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Americans take pride in celebrating and honoring their veterans every day - but none more so than on Veterans Day. On this day, patriotic pride sweeps through the land, and people pause to personally thank veterans for their service to our country. Those who live in the communities that surround
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Beer joints aren’t like regular businesses. People don’t laugh and share good times in hardware stores. But they do in beer joints. People don’t meet new friends or lovers among the racks of sweaters at the Gap. But they do at beer joints. People don’t feel at home in a
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THE ART Thursday Art Walk If it seems like it has been far too long since you sported your beret, parked the SUV and pulled the stret-cred ‘66 Bonneville out of the garage and did a downtown art crawl, you would be right: The gap between Third Thursdays has been a lengthy
Veterans
Nearly 100 years after Pfc. John Barnard Goodman was drafted into the Army Signal Corps during World War I, 20 of his descendents met with military leaders at Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s I Corps Headquarters Saturday for a ceremony to honor him with a Silver Star and
Military Policy
When nine Soldiers, rain-soaked and bone-tired, crossed the finish line of the Sapper Stakes combat engineer competition, they made two firsts. They won first place and were the first gender-integrated squad to win the Joint Base Lewis-McChord contest since the Army opened up the combat engineer military
Music
Making the decision to change your name to 2 Chainz is a conundrum we've all surely encountered in our lives. As an up-and-coming rapper, Tauheed Epps always went by Tity Boi, but decided to switch things up in 2011, after (perhaps correctly) assuming that the 2 Chainz moniker would be
Music
Music serves different purposes at different times. For a large majority of people, music helps to calm the nerves and transport the listener out of the pummeling existence of everyday life. In a climate like the one we're currently inhabiting, this soothing effect becomes a necessity, lest we all simultaneously
South Sound Cinema
The 33rd annual Olympia Film Festival is now in full swing with films, music, and live performance with local and national talent. The festival features more than 40 film premieres and Dan Savage's "Hump Film Festival." Among the many live and filmed entertainments is Breakin', featuring choreographer and dancer Shabba Doo
Arts
The latest exhibition at Tacoma Art Museum, "The Beauty of a Shared Passion: Highlights from the Rebecca and Jack Benaroya Collection," is but a small selection (65 major works of art, mostly from well-known Pacific Northwest artists) of the huge collection the Benaroya family has promised as a gift to
Stage
The Lakewood Institute of Theatre and Lakewood Playhouse are teaming up this year for a joint production of their annual all-ages show. This year's show, their fifth annual, is the perennial favorite of kids and adults alike, The Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum as adapted by Robert and Willie
Stage
Few events in life are more tumultuous, more exhausting and elating than falling in love. That emotional tsunami is captured beautifully by writer-director John Carney's 2007 film Once, which finds a Dublin street musician in a "meet cute" and romance with a flower seller from Czechoslovakia. Imagine that experience eight
Music
Culturally, America has nicked a lot of its favorite arts from around the globe. As a relatively new country, this isn't so much of a surprise; inventing and nurturing homegrown modes of expression is something that takes time and care. And, being a melting pot of a nation, the stewing
Reviews
ANNOUNCER: Smoke+Cedar was a great place. It was sad the day they closed - the food and ambiance were outstanding - finely crafted by the geniuses behind Pacific Grill. They left big shoes to fill - not enviable to the new owners who re-opened the space, changed the name to
Features
We blinked and now the month of November has arrived. It is the time of the year when we start making plans to have family and friends over to celebrate all we have to be thankful for. Those plans will almost always be centered around a Thanksgiving meal. If it
Features
One look out your window and it's easy to see that winter is quickly upon us all in the South Sound. The wind, rain and cold have arrived in full force to erase any doubt that summer weather might stick around a bit longer. Now is the time of year
Outdoors
Airsoft is a military simulation sport that brings the warrior out in people. "It sure beats sitting at home and playing Xbox," joked Paul Asetre, the sport's leading advocate in the Puget Sound. Airsoft participants range in age from high school to well past retirement age. "We used Airsoft for training while
News Front
By the very nature of the responsibilities and risks they assume by serving, the men and women of the Armed Forces already give much more than their fair share in service to their community, but that's not enough for them. Over 150 military personnel gathered at the Thurston County Fairgrounds in
Military Life
Military families had a spooky good time trick-or-treating with their fellow military and community members on Camp Murray right before Halloween. The Washington National Guard Child & Youth Services Program held their annual Trunk or Treat and Carnival event for hundreds of attendees on Camp Murray, Oct. 29. This event has become
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Putting a fly-fishing rod in the doctor's bag is a great step toward recovery. "Fly fishing gets your mind on something pleasant," said retired Marine Corps infantry officer Chuck Tye, the Northwest Regional Coordinator for Project Healing Waters, as he sat at a large table with a number of soldiers assigned
