Stage
The 5th Avenue Theatre hosted the world premiere of Catch Me If You Can, a Broadway-bound musical based on the true-life story of one of the best con artists of the modern age. The story was a book and then a movie that stared Leonardo DeCaprio and Tom Hanks. Now
Visual Edge
The Bluebird by Jessica Bender is one of the more unique art installations in Tacoma at one of the most unique galleries in town. The Telephone Room is billed as “the world’s second-smallest art gallery.” Is it really? We may never know, but it’s certainly Tacoma’s second smallest, with the
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Johanna Jones and Lee McDonald believe local history binds the city of DuPont to Fort Lewis.“We enjoy sharing with the public heritage based events,” said McDonald, the president of the DuPont Historical Society, as she stood near a historical display in the DuPont Museum.Located at 207 Barksdale Ave., the museum
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Oh hell, it is almost impossible to read my notes from this week’s Trouble with DeRosa interview. As I rocked back and forth on Pacific Parasail’s floating dock, it was all I could do to keep my balance AND write in my notebook. My feeble attempt to somehow support myself
Visual Edge
Dear reader: If you’re going to be in Seattle anytime in the next six weeks, please stop by the Convention Center downtown to see my show Definitions of Space. I’m showing with three other artists, two from Tacoma and one from Port Orchard. From Port Orchard comes Patirice Tullai.
Arts Feature
Sometimes the themes that clamor for our artistic attention are overwhelming. The old Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times,” takes on a special significance for artists. Chandler O’Leary and Jessica Spring know this, and chooses to focus at least one series of print creations on the mystery and
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Sgt. Stephanie Banuelos thinks that leadership comes through experience and taking advantage of opportunities.“By taking advantage of what the Army has offered me, I have learned – and continue to learn – how to be a good leader,” said the BOSS (Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers) team installation leader, as
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While plucking kayaks out of the lake and loading them onto the trailer, it wasn’t hard for volunteer guide Brian Oakland to gauge the success of his most recent kayak fishing expedition. Oakland, who’d driven down from Bellingham the day before, had just finished leading a small group of soldiers from
Veterans
This is a story with two very distinct points of view.As debate rages over President Obama’s presumptive health care reform, some veterans want another kind of improvement — the expansion of health services for female veterans.“Female soldiers need to take their heads out of the sand,” emphasized Wanda Story, national
Stage
I don’t really know what to say about this show. It is brilliant and silly and true to life and absurd all at the same time. On balance, it was certainly a thinker of a play and that makes it a great play in my book. Mating Dance of
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Angel Matamoros’ abstract paintings are paired with surrealistic paintings by Blake Flynn in the current exhibition at Childhood’s End Gallery in Olympia. It’s a nice contrast. Both artists display competent skill, and Flynn displays a very inventive mind. Matamoros’ paintings are bold and simple forms on roughly textured surfaces with typically
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The idea goes against everything our country stands for — or at least seems to stand for most of the time. Profit is what it’s all about here in the great U.S. of A. We’ve reached a point — from health care to tough to fathom things such as private
Health
The words “da Vinci” conjure up images of an intelligence that worked to improve upon existing conditions.Many of the conceptual works Leonardo da Vinci wrote about and drew (e.g., helicopters, airplanes, and human anatomy) foreshadowed and paved the way for modern day technology.One vital area where current technology is rapidly
Veterans
Joe Zelazny and Chuck O’Donahue are determined that Pierce County military veterans not be forgotten.“We are veterans, and we want all veterans honored,” said Zelazny, a World War II veteran and former prisoner of war, as he walked the grounds of the New Tacoma War Memorial Park. “A veteran is
