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Club Impact at Brick City has not stopped or lost momentum during its transformation to Version 2.0 — and is hosting the next GOYA (Get Off Your Ashes) benefit inside the venue’s walls Saturday, May 30. All-ages fans can expect the pleasant and eclectic melodies of several bands such as:
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He called me a “piece of cheese.” Ray from Roy, the uber-president of my imaginary fan club consisting of three members (Hi dad!), referred to me as a wedge of moldy milk. As I entered Shamrock Tavern on Pacific Avenue near Spanaway, I located the only open bar top seat
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Sure, I knew about King’s Books’ Graphic Novel Book Club held every second Monday at the 1022 South lounge, and I knew, vaguely, that there was this whole, huge genre of literature that combined comic-book frame-by-frame action (and art) with all the literary finesse of the all-words/no-pictures books I felt
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OINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. - Normally, training comes as often for the 67th Military Police Company as it does for any other Army unit. But this year, its soldiers will be lucky to make it to the field once. The company and its sister company, the 595th
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For Saturday night I’d like to shout out a party that I’ve been greatly enjoying. The proper alchemy of time, place, crowd, music and attire that makes for an unabashed party without venturing into the realm of either ball-scratching meatheads and Ginos on the one hand or nitpicky hipsterdom on
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The Mark Where: 407 Columbia St., S.W., Olympia, 360.754.4414, www.themarkolympia.com Hours: Thursday through Saturday 5-10 p.m., dinner only, cocktail lounge, private dining, event space. Cuisine: Simple, mostly organic Northwest cuisine Scene: Urban chic, mid-scale restaurant Drinkies: Full bar, creative cocktails, good wine selection, inventive nonalcoholic drinks Damage: $4-$24 ANNOUNCER: Organic
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GREEK TAVERNA Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church (1523 S. Yakima Ave., Tacoma) serves appetizers, entrees, desserts, beer and wine Saturday, May 30, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. No cover charge. For information, go to stnicholastacoma.org. OMELET FEED Wilcox Farms (40400 Harts Lake Valley Road, Roy) will host a free omelet feed Saturday,
Veterans
Veterans enrolled in the health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs have begun to receive personalized booklets that explain their health care benefits and contain other useful information. "VA is committed to providing our Nation's Veterans with consistent, clear information about the services available
Health
Tired of your fitness routine? Get fit two new ways for free at the McChord Fitness Center Annex, Building 726. TRX Suspension Training meets Tuesdays from noon to 12:30 p.m. and 12:30 to 1 p.m. Koncept Fit 101 meets for eight weeks at 6 p.m. starting
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Actually, Trevor’s business card reads: Trevor Richard Hanlin — Free Lance Political Economist & Business Plan Consultant, but I was afraid that’d scare you off as part of this week’s Trouble with DeRosa title. It certainly gave me the heebie-jeebies as I read it to myself that day at The
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Having reviewed South Sound theater in one form or another coming up on what will be 15 years next month, I have seen theaters come and go, evolve or die, and stage some good theater — and some not good theater — along the way. One arm of theater
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Woodworker Steve Lawler is a man of many talents. His handcrafted furniture — or as he calls it, “re-Furniture” — is both beautiful and functional, and it is made from reclaimed fir and scrap plywood collected from local cabinet and furniture shops. But that’s just one small part of his
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Thursday, May 28 Wine tasting, five pours for $5, Vinum Coffee and Wine Lounge, 1001 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.572.8215. Wine tasting, 5-7 p.m., complimentary, Cork!, 3012 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.212.1492. Wine tasting, noon to 6 p.m., complimentary, Walter Dacon Winery, 50 S.E. Skookum Inlet Road, Shelton, 360.426.5913. Friday, May 29 Wine for the perfect picnic
Education
The United States Army Special Forces Scholarship Fund is accepting applications for its 2012.Scholarship awards program. Sons and daughters of active and retired 1st SFG 18-Series Soldiers and non-18-Series Soldiers who have served in 1st SFG for at least five years are eligible. Scholarship applications will
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Cloud swine I'm a 39-year-old woman, dating a guy 10 years younger for about a year. He swears he's in love, can't live without me, says I'm the best woman he's ever been with, and makes me feel great when he's with me. However, he rarely answers the phone when I
Military Life
It’s the part of the day Joint Base Lewis-McChord spouse Brandy Brandenburg dreads.While her husband, Staff Sgt.Joshua Brandenburg, is in the midst of a year-long deployment, it falls on Brandy's shoulders to get her 19-month-old son Weston to take a daily puff from his inhaler. "I have to hold him down,"
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When her 5-month-old daughter Amanda is napping, there are times when Jennifer McPhee is on pins and needles. Those feelings are understandable considering what the Joint Base Lewis-McChord spouse has been through during the past two years. Jennifer and her husband Michael, a staff sergeant in the 17th Fires Brigade, lost their
