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Academy Award-nominated director Richard E. Robbins' highly-acclaimed film Girl Rising is an innovative documentary telling the stories of nine girls from around the world who, through access to education and mentoring, have risen from poverty to productivity and a promising future, narrated by Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Liam Neeson, Cate
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Granted, the show's not aimed at straight men like my Chinese-buffet-loving soul mate, and it gets produced more often than right-handed babies - but what's wrong with a little '80s-style Southern comfort? I think maybe Carv's seen Robert Harling's 1987 tearjerker too often. I laughed often and
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My husband, Christian Carvajal, is one of the regular theater critics for the Weekly Volcano, so I get to tag along. It's fun, even when the productions aren't instant classics. We see almost every show together and agree on most. Opening night of Steel Magnolias at Tacoma Little Theatre was
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Tacoma's Art at Work Month has become a Godzilla's feast of literary, visual and performing arts. Is there any other town of comparable size in the Western Hemisphere that has anything to match it? We don't think so. November is Art at Work Month, but the festivities actually begin Monday,
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Tacoma Musical Playhouse opens its 20th anniversary season with the Broadway hit Les Miserables. TMP raised roughly $1.2 million to renovate the stage, orchestra location and backstage areas. The stage is larger and the orchestra is now placed above and behind the stage which helps the actors
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Tacoma Musical Playhouse opens its 20th anniversary season with the Broadway hit Les Misérables. TMP raised roughly $1.2 million to renovate the stage, orchestra location and backstage areas. The stage is larger and the orchestra is now placed above and behind the stage which helps the actors voices come through
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Get ready, Tacoma. The 12th annual Tacoma Studio Tour is happening Nov.2 and 3 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. - that's two full days to visit some of Tacoma's better artists where they create their work, talk to them, view their art and enjoy demonstrations. You might even get
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While watching a memorial online for a fallen fellow warrior, Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Lachnit was struck by something he heard a grieving family member say ... freedom has a face. For Lachnit, an Army Ranger in the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, who has 12 deployments
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Local high school student Jamon Parker is the real deal. The Lakes High School senior was recently awarded the Comcast Communications Scholarship Award. Applicants are selected based on their submitted essays and desire to enter the communications field. He is also a recipient of the Wesley Youth Award. This award asks
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"It is important for soldiers to understand their heritage as a professional," said 30-year Army veteran Mike Kendall. "It all started with these brave men on the Corps of Discovery." The Army's Corps of Discovery was at the heart of the Lewis and Clark expedition that took place between May 1804
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At a time when many politicians are making questionable choices, one who uses direction and logic is refreshing. "It is not about partisan politics," said retired Air Force Maj. John Simpson. "It is about listening and then taking a common-sense approach to confronting the challenges at hand." Simpson enlisted in the Air
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If you follow the winding roads through Tacoma's industrial district, eventually you'll discover Northeast Tacoma - perhaps the most removed of neighborhoods when it comes to Tacoma's districts. Bordering Federal Way, Fife Heights and Tacoma's downtown, Northeast Tacoma is a fabulous residential area and a stone's throw and short commute
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You know that awkward moment when you think you know someone - say, an Olympia police sergeant - when all of a sudden he pulls out a grainy photo of a light in the sky (probably created by the camera's own flash) and lectures about UFOs and making contact with
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Meagan Duncan, 11, has pretty big dreams for a kid, but, through hard work and dedication, her dreams are actually within reach ... on the ice. "Even at three years old, she was dancing around all the time and then we moved to Fort Drum and it was so cold ...
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[METAL] + FRI, OCT. 18 Oh Kylesa, how you reek of sludge and doom, yet co-mingle with the heaven of drums, riffs and vocals hammering down a mighty force of pleasure. How your psychedelia and metal create a blistering twist of emotion on the soul. This is why tens of thousands
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"For an event that pretty much takes the worst elements you could possibly combine together," says Craig Egan, "we've had surprisingly little amount of trouble." Egan is speaking about his annual take on Oktoberfest, called Maltoberfest. It doesn't take much detective work to figure out that Maltoberfest celebrates that most dubious
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He’s not the kind of guy who promotes himself shamelessly, choosing instead to sit in the background while his friends do the socializing. But Tim Kapler’s about to come out of the shadows in a first solo-show big way on Thursday, when his latest works will hang at the Sanford &
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If you happen to be in downtown Olympia when The Black Front Gallery is open, stop in to see Julia Gfrörer’s exquisite pencil drawings. They’re simple and easy on the eye, and it won’t take you long to give them the kind of thorough study they deserve. But I bet
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Ill and injured servicemembers and their families are often enduring the most difficult days of their lives. To help ease their burden and help their healing, the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Fisher House offers them a place to stay. But it is much more than a hotel. The modest, two-story brick
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Picture if you can sculpted figures with the strength and sensuality of a Rodin, but not idealized in any way - realistic sculptures of people who may be a little overweight or less than movie-star beautiful, in natural but perhaps awkward poses with faces that register pain. Now imagine they