GAMES Cascade Community Center
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Theater, no matter how hard we try, is nothing like life. It's amplified, focused, condensed and artificial. That's not to say we who craft it are unobliged to say anything about real life, but we needn't feel we must reproduce it photographically as if there were no
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Theater, no matter how hard we try, is nothing like life. It's amplified, focused, condensed and artificial. That's not to say we who craft it are unobliged to say anything about real life, but we needn't feel we must reproduce it photographically as if there were no audience members sharing
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Federal law mandates that all schools have programs for students with disabilities, but Brandman University - which offers it across every aspect of learning, from in the classroom to online distance learning - is leading the way and helping all students to reach their educational goals. "Technology is making it so
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There are line flubs, sure. I've heard less covering in Beatlemania. The uncertainty lengthens an already-too-long show to 2:30 plus intermission. Still, it's a tribute to OLT's veteran leads that I almost never knew who went up. The actors remain locked into each other, ad-libbing credibly
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A day after opening night of The Cemetery Club at Olympia Little Theatre, my objective and subjective selves are still debating its merits. From a technical standpoint, the show has grievous shortcomings. It's blocked so we spend much of our time gazing at actors' hair instead of their faces. The
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Comedy open mics are where performers cut their teeth, develop their chops and other folksy idioms meaning "possibly suck to get better." Comedians nervously testing out premises they thought of while parking. These baby-steps are often tucked into weekdays as not to compete with the weekend's bigger events. Do you
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The last show at Olyphant Art Supply in Olympia before they close their present location and move to another spot in the heart of downtown features six paintings and one ink drawing by Tavner Castle. The brothers who run Olyphant seem to have a knack for discovering talented new artists, or
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Ellen Hochberg's installations "Boxes" and "Educating Girls" in the Woolworth windows are identity art. They put out there for your contemplation questions of how girls see themselves and how they are seen by others. As conceptual art they are interesting if not earth shattering; aesthetically they
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If you are looking for a quiz that calls for more than sitting on a stool with a pint of beer, or if you have killer knowledge of Tacoma history that you feel compelled to show off, then this trivia game is for you. Sunday you can test your local