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Artist and songwriter Dana Lyons will visit Olympia's Washington Center for the Performing Arts Saturday for the Masterworks Choral Ensemble presentation of For the Beauty of the Earth, an event promising to, "celebrate the beauty of the earth, help renew our bond with nature, and reward us with laughter and
Arts
Get ready - a new multimedia art project is about to rock your world. ROTATOR, set to debut this week, is at once a periodical and a piece of art. Headed up by Lance Kagey, Tom Llewellen and the collaborative efforts of plenty of other local talent, ROTATOR will cover
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Thursday, June 14: Couger Crest Winery tasting, 5:30-8:30 p.m., complimentary, Pour At Four, 3814 N. 26th St., Tacoma, 253.761.8015. Thursday, June 14: Mountaineers Social Singles wine tasting, 7-9 p.m., Tacoma Mountaineers Club House, North 30th and Carr, Tacoma, 253.383.6056. Friday, June 15-Saturday, June 16: Cougar Crest wine tasting, 6-8 p.m. Friday, 4
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When it comes to a good Mexican meal, there are a hundred variations based on a mix-and-match menu system. Start with the accepted building blocks — enchiladas, tamales, guacamole salad, crispy tacos — add rice and beans, or alternately use a catchy name (the Mazatlan Platter, #2 Dinner). While the
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Just can't get enough local film festival action? Neither can we. That's why we'll pony up the bridge tolls this weekend to venture to Gig Harbor, where the annual Gig Harbor Film Festival will run all weekend. An endearingly quaint endeavor, despite the cushy, stadium style seats of the festival's
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Wyatt. He’s the one who is about to become one of the utmost important men in my life. He’s someone I already love so dearly and devotedly. Wyatt is the baby boy in the body of my best friend from high school. Beautiful Ashley and Sweet Pea Josh are expecting Wyatt to arrive
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Want to see and hear Karen Smitherman and Anders Ibsen face off? Want to see Ryan Mello tell it how it is? Want to see David Boe and Mike Hardy spar on the tough issues, like whether those stoned on weed are easier to deal with than drunks? You'll have
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(THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS TO OONA AND ERIN!) Warren Miller Entertainment - whose name is as synonymous with skiing and snowboarding as K2, Salomon or Burton - has been wowing crowds with its cinematic visions of extreme snowsports for 62 years. Its latest film, which features the daredevil exploits of
Military Life
There's something intensely satisfying about toiling in the garden on a cool summer morning. Whether it's the feel of damp soil clinging to the underside of your nails or the plucking of sun-ripened vegetables from the vine -- the act of gardening can bring you a sense of "Zen" that
Nightlife It List
The Weekly Volcano recognizes the need to keep ourselves young by occasionally going out and assaulting our livers and the sensibilities of other Tacomans - and that's exactly what we do during Doyle's monthly St. Practice Day parties. Doyle's is a great pub on any given
Nightlife It List
We understand Big Whisky Saloon's appeal. New-school country music plays over the loudspeakers. The men in the crowd wear big belt buckles and flannel shirts. Friendly drink girls pass out $1 PBRs. Hookups happen on the dance floor and in the back near the pool table. People smile all around.
Scene It
Not much can be said about 1022 South that hasn't already been said. Everyone has sung the bar's praises. I mean, even a writer from New York called 1022, "home to some of the most fascinating apothecary cocktail work on the West Coast." And I agree. Unlike the New York Times
Music
VIOLIN VS. VINYL >>> Friday, Oct. 14 Show up at Jazzbones Friday and you'll encounter a pulsing, breathing, three-pronged attack of art-meets-music. The gist of this gig won't be much different than the image the name conjures up, combining the mastery of the "violinistextremist" known as Kytami, billed as "perhaps Canada's most
News Front
Lancers of 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, with the assistance of the Army's Maneuver Center of Excellence completed a five-day exercise focused on subterranean operations at a remote underground facility in Washington state, May 14-18. The subterranean operational environment, which dates as far back as the Civil War
Music
It's def' fall out there. That Northwest gray is back. I welcome the rain. I know it means artists are tucked away in their studios, bedrooms and basements - writing, producing and recording all that ill-ish that makes our music scene special and unique. To start off the new season, check
Military Life
Blue Star Museums 2018 kicks off Memorial Day and runs through Labor Day. The program is a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense and a variety of museums in all 50 states. Since 2010, the Blue Star Museums program has offered free
Music
On each of the band's albums, the Bismarck credits the vocals to a "team effort," which, upon listening, couldn't sound more accurate. Seemingly nobody has stepped into the role of frontman, and even when a lead vocal surfaces it is surrounded by enthusiastic shouts from the other band mates. One
Ragnet
In every issue of this fine rag my hack team of wannabe journalists and I tackle some of the most laughable criminal acts that have recently happened in our area. Then - if we're doing our job - we write about those crimes in a way that makes you chuckle,
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The Department of the Army announced late last week that the new 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) will be stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. "We are honored that the Army has chosen JBLM to host one of the active-duty SFABs here," said Lt. Gen. Gary Volesky, I Corps and JBLM
Health
Your smartphone can now be used for more than texting friends or flinging birds. With TriWest's mobile account tools, you can get closer to your health care. TriWest Mobile App Get answers to your general TRICARE questions whether you're relaxing at home, standing in line or waiting at the
