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BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - Three critically injured patients need immediate transfer to a medical facility outside of Afghanistan. One has a shot to the head, the other has missing limbs and the last has an open abdominal wound. Without a mobile intensive care unit, these patients will not make the
Operation Family Support
"Purple Up day is great, because you can show your support for military kids no matter where you are," said Washington National Guard Youth Council member Dari Batey. "When kids see people in their own communities showing support, they have an opportunity to know that people all over acknowledge our
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Of course I love Wintergrass, the national bluegrass festival held in our own backyard next week. It’s all about music, and speaking personally, there’s nothing more central to my existence than music. Music is my business, my hobby and my social life. Music is the bridge between my teenage daughter
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Of course I love Wintergrass, the national bluegrass festival held in our own backyard next week. It’s all about music, and speaking personally, there’s nothing more central to my existence than music. Music is my business, my hobby and my social life. Music is the bridge between my teenage daughter
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I make a lot of predictions here in the Weekly Volcano — about which shows will be cool and which shows will suck. Sometimes I’m right, and sometimes I’m wrong. That’s the nature of making predictions. Every once in a while a surefire show hits town. Every once in a while
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I make a lot of predictions here in the Weekly Volcano — about which shows will be cool and which shows will suck. Sometimes I’m right, and sometimes I’m wrong. That’s the nature of making predictions. Every once in a while a surefire show hits town. Every once in a while
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Father and son glass artists Paul (father) and Dante (son) Marioni are showing together for only the second time anywhere at William Traver Gallery in Tacoma. Going against all reasonable expectations, it is the father whose work displays a more youthful, impish and edgy attitude while the younger Marioni is
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Father and son glass artists Paul (father) and Dante (son) Marioni are showing together for only the second time anywhere at William Traver Gallery in Tacoma. Going against all reasonable expectations, it is the father whose work displays a more youthful, impish and edgy attitude while the younger Marioni is
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Festival of Northwest Plays has a lot going for it during its first staging of the event. It is already the largest festival celebrating plays written solely by playwrights from the Pacific Northwest. It will feature three full-length plays and almost three dozen 10-minute plays and performances by more than 150
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Festival of Northwest Plays has a lot going for it during its first staging of the event. It is already the largest festival celebrating plays written solely by playwrights from the Pacific Northwest. It will feature three full-length plays and almost three dozen 10-minute plays and performances by more than 150
Show And Tell
Athletes are often honored as heroes for their speed, agility or skill on the field. They become legends with each record they break or title they lead their team to win. But sometimes in history their actions off the field are more heroic than on it. Such is the story of
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Polling is not confined to presidential politics. I’ve been taking one of my own lately: “How come fans don’t get off their fannies to support live jazz?” In one of his final Village Voice columns, fellow jazz observer Gary Giddins, referring to the state of live jazz, mourned, “Jazz musicians
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Polling is not confined to presidential politics. I’ve been taking one of my own lately: “How come fans don’t get off their fannies to support live jazz?” In one of his final Village Voice columns, fellow jazz observer Gary Giddins, referring to the state of live jazz, mourned,
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The buildup for the Lino Tagliapietra retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Glass has been something on the rock star scale. The anticipation has been excruciating. And now the wait is almost over. The show opens Saturday, Feb. 23. Tagliapietra is one of the most respected glass artists in the world.
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The buildup for the Lino Tagliapietra retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Glass has been something on the rock star scale. The anticipation has been excruciating. And now the wait is almost over. The show opens Saturday, Feb. 23. Tagliapietra is one of the most respected glass artists in the world.
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Bon Iver (from the French for "good winter") is Justin Vernon, one of many prolific, bearded songwriters hailing from the backwoods, but his elegant, understated melodies are decidedly more than the mere strumming of major chords and the stringing together of precious lyrics. Perhaps it was the way he executed
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Bon Iver (from the French for "good winter") is Justin Vernon, one of many prolific, bearded songwriters hailing from the backwoods, but his elegant, understated melodies are decidedly more than the mere strumming of major chords and the stringing together of precious lyrics. Perhaps it was the way he executed
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Who's yore daddy? I'm 33, never married. In 2000, I happened to call my old boyfriend, "Tim," when he'd just become a dad and was a week away from getting married. He seemed happy I called, but I could tell his wife-to-be was right there, so I was brief and apologized
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Who's yore daddy? I'm 33, never married. In 2000, I happened to call my old boyfriend, "Tim," when he'd just become a dad and was a week away from getting married. He seemed happy I called, but I could tell his wife-to-be was right there, so I was brief and apologized
