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QUESTION: I'm 23, and my girlfriend of a couple months is 20. I'm taller than her, although I'm only 5-foot-7, and very thin (I weigh less than she does). She's mentioned several times that she's never been with somebody so thin, making me think it's a problem for her. I
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Better than finding a Snickers bar under your couch cushion, or a $5 bill in your coat picket, one of the best surprises you could ever encounter is a secret alcohol area of the Puyallup Fair, hosted by Lady Luck's Cowgirl Up. Not the Park Bistro's Washington wine garden (which
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In most issues of this fine rag, Marshal Matt Driscoll and his hack team of wannabe journalists tackle some of the most laughable criminal acts that have recently happened in our area. Then - if Driscoll is doing his job, which he isn't this week, as he's on staycation -
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This isn't Hinson's first show at Minnaert Gallery, but then again, he used to teach art history there. (Membership has its privileges.) According to the college website, "Palminteri often paints large, colorful narrative pieces highlighting domestic life, while Hinson works more in abstract painted constructions. ... Born of this relationship
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Bollywood, that colorful and exuberant fusion of classical Indian dance and the Hollywood musical, has gained a following outside of India. And its arrival in Tacoma comes in the form of Sanford & Son Antiques' annual adult prom Saturday loaded with, no doubt, spectacular song-and-dance sequences, joke-shop wigs, ill-fitting body
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Tacoma artist Shaun Peterson, who also took on the native Puyallup name Qwalsius in 2005, created a 22-foot-tall carved figure for Tollefson Plaza. The figure is a woman in a white dress with a Thunderbird design and woven cedar hat, and she welcomes visitors of all cultures to what was
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It began as a 1988 John Waters film in which Ricki Lake (yes, that Ricki Lake) played Tracy Turnblad, a girl of size in 1962 Baltimore who wants nothing more than to dance on The Corny Collins Show. Drag queen Divine costarred as Tracy's mother. That film was adapted into
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Run frantically, hop in your car and navigate the urban jungle to the Tacoma Art Museum to enjoy the soothing tranquility of nature. Vashon Island landscape painter Victoria Adams, known for such pastorals as River's Edge and Morning Shimmer, creates broad panoramas of the American countryside devoid of humans. She
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Elizabeth Lord is many things: bartender, storyteller, gifted actor - and, once a year, Lord Franzannian, the gruff but lovable drag host of Oly's premier vaudeville revue. We don't know what the good Lord's lineup will be this year, but odds are there'll be music, juggling and lovely ladies of
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Gig Harbor is a quiet suburban community, known largely for a kickass shopping mall with a Blazing Onion Burger Company and that movie theater with the seats that shake you around. But did you also know it's fairly swimming with talented artists in a wide variety of media? Of course
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I don't know how she does it. Susan Christian, owner of Salon Refu, keeps discovering artists of note. Or maybe they find her. The latest is Jean Nagia, an artist completely new to me. He painted the bright, geometric abstract mural on the side of Salon Refu, and he's working
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The current record for Largest Food Drive Ever netted half a million pounds of food. Now Emergency Food Network, Northwest Harvest, Tacoma Public Schools and the Stadium Centennial Foundation hope to celebrate the Stadium Bowl's 100th anniversary by doubling that record from Friday to Saturday. Fill
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Franciscan Polar Plaza is the place to be once winter hits. Think you can find something better to do than busting out some ice skates? Yeah, good luck with that. Polar Plaza is on its fourth year of setting up an ice-skating rink decked
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Friday, Dec. 12, the 56th Army Band performed "Anchors Aweigh," the Navy's fight song. A team representing the Navy Region Northwest had just scored on the Army during a flag football game at Cowan Stadium on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. "You're going to be hearing a lot more of that!" shouted a
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If you want to see an entertaining winter play - but are going to puke nutcrackers if you see A Christmas Carol one more time - head to a special early edition of Creative Colloquy. Michael Haeflinger, Titus Burley and William Turbyfill will perform jolly dramatic performances. Wait, there's more.
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MASH UP NIGHT >>> Friday, Sept. 17 Alright, look: I have no idea what this "mash up" is supposed to be. Apparently, members of Big Wheel Stunt Show, the Legend of Bigfoot and SweetKiss Momma (in addition to "more," evidently) will converge on the New Frontier stage and do ... something. Personally,
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Everything that could or, really, should be said about Hall & Oates has been exhausted. By now we know that, yes, John Oates has one of the more ridiculous mustaches in the history of personal grooming. And yes, Daryl Hall might be more comfortable as the third doctor on some
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While rustic Northwestern folk gilded with gorgeous multi-part harmonies is a type of music that may have already peaked in local and national popularity (what with the Fleet Foxes' recent meteoric ascension from Emerald City darlings to Saturday Night Live musical guests), it's also something that'll likely never grow tiresome,
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Daniel Higgs occupies a space similar to other people who may be categorized as "mad prophets": vocalists like Isaac Brock or Nick Cave - artists who seem to speak only in proclamations and incantations, with fearsome intonation and a seemingly-possessed fervor in their eyes. These are men who seem to
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Alright, look: I have no idea what this "mash up" is supposed to be. Apparently, members of Big Wheel Stunt Show, the Legend of Bigfoot and SweetKiss Momma (in addition to "more," evidently) will converge on the New Frontier stage and do ... something. Personally, I'm intrigued already. These are
