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Thing: Free wings, baby! Place: Sparks Firehouse Deli Located: Across from Sparks Stadium In: Puyallup Given to: Local high schools In pursuit of: Fundraising And: School spirit Sparks also has: Awesome pizza Goes with: $5 happy hour pitchers of beer Which makes for: A cheap date An estimated $85,000 has been donated in the form of either food product or
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The weathered headstone is just about a century old. On the aged stone is chiseled the name of Lee Whalen, and that he had been assigned to Company B, 347th Machine Gun Company. The Seattle Daily Times reported that he had died after a brief illness in October 1917, a month after
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COOKING CLASS Primo Grill (601 S. Pine, Tacoma) hosts a cooking class with the bounty of local farms at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 4. The cost is $65 per person. Reserve your spot at 253.383.7000. WINE DINNER El Gaucho (2119 Pacific Ave., Tacoma) hosts a five-course Boudreaux Cellars wine dinner with winemaker Rob
Sipping Out
Thursday, June 2 Half-price bottle wine night for wines less than $100, Maxwell's Speakeasy, 454 St. Helens, Tacoma, 253.683.4115. Half-price wine, all night, Harmon Tap Room, 204 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma, 253.212.2725. $3 Thursdays: $3 beer, $3 wells, $3 for two hot dogs, 4 p.m. to close, Hell's Kitchen, 928 Pacific Ave., Tacoma,
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Sweet mother of Minnie Pearl! The Gruv Lounge on Tacoma’s Sixth Avenue passes over the usual Tuesday night trivia and goldfish race hijinks in favor of some swinging rockabilly. The music is a little bit country and a little bit rock 'n' roll, with pinup girls, hotrods and cheap booze in
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With traumatic brain injury being one of the leading diagnoses of combat injuries, the Defense & Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) has launched a new website to provide useful content and assistance to those service members affected. The site provides information about TBI from the military
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There is a four-step process by which veterans can receive a disability from the Veterans Health Administration for post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. First, tell the truth. That's right - don't lie to the VA. The folks who work there are not stupid. They know that veterans need the
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Once Camp Lewis was built, soldiers in-processed, trained and shipped out to Europe, including the 91st Division, which left in the late spring of 1918. While the 91st had many names, the nickname the soldiers chose to carry with them as they boarded trains was the Wild West Division. At one
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Gypsy jazz geniuses Pearl Django will make a blessed appearance June 2 at Tacoma Musical Playhouse, with local favorites the Lance Buller/Stephanie Porter Experience. Twelve years on the road, Tacoma-born jazz nomads Pearl Django continues to wear out shoes, fingers and kegs on its path to musical Mecca. Neil Andersson,
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“It was pretty much a surprise,” says Ethan Newberry, best friend of “American Idol” contestant Blake Lewis, who lost to Jordan Sparks Wednesday night. “After one of Blake’s concerts here in Seattle a friend came up to him and said, ‘I’m taking you to the “American Idol” auditions tomorrow.’ Blake
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As I’ve mentioned in this column several times now, my wife and I are expecting a baby in early June. It’s a little girl, and she’s due June 10. Her name is Lily Judith Driscoll. She has big feet. I’ve seen them on the ultrasound, and I’ve seen at least one
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Friday, May 25 PROGRESSIVE ROCK the bimm quaid In my ongoing search to find bands that are atypical and who defy the norm, I ran across the Bimm Quaid on MySpace and was instantly impressed as their first song belted out of my speakers. With a blend of jazz-fusion and psychedelic rock
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Fridays were meant for debauchery. Fridays were meant for cheap beer. Fridays were meant for making out with someone you don’t really know. Fridays were meant for the Broken Oars. Luckily, and appropriately, this Friday’s show at Hell’s Kitchen offers all of the above. Debauchery. Cheap beer. Unfamiliar lips. And one of
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on sale now Robin Williams Seattle. May 24 8 pm. $45 (The Showbox, TM). Pearl Django, Lance Buller/Stephanie Porter Experience Tacoma. June 2 8 pm. $25 (Narrows Theater, 253.565.6867). Doug Stanhope, Andy Andrist, Brandon Popson Tacoma. June 5 8 pm. $15-17 (Jazzbones, 253.396.9169). The Beatniks Tacoma. June 8 9 pm. $12-$15 (Jazzbones, 253.396.9169). Reeble Jar,
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Every Third Thursday, while Art Walk takes over the downtown Tacoma streets, a Puyallup event also transpires that seeks to connect women with a more spiritual purpose. What used to be the Puyallup After 5 Christian Women’s group is now Women’s Connections, seeking to bring women of faith together once a
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Vaguely I remember being in Hungary. I was young — only 8 — and many of my memories of the place have faded. But I remember Budapest’s open-air markets, with squawking chickens, fresh eggs, and just-harvested produce. I get the same feeling wandering through local farmers’ markets, though there are less livestock
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Now that most of our proms have passed, everyone is still living in the moment. The girls still want to show off their dresses. They are taking their prom pictures and imprinting them on their favorite shirts. I love the idea; it’s new and cute for the summer. When I
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Whatcha’ wearin’ to work when you’re on a budget? Shannon Mueller, who runs Babblin’ Babs Bistro in Proctor with her husband, William, sports the perfect saucy-sweet look for serving up gazpacho with avocado ice cream and savory blueberry soup (don’t judge until you’ve tasted!). Her shirts come straight out of Target, and
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Often, after I get my hair done, I go far too long without washing it. Thing is, I suck at styling, and it never looks as good as the pros get it to look. Turns out I’m no better with my four legged friends, or at least one of them. After Tank went
