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The South Sound has its share of geeks. We should know. Our office D&D room is full of them. Heck fire - we every post a weekly Nerd Alert on our blog. When local book geeks aren't tinkering with gizmos that can scan books at 2,000 pages an hour, they're
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When Col. Charles Hodges Jr. became the commander of Joint Base Lewis-McChord 14 months ago, he put together his must-do priority list. His top priority was what he calls "customer service," or meeting the needs of the soldiers' families. "Our service members and families have sacrificed a heck of a lot since
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"Sitting for History: Exploring Self-Identity Through Portraiture" is an exhibition of more than 60 paintings, drawings and photographs by artists such as Pierre August Renoir, Chuck Close, George Luks, Mary Randlett, Gilbert Stuart and Andrew Wyeth, plus some sculpture and jewelry. It is an intriguing show juxtaposing historical paintings and ultra-modern
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There is a chain of understanding between Joint Base Lewis-McChord and the neighboring communities. One of the most important links in that chain is Maj. Gen. Stephen Lanza, commanding general, 7th Infantry Division. "As the Army transitions from its mission in Afghanistan, it is important to maintain and build the
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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. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and Grill Tacoma - Northend. Barstool Bingo. 6:30 pm. White Horse Tavern Yelm. Barstool Bingo. Prizes! 7 pm.
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Monday is typically a black hole for nightlife. Sure, if you run a sports bar, you'll do well during football season, but for most eating and drinking establishments, it's just dead, dead, dead. The folks at The Swiss seem to have found a solution and, oddly enough, it's one that
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BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Black Rose. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Crazy Texas Gypsies. 8 pm. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino and Brooke Lizotte Experimental Jam. 8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Willoughby's Restaurant and Lounge Yelm. Bar
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Remember that time in high school when your parents went away? You know, plot line of every teenage movie ever made - except this time, you blew up the house. Standing in the ashes as your parents roll up, what do you do? Say it with us now - iiiiiimprovise.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. Matrix Coffee House Lewis County. Genna & Jesse. All Ages. 6 pm. $5-$8. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Out Of The Woods Benefit, with Jennifer Kelly. All Ages. 7 pm. $23. BLUES 2 Mile
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Hundreds of soupniks with big hearts will make the trek to Charles Wright Academy Saturday for one of the year's most heartwarming events: Empty Bowls, a Emergency Food Network fundraising event combining art, community, giving and tasty soups. Local and regional artisans will donate more than 1,200 one-of-a-kind bowls made
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Antje Duvekot silky voice wraps around her songs like a nice hemp sandal. One song breaks out and tackles grittier social matters with razor sharp insights. The next song, her pitch perfect, sweet, delicate and poignant soprano voice waxes personal. Then, she'll sing a dark-eyed ballad about what becomes of
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The history books will record the Nov. 24 event as Woodstick 2013 and will list among its participants such drumming greats as Kenny Aronoff of The Rolling Stones, Michael Derosier of Heart, Jeff Kathan of The Paul Rogers Band, Todd Sucherman of STYX, Rick Redmond of Jason Aldean's band, John
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A good day for reflection, Sunday is. A good day for introspection. A good day for looking at a different way of seeing things. Maybe the way dark artists see things (Bet you didn't see that one comin'!) See if you can find your way up to The New Frontier
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(This event has been postponed) There's theater and then there's theater. There are the high school productions and then there's the theater. Sort of like the difference between movies and films. It either isn't or it is. Everything Everything Everything by Wesley K. Andrews and ilvs strauss probably falls into the
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Doing its part to keep Tacoma's Thanksgiving celebrants from choking on family-friendly pabulum, the Tacoma Mob Riders will own the street again Saturday, this month disguising its bicycle booze cruise as a giant turkey. You might have seen one of the Mob's past rides through the streets of Tacoma, dressed
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Pantages Theater Tacoma - Downtown. An Acoustic Evening With Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt. All Ages. 7:30 pm. $54-$99. Guitarist Jeffry Hamilton Steele and keyboardist Monica Steele. All Ages. 4 pm. Free will offering. BLUES B Sharp Coffee House - Tacoma. Rod Cook. All Ages. 7 pm. NC.
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If you enjoy claustrophobic crowds, sweaty people and hard rock, don't miss this show. Swelter, a Tacoma band formed around 1990, will reunite to rock The New Frontier Lounge Friday. The quartet began as Swelter Cacklebush, a heavy pop band formed by singer Micah Hembree, bassist Chad Baker, drummer Stuart
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Northern Pacific Coffee Co. Tacoma - Parkland. Thankgsgiving Benefit Show featuring Stephanie Anne Johnson, Kye Alfred Hillig, Andrew Cook, David Hannon, Heidi Stoermer and Toby Hanson. All Ages. 7 pm. Cash and canned food donations. BLUES Jazzbones Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Nick Moss Band. 8 pm. $10. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma
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So you've stood atop the mountain and screamed your naked desires to the universe and you've had your share of peyote-fueled hallucinations of images of the pagan goddesses in the sweat lodge and you have fever dreamed your way to what someone said might be nirvana but was more likely
