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It’s a new week, which means it’s time for another (super spooky) installment of Bobble Tiki’s South Sound music news and notes column. Without further a(boo!), let’s get rolling. Bobble Tiki loves him some Halloween. It’s easily on his list of top 27 holidays — and for good reason.
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I was knocked right out of my socks when I walked into the Joe Feddersen retrospective exhibition at Tacoma Art Museum. The first thing to catch my eye — and how could it not — was a monstrous wall-size print of multiple overlapping zig-zag patterns in brilliant colors and textures
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Whether you are trying to find a place to get away from it all and just enjoy getting lost in your favorite game, or simply want to challenge your gaming skills against others who think they are just as good as you, it can be difficult to find a group
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Christmas in Tacoma means many things. Battling against shoppers at the mall. Drinking hot chocolate at Zoolights. Singing while waiting for the Christmas Ship. But decades ago, Christmas also meant a contest that no longer exists. For almost 50 years, homes and businesses throughout T-town duked it out for the best
Military Life
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash.- A small child peeks over the back seat of his family vehicle. His bright face peering through duffle bags to his father, pulling the gear that will sustain him over the next year from the trunk of their SUV. While he's
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Beginning in February, personnel on permanent change of station orders to Germany will fly overseas using a new phase of the Patriot Express Department of Defense-chartered air travel, which originates at Baltimore/Washington International Airport in Maryland and lands at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. The
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When Michael Joseph Gross entered Fort Lewis military with a retired officer, he was nervous, to say the least. His mission was to randomly search for enlisted, straight soldiers and find out how they feel about serving alongside gays and lesbians in the military. He wanted to shed some light
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"Rhapsody in Blue" is much more than a jingle for United Airlines. George Gershwin’s piece of music screams American optimism. If you close your eyes as it’s performed you can kind of see the Chrysler Building. OK, try again. Hear that American style of crossover between jazz and
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Thursday, Oct. 22 Donedei wine dinner, 7-9 p.m., $85, Dockside Bistro, 501 Columbia NW, Olympia, 360.956.1928. Chandon Winery tasting, 6:30-8:30 p.m., $20, Minoela, 604 Fawcett Ave., Tacoma, 253.503.1460. Wine tasting, five pours for $5, Vinum Coffee and Wine Lounge, 1001 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.572.8215. Ladies Night featuring half
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NEW FALL MENU 1022 South, a craft cocktail lounge in Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood, debuts a new menu Thursday, Oct. 22 featuring more than 40 innovative, and in some cases, curative handcrafted cocktails. Check it out at 1022 S. J. St. ANOTHER NEW FALL MENU The Tempest Lounge has rolled
Health
Contracting a seasonal flu is uncomfortable; contracting H1N1 (Swine) flu can be much more problematic. To be sure, the Department of Defense has labeled H1N1 as having minimal operational impact, and it is identified as being less severe than seasonal flu.With the potential of a flu epidemic in mind, the
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Thursday, Oct. 22, 1022 South — a craft cocktail lounge in Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood — will throw a party to celebrate its new menu featuring more than 40 innovative, and in some cases, curative handcrafted cocktails. Beginning at 4 p.m., drinkers will be able to sip the new concoctions for
Operation Family Support
When the 255th Preventive Medicine Detachment, 56MMB, 62nd Medical Brigade deployed to Afghanistan recently, the family members left behind found a variety of activities to keep them busy as means to cope with their soldiers being gone. DuPont resident Mirka Hokkanen turned to a familiar comfort — art — to
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For better or much, much better I'm 39, and married four years to a woman I dated for two. She's the mother of my two stepchildren, 13 and 16. The problem is, I may be in love with a girl from high school, the most beautiful woman I've ever seen. I've
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Sgt. Nathan Boyce is dedicated to the Army.“I am up front with what I think,” said the native of Texas. “If I have a good thought, it will be articulated.”And what he is up front about is his dedication to his soldiers and the Army.“It’s what I am all about,”
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Small drawings can tell great stories.“I try to capture the mood, time and sense of a place,” said Patrick Haskett as he made a pencil sketch of Sgt. John Ordway.A noted artist with an unparalleled and heralded ability to paint military subjects in an impressionistic manner, Haskett respects soldiers and
Schools
Commercial Driver Services (CDS) offers opportunities for individuals to start or advance their careers through a series of excellent local and long-haul truck driving training programs. "We offer individuals a great opportunity to grow in a growing industry," Victor Ratz, who co-owns the business with his wife, Petra, said. "There is
