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BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Black Rose. 7 pm. NC. The Spar Tacoma - Old Town. Dean Reichert Band. 7 pm. NC. The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. Phil Berchowitz & Ben Rice. 8 pm. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Rafael Tranquilino
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Technically, Oct. 5 was Star Wars Reads Day, a celebration of youth lit highlighting the "Expanded Universe" of books and comics set in that galaxy far, far away. The Puyallup Public Library may be a tad late to the game, but they're chiming in hardcore with
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Acoustic open mic hosted by Leanne Trevalyan. 8 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. BLUES Summit Pub Puyallup. Tim Hall & The Band Real Times. 7:30 pm. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar and Grill Tacoma - Northend. Barstool
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Tacoma's Head Bookworm Erik Hanberg is everywhere. If he's not helping old ladies across the street, or building little houses for squirrels at every park in Tacoma, or designing a marketing program with his wife, or ballroom dancing to raise money for charities, or giving local dignitaries a ride on
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm. NC. BLUES The Royal Lounge Olympia - Downtown. Alice Stuart, with Dan Tyack. 7:30 pm. Charlie's Sports Bar and Grill Olympia - Downtown. Blues Jam with Blues Attitude. 9 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Cascade Community
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Amid body odor intensified by the moist New York City night and swirling booze breath, I sat mesmerized, paralyzed into reverence by the loud, heavy, emotional music. It was November 2004, a few days after stuffing myself with turkey and watching giant pretty balloons pass down Central Park West, I
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To acknowledge my bias up front, I could rant on for thousands of words about the reasons I hate C.S. Lewis. I find his Christian apologias patronizing if not simpleminded. His children's books, about an allegorical wonderland called Narnia, are as inconsistent and illogical as the stories on which they're
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The dress-code is as follows: Headsweats' Snowflake Performance Beanie, Long-Sleeve Crew Top from C9 by Champion, Sugoi's Sakura Arm Warmers, PDQ Hoodie, C9 Straight-Leg Fitted Running Pant and Trekker Fleece Gloves. This outfit will suffice to enjoy the Priscilla Dobler's textile art. You see, Dobler will be creating artwork for
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Little antique stores have their appeal, but sometimes it's nice to take a giant approach to antique shopping - that is, you stop at one big place and find everything. Sanford and Son Antiques stocks all sorts of old knickknacks and goodies in a three-floor maze of awesomeness. Griswold cast-iron
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Harlequin's production revives the set and concept of a '98 run, for which director Scot Whitney pared Shakespeare's cast down to six men and two women. The actors play actors, who spill out of a roadside pageant wagon. (Like Henry himself, the pageant wagon approach was centuries
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The first thing that has to be said about Henry V is it wasn't the first thing that had to be said. That's because it isn't a sequel, it's a fourquel, expanding on characters who first appear in Shakespeare's Richard II and Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2. Luckily, as
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The 71 drawings in Marilyn Frasca's "Like This" at Childhood's End are stunning. It is an exhibition of drawings done since 2001. All of the drawings are done with pastel or other media drawn into monoprints. Each picture tells a story, be it the story of Squaxin Indians
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The 71 drawings in Marilyn Frasca's "Like This" at Childhood's End are stunning. It is an exhibition of drawings done since 2001. All of the drawings are done with pastel or other media drawn into monoprints. Each picture tells a story, be it the story of Squaxin Indians recreating an
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Believe it or not, there are actually times when the weight and all of the women of the world take a toll on me, and I seek the sanctuary of a spot where I won’t have to deal with a damn thing but my own personal buzz. The Flying Boots Restaurant
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This fall, the United Service Organizations (USO) will say a special thank you to one of Joint Base Lewis-McChord's very own. This year, Sgt. Craig D. Warfle of the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, has been selected as the USO's 2013 Soldier of the Year. The USO will recognize Warfle and
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The Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES), a joint initiative between the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is used to determine whether a servicemember who has been injured, wounded or fallen seriously ill is able to continue their military service and return to unrestricted duty. "This program is
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Women vs. men. Make all your jokes about remote controls and refusing to ask for directions, but we all know it's way more complicated than that. As is the suburban lifestyle, as is everything in this world that looks nice and pleasant and simple. There's more than just a few
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Milton borders fellow sleepy towns Edgewood and Fife just south of Federal Way. This trio of towns boasts lovely residential areas and a great school district within close proximity to "city living" since it's sandwiched between Tacoma and Seattle. To be quite frank, there isn't a whole lot to do
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After retiring, Roy Sowerby, under his wife's orders, needed a reason to get out of the house. "I needed to find something to do," he said with a chuckle. "My wife said." And Bob Jeffrey, the Red Cross volunteer coordinator, had just the thing. Jeffrey needed help with volunteers handing out prescription
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Looking for a great venue for an upcoming special event? The beautifully renovated American Lake Conference Center has you covered - and then some. The center re-opened early last month and is proud to offer its services in a new, elegantly appointed venue. Conveniently located at Joint Base Lewis-McChord on the
