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Quick, how many Grammy nominated bands are playing Maggie O’Toole’s this week? If you said “None, Matt Driscoll is obviously high,” you’re only half right. As it turns out, Red, a Nashville-based alternative Christian band, does have a Grammy nomination under their God-fearing belt. And they’ll be plugging in at Maggie’s this
South Sound Cinema
Win some, lose some. Have to wait to see some. A little more than a year ago, I shared my list of the movies I was most keenly anticipating in 2018. (The super-secret and highly complex formula for choosing "most anticipated" titles has evolved over the years, but the basic playbook remains
Features
If your New Year's resolutions resolution has fizzled, fear not. The beginning of the year is an arbitrary marker. Start again. My high hopes of delving deep into the foodie festivities of 2019 have been a bit neglected. By neglected I mean to say that if I'm not going to
Reviews
ANNOUNCER: Locally sourced and naturally flavored ice cream is now available in University Place in the same complex as Whole Foods. Dutch and Jackie grabbed the kids and headed out to indulge themselves to try as many flavors as they could manage.DUTCH: I really liked the location, though only a
Travel
The Sea to Sky Highway, a section of Canada's Highway 99, stretches from Horseshoe Bay past Whistler to Pemberton in British Columbia. The winding highway received its name due to the change from a coastal highway at sea level, which follows along the edges of coastal mountains, to a mountain
Military Life
Escape rooms are like old television detective shows, or modern-day reality dramas, where participants work together through a cluster of clues to solve a puzzle, and thereby escape from the room. "The experience allows our guests to immerse themselves in an entirely different world," said David Lamb, owner and CEO of
Military Life
Even though the holidays have come and gone, spending time with the people you love should be practiced all year. In fact, married couples are encouraged to share at least one date night per month to increase marital happiness. According to the report "The Date Night Opportunity," written by W.
News
"Catholic Community Services (CCS) was paramount to pull me out of a suicidal hole," the retired Army veteran said in a CCS press release. "I asked for help, and help was given. I cannot believe that these programs are out there for veterans." After 20 years of service, the Whidbey Island
Music
It's fascinating to look at little wellsprings of artistic inspiration -- groups of like-minded people, assembled at one pivotal moment in time -- and see how their influence can reverberate for decades after. One of the most influential groups of artists to have emerged in the past few decades, though,
Arts
Culture, the new exhibition at The Gallery at Tacoma Community College, is billed as "an exhibition exploring the idea of cultural biases and its influence on the outlook of other cultures." This is one of the most powerful, if not the most powerful group show ever to be mounted at
Stage
If William Shakespeare's plays have engaged in a competition to see which of them will end up with the most adaptations and re-imaginings, I think it's safe to say that the two works that have come out on top are Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. The latter makes an awful
Stage
For readers of a certain age, MGM's 1939 musical version of The Wizard of Oz was less of a movie and more of an annual holiday rite. In the decades before ubiquitous home video and content streaming, Judy Garland and cohorts were given featured TV broadcasts, originally between Thanksgiving and
News Front
During disasters, Washington National Guard members routinely find themselves working with emergency management professionals from across the state. Pre-coordination and synchronization are key to succeeding in these high-stress situations. That's why the Washington National Guard Joint Forces Headquarters staff met with 10 county emergency managers and planners from the Washington Emergency
News Front
On May 11, 2018, Madigan Army Medical Center's Pediatric Department held its first "Pediatric LIVE!" virtual town hall on Facebook. Previously, Madigan's various change of command ceremonies, 25th anniversary celebration, Wi-Fi virtual ribbon-cutting, and other events have been streamed to thousands of military families over the last two years. The
News Front
The Joint Base Lewis-McChord Army Emergency Relief program will host its campaign kickoff at French Theater Friday, Feb. 22, from 9-10 a.m. The campaign is about educating people about the AER program and allowing servicemembers to continue to donate to other servicemembers that have experienced an emergency situation and needing valid
News Front
A host of changes to the Uniform Code of Military Justice became effective Jan. 1, modernizing definitions for many offenses, adjusting maximum penalties, standardizing court-martial panels, creating new computer-crime laws and much more. The changes strike a balance between protecting the rights of the accused and empowering commanders to affect good
News Front
After learning a colleague's son was battling leukemia and needed a lifesaving bone marrow transplant, one 446th Airlift Wing servicemember sprang into action. Senior Master Sgt. Michelle Helpenstell, 446th Airlift Wing Security Forces Logistics Superintendent and King County corrections officer, researched how she could donate her bone marrow and came across
Military Life
Residents of family housing owned and leased by the Army will have a chance again to rate the quality of housing and housing services in 2019. The second online survey of about 10,000 residents living in Army-owned and Army-leased housing worldwide will be emailed Jan. 15. CEL & Associates Inc. will
Military Life
The Kallinen family is unlike many families. While many families gather over the dinner table to enjoy time together, the Kallinen family gathers every month for Unit Training Assembly at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. With three family members actively serving as Reserve citizen airmen, Rachel Kallinen, the youngest Air Force Reservist currently
News Front
Listening to Col. Scovill W. Currin, Jr., the importance and immensity of the mission at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) quickly became clear. The commander of the base's 62nd Airlift Wing also stressed how the community surrounding the base plays a vital role in morale. The charismatic colonel did so with a
