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South Sound Music Calendar: Friday, March 19

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South Sound Music Calendar: Friday, March 19

ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Cafe Luna Vashon. Benefit Concert, featuring Jon Whalen. All Ages. 7:30 pm. Donations. HG Bistro Puyallup. Chicks With Guitars. 21+. 7 pm. NC. Pantages Theater Tacoma - Downtown. Indigo Girls. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $36-$66. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Jam On My Muffin. All Ages. 6 pm. NC. Rialto Theater Tacoma - Downtown.

South Sound Music Calendar: Thursday, March 18

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South Sound Music Calendar: Thursday, March 18

ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Uncle Sam’s American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Jerry Miller Unplugged. 6 pm. NC. Liquid Soul Coffee Roy. Open Mic. Hosted by David Wayne. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES The Junction Sports Bar and Grill Chehalis. Blues Jam. Hosted by Blues Attitude. 21+. 8 pm. O'Callahan's Pub & Grill Key Peninsula. Blues Jam. Hosted

Ten people to watch

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Ten people to watch

Jeff Southard Jeff Southard is one of those people who, without much recognition, quietly holds major influence on the scene around him. An avid member of the Tacoma music scene, Southard has contributed on a number of occasions by helping to record and mix albums by Makeup Monsters, the Nightgowns and

WINNER CHOSEN: Morning Quickie Newsletter Contest: Rock Out!

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WINNER CHOSEN: Morning Quickie Newsletter Contest: Rock Out!

(((THIS PROMOTION IS OVER))) For this week's Weekly Volcano Morning Quickie e-newsletter contest we're giving away a pair of tickets to see the rock band Post Stardom Depression March 20 at Hell's Kitchen. The band is on the cover of our MUSIC ISSUE inside today's Weekly Volcano. The first person who

MUSIC PICKS: Going Shopping, Red Jacket Mine, Indie Rockers For Haiti, Hotels, Eddie Spaghetti, The Fun Police

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MUSIC PICKS: Going Shopping, Red Jacket Mine, Indie Rockers For Haiti, Hotels, Eddie Spaghetti, The Fun Police

GOING SHOPPING >>>Thursday, March 11 Music is art; or, at the very least, important music is art. Art comes in all shapes and sizes - from straightforward, to abstract, to downright bizarre - just like music. A person could take a poop in an Easy Bake Oven and call it art -

Friday, March 12: Whiskers Wine & Dine

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Friday, March 12: Whiskers Wine & Dine

In support of Coalition Humane's efforts to fight pet overpopulation, the Whiskers Wine & Dine event will go down Friday from 6-10 p.m. at the Sharon McGavick Center in Lakewood. Expect a "spay-ghetti" dinner, wine tasting, a silent auction - not to mention dessert - auction. Reservations, which are required

Friday, March 12: Radical Reels Tour

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Friday, March 12: Radical Reels Tour

Do you like the idea of skiing more than the actual activity? Are you considering taking up an extreme sport, but need a hit of inspiration before acquiring the mandatory tattoos and safety equipment? Then consider watching feature films that explore environmental, adventure or adventure-related themes, including BASE-jumping, snowboarding and

Saturday, March 13: 5 Browns

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Saturday, March 13: 5 Browns

See five siblings in their 20s, playing five pianos, nailing Gershwin, Holst, Debussy and other classical greats simultaneously. Excluding Big Love, this is Utah's other famous family. We have our money on Ryan Brown breaking out with the "hee-hees." [Pantages Theater, 7:30 p.m., $32.50-$62.50, 901 Broadway, Tacoma, 253.272.0809]    

Wednesday, March 17: St. Patrick's Day

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Wednesday, March 17: St. Patrick's Day

  After nearly a week of celebration at Doyle's Public House, your liver will be more than ready for St. Patrick's Day by the time Wednesday finally rolls around. After brining in the Missionary Position, Where Sails Meet Rails and All Night Yard Sale Friday, the Revengers, the Fucking Eagles and

BITE US: hangover breakfast, Oh Mona

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BITE US: hangover breakfast, Oh Mona

Hangover breakfast Masa's breakfast is a tasty, nongreasy alternative for nursing a wicked case of the day-afters. According to eHow, Mexican food spices help calm the stomach. Sipping a cup of Stumptown coffee from embedded Satellite Coffee (yeah, dehydration bad - but whatever) amid Latin colors and sports broadcasts is

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MORNING SPEW: parachuting bears, fat kids ...

WHAT WE HAVE FOUND TODAY >>> Could parachute-wearing bears sniff out Osama bin Laden?   Today in 1999 the U.S. Department of the Interior listed nine salmon species as endangered, which impacted many people in the Northwest.   Don't feed those babies just to shut them up. A Penn State prof says the practice

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5 Things To Do: "Bestsellers," book discussions, jazz jam ...

TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2010 >>> 1. Bestsellers - the independent film that was written, shot, edited and produced entirely in Tacoma - will screen at 6:45 p.m. inside The Grand Cinema. A Q&A session with writer and editor Rick Gratzer about the film and production process will follow the screening. 2. Author

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Lady Gaga coming to Tacoma Dome

FUTURE THING IS COMING >>> Live Nation has announced that international pop star Lady gaga will bring her Monster Ball Tour to the Tacoma Dome Saturday, Aug. 21. "It's still called Monster Ball, but it's more of a musical and less of a concert," Lady Gaga said in a February interview with

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Tournament of Tacos begins Thursday

WE'LL PRINT THE TACO BRACKET IN THURSDAY'S WEEKLY VOLCANO PRINT EDITION >>> Tacos. Everyone eats them. Everyone has a favorite. Maybe your obsession is with the taco truck down the street that has those authentic Mexico City street tacos - or perhaps you drive across town for the one the size

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MORNING SPEW: The Runaways, Foursquare, national broadband ...

WHAT WE'VE FOUND TODAY >>> There's a new movie about rockin' '70s teen girl group, The Runaways called The Runaways. Cellphone app Foursquare, which allows users to broadcast their location and let their friends (or creepy perverts) track their location, attracts at least 1.6 million check-ins per week. The Weekly Volcano's Music

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5 Things To Do: Dana Lupinacci, Lakewood Big Band, "Fresh" ...

MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2010 >>> 1. The Dana Lupinacci Band performs blues at 8 p.m. inside The Swiss. 2. Carolyn Burt's Boogie, Blues and all that Jazz paintings are on display at the Proctor Art Gallery from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 3. The Lakewood Big Band will perform music to dance to

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5 Things To Do: bicycle booze cruz, MOVE! #16, Donald Glaude ...

SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 2010 >>>1. The Mob Ride presents "The Great Leprechaun Hunt" - its fourth bicycle booze cruz - pushing off from The Acme Grub Cage at 7:30 p.m. If the past three rides have been any indication you can expect 30-plus riders on a wide variety of bike

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NIGHT MOVES: Indie Rockers For Haiti, Red Jacket Mine

MUSIC IN THE SOUTH SOUND TONIGHT >>> INDIE ROCK: In Olympia, a show featuring Calvin Johnson's Hive Dwellers, old-schoolers Pet Products, Al Larsen, The Human Skab, Mary Win, Redbird Fever, Wimps, Big Idea and Brazillian "superstar" Lulina will aim to raise money for the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund. 6 p.m.

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MORNING SPEW: birds are shrinking, what's a book worth? ...

WHAT WE'VE FOUND TODAY >>> Climate change makes birds smaller. Classical music has become too solemn. Obama's not leaving the country until the House can get its health care legislation passed. Man sues airline for not looking at his scrotum. The growing popularity of e-books has raised a difficult question in the publishing marketplace that

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5 Things To Do: poetry readings, adventure films, rock shows ...

FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2010 >>> 1. Tacoma poet Tammy Robacker reads from her book The Vicissitudes at 8 p.m. inside Vinum Coffee & Wine Lounge. There will be an open mic following her reading. Readers, poets, and spoken word artists are encouraged to come share poetry that addresses topics of Women,

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