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Oakland five-piece Halcyonaire approach the genre of country music from a roundabout way. Much like bands like Phosphorescent, the music is less about approximating the sound of country than it is about creating a hazy mirage of what country feels like. These are drifting songs that have a relatively loose
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The music of Peach Kelli Pop harkens back to the sugary sound of Beach Blanket Bingo - albeit with a fuzzy veneer of bubblegum garage pop - but sneakily provides more substance than Frankie and Annette could've mustered. From bedroom recordings to playful glamor shots on album covers and associations
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HAGGEN HUG The little Bellingham grocery chain Haggen is moving into the scores of Albertsons, Pavilions, Safeway and Vons stores in Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona and Nevada it bought last month. Haggen is connecting with Thurston County community members during a public forum at 5 p.m. Friday, March 27 in the
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We've all heard about how difficult the transition from active military service to the civilian world can be. There are a myriad of organizations out there that work to help service men and women go from boots on the ground to successful civilian careers. There are apprenticeship programs, education opportunities,
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It's been 11 years since Maroon 5 smashed into the public consciousness with "This Love" and "She Will Be Loved," though "Harder to Breathe," the first single from that same album, actually reached #18 two years earlier. (Overnight success is a funny thing.) Since then, Adam Levine's distinctively high-pitched tenor
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Tacoma Restaurant Week is back and serving up the best darn dining deal around town! Dates: October 20-24 & 27-31. Local restaurants will be serving three-course dinners for $30 and two-course lunches for $15. Keep checking back as more restaurants and menus are added. And prepare yourself
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The South Sound is a lit-lovin' book-readin' type of region. We welcome authors, and we support them. We read their books and we go to events where they read their books to us. And a bunch of these authors even live here, which means we probably sit next to them
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The latest art exhibit at South Puget Sound Community College is a group show called "Her Story." As described in the show announcement, this exhibition "contributes a verse to the volume that is the creative feminine. The works of six invited artists ... consider the multiple
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The latest art exhibit at South Puget Sound Community College is a group show called "Her Story." As described in the show announcement, this exhibition "contributes a verse to the volume that is the creative feminine. The works of six invited artists ... consider the multiple facets of the creative
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Neil LaBute's In a Dark Dark House, presented by Theater Artists Olympia, takes place 20 years after the summer that set the course for two estranged brothers lives - reunion to uncover the secrets and lies that have shaped them into the men they've become: One a hand-to-mouth blue collar
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Aaron Lewis has dropped a few things in his life. The Staind frontman and lyrical mastermind dropped the "e," which was kinda radical. Whether it made sense or not, the tattooed titans of mope metal motored their angsty album 4 Shades of Grey and its hebetic headbangin' hit "Price to
