Music
There are few record labels out there that have come to define an entire country's quality independent music output. Flying Nun Records did that for New Zealand. It's entirely possible that, without Flying Nun, American music nerds wouldn't have been so easily exposed to the vast majority of New Zealand
Reviews
Announcer: It was due time that Jackie and Dutch headed to Olympia to indulge in some classic diner grub. The King Solomon's Reef signage called out like a beacon, so the two popped into their cars and heeded the call. Jackie: King Solomon's Reef catches my attention every time I visit
Arts
Jacci Lynn Butler's "Holy Trinity and Other Tales in Abstract" at Browsers Book Shop is this artist's first exhibition. When I visited, there were half a dozen small works on a couch waiting to be hung. In the staircase ascending to the upstairs gallery space were five small abstract paintings
Arts
It's Pride Week, Tacoma! And it's high-time to not only celebrate, but honor the Lesbian, Gay, Transgendered, and Queer or Questioning (LGBTQ) community in our gritty little city. To make that as easy (and fun) as possible, we've compiled a shortlist of Pride events -- all of which aim to
Focus
GIG HARBOR - A man approached a boy who was throwing starfish into the ocean on a beach. He told the boy his efforts were useless because there were too many starfish to save, and that he couldn't make a significant difference. The boy returned another starfish to
Nightlife It List
The back lounge at Infernos Brick Over Pizza is the perfect place to spend all of Saturday and Sunday, engrossed in college and pro football on five TVs, sitting in a booth where you look increasingly like Jabba the Hutt. The gourmet pizzas are that good. Or you can come after
Tacoma Week In Review
Governor Gets Grim I don't usually cover statewide developments, but yesterday Governor Gregoire released a list of proposed budget cuts totaling $2 billion. The Governor spoke to reporters about ways the state is trying to go about making the colossal cuts needed for it to function, but the bottom line is
Nightlife It List
Update: Postponed until April 2012 Unless you've been living in a box for the month or so, you're probably already hip that Massimo Italian Bar and Grill hosts blues and jazz band The Cold 102's - fronted by Anthony Estrada with Johnny Horn on bass and Aaron Lehman on drums -
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, OCT. 28 10 AM Pickwick
Travel
The Eastern Washington towns of Kennewick, Pasco and Richland are situated around the confluence of the Yakima, Snake and Columbia Rivers and are known as the Tri-Cities. All those rivers make this a mecca for watersports, and with almost 300 days of sun a year, there is plenty of time
Benefits
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship." In the
News Front
Pvt. Gracie Hilinski, Medical Section, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 146th Field Artillery Regiment, 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, received an Army Commendation Medal June 30 for saving a young girl's life this April. The other members of the team - Spc. Brandon Issacson, Sgt. Richard Schutt and Spc. Mitchell
Focus
Since 1855, the Washington National Guard's citizen-soldiers have answered the call of duty. "We are one team, one fight," Brig. Gen. Bert Daugherty, commander, Washington Army National Guard (WANG), deputy director of the Washington Military Department and Assistant Adjutant General, said. "We meet all of the active duty Army's standards." "The future of
Focus
The smell of gunpowder fills the air as a line of Soldiers steadily advances toward the "enemy." The Soldiers await the command from their leader, at which point they will unleash a withering hail of firepower. The scene would not be out of place in the Civil War,
Focus
Major Anne Simpson held Sgt. Mathew Horton's hand while she coaxed him out of an anesthetic sleep. Horton whispered something in her ear, and she replied, "That's just your heart waking up, sweetie." Meanwhile, medics and other nurses were looking at Horton's chart and evaluating the numbers on a heart
News Front
Women in the Navy will soon have more hairstyle options while in uniform, according to an announcement Wednesday about upcoming changes to female grooming standards. Female sailors will soon be able to wear ponytails and dreadlocks -- also known as "locks" -- while working or in dress uniforms. Women who chose
News Front
Army senior leaders have approved a new strenuous fitness test designed to better prepare soldiers for combat tasks, reduce injuries and lead to ample cost savings across the service. The six-event readiness assessment, called the Army Combat Fitness Test, is intended to replace the current three-event Army Physical Fitness Test, which
