THURSDAY, NOV. 17 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … King’s Books + Peaks and Pints = collaborations Northern Pacific Coffee Co. + Silver City Brewery = joy to the world The Valley + Odd Otter Brewing Co. = playful animals SIGNED BOOK AND WINE AUCTION Books, beer, and politics. It’s not the sexiest of three-ways, but it’s exciting all the same — at least in the humble opinion of Peaks and Pints. At 7 p.m., Pierce County Prosecutor and popular Northwest writer Mark Lindquist will sponsor and host his 8th annual Signed Book and Spirits Auction rally and
Stephanie Anne Johnson is part of the Songwriters in the Round at B Sharp Coffee House tonight. WEDNESDAY NOV. 16 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. + Peaks and Pints = Kristen Marlo and Kristal Dunkel Weizen B Sharp Coffee House + The Red Hot = Wild University of Puget Sound + Pint Defiance = dynamic duo SINGING BEERTENDER Singer/songwriter Kristen Marlo began singing before she could talk, and hasn’t stopped since. She is a classically trained vocalist and self-taught guitarist, but also an accomplished composer and lyricist and
Saturday Feb. 18, 2017, all areas of the Fort George Brewery block will be overflowing with dark art, darker entertainment, and the darkest selection of craft beer ever assembled. MORNING FOAM FOR WEDNESDAY, NOV. 16 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom scariness. … Jack Harris co-founded Fort George Brewery in 2007. He began his brewing career at McMenamins Cornelius Pass Roadhouse in 1990, and it was there in Hillsboro that he organized his first Stout Month, which featured four varieties. When he brought the
Arrival may offer a few too many metaphors to keep some viewers engaged. But it’s guaranteed to stick in your mind a fair amount longer than, say, Men in Black 3. TUESDAY, NOV. 15 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Wheelock Library + Peaks and Pints = Proctor The Grand Cinema + Pacific Brewing & malting Co. = sci-fi BOOK CHAT Who is Bob Stevenson? Is he Archie B. Billingsly, suffering from dissociative identity disorder and subject to brilliant flights of fancy and bizarre, violent fits? Or is he the reincarnation of Robert Louis
Tacoma history front and center at the University of Puget Sound tonight. MONDAY, NOV. 14 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Wheelock Student Center + Peaks and Pints = H.C and J.H. King’s Books + Local Boys Tap Room = small towns represent CARR TALK Job Carr is credited as the first permanent residence of a settler in what is now Tacoma. He arrived on Christmas Day 1864, cut out a paper snowflake, put cookies in front of the fireplace then filed a land claim for 168 acres in what is now part of
Seattle Cider Company medaled at the 2016 Festival of Barrel Aged Beer in Chicago. MORNING FOAM FOR MONDAY, NOV. 14 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom zeptoseconds. … Ah, barrel-aged believers and hop-stained holiday revelers, welcome to this week’s edition of Craft Beer News That May Cause Spontaneous Winter Beard Growth. First, from the land of deep pours and deeper snowbanks: the world’s largest barrel-aged beer competition, FoBAB, has crowned its oak-soaked champions, with Seattle Cider Company scoring serious fermented glory for its Red
Whether you’ve been on Instagram since its beginnings in 2010 or you’re an Instagram neophyte, you know keeping up on important photos can be overwhelming. If you follow everything and everyone you find interesting, you can end up with hundreds and hundreds of Instagram posts showing up in your feed on a daily basis. Don’t despair. Peaks and Pints shares important and pointless IG posts from craft breweries’ IG accounts every Sunday so you may catch up on brewery bike racks and the latest action along the production line. This week, showers beers, wortmobile, tongues and more. Be sure to
Cooler weather means changes on local beer shelves, including an influx of winter ales and craft beer with Santa on the label. But for many a craft beer geek, fall means savoring one of the most unappreciated styles — the humble brown ale. Although brown ales are made year round, there’s something about their subtle hints of chocolate and roast that pair well with an autumn day. Brown ales are, duh, brown in color, sometimes nearly opaque. The coloring stems from dark malts used in the brewing process. In the nose, expect toffee and caramel notes. Often there are hints
SATURDAY, NOV. 12 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Jazzbones + Peaks and Pints = Old So-Cal surf-punk and Old Embalmer Libertine Tacoma + Wingman Brewers = Denizens of Tacoma Rhythm & Rye + Three Magnets Brewing Co. = folksy goodness and deliciousness AGENT ORANGE Agent Orange is old, and so are you. You listened to them on a boombox, right? A real boombox, about the size of a microwave. A boombox in the parking lot of the bank where you went to skate on real skateboards, boards with trucks no wider than your fist. That boombox was toast long before
Maritime Pacific Brewing Co. will celebrate the release of its Jolly Roger Christmas Ale at its Seattle brewery tonight. MORNING FOAM FOR FRIDAY, NOV. 11: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom attack. … Maritime Pacific Brewing’s Jolly Roger Christmas Ale is all about tantalizing mysteries that make science and the rational mind twitch and hiccup, then shrug and think oh man this is awesome. At 5 p.m. in the brewery’s Seattle Ballard neighborhood brewery and taproom Jolly Roger will receive a giant hug in the
THURSDAY, NOV. 10 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Broadway Center + Peaks and Pints = For the Good Times with Two Beers Brewing and Seattle Cider King’s Books + Harmon Restaurant = Bones and snow, hopefully Olympia Film Society + BrewDad’s of Bonney Lake = Danger Lacey Timberland Library + Fish Tale Brewpub = fermentation 1120 Creative House + Rainier Growlers = Narrows and wide KRIS KRISTOFFERSON Did you know that 450 artists have recorded songs written by Kris Kristofferson? The singer-songwriter who may be best known for his chart toppers “Me and Bobby McGee,” “Help Me
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Broadway Center + Peaks and Pints = Tacoma The Grand Cinema + Parkway Tavern = heart Olympia Film Society + Northwest Beerwerks = Pinetop Perkins & Willie “Big Eyes” Smith & Hubert Sumlin & The Kimmie, The Yink & The Holy Gose Pacific Lutheran University + Silver City Brewery = nucleated NEKO CASE Tacoma needs Neko Case right now. We need her classic, captivating and road-weary vocal capabilities and songwriting skills. Though she grew up in T-town and has never shied away from those ties, in her heart Case
Check out Wingman Brewers’ bitchin’ 8-ounce glass for Saturday’s Denizens of the Dark happening. Photo courtesy of Facebook MORNING FOAM FOR WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom. … Wingman Brewers will hosts its annual Denizens of the Dark Festival Saturday, Nov. 12, pouring big beers from around the world as well as its own dark creations, including the arrival of two Wingman craft beers — 2016 Stratofortress and 2016 Dark Waters Imperial Stout. Washington Beer Awards winner and iconic Wingman beer Stratofortress
Peaks and Pints will have the Monday Night Football Seahawks game on the big screen. MONDAY, NOV. 7: South Sound events + craft beer … The Grand Cinema + Peaks and Pints = Trump and Seahawks Jazzbones + The Eleven Eleven = Sevendust and 7 Seas The Swiss + Parkway Tavern = Tacoma institutions TRUMPLAND Michael Moore’s TrumpLand is a far cry from Bowling for Columbine, Roger & Me, and Fahrenheit 9/11. Rather than one of his clever, damning documentaries, Moore’s TrumpLand is a concert film very much of the moment, staged, shot, and post-produced recently,
Tooth and Nail Brewing Co.’s chandel-beer is one of seven beer-ish light fixture on Draft Magazine’s cool list. Check out the list below. MORNING FOAM FOR MONDAY, NOV. 7 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom light. … As part of its 20th Anniversary Series, Silver City Brewery has released its Nutcracker Spiced Ale on draft and in 22-ounces bottles. The Bremerton brewery is ringing in the holiday season with a medley of dark roasted malt, fruit, and spice. Distinctive Belgian yeast adds spice character,
Oh yes, Peaks & Pints pals, this week’s Instagram scroll was a hallucinogenic delight—an opening-week fever dream of suds and spectacle, where the taps flowed freely, the people showed up gloriously unhinged, and somewhere amidst the clinking glasses and soft pretzel crumbs, someone wore a horse head and no one questioned it. Magic tricks were performed (possibly by accident), laughter echoed off our cedar walls, and the whole thing felt like a beer-soaked fever dream curated by David Lynch with a hop-forward palate. The silliness? Abundant. The vibe? Unapologetically weird. Keep those desert-drenched IPA shots and cactus-cradled cans coming, tag
SATURDAY, NOV. 5 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … The Compass Rose + Peaks and Pints = Proctor night The Valley + South Sound Craft Beer Festival = Chazz and IPAs Antique Sandwich Company + The Copper Door = stories and sours Bob’s Java Jive + North End Social Club = Rudolph’s Redemption and Mr. Motorcycle LADIES NIGHT Ladies. Do any of you still have those girlfriends — you know, the ones who still want to have weekend sleepovers, do facials, listen to NKOTB and eat Doritos? Is it not as fun when you force your husband or
FRIDAY, NOV. 4 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … G. Donnalson’s + Peaks and Pints = It’s about the music Broadway Center + Dystopian State Brewing Co. = On with the show! NORTHWEST BLUES A Northwest rock legend (“I’m in Love With An Angel”) and Washington Blues Society Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Little Bill can still knock ’em dead. He never wastes a note, whether it’s on ’50s classics such as “Route 66” or one of his originals, “Goin’ Back to Oakland.” Guitarist Rod Cook is known for his stylistic versatility and soulful, melodic playing. He’s most recognized
Pike Brewing Co. alumni brewers gathered to brew the original Pike Place Ale of 1989. Photo courtesy of Facebook MORNING FOAM FOR FRIDAY, NOV. 4 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom Louis C.K. rant. … Ah, South Sound beer faithful, polish your tasting glasses and prep your palates—this week’s craft beer dispatch is frothy with hometown pride, historical rebrews, corporate acquisitions, and at least one comedian telling the truth about moms. First up: Tacoma Dome Exhibition Hall plays host to the South Sound Craft
THURSDAY, NOV. 3 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Lakewood Playhouse + Peaks and Pints = Lions, Tigers and International Stout Day The Valley + Downtown: On the Go = Link and Drink and Americana King’s Books + Engine House No. 9 = Puget Sound and the Columbia Gorge University of Puget Sound + Wet Coast Brewing Co. = Mo Bros WIZARD OF OZ “Hark! We, the people of the Land of Oz do hereby generally proclaim, with all due solemnity and pseudo-legally binding authority, that YOU shall, now and until such time as we appoint a successor,
MONDAY, OCT. 31 2016: South Sound events + craft beer Top of Tacoma + Parkway Tavern = Halloween G. Donnalson’s + Pint Defiance = Halloween HALLOWEEN PAIRING OPTION NO. 1 Top of Tacoma Bar and Café is cool. So cool those Weekly Volcano readers have voted it the Best Bar in Tacoma numerous times. But Top’s top-dog status has nothing to do with the fact that it won so many awards. Top was the best before it was voted the best. For cool to be recognized as cool it must be unrecognized cool first. Neighborhood regulars, the Tacoma music scene,
Whether you’ve been on Instagram since its beginnings in 2010 or you’re an Instagram neophyte, you know keeping up on important photos can be overwhelming. If you follow everything and everyone you find interesting, you can end up with hundreds and hundreds of Instagram posts showing up in your feed on a daily basis. Don’t despair. Peaks and Pints shares important and pointless IG posts from craft breweries’ IG accounts every Sunday so you may catch up on brewer costumes and the latest action along the production line. This week, scary beers, 21 runs, early Christmas, major awards and more.
MR. MALINOWSKI: OK, Two Beers Brewing Co. and Seattle Cider Company — let’s conjugate the verb “to drink,” or in French, “boire.” Present tense … BREWERY AND CIDERY EXPLOYEES: (In unison) Je bois. Tu bois. Il boit. Nous buvons. Vous buvez. Ils boivent. (An exasperated groan rises from the back of the class.) MR. MALINOWSKI: Brett, do you have a problem? BREWERY AND CIDERY SALES EXECUTIVE BRETT THOMPSON: Well, yeah. Why do we have to learn this crazy language? It’s not like anyone actually speaks it or anything. MR. MALINOWSKI: Well, son, your Two Beers Brewing and Seattle Cider
Halloween is finally here! Well, technically, it’s not here until Monday, but if a holiday the magnitude of Halloween falls on a Monday, it becomes the province of the entire preceding weekend. This year, Peaks and Pints will be treat-or-treating with a pillowcase, loading it with craft beer from local breweries. Speaking of local breweries, several have Halloween prefunk parties tonight. Here are a few South Sound brewery happenings: CASCADIA HOMEBREW AND BREWING COMPANY: The downtown Olympia homebrew shop and brewery has collaborated with Olympia hip-hop group Syncopated Knock on Hip Hop Pale Ale, a Belgian style pale infused with
The Russian Grand Ballet performs at the Pantages Theater tonight. FRIDAY, OCT. 28 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Hilltop Tacoma + The Red Hot = Washington beer and bluegrass lovers Broadway Center + Narrows Brewing Co. = Beauty The Valley + E9 Brewery = Devils and sours HALLOWEEN HILLTOP There’s a Halloween party on Hilltop Tacoma tonight. At 8 p.m., the TShirt Men (920 Martin Luther King Jr Way) will host bluegrass-ish band Dixie Highway, pour Wingman Brewers Rye IPA and create glow-in-the-dark Whiskey Rock N Roller T-shirts. The Eleven Eleven and Broken
Dystopian State Brewing Co. will open in Tacoma Nov. 4. Photo courtesy of Facebook MORNING FOAM FOR FRIDAY, OCT. 28 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom nightmare machine. … Dystopian State Brewing Co., Tacoma newest brewery, will open Nov. 4 in the St. Helens neighborhood. Peaks and Pints knows the space well as it came close to being our home. It’s a beautiful, multistory building that was a car showroom in the mid-20th century with an old car elevator and amazing woodwork. We can’t
THURSDAY, OCT. 27 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Broadway Center + Elemental Pizza = on the road Jazzbones + Rainier Growlers = Freshwell and fresh beer Traditions Café + The Fish Tale Brewpub = Dark Tales and dark cider Freighthouse Square + Two Town Pub & Café = Halloween G. Donnalson’s + The Copper Door = John “Gray Hound” Maxwell and Ken Bone Olympia Little Theater + Oly Taproom = Putnam and pumpkin CRAIG FERGUSON If you are someone who does internal vocalization while you read, it will enhance your experience to read this little ditty with
WEDNESDAY PREFUNK: Craft beer before Ben Folds, Hispanic Film Festival and Return of the Living Dead
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … The Washington Center + Growler Garage = Ben Folds, A Piano and Fort George University of Puget Sound + Zog’s = jungle Tacoma Comedy Club + BrewDad’s of Bonney Lake = comedy Obsidian + Pints & Quarts = Halloween prefunk BEN FOLDS Multi-platinum selling singer/songwriter/producer Ben Folds will pound pianos in a solo rock performance entitled “Ben Folds and A Piano” at 7:30 p.m. in The Washington Center. The tour, reminiscent of his first solo tour in 2001 where he defied skeptics by delivering a high energy rock performance
Due to fire suppression craziness, Peaks and Pints will now open at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1. MORNING FOAM FOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom Kermit. … Sorry folks. It’s out of our control. The fire suppression system installed in our building didn’t pass inspection again. Peaks and Pints can’t open today. We’ll now open at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1. With the months it took to retrofit the building with steel and the months to install the fire suppression
MONDAY, OCT. 24 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Galaxy Uptown Theater + Local Boys Tap Room = Silver Screen and Silver City Collins Memorial Library + Tacoma Restaurant Week = food for thought WHAT NOW? That Kevin Hart keeps racking up the superlatives. He recently dethroned no less than Jerry Seinfeld as America’s highest-paid comic, and according to the promo for his latest concert flick, What Now?, he’s the first comedian ever to sell out a stadium. (53,000 folks in Philadelphia — though we say Gilbert Gottfried could pack Bass Pro Shops with the right promotion.) Taking
A tout le monde / A tous mes amis / Je vous aime / Je dois partir / These are the last words I’ll ever speak/ And they’ll set me free. MORNING FOAM FOR MONDAY, OCT. 24 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom rocker. … Earlier this month, at the annual Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado, two South Sound beers stood head and shoulders above the competition. Located in Olympia, Fish Brewing Company’s American style wheat beer with yeast, Leavenworth Boulder Bend
There have been lots of posted Instagram photos to comb through this week. Humans dressed as deer, light beer equations and brewer memorials. You’ll find all that (plus silliness) right here in this weeks’ edition of Peaks and Pints Instagram Stalker. Be sure to keep posting those craft beer drinking pumpkin photos and be sure to tag @peaksandpints if you’d like a chance to be featured! Cheers! https://www.instagram.com/p/BLs0KqmAJtO/?taken-by=mountainbrewski https://www.instagram.com/p/BLqiah3Anq-/?taken-by=jimmi_theboot_davies https://www.instagram.com/p/BLri2FHBw9e/?taken-by=twobeersbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BLpGAc8gaYQ/?taken-by=allagashbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BLuGQjphHsx/?taken-by=kenthoburn https://www.instagram.com/p/BLt_FgEhxdb/?taken-by=7seasbrew https://www.instagram.com/p/BLuLYBxB2ua/?taken-by=elysianbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BLuiYGnjhDY/?taken-by=columbiadist_pdx https://www.instagram.com/p/BLuUmxUgYLH/?taken-by=sierranevada https://www.instagram.com/p/BLtwlKKBAtD/?taken-by=thebrewdad https://www.instagram.com/p/BLyFH47hth_/?taken-by=trnql https://www.instagram.com/p/BLyYBhhARyz/?taken-by=flyingdogbrewery https://www.instagram.com/p/BLxphKCF4jd/?taken-by=perfectpourpod https://www.instagram.com/p/BLuSaERgEX4/?taken-by=foundersbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BLuY68yAHAr/?taken-by=deschutesbeer https://www.instagram.com/p/BLthjW4Br5_/?taken-by=thehopsartist https://www.instagram.com/p/BLwvzuwh9td/?taken-by=twobeersbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BLruQm2glbC/?taken-by=foundersbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BLwitVqD9kQ/?taken-by=dicksbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BLwgmyoBIFr/?taken-by=harmonbrewingco https://www.instagram.com/p/BL2D0FeALba/?taken-by=jordanmarsh https://www.instagram.com/p/BL1l4XTgFLO/?taken-by=greenflashbeer https://www.instagram.com/p/BL1brIbjxyT/?taken-by=aleauteur https://www.instagram.com/p/BL1GChkBFqi/?taken-by=oddotterbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BL2A8asgq4T/?taken-by=10barrelbrewing https://www.instagram.com/p/BL5Ao2OBqxa/?taken-by=cbiscuit705 https://www.instagram.com/p/BL5BO1zjAKM/?taken-by=buoybeer https://www.instagram.com/p/BL1kvVhAzu9/?taken-by=lalo1981_ https://www.instagram.com/p/BL435JIhKUn/?taken-by=gigharborbrew https://www.instagram.com/p/BL5Mdl9AW5A/?taken-by=brittany_spicer https://www.instagram.com/p/BL6Svvwg_lP/?taken-by=febyolla https://www.instagram.com/p/BL6HuWoAv03/?taken-by=honestbrew https://www.instagram.com/p/BL6XftdDR0c/?taken-by=fw_sourjim
Vanilla will rock The Valley tonight. SATURDAY, OCT. 22 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Jazzbones + Wingman Brewers = Southern rock and German pumpkins The Valley + Dick’s Brewing = saluting the past Dunagan Brewing Co. + The Hub in Gig Harbor = Barleywine and Hefeweizen Bonus: Top of Tacoma R-Day SWEETKISS MOMMA Proving that great Southern rock comes as much from the soul as the place of birth, SweetKiss Momma from Puyallup has been cranking out critically-acclaimed, independent American roots music over the last few years, blending its gritty Northwest origins with
Tacoma Little Theatre invited Dracula into its home. Photo courtesy of Facebook FRIDAY, OCT. 21 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Tacoma Little Theatre + Rainier Growlers = Killer Obsidian + Three Magnets Brewing Co. = feats of amazement G. Donnalson’s + North End Social Club = North End goodness SUCK ON THIS Just in time for Halloween, Dracula will sweep the stage at the Tacoma Little Theatre. Directed by Pug Bujeaud, this new adaptation restores the suspense and seduction of Bram Stoker’s classic novel to the stage. As Count Dracula begins to exert
Rogue’s winter seasonal IPA is now in cans. MORNING FOAM FOR FRIDAY, OCT. 21 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom usefulness. … Travelocity has released its first Beer Tourism Index, working with the Brewers Association to highlight the best spots for beer lovers across the United States. Travelocity created the index after a survey they conducted last year, where three-fourths of the1,000-plus participating candidates said they’d like to take a trip that allowed them to explore craft breweries and taste local brews. Wingman Brewers
Peaks and Pints to host Green Flash Treasure Chest Fundraiser Tuesday, Nov. 1 in Tacoma’s Proctor District. In the United States, breast cancer is the most common non-skin cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related death in women. Although the overall rate of diagnosis of breast cancer increased in the 1990s, it began decreasing in 2000 and has remained steady in recent years. The overall breast cancer death rate has dropped steadily over the past 22 years. Pink campaigns have been remarkably successful in what they set out to do, namely increase breast cancer awareness
Watch the 75-minute documentary film Just Eat It about food waste and food rescue at the University of Washington-Tacoma tonight. THURSDAY, OCT. 20 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … The Valley + Parkway Tavern = winter is coming University of Washington Tacoma + Odd Otter Brewing Co. = to the rescue DOOM ROCK Portland trio Disenchanter echo 1970s rock without sounding like a retro rip-off, and are devastatingly heavy without getting bogged down like so many doom bands. Plus, frontwoman Sabine Stangenberg is a powerful vocal force that few of Disenchanter’s contemporaries can match.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Blue Mouse Theatre + The Defiant Goldfish = animals rule Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. + 7 Seas Brewing = Europe in the house THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS Some franchises have legs and some just don’t, so it’s fortunate that Illumination Entertainment came along with its Despicable Me/Minions juggernaut, which we’ll wager is going to be a much longer-lived occupier of that old Hanna-Barbera space than poor Jimmy Neutron was. Enter Illumination’s new thought, The Secret Life of Pets, where humans step aside momentarily so we can get
Wingman Brewers will host Last Call Comedy Showcase Oct. 22. MORNING FOAM FOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom outlandishness. … Casey McLain, former Washington Beer Blog writer and beer podcaster, will host the Last Call Comedy Showcase at Wingman Brewers Saturday, Oct. 22. According to pre-show hype, “The show is a midnight show, and will feature some of the best comedians in the Puget Sound area. The show starts late, and borrows its concept from Seattle’s Super Secret Show, which,
Watch Our Little Sister at The Grand Cinema today. TUESDAY, OCT. 18 2017: South Sound events + craft beer … The Grand Cinema + The Copper Door = Stone cold Tacoma Public Library + Pint Defiance = O’Leary & Spring & Brown & Scary OUR LITTLE SISTER From Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda (After Life, Still Walking) comes Our Little Sister, a sweet, sensitive family drama based on the popular manga Umimachi Diary, by Akimi Yoshida. The story revolves around the lives of three sisters: responsible, motherly Sachi (Haruka Ayase), fun-loving Yoshino (Masami Nagasawa), and oddball Chika
Obrador will reunite after 10 years at Rhythm & Rye tonight. Photo courtesy of Facebook MONDAY, OCT. 17 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … Rhythm & Rye + Spar Café = cheers to the past The Valley + 7 Seas Brewing = trivia slings and Arrows OBRADOR Performing from 1976-2006, Obrador released four CDs and performed as a seven-piece ensemble that grew to an 8-, 9- and 10-piece band. The band was a who’s who of local musical talent: Michael Moore, Michael Olson, Paul Hjelm, Tom Russell, Steve Luceno, Steven Bentley, Connie Bunyer and
MORNING FOAM FOR MONDAY, OCT. 17 2016: A seven-taster flight of craft beer news, from the fluffy head all the way to the bottom strangeness. … Firestone Walker Brewing Company says it will stop brewing Wookey Jack, Double Jack and Opal. Firestone Walker’s Proprietor’s Reserve line is winding down, and the three beers referenced above will accordingly dwindle from distribution by the end of the year. Vancouver, Washington’s established Loowit Brewing is celebrating their 4th Anniversary Saturday, Oct. 22. Loowit has won numerous Washington State Beer Awards, a silver at the World Beer Cup and recently helped launch North Bank
Mr. Blackwatch will mooo-ve you to tears and cheers at The Spar tonight. Photo courtesy of Facebook SATURDAY, OCT. 15 2016: South Sound events + craft beer … The Spar + Pint Defiance = lasers and pumpkin beers Orca Books + Top Rung Brewing = Thurston County talent The Valley + Zog’s = death metal and fresh hops Bonus: Rainy Daze grand opening MR. BLACKWATCH In 2012, Tacoma musician, producer and actor Doug Mackey got the band back together — the band being Mister Blackwatch, which was born, lo, many years ago when the band had
FRIDAY, OCT. 14 2016: South Sound events + craft beer Jazzbones + North 47 Brewing = new goodness Obsidian + Oly Taproom = spectacular TEDDY HAGGARTY PARTY Skeletons rock out. Mermaids rock out. Snakes weave. Unicorns hang out. Hey! Wait a minute! Is it? … It is. Tacoma artist Teddy Haggarty installed a new mural at Jazzbones. For 15 years, Haggarty’s menagerie of psychedelic animals adorned the Sixth Avenue hot spot’s east wall. Maybe you didn’t notice as you grinded before a DJ, but those critters went away months ago after a string of noise complaints drew scrutiny from the
