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The Ranger, Stars and Stripes and Northwest Airlifter newspapers - as well as the beloved northwestmilitary.com site the three media sites call home - will be part of the Armed Forces Day festivities Saturday, May 18 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. We'll be recruiting fairgoers to join our circulation team, with
Music Features & Columns
This week I'm placing a great deal of responsibility on my readers. When editor Pappi Swarner tipped me off about an upcoming show at Tahoma Tea and Co. - formerly The Den - I naturally became very excited. But a quick glance at my work schedule promptly transformed anticipation of
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Week of Wonders describe their music as "tropical punk," which I suppose is as good a place to start as anywhere. What do they mean when they say this? Upon first listening, the lo-fi guitars and reverb-laden vocals call to mind any of many psychedelic pop revivalists, but then that
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If you've never been to a show at Harlequin Productions in Olympia, Gloucester Blue by the prolific and celebrated American dramatist, Israel Horovitz, would be an amazing initiation. Horovitz has written more than 70 plays, won numerous awards for his work, founded the Gloucester Stage Company in Gloucester Mass. and
Show And Tell
To me there's something intriguingly raw and human about a character that won't let down his or her walls to open up to anyone. I find myself wanting to know what circumstances made them into the person that they are. Yet oftentimes what's also enticing is the character that is
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A Buddhist friend once told me she found great peace by sitting in a comfortable place, shutting her eyes and paying attention to nothing. She said it was like a TV screen with no picture. She'd watch whatever popped up, then watch it disappear. On a recent evening, after days
News Front
A group of Reserve C-17 Globemaster III maintainers here spent their annual tour at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 21-May 5 to accomplish required core training and to train mechanics from the 732nd Air Mobility Squadron. "Elmendorf was selected to receive an en-route team because
News Front
Team McChord stood down normal operations May 10 to focus on being good Wingmen and the importance of Comprehensive Airman Fitness during Wingman Day. The theme of Wingman Day emphasized the four pillars of CAF: mental, physical, social and spiritual fitness. The goal is to help Airmen, Air Force civilians and
Stage & Visual Reviews
If you've never been to a show at Harlequin Productions in Olympia, Gloucester Blue by the prolific and celebrated American dramatist, Israel Horovitz, would be an amazing initiation. Horovitz has written more than 70 plays, won numerous awards for his work, founded the Gloucester Stage Company in Gloucester Mass. and
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Mike Vax, an international artist for the Getzen Musical Instrument Company and a Summit Records recording artist, has played lead and solo trumpet with the Stan Kenton Orchestra, the Clark Terry Big Bad Band, and the U.S. Navy Show Band. His "sit-in" list is long and impressive that includes Art
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The Olympia Youth Chorus is one of those organizations you just can't help but feel good about supporting. With an end goal of nurturing an appreciation for music and choral art in kids as young as kindergarten age, the Olympia Youth Chorus has been going strong for over 16 years.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Spar Cafe Olympia - Downtown. James Coates. 8 pm. NC. Cascadia Grill Olympia - Downtown. Jeremy Serwer. All Ages. 6-9 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. The Junction Sports Bar and Grill Lewis County.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. St. Practice Day, with The Bog Hoppers. 9 pm. NC. Gig Harbor Pierce County Library Gig Harbor. The Harmonica Pocket: A Is For Apple. All Ages. 10:30 am. NC. BLUES Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Tim Hall Band, The Derivatives. 8
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Cork! A Wine Bar Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Kurt Lindsay. 8 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Keith Alberstadt. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Dave's of Milton Milton. Comedy Night, featuring Amos Mack, Nigel Larson, Ron Osborne, music by Popoffs. 8 pm. $10. Big
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. Open mic format with Pam Carter from Classic Case as the host. 6-9 pm. NC. BLUES 2 Mile House Olympia - Westside. Blues Bentley Band Sunday Jam. 5-8 pm. NC. Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Uke & Singalong. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday. With Billy Pease, Paul Buck and Chris Gartland. 7 pm. NC. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino rockin' blues jam.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Acoustic open mic hosted by Leanne Trevalyan. 8 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Summit Pub Puyallup. Tim Hall & The Band Real Times. 7:30 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and Grill Tacoma - Northend. Barstool
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BLUES The Royal Lounge Olympia - Downtown. Alice Stuart, with Dan Tyack. 7:30 pm. Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Crazy Texas Gypsies Open Jam. 8 pm. Midtown Grill Bonney
News Front
Off Plant Road, tucked between Lewis Main and Lewis North, lies a grassy area, surrounded by hundreds-feet tall pine trees, where on a sunny Washington day you can hear the birds chirping and the roar of an occasional Chinook or Blackhawk helicopter as it flies by. This serene scene was cut
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Ernest Hemingway was a megalomaniac. We know this from Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris flick. Hemingway was also suffered from depression, and ultimately committed suicide at the age of 61. There has been much written about this great American writer, but not through the sensibility of his wife or lover
