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A crisp midweek night calls for a hot local composers - or a car with heated seats. But because we don't know how to install heated seats, we'll give you the hot local composers. Classical Tuesdays in Old Town concert series offers a grab bag of awesomeness Tuesday night. It
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In a simple and straightforward ceremony on Saturday afternoon at McChord Field in Hangar 9, Col. Scott McLaughlin assumed command of the 446th Military Air Wing. Hundreds of Air Force members and civilian leaders - along with a significant numbers of friends and family - gathered to witness the ceremony. "I promise
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I think it'd be tough to argue Clybourne Park isn't one of the best-written scripts we've seen in years. It won the Pulitzer, the Tony, and the Society of London Theatre's Olivier Award. Playwright Bruce Norris does an exceptional job of allowing characters to talk themselves into conflicts far deeper
Military Life
It's one thing to hear about what happens during war or read about it the newspaper. It's another thing entirely to witness firsthand what the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces endure while serving downrange. For those not in the military, the opportunity to know what really happens
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The Lakewood and Tacoma Historical Societies are joining forces to commemorate the World War I centennial and the fascinating role citizens of Pierce County played in establishing Camp Lewis in 1917. "Every year we put on the Destiny Dinner, which is one of our largest events," explained Bill Baarsma, president of
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Not quite, since all three shops will have totally different outlooks: Super Supplements, set to open Sept. 1 in the space next to the recently opened Tight Cuts on Sixth and Pearl in Tacoma, will offer all manner of healthy goodies — vitamins, minerals, organic beauty aids. Willow, a new
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"Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love." - Song of Solomon 2:5, KJV I'm a 2007 transplant to the South Sound. Even before I moved here, though, I knew Washington was famous for four things: designer coffee, incessant rainfall, sparkly vampires who dated mouth-breathing
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Recently I was stalking Gwen Stence, owner of Tacoma's Rock the Dock Pub & Grill, on Facebook and took a special interest in a few particular posts of hers. I noticed there had been a string of petty thefts happening outside of her bar, which is located in a significantly
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[SINGER-SONGWRITER] + SAT, OCT. 4 House concerts - those intimate shows where people open their homes to musicians, friends and strangers for an intimate show like no other - are a regular occurrence these days. The trend got its start in 1997, when singer-songwriters Elizabeth Hummel and Cindy Lee Berryhill embarked
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