Health
Every few years, military families make a permanent change of station move. Usually their new destination is a place where they have never been before, and where they know no one. One way to get in the loop is to join a local women's club. Women's clubs offer members an opportunity to
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BLUES Salty's at Redondo Beach Des Moines. Rock-A-Bye Blues. 7 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Jackie Kashian. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Tony Daniel. 8:30 pm. $15. Le Voyeur Café and Lounge Olympia - Downtown. Oly Claw Presents: Ladies Arm Wrestling. 8 pm. COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Treos
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. The Debutones. All Ages. 8 pm. $10-$15. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Jackie Kashian. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Tony Daniel. 8:30 pm. $15. Dave's of Milton Milton. Comedy Night, featuring Richard Chassler, Monica
Choice Events
One of the programs the American Legion takes a great deal of pride in is its Evergreen Boys State program. "The value of this program is that attendees gain an understanding from the inside on how Washington State government is supposed to work," wrote coordinator Bob Schwartz in an email. "The attendees
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. BLUES Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Back To Beale Street Blues Competition, with Emily Randolph & Oaklawn, King Kombeaux, The Julie Duke Band, Phat Daddy & The Zone, Pacific Drive, Aaron Jones & The Way, Thai Barker Band, Rafael Tranquilino
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Acoustic open mic hosted by Leanne Trevalyan. 8 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and Grill Tacoma - Northend. Barstool Bingo. 6:30 pm. White Horse Tavern Yelm. Barstool Bingo. Prizes! 7 pm.
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Dave Graham, 49, passed away May 17, 2014, after a courageous battle with cancer. With his passing, each of the many Tacoma circles he ran in will never fully enclose again - especially the circles housing Dave's good friend, John Kephart. Read Kepart's reflections on Dave here. A potluck memorial
Arts
Editor's Note: I was lucky enough to call Dave Graham my friend. Many Tacomans could make the same claim. After all, Dave Graham was Tacoma, overlapping many circles, advancing music, film and the arts at every turn. Dave Graham, 49, passed away May 17, 2014, after a courageous battle with
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Live Music and DJs in the South Sound ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Red Bicycle Bistro and Sushi Bar Vashon. Picoso. All Ages. 9:30 pm. $5. Forza Coffee Puyallup. Savannah, Nick Sandy. All Ages. 6:30 pm. NC. Matrix Coffee House Chehalis. Song Circle Open Mic. All Ages. 7 pm. $2, NC for performers. Mandolin Cafe Tacoma - Central. Tamara
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Live music and DJS in the South Sound ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Billy Stoops Acoustic Jam Night. 21+. 8 pm. Uncle Sam’s American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Jerry Miller Unplugged. 6 pm. NC. Liquid Soul Coffee Roy. Open Mic. Hosted by David Wayne. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Cafe Luna Vashon. Open Mic,
Stage
We were two or three scenes into David Mamet's two-hander A Life in the Theatre, the debut production from Tacoma's Working Class Theatre NW, when my wife leaned over and whispered, "People do not talk like this." I knew what she meant. Actors and critics often claim Mamet's truncated sentences
Features
The South Sound area is a rich and diverse community. A melting pot, if you will, surrounded by majestic scenery offering up the best of both urban adventures and nature-driven journeys. The Pierce County region also serves up a plethora of fabulous dining options, some of which are known far
Scene It
Coming into its own, general manager Chris Langston and staff of Tacoma's 1022 South lounge celebrated its one-year anniversary along with a packed house Monday evening. From 6 p.m. on it was standing room only; granted this is not a difficult feat given the lounge's actual physical dimensions. The difference
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Ever since the Westside Tavern won the Tournament of Burgers, the real estate agents representing Olympia's Westside have been inundated with inquiries. The Westside is happening, but that's not news to those who live up on the hill. If you want proof, drop by the Tuesday West Olympia Farmers Market.
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Are you eager to unleash your inner Nikola Tesla? No, I'm not talking about finally using that death ray you've been building in your basement. I'm talking about science, where you posit a hypothesis, test it, observe what happens, analyze the data and draw a conclusion. With the rise of
Focus
In April 1945, Gen. Henry H. "Hap" Arnold saw a need for an independent civilian organization to argue the case for military preparedness and the importance of airpower. A year later, the Air Force Association was incorporated in Washington D.C. with Gen. Jimmy Doolittle, a noted aviation pioneer and Medal of
Operation Family Support
Is your spouse a member of the National Guard or Reserves? Do you have questions about what happens with benefits and deployment pay entitlements when your servicemember returns home from deployment? If so, the 446th Mission Support Squadron will have the answers to these questions and more at an upcoming post-deployment
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(446th AW PA) - Some people may think the 446th Mission Support Squadron Airman and Family Readiness Center here mainly helps reservists find a job or manage their finances. Others may believe it exists only to help reservists who are or have been deployed. And there are those who assume the
