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Burgerama The history of the hamburger is fairly mythical. The Menches family of Ohio claims to have invented the hamburger at an 1885 fair in Hamburg, New York, when heat and humidity forced them to stop butchering pigs. In all probability, the hamburger was a good idea waiting to happen,
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Dude can sing - there's no doubt about it. James Caddell has proved this before, and Sunday at the Pantages Theater with the Tacoma Symphony, he's bound to do it again. Performing "Gershwin, Gospel & Motown, in never-before-heard, TSO style," according to Web hype, Caddell will bring his bigger (and
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When one person takes that extra step to help you, at a minimum it's worthy of a thank you. And when that step results in saving your life, you may even fly 7,000 miles to say thank you in person. Last month, Lt. Col. Joe Nauman, a pilot with the 97th
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The Women's League of University of Puget Sound Spring Flea Market will be awesome. Expect more than 50 booths of antiques, not to mention: collectible dolls, oversized calculators, his and hers chocolate mummies, little plastic models of 747 airplanes, a griffin's toe, three rectangular-block-shaped wooden Santa Clauses, bouncing ice cubes,
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If you're a total Ken Burns freak like most of the Volcano's staff, you know the work of Jay Ungar and Molly Mason - just think of Burns' The Civil War, and that old-timey, Americana composition that seemed to fade in and out of all 87 hours of it. That
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We're not out of March and already we find ourselves in need of a good purge. Enter seven piñatas of local interest, depictions of icons sadly missing from the Washington State History Museum's recent Icons exhibit. Nice, right? Even better, they're set to be auctioned off to the highest bidder
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It might have taken nearly 10 years and six auditions, but Tech. Sgt. Katie Badowski can finally call herself a member of Tops in Blue. Badowski was selected last week as a member in the singing ensemble of the 2010 team, an all-active duty Air Force special unit made up of
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Third Thursday Artwalk in Tacoma can be a bitch - because it's almost impossible to walk between Tacoma's arts spots. Never fear: The Art Bus is here. Organized by the Speakeasy Arts Co-op's Angela Jossy, and taking off at 6 p.m., the Art Bus will take ticket holders to Mad
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The future can be scary. Or exciting. Or whatever. It's unknown. Or is it? Sunday at Crescent Moon Gifts, a whole slew of Tarot card readers and other mystics will take part in the Monthly Intuitive Psychic Fair. Actually, I don't know if they'd appreciate me calling them "mystics" -
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Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have been doing it forever - dishing out folky rock as the Indigo Girls since 1985. Hell, they went to elementary school together in Georgia, so these two respected songwriters are certainly no strangers - even if their styles do differ. Saliers is the quieter,
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Olympians Isaac Cooper and Matt Jaissle share a healthy taste for cult classics like Night of the Living Dead and Grindhouse. Inspired by the genre and dedicated to their passion, the gruesome twosome has made four gritty features. Most notable was The Necro Files. With Jaissle directing and Cooper
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Changes afoot on our favorite little Tacoma street of antiques and other hidden treasures. While the prospect of a south-bound one-way street on the St. Helens side of the Bostwick building has been announced as a potential improvement, it would appear that at least two merchants are set to close
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This past week I made my way out to downtown Tacoma to check out the boutiques. As this rag has stated many times — urbanXchange rules. I love everything in this store, from the vintage clothing to the brand names. The clothing was very different than what I would wear
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Northwest Salon and Spa worker bees Corinna Canfield and Stephanie Benson may look like they spend hours shopping for clothes and making-up, but in point of fact, Canfield confesses to putting on her makeup in her car. The salon carries Canfield and Benson’s brand — Youngblood, and also serves as the
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I have shopper’s ADHD. I flit, butterfly-like, from point to point. At the most fabulous shop I’ve just discovered, I find the shopper’s ADHD to be worse. Things, things, wonderful cool things: retro fun dresses, new but with pin-up girl styling, fabulous skirts, sizes from super small to 1X, baby clothes,
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Extensions, braids, fabulously elaborate bridal up-dos: many of these styles borrow from African-American Hair Artistry, which arguably began when Madam C.J. Walker invented products that, ironically, sought to emulate the straightened “Suzie Caucasian” hair. Years later, after the likes of the Supremes, Patti LaBelle, and others were coiffed with pieces
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LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) - An Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support team composed of more than 80 airmen deployed to Chile Monday from here to aid local medics in their response to victims of the 8.8 magnitude earthquake which struck the nation Feb. 27. Airmen from 13 different bases
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OK. Tacoma, it’s time to get global. A group of local visionaries is going to make it easy by presenting the first ever World Affairs Summit April 19-21 at various locations throughout our burgeoning little burg. Organizers promise a series of compelling conversations with local and regional globetrotters, culture hounds and
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It's been quite some time since I've ventured to the Westside of Sixth Avenue. As most of us know the hip happening part of "The Ave" is the Eastside between Union and Sprague. But something had been gnawing at me for a while. Calling me. Wooing me. Luring me
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Joint Base Lewis-McChord is taking steps toward providing soldiers, airmen and their families with high quality housing. To that end, Army and Air Force leaders celebrated the beginning of privatized housing since the inception of JBLM-McChord Field. A ribbon cutting ceremony marked the event on Tuesday at the new Westcott Hills housing
