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In 1917 when 91st Division commander, Maj. Gen. Henry A. Greene, sought to put young Camp Lewis recruits on a straight and narrow path, Progressive Era political reform and social activism emerged in the form of an amusement park just outside the camp's main gate. The vision
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Many people are familiar with Eagles Pride Golf Course outside Joint Base Lewis-McChord. But the 27-hole course makes up just a part of the 431-acre property. The course is also surrounded by 227 acres of native woodland forest just waiting to be explored. David Wienecke, golf course
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OK, South Sound. I've noticed five annoying trends while attending all-ages shows. I feel the need to discuss them now on the eve of The Redroom's final show. Standing at the front but not dancing In case you hadn't noticed, we like to dance in Tacoma. Cases of young music fans in
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I'm going to just go ahead and say it. Some holidays serve the sole purpose of giving folks an opportunity to let their hair down and whoop it up. One such holiday is Cinco de Mayo, for those who didn't pay attention in Spanish class that is the 5th of
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"The fact that children can make beautiful music is less significant than the fact that music can make beautiful children." - Cherly Lavender, composer Ted Brown Music Outreach (TBMO) was introduced in 2007 by Ted Brown Music store in Tacoma, with the mission to provide children throughout the South Sound access
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Brittany Kingery and her music have both found a home on the beach, and the tide is coming in to Olympia, just in time to kick off the Cinco de Mayo weekend. The Grays Harbor-born singer's concert in Olympia Friday, May 3 will be her first U.S. performance since the
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On sale now Switches, The Catch Seattle. Aug. 10 (all ages) 6 pm. $8-$10 (Chop Suey, TW). Eddie Izzard Seattle. Aug. 11-12 8 pm. $50 (Seattle Repertory Theatre, 206.443.2222). Geezerfest 2007 with Blood Circus, Catbutt, Swallow, Coffin Break, Love Battery, Snow Bud & The Flower People, RC5, Green Pajamas, Valis, From The North,
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These guys evoke memories of sitting in front of the console stereo spinning 45s when I was just a wee lad. Yes, I was a music geek as early as age 5. You might know songs like “Mony Mony,” “I Think We’re Alone Now,” and “Crimson and Clover” as ’80s
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Friday, Aug. 3 JAZZ KVH I love it when truly gifted musicians join forces to form a band. All gifted and respected players in their own right, Northwest keyboard extraordinaire Wayne Horvitz, New York saxophonist Briggan Krauss and Vancouver, B.C., percussionist Dylan Van der Schyff have done just that for a project
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This week’s column I believe will really hit home for those of us in the hospitality industry. Strange things happen on a day-to-day basis that defy common sense and it never ceases to amaze me how clueless some people can be. I don’t mean this in a general sense because
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Last "Beauty" It\'s the last weekend for South Sound audiences to see “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast" at Tacoma Musical Playhouse. The show runs 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday; Narrows Theatre, 7116 Sixth Ave., Tacoma; $16-$23; 253-565-6867, www.tmp.org. "Twelfth Night" Works by William Shakespeare are in full steam these
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The evening of July 28, smack dab in between summer and fall, brought a bevy of beauties, cuties, and booties to the artists’ live/workspace known as the warehouse. And the Midsummer Soiree, thrown by many of the female masterminds who brought Tacoma Eyefull last winter and the reason behind the assemblage
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One of two things invariably happens to you after your stylist gets hold of you. Either you walk away from the chair sticky and funky, with a coif so sky-high that your hands itch to wash it and kill the evidence of the bad style, or you walk out of
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RobKat shows his sentimental artist style with pieces that have a comfortable cool aesthetic. The shirt he’s wearing is a vintage seventies synthetic-fiber (my guess? Polyester) button-up featuring bike racing (my guess? Greg Lemond is the dude on the bike). His distinctive trousers — definitely NOT Hammer pants — came from a
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Words can in no way express how delighted I am to be the first to alert you on the following piece of nightlife development in Tacoma. Harry’s Place, located at 3529 McKinley Ave., has closed, and new ownership of the building and the business has taken over. The new proprietor? It’s none
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This is were all of my journalistic integrity goes out the window and is replaced by a father\\\'s pride. My daughter is making her theater debut this week. It\\\'s a bit part with no lines of her own, but she has a lot of background stage time so that makes excited.
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Thursday, Aug. 2: Wine 100: Basics of Enjoying Wine, 7:30 p.m., $89 pre-register, Water to Wine, 9014 Peacock Hill Ave., Gig Harbor, 253.851.2424. Thursday, Aug. 2: Tacoma Singles Wine Tasting, 7-9 p.m., Winfield’s, 503 Broadway, Tacoma, 253.238.1030. Friday, Aug. 3-Saturday, Aug. 4: Smorgasbord wine tasting, 6 p.m. Friday, 5 p.m. Saturday, $5,
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“Mining Glass” at the Museum of Glass features installations by eight contemporary glass artists. Some are great, some are interesting but unexciting, and some are just boring. The big disappointment is Maya Lin, one of the most exciting and intelligent artists working in America today. Lin is the creator of the
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THE BOOKS Page Ahead I could make jokes about how you never read anymore. But that’s just not true. You do. TV Guide doesn’t read itself, you know. Plus you have to figure out that little graph thingy with the channels and times — not to mention the plot summaries. However, I
