Saturday, Nov. 8, the city of Auburn held its annual Veterans Day Parade. This year, the observance paid special tribute to the Military Order of the Purple Heart while also recognizing the 49 years that Auburn has honored veterans with its celebration and parade. Photography by Gary Lott
Woot! Day One of the Washington Brewers Festival is in the history books, a glorious affair nestled between a bumpy field and cloudy skies. Yes, the state's granddaddy of beer festivals has returned to Marymoor Park in Redmond, with 88 breweries pouring 330 different beers, plus a lot of free bags of Tim's Cascade Chips. Here are scenes from Day One, Friday, June 13. We concentrated on the South Sound breweries (natch!). - Ron Swarner
Weekly Volcano sent Red Williamson and Arno Matz of newspinphoto.com to Sasquatch! Music Festival Festival 2014, and these are the photos they snapped Sunday, May 25 - the last day of the festival at The Gorge.
We have a bunch of photos from Sasquatch! Music Festival Saturday, May 24 at The Gorge Amphitheatre. The incredibly talented Red Williamson and Arno Matz of newspinphoto.com were there to take lots and lots of photos for us. Cool!
The 13th annual Sasquatch! Music Festival took over the Gorge May 23-24, 2014, bringing with it plenty of people in weird costumes and great music for them to get down to. Photographer Red Williamson of Newspin documented the radness.
They called out to ye faithful, and all ye faithful answered. Saturday May 10, at the third annual Gig Harbor Beer Festival, I watched the gigantic beer garden in the middle of the posh Uptown Gig Harbor retail hub space slowly but surely fill up with the most faithful of beer-goers. Let me assure you, shelling out about $25 for a six-hour session of beer sampling is absolutely worth it, especially when many of these beers have been just released, or are limited-edition, or are 9 percent ABV and up. Aisle of View and Perry Acker bands provided the soundtrack. Beautiful, beer-y day in Gig Harbor. - Ron Swarner
Pasties and butt cheeks and hip-hop Toto, oh my! We saw all three - and more titillating fun - in The Gritty City Sirens' "Adventures in Oz," a Wizard of Oz-inspired burlesque production at the Temple Theater Ballroom. We caught a full dress run of Tacoma's burlesque troupe's largest production to date, which went live April 19. Here are a few photos ...
The 81st Daffodil Festival's Grand Floral Parade returned to its roots April 5 with the theme "Ready, Set, Grow!" that featured princesses, clowns, city floats and the 2-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team from Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
The JBLM Bettie Brigade took on Seattle's Grunge City Rollers Saturday, Feb. 15 at the Lacey Derby Center, or as it's often called, the Bettie Bunker. It was a hard-fought battle that included many crowd-roaring blocks. When the final buzzer sounded, the Grunge City Rollers won 208 to 179. Photo credit: Pappi Swarner
The JBLM Bratz battled the Grunge City Juniors in roller derby action Saturday, Feb. 15 at the Lacey Derby Center. The Bratz won 303 to 267.
JBLM Bettie Brigade's bout battled the Tumwater's M.I.A. Derby Girls Saturday, Jan. 18 in the Lacey Derby Center in what was called the Bare Bones bout.
It was freakin' cold when singer-songwriter Rebekah Ann Curtis and her guitarist sang to the ice skaters Dec. 7 at the Franciscan Polar Plaza in downtown Tacoma. The duo climbed up on the Weekly Volcano Electric Salchow Stage and performed folk, blues, rock and holiday songs while skaters twirled, glided and crashed on the ice surface at Tollefson Plaza.
Back from recording a kick ass album in Nashville, voted Best Band in the 2013 Best of Tacoma issue and recent winner of the WAVE Radio Jammin' Challenge Battle of the Bands at the Hard Rock Cafe, SweetKiss Momma fired up its Southern soul rock sound at the Franciscan Polar Plaza ice rink. Oh momma, it was sweet.
While the Tacoma Studio Tour involves 39 artist and cooperative art spaces, Nov. 2's Art Bus tour pulled up to the Hilltop Artists studio, Throwing Mud Gallery, Dorothy and John McCuistion's studio, LeeAnn Seaburg Perry and Elayne Vogel's studio, Manitou Art Center and the Jet City Cooperative. The Art Bus was an enjoyable way to tour the culturally turbocharged two-day event complete with demonstrations, discussions, DIY opportunities and artists' markets. Below are a few scenes from Nov. 2's Art Bus ride on the Tacoma Studio Tour. Photo credit: Pappi Swarner
Captain Planet and the Planeteers held its third Tacoma Pub Run Sept. 21 visiting Cheers Pub & Grill, The New Frontier Lounge, Alfred's Cafe and Wingman Brewers in Tacoma's Dome District. Photos by Pappi Swarner
Around 6,000 people roamed Cheney Stadium's outfield Saturday, Sept. 7 at the 2013 Tacoma Craft Beer Festival. Some 75 brewers were among the dozens of exhibitors that lined the outfield wall selling shirts, beer supplies and etched growlers. As bands rocked the crowd from second base, and golf carts delivered a constant stream of kegs and ice, folks drank and discussed beer, cider and a few wines from throughout the Northwest. The fest benefitted the American Heart Association and the Emergency Food Network. Bonus: The stadium opened its restrooms, parking and concession stands. All in all, it was a fun day in the sun. - Pappi Swarner
Tacoma Art Museum celebrated its new expansion wing to house the Haub Family Collection of American western Art with an old fashion barn raising press conference Thursday, Sept. 5. Photos by Pappi Swarner
The afternoon of Sunday, Sept. 1 in Tacoma's 21st Street Park, Fab-5 celebrated the culmination of L.I.F.E.'s summer program with AFTERLIFE, an event featuring a 2x2 breakdance competition, live painting graffiti fleet, food and happy smiles. Fab-5's Chris Jordan had the crowd laughing with spontaneous dancing and rapping, as DJs Sav1, DigOne and others keep the groove going until 8 p.m. After several hours of breaking, the two crews in the final were members of F2D (Fresh Descendants) and Massive Movement. Each member danced three rounds and at the end, F2D took home the title. - Pappi Swarner
After three decades of service the nation, Brig. Gen. Billy Don Farris, the 7th Infantry Division deputy commanding general for operations, was honored during a retirement ceremony hosted by Maj. Gen. Stephen R. Lanza, 7th Infantry Division commanding general, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Photos by staff Sgt. Lindsey Kibler/7th ID
Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, chief of staff of the Army, met with Maj. Gen. Stephen R. Lanza, 7th Inf. Div. commanding general, and division brigade commanders June 26, at the division headquarters on Lewis North, Joint Base Lewis McChord, Wash. Lanza and his brigade commanders from each of the seven brigades under his command briefed Odierno leader development, resiliency, training readiness and sustainment programs and initiatives. photo by Staff Sgt. Lindsey Kibler
