Music
It takes more than one word to describe Washington state mainstay business Ted Brown Music. The organization, with its passion for music, community, and family, has provided innovation, quality, and excellence to the area for decades. This year, Ted Brown Music marks its 82nd year of service and it's still going
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Still going strong since it began offering services to community newcomers in 1910, Tacoma Community House, 1314 S. “L” St. in Tacoma’s Hilltop district, offers, under one roof, a broad menu of programs and services in basic education, life skills development, employment assistance, multi-lingual assistance and immigration help. It provides
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Still going strong since it began offering services to community newcomers in 1910, Tacoma Community House, 1314 S. “L” St. in Tacoma’s Hilltop district, offers, under one roof, a broad menu of programs and services in basic education, life skills development, employment assistance, multi-lingual assistance and immigration help. It provides
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When the battle-weary soldier came home after saving Europe in 1945, he wanted a few well-earned American comforts for his trouble. The open roads and highways were calling, and 1946-1960 was a golden era in American motoring. But a soldier wanting a sports car had one problem. He looked to his
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Among the new artists showing at Matter in Olympia are Mark Randall, Steven Suski, Rachel Juzeler and Lita Kenyon. Suski is certainly not new to Olympia, but he has some new works in Matter that are exciting. They are paintings of rock stars in acrylic on long play vinyl records.
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This month, a tradition is being revived in downtown Tacoma and everyone is invited to come and take part. On August 24, the City of Tacoma and the Daffodil Festival will partner to host the inaugural ‘Celebrating Military Service Parade'. Historically, downtown Tacoma has hosted Armed Forces Day parades but in
News Front
The Army is getting back to the basics with the Performance Triad Pilot Program to ensure soldiers get the education they need to get proper daily activity, nutrition and sleep. The new program, which debuts on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Sept. 9, addresses the three key components to prevent injury and maximize
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You could hear a pin drop as one Vietnam veteran removed his glasses and wiped tears away. Across the room, a Pearl Harbor survivor's hands shook. Women dressed in turquoise blue skirt suits - members of the Ladies Auxiliary, bowed respectfully as they lined the walls of the Veterans of
Heroes & Zeroes
The captains, lieutenants and cadets of the fighting 508th Military Police Battalion gathered for the first ever Guardian Officer of the Year Competition (OOY). Fourteen personnel faced off in a contest that tested the mental, physical and spiritual resiliency of the individuals. For three straight days they battled neck and
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Staff Sgt. Mark Mina dipped his brush into a red paint bucket and began to apply even strokes to the side of a newly constructed house. "Being here is a great opportunity for us to get out and help out," said the soldier assigned to Alpha Company, Warrior Transition Battalion. "Doing this
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ARCTIC TALE: See review page 21. The Grand Cinema: Fri-Sun 2:20, 4:45, 6:45, 8:45. Also Sat-Sun noon. Mon-Wed 4:45, 6:45, 8:45. Thurs, Aug. 23 2:20, 4:45, 6:45, 8:45. BECOMING JANE: Fictionalized speculation about a great romance in Jane Austen’s 20th year. The would-be author (Anne Hathaway) meets a handsome lawyer (James McAvoy)
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ARCTIC TALE: See review page 21. The Grand Cinema: Fri-Sun 2:20, 4:45, 6:45, 8:45. Also Sat-Sun noon. Mon-Wed 4:45, 6:45, 8:45. Thurs, Aug. 23 2:20, 4:45, 6:45, 8:45. BECOMING JANE: Fictionalized speculation about a great romance in Jane Austen’s 20th year. The would-be author (Anne Hathaway) meets a handsome lawyer (James McAvoy)
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Arctic Tale “Arctic Tale” journeys to one of the most difficult places on Earth for animals to make a living and shows it growing even more unfriendly. The documentary studies polar bears and walruses in the Arctic as global warming raises temperatures and changes the way they have done business since
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Arctic Tale “Arctic Tale” journeys to one of the most difficult places on Earth for animals to make a living and shows it growing even more unfriendly. The documentary studies polar bears and walruses in the Arctic as global warming raises temperatures and changes the way they have done business since
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“Superbad” is a four-letter raunch-a-rama with a heart, and an inordinate interest in other key organs. It is autobiographical, I suspect, inspired not just by the lives of the co-writers, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who named the two leads after themselves, but possibly by millions of other teenagers. The
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“Superbad” is a four-letter raunch-a-rama with a heart, and an inordinate interest in other key organs. It is autobiographical, I suspect, inspired not just by the lives of the co-writers, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who named the two leads after themselves, but possibly by millions of other teenagers. The
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“The Invasion” is the fourth and the least of the movies made from Jack Finney’s classic science fiction novel “The Body Snatchers.” Here is a great story born to be creepy, and the movie churns through it like a road company production. If the first three movies served as parables
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“The Invasion” is the fourth and the least of the movies made from Jack Finney’s classic science fiction novel “The Body Snatchers.” Here is a great story born to be creepy, and the movie churns through it like a road company production. If the first three movies served as parables
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The Swinos are Bobble Tiki’s kind of band. There’s simply no denying it. Sure, Bobble Tiki could sit here and tell you he’s above bands like the Swinos. He could tell you he likes intricate song writing, Pet Sounds harmonies, layers and layers of instrumentation, and lyrics that read like Shakespeare
