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Over the years, Tacoma mainstays Umber Sleeping has gone through many personnel changes and even, briefly, name changes. Recently, the final decision was made to change to the name I Like Science. Of course, the art-rock act is still masterminded by drummer Peter Tietjen, so it still sounds more or
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Though they share qualities with other electronic neo-primitivists like Animal Collective, NewVillager and Yeasayer, Children of Kids tends toward the dreamier, gentler side of things. But even still, there's always an underpinning of intensity, with an insistent beat that threatens to scare away the trilling synths. Amongst these beat-driven aural
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I've had a steamy affair with bourbon for sometime now. It's an undeniable chemistry we have, bourbon and I. So when given the opportunity to sample a selection of bourbons with bites to accompany and do them justice I couldn't resist. It was then I met Todd Buckley. Buckley played host and educator of all
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Dear Monte Cristo, I confess. You weren't my reason for dropping by the Hotel Murano Thursday. Two launch party buffets were on my radar. Upstairs, husband-and-wife team Erik Hanberg and Mary Holste introduced their new Side x Side Creative company specializing in publishing, marketing and social media for nonprofits and small
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Ray Turner's exhibition Population at Museum of Glass is a stunning show. Turner, a former Stadium High student from Tacoma now living in California, is showing almost 200 portraits painted on glass with lush oil paint slathered on the slick surface like cement poured from a mixer and spread with
Music
Oh music festivals, how do we love thee? Let us count the ways: You bring unprecedented amounts of joy to our ears and souls, you pave the way for inspiration and you are a bitchin' reason to party. Thanksgiving week, the 253Heart Music Festival brings us all of the above with
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YAKIMA - The Soldiers knelt on the ground, facing the suspicious van with weapons ready. The van's occupants called from inside, asking for supplies and aid for someone who was injured, but the Soldiers refused to approach. They would not be fooled. Eventually, those in the van gave
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As part of American Education Week celebrated last week, Nov. 12 to 16, Joint Base Lewis-McChord Education Services held a ceremony at Hawk Army Education Center on Lewis North to mark its fourth annual presentation of Military Academic Achievement Awards. Seven individuals from six educational institutions received
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YAKIMA - Second Lieutenant Michael Tollerton knew her Soldiers were after her. They had a quota to fill and she was a new leader with 17th Fires Brigade. Like others before her, the junior officer planned to make a fight of it, make them work hard to bag
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Coral Levang was diagnosed in May with a Stage 4 gastrointestinal tumor and Carcinoid Syndrome - an irreversible, terminal cancer. Doctors told her she likely had a year to live. "I was told I'm going to die," Levang said. "I had a sense of urgency to make a
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An officer watched as a Soldier wearing "beer goggles" walked a straight white line. With his arms out for balance, he wobbled with each step, heel to toes. The field sobriety test was one of the ways guest speakers got the safety message across to 62nd Medical Brigade
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THE DARK KNIGHT: Batman isn’t a comic book anymore. Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight is a haunted film that leaps beyond its origins and becomes an engrossing tragedy. It creates characters we come to care about. That’s because of the performances, because of the direction, because of the writing, and
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Moviegoers who knowingly buy a ticket for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor are going to get exactly what they expect: There is a mummy, a tomb, a dragon and an emperor. And the movie about them is all that it could be. If you think The Mummy: Tomb
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Moviegoers who knowingly buy a ticket for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor are going to get exactly what they expect: There is a mummy, a tomb, a dragon and an emperor. And the movie about them is all that it could be. If you think The Mummy: Tomb
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Food Matters The franchise Winger's Grill and Bar will open in the old Tony Roma’s spot in by the Tacoma Mall Labor Day Weekend according to manager Pam McPherson. It will be similar to a Ram Restaurant — half sports bar, half family joint with burgers and wings ruling the roost. Babblin’
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Food Matters The franchise Winger's Grill and Bar will open in the old Tony Roma’s spot in by the Tacoma Mall Labor Day Weekend according to manager Pam McPherson. It will be similar to a Ram Restaurant — half sports bar, half family joint with burgers and wings ruling the roost. Babblin’
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Apart from the word “sex,” only “free” captures the human imagination with such force. “Win” isn’t bad either. For the ultimate in attention grabbing, then, nothing does the trick quite like “win free sex.” Watch them leap, see them run. Alas, while we can’t offer help in the sexual arena,
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Apart from the word “sex,” only “free” captures the human imagination with such force. “Win” isn’t bad either. For the ultimate in attention grabbing, then, nothing does the trick quite like “win free sex.” Watch them leap, see them run. Alas, while we can’t offer help in the
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Since moving to the downtown area about a year and a half ago, Second Closet, a thrift store operated by the Junior League of Tacoma selling new and used clothing and household items, has seen a healthy increase in business mostly due to the shop’s close proximity to offices in
