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Friday, June 29-Saturday, June 30 BLUES MUSICAL “i thought i heard elliot bay” Now here’s a fun idea. Bluesman/guitarist/songwriter Jack Cook has put together the “fake history of Seattle’” in a blues musical. “I Thought I Heard Elliot Bay” tells the fictional story of music in Seattle in the ’40s through the
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As if she borrowed a pair of Shania Twain’s walkin’ boots, Tara McCormick’s music is country with a sexy rock/pop attitude. If McCormick’s name sounds familiar, it’s probably because she was Miss Washington in 2004, and she made it all the way to the top 15 in the Miss USA
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You’ve been watching “America’s Next Top Model” re-runs and you know, without a shadow of a doubt, that that top model could be you. You know that top modeling career could be your springboard to fame and fortune, and you could then land a movie deal and eventually make it
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So here I am, head in my closet, with a problem. My pedicure is in seriously sad shape, between several over-long chipped toenails and polish that’s losing its sparkle. Right now I don’t have time for a pedi, and I have no close-toed spring-summer shoes. What to do? Can’t very well wear
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Weird hobby (or, how I got into bird watching) Some time ago I got a happy little bird feeder and filled it with happy little bird seed. For some time, the birds avoided my yard like the plague, probably seeing the bits of torn stuffed-animal fluff on the grass, and envisioning
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"Reconfigured - a Collaboration" is an awesome little show featuring the artwork of Becky Frehse and Jane Kelsey-Mapel. Frehse, a longtime Tacoma artist, is well known in the South Sound area. Kelsey-Mapel, from Phoenix, Ariz., is not familiar to area gallery-goers. The two worked together on this show - winters
Food Matters
With spring has come a slew of new menus for Green.House Restaurant. New lunch, dinner and "bites" menus grace the tables at the Uptown Gig Harbor restaurant, highlighting seasonal ingredients and bold flavors. Their "bites" menu was created to provide a quick bite before a flick, which is
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(Photo: CH-47 Chinook helicopters during Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 168th General Support Aviation deployment ceremony at the Washington Army National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility at Joint Base Lewis-McChord May 6. Bravo Company is set to deploy to the Middle East for the third time in 10 years.) While more than
Housing
The summer is when most Permanent Change of Stations, or moves, occur in the military. Therefore, when orders are issued in the spring - so right now - is when finding new housing and dealing with your current housing becomes a priority. While there are hundreds of options when it comes
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In late March, 90 single Soldiers from the 54th Military Police Brigade on Joint Base Lewis-McChord returning home from a deployment were pleasantly surprised with what awaited them in the barracks. "Every single Soldier received a laundry basket filled to the brim with things like soap, toothpaste, laundry detergent and more
Health
These days we live in a world where dietary restrictions are the norm. Whether going gluten free for health reasons or adapting to a vegetarian/vegan/raw diet for personal ones, it is easy to come across an individual forgoing certain foods. Army spouse Brittne Elliot-Hilde knows this all too well, stating
Military Resources
Military families are no strangers to storms in life, and Operation Military Family founder Michael Schindler wants to make sure they have the tools and resources to weather them. The Navy veteran hosted a seminar March 30 at the Escape Zone on McChord Field with the goal of reaching out to
Focus
There are two things in life Aaron Meade knows very well: blood and beer. While it sounds like a strange combination, the two liquids have played a major role in the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Army Reservist's life over the past six years. "They're the lifeblood of America," the 28-year-old Meade said with
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Everyone has experienced it: You wash and dry a favorite article of clothing, and it gets damaged or it shrinks. Frustrating and costly, right? Well, it could be worse. What if the same thing happened to your body armor garments? Finding a safe, effective way to clean Improved
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I know I'll probably come off as naïve when I say this, but I am consistently blown away whenever I see a musician build a song with a looping pedal. The first time I saw this live, it was at an Andrew Bird concert, and I'm sure my jaw was
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Place: Johnny's in Fife Place: Johnny's Dock Place: Johnny's on the Mall Place: Crawford's Sea Grill Person: John E. Meaker The: Grandfather of them all Because it's sacrilege to utter the word "Seattle" while in the presence of most Tacoma audiences, I'll skip over the part of John E. Meaker's butcher shop and restaurant history that
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The Magic Lantern Society are not intergalactic peacekeepers led by a six-pack sportin' pretty boy with a lisp, but rather a group of Victorian-era lantern enthusiasts who will converge on Tacoma in June to project imagines on walls through hand-painted glass slides powered by candle or oil lamp powered lanterns.
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(Photo: The Department of Defense is raising the minimum age for all tobacco sales to 21 years of age beginning Aug. 1. Tobacco use is the number one cause of preventable disease, disability and death in the United States.) Although most Americans are rightfully focused on the current health threat posed
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Beneath Tacoma's thick outer skin of gritty beautiful people covered in tattoos and vintage tops are a group of creative, clever women who know there's more to turning people on than jiggling butt floss. The Gritty City Sirens are into its second year of reviving the art of
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(Photo: Janell Cain, a clinical research coordinator at Madigan with the Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, records the informed consent forms signed by a patient receiving treatment for COVID-19 in the intensive care unit from Madigan’s Virtual Critical Care Center April 14.) Madigan Army Medical Center, on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, has
