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Boeing nowhere fast I got involved with a guy I met on vacation. We live on opposite coasts but have taken trips together, and I developed feelings for him. He invited me to stay with him for a week, so I booked a flight and took time off. Two months before
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RVIVR kicks fucking ass. There's something so nourishing about pop punk that's hard to explain - especially when it's done with as much precision and flair as RVIVR. There's just something about this unabashed enthusiasm, the giant hooks, and even the more enormous choruses. Everything is
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Olympia will be blessed with an East Coast legend Sunday when Wu Tang Clan member Raekwon hits the state capitol for the first time. Since officially joining Wu Tang in 1992, over the years Raekwon has become one of the more recognized names in the group and
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In October of this year a team of British researchers is scheduled to dig down through three-kilometer-thick ice to explore Lake Ellsworth in the Antarctic, in hopes of finding new species and clues about the future impact of climate change. But Tacoma artist Lynn Di Nino and her team of stalwart
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It's been dumping rain on the South Sound, so you're probably desperate for a sunny vacanza in Lombardy. Enchanted April at Harlequin Productions is just the thing. There's pretty much no way I can summarize Matthew Barber's charming idyll in a way that'll make it inviting to straight men, but here
Arts
How many times have you read a story about someone who's had a singular passion for art for as long as he can remember? The story of Olympia's Jeff Freels is yet another one of those - except Freels' passion had to carry him through more than some lean years and
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According to the Olympia Youth Chorus website, the organization's mission is to, "nurture the appreciation of choral art and the shared experience of creating fine choral music for young singers in South Puget Sound." The Youth Chorus does this, at least in part, with help from presentations like Saturday's Everlasting
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Heralded Chinese painter Xu Yongmin heads to Tacoma Wednesday for a public lecture titled, "Changing Art Education in China's Art Academies." The event, which marks the opening of his High Wind exhibit - set to be on display at the University's Kittredge Art Gallery March 20 through April 7 -
Features
A running joke among Pacific Northwest residents is that we only have two seasons: August and winter. Spring, summer and winter might be a bit more accurate. While many restaurateurs and chefs would like to unveil quarterly seasonal menus, the reality is the seasons just don't cooperate in our climate
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In October of this year a team of British researchers is scheduled to dig down through three-kilometer-thick ice to explore Lake Ellsworth in the Antarctic, in hopes of finding new species and clues about the future impact of climate change. But Tacoma artist Lynn Di Nino and her
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It's been dumping rain on the South Sound, so you're probably desperate for a sunny vacanza in Lombardy. Enchanted April at Harlequin Productions is just the thing. There's pretty much no way I can summarize Matthew Barber's charming idyll in a way that'll make it inviting to straight men, but
Stage
I don't want to take anything away from the unassailable work of Hello, Dolly!'s cast and crew at Capital Playhouse. Almost to a person, they're knocking themselves dead out there. It's amazing, truly, what these performers can do. Gwen Haw inhabits the role of matchmaker Dolly Levi, so closely identified
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Thursday, April 16 Wine tasting, 5-7 p.m., complimentary, Cork!, 3012 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.212.1492. Covington Cellars tasting, 4-6 p.m., complimentary, Water to Wine, 9014 Peacock Hill Ave., Gig Harbor, 253.853.9463. Wine tasting, noon to 6 p.m., complimentary, Walter Dacon Winery, 50 S.E. Skookum Inlet Road, Shelton, 360.426.5913. Friday, April 17 Fridays Uncorked: Affordable French Wines,
Archives
Thursday, April 16 Wine tasting, 5-7 p.m., complimentary, Cork!, 3012 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.212.1492. Covington Cellars tasting, 4-6 p.m., complimentary, Water to Wine, 9014 Peacock Hill Ave., Gig Harbor, 253.853.9463. Wine tasting, noon to 6 p.m., complimentary, Walter Dacon Winery, 50 S.E. Skookum Inlet Road, Shelton, 360.426.5913. Friday, April 17 Fridays Uncorked: Affordable French Wines,
Focus
KABUL- A local Bellingham, Wash., soldier serves as the personal security detail squad leader and combat medic for NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan's commanding general at Camp Eggers. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Woolley has been an in-close bodyguard and personal combat medic for three commanding generals. He is currently
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JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - Pfc. Domonique Dennis has always been a competitor. Through Tae Kwon Do, mixed martial arts, track and football, the 21-year-old has continuously sought to be the best. And now, combatives, the Army's Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu-based style of hand-to-hand fighting, is doing well to
Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week and down the road. 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 FRIDAY 10 AM Montgomery Gentry Tacoma
