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Soldiers from 3rd platoon, 22nd Engineer Clearance Company, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, performed technical search and rescue during Guardian Response 18 at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center April 22. “It usually takes them about 30 to 90 minutes to setup,” said George Nieves, an observer/controller from Fox Division Civil Support Training Facility, U.S.
Stage
Before you've even begun to formally experience the performance of Tacoma Little Theatre's production of The Pillowman, you must first find your seat. As you do, you will notice a man onstage, sitting in a drab cell, with a black hood over his head. The sensation of the audience finding their
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Exterior repairs are underway on the old Evergreen Elementary School near Madigan Gate. The former school, replaced with a new building across the street in January 2017, is getting a second lease on life. The 112,000-square-foot structure, built in 1991, is slated to be the new home for the Enterprise Multimedia
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"Art Chantry is a freaking legend." That's the opening line from an article in the Portland Mercury. Chantry practically invented the poster art and album cover art associated with grunge. He's done album covers for Nirvana and Hole, and posters for Hempfest. His art has been shown in the Rock
Stage
Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes is awfully hard to stage. The novel relies much more on introspection and narrative than dialogue and action, and is thus in many ways the antithesis of a medium that eliminates the internal monologue.Bradbury's adaptation, and the Lakewood Playhouse production, rely much more
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It's honestly not every day that an award-winning writer the likes of Sherman Alexie comes to Puyallup. It's not even every-other day. But Tuesday, as part of Banned Books Week, Alexie will appear at the Pioneer Park Pavilion in P-town, delivering a talk focused on issues of censorship and intellectual
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The motto of the annual Pierce County Hunger Walk is, "Fighting hunger, one step at a time." It's a little cheese-ball, but it's also totally appropriate. According to promotional hype, last year, "more than 1,800 feet (900 or so people, we presume) ran, walked, shuffled and pedaled around Waughop Lake
Cup Check
The Associated Press reported Tuesday that the Washington DC-based non-profit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) recently paid for and placed what's described as an "anti-cheese" billboard near Lambeau Field, home to the Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers, and birthplace of the now iconic "cheesehead" sports fashion accessory worn
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Hollywood’s infatuation with penguins continues with “Surf’s Up,” where a documentary film crew asks competitive surfer Cody Maverick if he has any other skills. He answers: “What, like singing and dancing?” His response is a pointed diss/nod to last year’s animated “Happy Feet,” in which emperor penguins sang for their spouses
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The genius of the past decays remorselessly into the routine of the present, and one example is the downfall of the caper picture. The classic caper genre had rules set in stone. It began (1) with an impregnable fortress (vault, casino, museum or even Fort Knox). Then we met (2) a
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on sale now Face The Music Rock Party with Viva Voce, Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, Siberian Seattle. June 14 9 pm. $15 (Neumo’s, TW). Akon Tacoma. June 16 9 pm. $35 (The Loft, www.brownpapertickets.com). Sara Gazarek Seattle. June 26-27 7:30 pm. $21.50 (Jazz Alley, TM). Soul Provider Seattle. June 30 7 and
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On Saturday, June 9, Allan Boothe will play an early, 4 p.m. show at Jazzbones, celebrating the release of his debut full length CD, Open Air in a Closed Casket. It’ll be an excellent opportunity for fans of Boothe’s folksy, funny-voiced, strangely intriguing styling to enjoy the acoustic toting Tacoman
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A bevy of local Pierce County farms will take part in a joint vision brought to you by the WSU Extension, Pierce County Conservation District and Cascade Harvest Coalition: the HarvestFest 2011 Farm Tour. Expect farm tours (naturally), chef demos, wine tasting, hayrides, corn mazes and all the like -
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Saturday members of the CLAW (Cartoonists' League of Absurdist Washingtonians) will gather at Comic Book Ink to celebrate 24 Hour Comics Day, challenging themselves once again to complete a 24 page comic in only 24 hours. This isn't the first time it's happened. In fact, 24 Hour Comics Days, and
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While the name Lorna Luft may not instantaneously ring a bell, mention of Luft's mother, Judy Garland, always will. Garland was the ultimate legend, and to this day's fans of her work still fill the world. Friday, Luft - who made her television debut on her mother's Judy Garland Show
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Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes is awfully hard to stage. The novel relies much more on introspection and narrative than dialogue and action, and is thus in many ways the antithesis of a medium that eliminates the internal monologue. Bradbury's adaptation, and the Lakewood Playhouse production, rely much more
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Here's the tricky thing about grand openings: They're grand. At any club's grand opening, the bathrooms are clean, the lights flow perfectly and the liquor is stocked. Hoards of pretty ladies and muscled men abuse the dance floor. At grand openings, a noticeable buzz of excitement crams the air. But the buzz can
Music
HAIRSPRAY BLUES >>> Friday, Sept. 30 Here's another band that manages to boil rock 'n' roll down to its essence. It's nothing but hard-hitting electric guitar and bass, combined to extract every last bit of energy that can be obtained with such a small unit. There's brazenness at play with Hairspray Blues
