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Ashland, Oregon, the charming small town that's home to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, is quite likely the Shakespeare capital of the United States. There are plenty of other reasons to visit - nature, culture and fine dining among them - but if you're going to drive almost to the California border,
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Medical research is premised on the past work of others and the innovative actions of those in the present. This concept will be on full display when Madigan Army Medical Center's Department of Clinical Investigation (DCI) presents its 20th annual Madigan Research Day, April 28. Over the years, researchers at Madigan have
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To help in the task of assisting servicemembers transition from military to civilian life, the annual Veterans Resource Fair will be held May 13 at the Tacoma Dome Exhibition Hall. The event, coordinated by Nine Line Veterans Services, brings several agencies and organizations that assist veterans under one roof from 9
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Tacoma's street skateboarders know what it means to be shunned. Whether it's getting yelled at by shopkeepers or handed tickets by the police, the message to the city's kickflippers has been clear for years: Go home. Tacoma doesn't want you or your stinking skateboard. But ever-so-slowly, Tacoma is rolling back its harsh
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The latest show at Brick House Gallery - Warped, Beaten and Hung - is a showcase of works by members of Tapestry Artists of Puget Sound. I think they could have called it Cecilia Blomberg and friends, because Blomberg's work dominates the exhibition. The showstoppers are two large works by
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Harmon Tap Room Where: 204 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma, 253.212.2725Hours: Kitchen open daily from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Bar open till 11 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, till 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday.Cuisine: American-comfort-food-meets-Italian-fare; wings, nachos, burgers, salads, sandwiches, pizza, pasta.Scene: Brewery and casual eatery. Seating for less than 40 inside; outdoor beer garden doubles occupancy and
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David Auburn's Proof is built on relationships: a damaged girl and her broken father; the sibling rivalry of two sisters on very different paths; the uncertainty of young love. Each tie between two characters helps illuminate another.Nominally, the play is about brilliance and madness in mathematics, but even that is
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Currently, a dozen vendors and two hot food stands make up the South Tacoma Farmers Market, which is held in the Heritage Bank Parking Lot at South 56th Street and Washington Street on Sundays through Sept. 25. More vendors are expected as the season progresses. Still in its infancy, the
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“A Flea in her Ear” “A Flea in Her Ear,” a fun comedy with a heart that deals with suspected infidelity, runs through the weekend at CenterStage Theatre. [Knutzen Family Theatre, 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, $8-$25, 3200 S.W. Dash Point Road, Federal Way, 253.661. 1444] “West
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One of my favorite things about Tacoma is Memorial Day weekend. While everyone was busy stressing about how they were going to get out of town and battle traffic to camp in Eastern Washington, hit up the Sasquatch! Festival, rush to Portland or Vancouver, or jet set off to the airport,
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Oliver Doriss is the last light on at the block of 13th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way on Hilltop. During his three years running the Fulcrum Gallery there, he's watched other storefronts on the block shut down and projects in the area stall out. But no one stops
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There’s a specific, sweet conversation that I seem to be having over and over these days, and it never manages to bore me: I LOVE Tacoma, and apparently you do, too. I wind up with this topic week in and week out with every different kind of person imaginable. Thousands of you love
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There’s one particular establishment in Proctor that I’ve visited more than all of the rest as your very own nightlife hunter and gatherer: Knapp’s. But whenever I roll into Knapp’s, it’s not to be seen or heard. Knapp’s is my social sniper spot. Whenever I want to get away from my usual
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Being focused on the present can obscure the past. This year, Joint Base Lewis-McChord celebrates its centennial. Doing so affords the base the opportunity to look back over the past 100 years and note its accomplishments. Those accomplishments are based on a history that transpired before 1917, before there was a then-Camp
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John Clark, a long-time Tacoma resident, reminices ... "My parents took all five of us kids, and usually a kid neighbor or two, over to the B&I on Saturdays pretty frequently. It was always a big event for us because it involved corn dogs, cotton candy, a merry-go-round, the penny arcade,
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Mike Curto's shoes sit beside his chair. He works with them off. "Always," he tells me. The Voice of the Tacoma Rainiers since 1999, it's not the only thing about the Triple-A radio guy that surprises me during a recent hour-long conversation inside his newly remodeled Cheney Stadium broadcasting booth.
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If one needs proof that the minds behind local nonprofit Tacoma Community House are sharp, they need look no further than Scrabble Rousers, a growing Tacoma tradition held on the fourth Wednesday of every month that was created and designed to help raise funds and awareness for Tacoma Community House's
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Gilby Clarke has been around the block - more than once. The guitarist has suited up for Guns N' Roses, Slash's Snakepit, Nancy Sinatra and Heart, not to mention produced albums by L.A. Guns, Bullets and Octane, The Bronx and Vains of Jenna. Basically, Clarke has seen about all there
