People Rule
People look forward to retirement for a variety of reasons. "Starting on Aug. 12, I have no intentions to ever run again," said Col. Bruce A. Bowers, Jr., 446th Airlift Wing commander. "Unless I am being chased." Bowers, who has been with the 446th at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, McChord Field for three
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"Good acting in a humble house" is the motto of Marilyn Bennett's Toy Boat Theatre. Back from a two-and-a-half-year hiatus, Bennett brings Jean Genet's play, The Maids, to life among the stacks at King's Books. An affiliated event of the 2014 Tacoma Pride Festival, The Maids, is a dark, assuredly
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Doyle's Public House Tacoma - Stadium District. St. Practice Day, with That Irish Guy. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Billy Shew Band Open Jam Session. 8 pm. NC. Charley's Pub Fircrest. Chicago Blues Thursdays. Real Chicago blues with Richard Molina. 8-11 pm.
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COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Andy Woodhull. 8 and 10:30 pm. $15. Urban Onion Restaurant and Lounge Olympia - Downtown. New Queens on the Block Drag Show. 9 pm. $6. COUNTRY/BLUEGRASS Lucky Eagle Casino Rochester. Clay Chambers & The Last Ride. 9 pm. NC. Red
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Allow me to set a scene. Having just departed Algebra II, I hustle to Starcade IV, the blinking, bleeping console-game paradise across the street from Fortuna High. Lunch will be a burger and rings from Pam's mom-and-pop burger shoppe around the corner. First, however, I have an appointment with Pole
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC B Sharp Coffee House Tacoma - Downtown. Dean Reichert Band. 9 pm. Lacey Timberland Library Lacey. Four Shillings Short. All Ages. 2 pm. NC. Matrix Coffee House Chehalis. Rickshaw, Michael Shohan. All Ages. 7 pm. $6. COMEDY/GAMES Tacoma Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Andy Woodhull. 8
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Often we try to bring you fun activities at a reasonable price. But it doesn't get any better than FREE! Of course most of the time, free isn't exactly free, that is just the sugar-coated packaging the really expensive activities come in. The 30th Annual Gig Harbor Summer Arts Festival
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Charlie's Restaurant Puyallup. Acoustic Jam Night. 6-9 pm. NC. Matrix Coffee House Chehalis. Four Shillings Short. All Ages. 6:30 pm. $6-$10. BLUES Dave's of Milton Milton. Blues Jam, hosted by Doug McGrew. 7:30 pm. NC. Dawson's Bar and Grill Tacoma - South. Blues Jam, hosted by Tim
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Steilacoom Pub and Grill Steilacoom. Monday Music, featuring Kurt Lindsay. 7 pm. BLUES The Swiss Tacoma - Downtown. AEK Band. 8 pm. Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Black Rose. 7 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES The Hub Tacoma - Stadium District. Bar Bingo. Cash prizes.
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Acoustic open mic hosted by Leanne Trevalyan. 8 pm. NC. Washington Center for the Performing Arts Olympia - Downtown. An Evening With Joan Baez. All Ages. 8 pm. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Westgate Bar
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC C.I. Shenanigans Tacoma - Northend. Live music on the patio. All Ages. 7-10 pm. NC. Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm. NC. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Wed night Irish Session. 7:00- 930. Free. BLUES Sylvester Park Olympia -
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Emmet and Marque met online. They fell in love. She moved to Ireland and lived with Emmet for seven months. Then, she brought him to the States. They became Irish man and wife. Emmet began the process of immigration. After three years, he secured his green card. He performed Irish
Recreation
The elevated temperatures these last weeks has had everyone seeking out air conditioning, lingering in shade or running through the sprinklers but guess what? There's another way to enjoy the sunrays and cool down simultaneously ... the McChord outdoor pool, which is open to all military ID cardholders on Joint
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Artist and gallery owner Susan Christian worried that it might not be kosher to exhibit her own paintings at her own gallery, Salon Refu, but many friends coaxed her into it so she set up a show of her own paintings - not her most recent work but
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Artist and gallery owner Susan Christian worried that it might not be kosher to exhibit her own paintings at her own gallery, Salon Refu, but many friends coaxed her into it so she set up a show of her own paintings - not her most recent work but some odd
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Mel Brooks' 1974 parody Young Frankenstein is one of the funniest, most quotable movies ever made. And some funny movies, including Brooks' own The Producers, make for entertaining stage musicals. At a lean 106 minutes, Young Frankenstein must've seemed tailor-made for expansion into a song-and-dance extravaganza; but at 2:20 plus
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If you think you've been hot the past two weeks, think about how hot those guys in the food trucks must be. We shouldn't complain about the heat at the Food Truck Festival. Metro Parks called out to food trucks, and they've answered en masse. Sunday, July 20 will mark
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Algerian blues guitarist Abd.El.Kader, or AEK, has created his own original blues style, SafarBlues, combining the sounds of North Africa and the West. AE discovered the guitar when he was 10. Very quickly he felt a passion for the blues, whose laments reminded him of the traditional songs of his
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The entertainment industry, with its long-established allergy to new ideas, often mines the bestseller list for source material. Studios are more likely to greenlight a story after it has been officially vetted by the reading public. They're also less likely to interfere with a proven earner, which is why the
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Note: The Kim Archer concert has moved indoors at the Washongton Center due to weather. With a timeless vocal delivery only matched by her engaging stage presence, Kim Archer and her band have been pleasing live music fans in our area since 2004. Archer's powerful voice a la Janis Joplin and
