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Thursday, May 31 ELECTRO-POP yacht The first time I saw the Art of Noise, the band blew my mind with its video of the song “Close To the Edit.” The rhythms were coarse, but they blended flawlessly with the mechanical sounds and visual theater that accompanied them. No vocals, just a punked-out
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I really dislike labeling bands. Alternative metal is where the Apex Theory has been slotted, but let’s get real, it’s a rock and roll band and nothing more. Sure, it incorporates complex guitar riffs and rapid fire drum beats among a wash of volume, but the group’s music is not
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Mandolin Café will be hosting a women’s wellness and beauty event Sunday, June 3. For $15 you get an organic lunch (salad and fruit bar), dessert and refreshments (wine is available for purchase), as well as a full program with local specialists in the health, wellness, and fashion industry. The featured
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I’m graduating June 8. Technically I graduated last year, but since there was no big ceremony in the winter, I have yet to “celebrate” my accomplishment. While I suspect my kid won’t be too ecstatic about three hours of Pomp and Circumstance and a couple of other key individuals I’d like as
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Art shows up in the most unlikely places in Tacoma, and then blends right in. Witness Sanford & Son Antiques’ Middle Floor Merchants. Here, Gretchen Bailey has brought local art into her shop since last autumn, and then encouraged its spread into formerly vacant shop spaces. Right around Valentines Day, the
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Photographer and community activist Gordon Swetland, along with a small team of artists, historians and preservationists, would like to offer you an opportunity to experience a rapidly-disappearing piece of Tacoma’s landscape and history. In its heyday, Tacoma’s Japantown — Nihonmachi to the people who lived there — had everything the City
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Hooked on the straight stuff… Your friend offers you something that you innocently accept. You don’t realize the product will plunge you into a twitching need for more, more, more; the cheap substitute won’t do it for you, you need the good stuff. So it happened when Kris Blondin offered me the use
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I’ve passed the Body Evolution door many times, curious as to what goes on behind it. Recently, I passed through the door and found a space with great chi and many curtained doorways. Behind some of these curtains, owner Kia Carr brings a technology-meets-relaxation approach to wellness and weight loss. This
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Once upon a time “stylists” were just for hair. Now they make stars — and regular people — look their best by helping put together cohesive looks. One of our own local stylists, Brooke Bennett, is working to launch herself nationally through a contest with Teen Vogue; check out how she puts
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What’s the new look? Capri shorts. I have seen them come in all different styles and colors, from a dressup look like slacks that youcan wear to work for an everyday comfortable beach look. My favorite styles are the pink, baby green and blue plaid Capri shorts. They go to your knees,
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ANNOUNCER: When Carrs came on to the scene years ago, they made their name known by serving hub-cap-sized pancakes and other mega meals to those with big appetites - or those that love a doggy bag - it takes two hands to hold.JAKE: The selection at first glance looks to
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Passion: It's a word we talk a lot about, mainly because it's a word that runs deep here in the South Sound and deserves to be celebrated. Believe it or not, our community is full of passionate people that just happen to be geniuses. The ones that reap the benefits
Music
"If I had been God," sings Roger Waters in "Déjà Vu," "I would've sired many sons, and I would not have suffered the Romans to kill even one." It's the brand of irreverent philosophy we've come to expect from Waters, best known as one of Pink Floyd's two front men from
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The apple fritters from Lattin's Country Cider Mill and Farm are renowned throughout Thurston County for their fresh, hot-from-the-fryer yumminess. Now they can add Ice Chips' Flavor of Thurston County to their fame. Recently, the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater Visitors and Convention Bureau went through a rebranding process. They partnered with the famous grannies
Concert Alert
We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this week and down the road. . SECRET TICKET CODE TM = Ticketmaster, 253.627.TIXS, www.ticketmaster.com TW = TicketsWest, 800.325.SEAT, www.ticketswest.com TWEB = Ticketweb, 866.468.7623, www.ticketweb.com . >>> ON SALE FRIDAY 10 AM David Mayfield Seattle
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Looking for employment can be highly stressful, especially when navigating through dozens of employers ready to hire at hiring events. What better way to relieve the stress of looking for employment all day than to enjoy a free Seattle Mariners game after searching for your next career? Hiring Our Heroes is hosting
Online Interactive Guides
The largest Fourth of July celebration in the South Sound is on Ruston Way. Packed with food, music, an air show and fireworks, this is the place to be for big city action. Click here to view our interactive 2017 Freedom Fair program.
Travel
Stretching 28 miles, the Long Beach peninsula really is long and is known locally as "the world's longest beach." When you drive on to the beach, (yes, drive) and park your car, all you can see for miles in either direction is sandy beach and crashing waves. Long Beach is
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McChord Center United Service Organization volunteers are steadfast in their dedication to the center and serving troops who come through. But when duty calls to help serve others in need, a couple of the center's volunteers recently stepped up to help on a national level with other organizations. About two weeks ago,
