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When Jaimie Garrett attended McChord Field's Annual Awards Banquet on March 6, she thought she was attending simply as a longtime supporter of the military and honorary commander of the 62nd Airlift Wing Operations Group, 10th Airlift Squadron. Turns out, she was one of several servicemembers and civilians being honored during
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Military Veterans will talk TED in Tacoma this weekend. TED - Technology, Entertainment and Design - has its origins in the Silicon Valley tech world. It has evolved into an international series of talks and lectures that bring together experts in everything from science and economics to poverty. The Tacoma event is
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Soldiers and families with 3-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, "Arrowhead," 7th Infantry Division, welcomed a new commander and command sergeant major during a ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, March 13. Col. David Foley, the former plans officer for 7th Infantry Division, replaced the outgoing commander, Col. Hugh Bair.
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On National Walking Day, why not get up off your booty and commune with Tacoma on foot? Downtown On the Go hosts another Walk Tacoma event. At lunchtime, the organization will lead a walk through Tacoma's Stadium District. Participants will join Melissa McGinnis from Metro Parks, former Tacoma mayor Bill
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Hall & Oates is one of those bands that it's very easy to scoff at: the dumb hair and mustaches, the painfully sincere music and the blue-eyed soul. Still, in this era of post-irony, where hipsters are able to enjoy cheesy music without ever having to keep it at arm's
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Stop me if you've heard this one. Two venerable priests, a nun and two peace activists break into a naval base. This particular naval base is host to what is potentially the largest single stockpile of deployable nuclear weapons in the world. Unescorted, they make their way deeper and deeper into
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[CLASSICAL] + SUN, MARCH 22 You may not know it yet, but you are going to love Kaitlyn Lusk. She first sang with the Baltimore Symphony at age 14. A year later, she was chosen as featured vocal soloist for composer Howard Shore's Lord of the Rings Symphony suite. If you're
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Saturday's A Dinner at the Well offers dinner for two for $50. The twist: If you buy a ticket, you get one meal and the other will go to someone living on the streets in Olympia. And all of the diners in both groups, along with volunteers, will share the meal, eating
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Now that indie music has increasingly begun to incorporate pop music into its life, we've found ourselves at an interesting crossroad, where the underground no longer has any fear of selling out or sounding too corporate; instead, bands have folded Top 40 sounds into their brand of uncompromising idiosyncrasy, resulting
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Oakland trio Religious Girls is gospel music for noise. Praising everything both beautiful and abrasive, Religious Girls are fascinated with taking clattering and chanting and making it a main character. Eardrums are pummeled, pupils are dilated, and minds are expanded to the place where they can receive that glut of
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Before there was Howard Stern, before there was Rush Limbaugh, before there was Tom Leykis, before there was Mike Malloy, there was ... Barry Champlain, the fictional protagonist of Eric Bogosian's 1987 play Talk Radio, the story of Cleveland's controversial late-night radio host infamous for slinging insults at callers. Now
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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 NOW Ryan Bingham & The Dead
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It's a new week, which means it's time for a new installment of Bobble Tiki's South Sound music news and note column. Without further ado, let's get rolling ... To be honest, Bobble Tiki is having a hard time wrapping his head around the idea that it's nearly Thanksgiving - that
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In college, Scott Cossu immersed himself in the music of Ecuador, living in the Andes Mountains and Chota Valley while furthering his ethnomusicology studies. He then alchemized his amassed knowledge into records with shamelessly cheesy titles like Emerald Pathways, Stained Glass Memories and, simply, Mountain. Cossu's a laudable pianist, and
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(Contest Closed. Congratulations Marisa!) For this week's Weekly Volcano Morning Quickie e-newsletter contest we're headed back to Paddy Coyne's Irish Pub - voted Best Place To Forever Imoortalize Your Alcoholism in our Best of Tacoma 2010 issue – giving away a whoppin' $50 gift certificate
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As with all good stories, the one about Thanksgiving should start with Once upon a time. ... But it doesn't, and there isn't a whole lot of solid fact linking the annual late-November feast we celebrate today with the pilgrims of the past. The credit really should go to Honest Abe.
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I knew the traditional fifth anniversary gift was the astoundingly lame "wood," and, of course, the 25th anniversary is the silver and 50th golden. We're pretty sure the 75th is either oxygen tanks or pre-chewed food. Apparently, the first anniversary is the kickass music anniversary, because downtown Olympia music and
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Violinist Janet Sung - doing what we presume she does best - is a sight to see and behold. Of course, Sung could be an expert hand-jiver and we wouldn't know, but we do know her violin skills are something to celebrate - and you'll have a chance to do
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Imagine a 2,500-sqaure-foot space filled with nearly 40 tables. Now imagine those tables teeming with rare records, lost VHS classics, band merchandise and memorabilia. Imagine you could swap, sell or purchase any of these precious items while listening to kick ass bands and mingling with other connoisseurs. Well, quit thinking
