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Let's talk Tacoma Runners, cause you know we love them ... from a safe distance at the donut counter. As it does every Thursday, the running group will gather at 6:30 p.m. outside a venue, stretch a bit, listen to Rob McNair-Huff describe the 3-mile route, then hit the pavement.
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We've given Rich Wetzel a lot of love over the years, not only because he's a groovy guy, but because he's always playing a gig worth mentioning. This weekend is no exception as Wetzel and his Groovin' Higher Jazz Orchestra bring their annual jazzy holiday to Tacoma Community College and
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More than just the pulsating beat, there's just something about reggae music that makes you feel good. It transports you to a place where ice doesn't cement your door shut and the crystal blue waters are not bursting out of your house's pipes. Hailing from Columbia, South Carolina, the reggae-rock
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Holiday songs are a love-hate proposition. At their best, such tunes provide for an evocative seasonal soundtrack. However, they're just as likely to be nauseous, like that cheese log your aunt gave you last year. The year's most ambitious effort comes from the award-winning Tacoma Concert Band. The symphonic band
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University of Puget Sound Theater Department matches scenes from six plays with student directors and actors in its Directors' Lab series. Six scenes run the gamut from dramatic to absurd. There is classic mythology involving dangerous street kids, a slice-of-life set in the Russian countryside at the end of the
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Done on a budget of $434, spanning 23 trips over eight months up and down the Puyallup River - from Mount Rainier to Commencement Bay - you are eager to show the public your film at the Puyallup River Film Festival. Using shots of spiritual rituals, inspirational landscapes and devastating
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We all have touchstones that bring the simple spirit of Christmas to our harried, mall-besotted souls. For some, it's that first burst of multi-colored light when the last string is strung. For others, it could be a long-treasured card or the smell of baking cookies. For us, it's the music.
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[ANTHEMIC ROCK] + FRI, NOV. 28 Still Caves, out of Portland, shine with a kind of lo-fi exuberance that could only come from a bunch of friends goofing off and hitting a bunch of different effects pedals just to see what they can make. There's a ragged charm in their noise,
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We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TWEB = Ticketweb, 866.468.7623, www.ticketweb.com >>> ON SALE NOW Joey DeFrancesco Trio Seattle. Dec. 16-17 7:30 pm. $25.50 (Jazz Alley, jazzalley.com) Bobby Caldwell Christmas Seattle. Dec.
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GREAT PUMPKIN HUNT OK, October has passed. But, The Great Pumpkin Hunt lives on. Hosted by Rosedale Gardens (7311 Rosedale St., Gig Harbor), participants can enjoy a mystery word scavenger hunt complete with real pumpkins hidden throughout the gardens. Solve the puzzle and win prizes. Expect cider, cookies and fun for
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Well, November is drawing to a close and with it the end of everyone's favorite excuse to grow facial hair, Movember. Over at The Social Bar they're going to be celebrating their first Movember Mustache Party the night before Thanksgiving. Mo Bros (the dudes who participated in this anti-cancer campaign)
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Enjoying Christmas lights while riding in a warm car is a holiday tradition for many. Those looking for giant sparkling displays need look no further than Fantasy Lights in Spanaway Park. The yearly event is the largest holiday drive-through display in the Northwest, featuring nearly 300 elaborate displays - bears
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Let there be light! Although many spots around the South Sound have holiday light shows, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium's Zoolights outshines the rest. The 27th edition will dazzle visitors as more than 550,000 brilliant LEDs bring zoo animals and landmarks to life in a not-to-be-missed kaleidoscope of color and
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Suave Bing Crosby and fleet-of-foot Danny Kaye star as workaholic Bob Wallace and playboy Phil Davis, successful 1950s vaudevillians who discover the lovely Haynes sisters, then accompany them to their holiday gig at an inn in Vermont that turns out to be (a) run by the guys' adored old World
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Living in these parts, we simply cannot ignore our physical surroundings. Summer's high pressure anticyclone system in the Pacific brings a predictably dry season, Mount Rainier's brooding-beauty, and the waterways with a deep basin connected by shallower sills dotted with islands make all of us adventurers of sorts. Our physical
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Detroit kid Nathan Watts started on trumpet and switched to electric bass in high school, at the urging of childhood pals Ollie Brown and Ray Parker, Jr. Inspired by the Funk Brothers - who he watched through the basement window at Motown's Hitsville Studios - as well as the rock
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As all the fellas know, the Puyallup Fair and Events Center will be turned into a Christmas lover's wonderland for five days as part of the Victorian Country Christmas festival. Wives and girlfriends have been texting reminders all week. Holiday music will fill the air as live musicians stroll through
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[HIP-HOP] + FRI, NOV. 21 The 25Z60 (Tacoma/Olympia/Lacey & beyond) chapter of The Universal Zulu Nation is hosting a free party in celebration of Hip-Hop History Month for those who respect and love hip-hop. There will be MCs, DJs, B-Boy/Girls and visual arts/graffiti cyphers all night. The Zulu Nation and Temple
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We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week. SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TWEB = Ticketweb, 866.468.7623, www.ticketweb.com >>> ON SALE NOW Buddy Catlett Seattle. Dec. 1 7:30 pm. Free admission (Jazz Alley, jazzalley.com) Robert Gambarini Seattle. Dec. 9-10
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HOLIDAY MARKET Urban Grace hosts their Annual Holiday Market Friday, Nov. 21 to Sunday, Nov. 23 at St. Leo Church (1323 S. Yakima, Tacoma). This market highlights fair trade and locally sourced items featuring vendors such as Fair Trade Winds, Ten Thousand Villages, Giraffe, Theo Chocolate King's Books and others. You'll
