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We're practically counting down the hours until Super Bowl Sunday, but not for the obvious reasons of gorging on bowls of clam dip and getting pie-eyed on craft beer. Nope, we love Super Bowl Sunday because while folks are cloistered away screaming at their TV sets beginning at sunrise, the
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Since his stage debut way back during World War II, Willie Nelson has laid claim to being one of our greatest singer-songwriters. He's beloved across genres and by people of all political stripes. Simply put, he's an icon, a living legend, and deservedly so. What you may
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Since his stage debut way back during World War II, Willie Nelson has laid claim to being one of our greatest singer-songwriters. He's beloved across genres and by people of all political stripes. Simply put, he's an icon, a living legend, and deservedly so. What you may not know about
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As a former subscriber to the Film Movement, an organization dedicated to bringing obscure foreign films to the attention of sloths and the disorganized masses, I appreciate subtitles. (Sometimes I wonder why British sitcoms don't have them, since I typically only caught one in every 12 of the insults that
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Imagine a world where food production returns to the neighborhoods. Empty lots, rooftops, front and back yards, and parks can be edible landscapes. We would be eating fresher, healthier food, building community and making safer, more connecting neighborhoods that open doors for further collaboration. Pierce County residents can learn how
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One of the most challenging things about getting out of the military is figuring out what to do afterward. For servicemembers, their Military Occupational Specialty (MOS), might make the decision easy. For instance, air traffic controllers will more than likely continue that occupation in the civilian sector. But what about
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The said tribes and bands of Indians hereby cede, relinquish, and convey to the United States, all their right, title, and interest in and to the lands and country occupied by them, bounded and described as follows, to wit: Commencing at the point on the eastern side of Admiralty Inlet,
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For every action there is a reaction. Especially in this are when it comes to downsizing the active duty military. The action is sequestration, the forced federal budget cuts that reduce $500 billion from planned military spending by 2021. Congress adopted sequestration in 2011 to force a long-term budget agreement, but since then
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[FUNK] + FRI, JAN. 23 Unh, get on up! Sometimes you just got to get funky. Did you know funk hails from the classical era? The word derives from fumigare, a Latin word that means "to release smoke." It refers to anything stinky or musty, and funk artists are still putting
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The last few weeks have been rough for hello, cupcake owner Tina Miller. She just opened hello, cupcake in downtown Tacoma. Not only did she have to rush to get everything ready so the shop could open last Thursday, but then the doors opened. The flood came in. The shop had to
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In the summer of 2011, Tacoma witnessed genuine culinary overachieving when Jaime Kay Jones and Chef Kyle Wnuk opened Sixth Avenue establishment Marrow. Jaime and husband Jason already owned T-town staple Top of Tacoma Bar and Cafe and ventured forward with a more finessed approach at Marrow, which featured gourmet-styled
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Tacoma-based theater company Studio 21 is currently making final preparations for its performance of Sebastian Barry’s “The Steward of Christendom” at Commencement Bay Coffee Company, opening today, Sept. 6. “The Steward of Christendom” is about a retired senior officer in the Dublin Metropolitan Police named Thomas Dunne. The story takes
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Robb Manke’s addictions started with just one. He cashed in some baseball cards around 1993 and got his first taste. “It became addictive,” he recalls, “very addictive.” From there, though he took a break for a while, he felt the compulsion to collect more. Now his collection of original arcade-style video games
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Soul music has been a genre that's evolved steadily and uniquely, over time, with shining stars picking up the mantle of those who came before them, and then subsequently adding their own bit of unique energy to the form. Since blues, R&B and rock synthesized sometime in the '50s, there's
