Music
Bobble Tiki is an island themed souvenir of many skills and talents. For instance, no one at Weekly Volcano World Headquarters can balance more quarters on their chin than Bobble Tiki. Also, Bobble Tiki is a two-time champion pocket-pool player - having honed his skills throughout adolescents at a stifling
News Front
The U.S. Army has many traditions; some even date back to before the Revolutionary War. One tradition many still remember is the drummer leading soldiers into battle. Today, the I Corps Army Band does not lead soldiers into battle. Instead, they travel with soldiers to provide musical support and build morale. Recently,
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Congress could wrap up a 2016 defense policy bill this week that authorizes pay and benefits for troops, but the Obama administration warned again Wednesday of a veto, according to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. McCain, who is heading up negotiations on the National Defense Authorization Act, said he received the most
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Less than two weeks after completing an eight-hour basic lifesaving course, third-year nursing student Abbie Hinneifa used cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to save the life of a young boy. Hinneifa attended the course, taught by Army nurses from Joint Base Lewis-McChord 62nd Medical Task Force, and received refresher training in CPR. With
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Mindfulness-based meditation and the military are generally two things that one would not associate with one another. But on Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Dr. Valerie Rice, chief of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Human Research and Engineering Directorate Army Medical Department Field Element in San Antonio, has participated in the Army
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There was a collective sign of relief likely felt last week across the South Sound after the Army announced the cuts at Joint Base Lewis-McChord would be nothing as the forecasters warned. In fact, as the dust settled, it's possible the 1,251 drawdown announced for here will be partially offset
Music
There are few things more intimately connected in this world than love and music. The feeling you get when you fall in love, the songs that take on unreasonable importance over the course of relationships, the musical salve you apply to your wounds when you're going through a breakup -
Stage
As promised last week (with serious caveats), here are my nominees for the Carvy Olympia Theater Awards for 2010. I was obliged to pick a winner; my gut choices are printed in bold. This was a busy year for local theater, so if you didn't win, think of it as
Concert Alert
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 KMPS Country Night Skagit
Attractions
Sometime in the late 70s, my friend's mom took us to this cool new animal park that wasn't like the zoos we were accustomed to. Gone were the metal and concrete enclosures containing uncomfortable animals shipped in from completely different climates; instead, native animals roamed freely in what felt to
Archives
on sale now 3 Inches of Blood, Book of Black Each, Darkness Stole the Sky, Left Alive Tacoma. May 19 (all ages) 5 pm. $10 (Hell’s Kitchen, TWeb). Benefit for Jana from Supernova with 3 Inches of Blood, Violence Unfolds, Severus, Mos Generator Tacoma. May 19 9 pm. $10 (Hell’s Kitchen, TWeb). Michael
Cup Check
To celebrate the dawning of 2011 here at Cup Check, and because fresh ideas are hard to come up with all the time, I've decided to dedicate this week's column to a far less than comprehensive list of 2010's dumbest jocks. These are the sports figures that made last year
Music
I was truly hoping 2011's arrival might be accompanied by at least a trace of lightness - lightness that seemed to be thanklessly missing throughout 2010. Taking stock, and looking back, 2010 was awful from the 72 hours that preceded its arrival, and spilling all the way into the first
Scene It
As much as I wish the following statement weren't true, here it is anyway: Certain nights just aren't conducive to heavy drinking. The night before an exam, the night you enter your third trimester of pregnancy or the night you have to pick up grandma from the airport, to name a few.
Arts
Two Tacoma artists, Lynn Di Nino and Jim Robbins, will leave T-Town Monday on their way to Africa along with Seattle artist Marsha Conn and six other Seattle-based artists to bring smiles to the Batwa Pygmies of Uganda."Marsha has received grants and organized a group of nine artists to go
Stage
My choices for the best South Sound art exhibits of 2010 in chronological order are:Troy Gua's memorial to loss at Fulcrum Art Gallery in March. There were actually two Troy Gua shows in one. The title show, Monument: A Memorial to Loss filled the small room to the left upon
Outdoors
Long before Tacoma was a trendy art hub known for its downtown museums and culture, it was a port town bustling with incoming ships and trains the western terminus for the Northern Pacific Railroad. Maritime Fest, which will be held this weekend, July 18 and 19, started as a way to
Nightlife It List
And as far as good clubs go, The Swiss in Tacoma is up there with the best. The Swiss' interior consists of three expansive rooms, each with at least one spot to purchase drinks. A mix of typical pub decor and Northwest flair create a unique, welcoming environment. Ornate blown
Music
THE BUDDHA MAGOO >>> Saturday, Jan. 8 Here, my dear reader, is what I have been able to determine about the Buddha Magoo via harried research of what little exists in reference to the band: (1) they have a silly name, (2) they are a supergroup of Olympia experimental folk veterans with
