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Fact meets fiction and then rubs noses with history, Native American lore and modern science as the story of Bigfoot will play out in displays at the upcoming exhibit Giants in the Mountains: The Search for Sasquatch at the Washington State History Museum. This exploration of the Sasquatch story here in
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I.Talia Pizzeria Where: 2505 Fourth W. Unit 108, Olympia, 360.754.3393, Web site Hours: Sunday-Thursday 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Cuisine: Authentic Italian-style pizzas, homemade lasagna and pastas, salads, roasted sandwiches and gelato. Half-price Wine Wednesdays Scene: Completely casual. Families welcome, very kid friendly Drinkies: Beer
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If I had to pick a favorite food genre, Asian cuisine would right up there. It has everything I love: noodles, tofu, vegetables and lots and lots of salt! The only thing missing is cheese, which is why it will never be my absolute number one. Also, ingredients for Asian
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Thursday, Jan. 21 Wine tasting, five pours for $5, Vinum Coffee and Wine Lounge, 1001 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.572.8215. Ladies Night featuring half off all wine flights and $5 house pours, Sip, 4793 Point Fosdick Dr. N.W, Gig Harbor, 253.853.3020. Wine tasting, noon to 6 p.m., complimentary, Walter Dacon Winery, 50 S.E. Skookum
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For those who enjoy expressing themselves publicly, there is one place that not only opens its stage, but also lends you insights about how you performed. Barefoot Collective 8@8 event gives performance artists eight minutes to showcase their work before an audience. An audience feedback session follows the performance where
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Near as I can tell from what little music is available of Coma Figura, one might describe them as a sort of Foxygen or Titus Andronicus for the bedroom pop set. These are bands that mash together influences and jumble them up into something that surges past imitation and into
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The downtown Tacoma second-hand store urbanXchange will hold a clearance sale Friday, Jan. 22-Saturday, Jan. 23. They have tons of product after you purged your closets to make room for your Christmas presents. Check out the clearance rack with items marked between $1 and $5. As always, April-o-rama and her sewing machine
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Olympia's Broken Water is terrifically mesmerizing. Listening to the avant-garde, shoegaze threesome forces a sort of centering that is hard to come by. For instance, when typing and listening, I literally had to pull my fingers from the keyboard, lay my head back and close my eyes will the talents
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Synesthesia I Know How It Must Feel: Turning 40 is a mother. All of a sudden my body is falling apart before my eyes; if things continue to progress at this pace, I'll be in a nursing home within five years. I've started to grow hair in unusual places like the
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Are you at the point where you have had so many birthday parties for your children that being original has become daunting? Do you start planning for the party months in advance, and every time you mention something to another parent, they say, "That's a neat idea. So and so did
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Located on Market Street in downtown Tacoma, nestled quietly beneath the colorful Villaggio Apartments lays a gateway to an alternative to Tacoma's commercial nightlife. The Villa Caffe & Imbibery is a discreet little coffee house and bar that opened last week across the street from the Bicentennial Pavilion. The Villa
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See, the funny thing about punctuation is it breaks sentences up so you'll notice once it's taken away suddenly this preview or brief or whatever it is seems a lot more hurried and it works even better if you imagine somebody reading this out loud because they start to sound
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Peter Mayer. All Ages. 8 pm. $10-$15. COMEDY/GAMES Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Luke Ashlocke. 8:30 pm. $15. Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Magic At Your Table, with Cary Durgin. 6 pm. NC. Tacoma Comedy
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The Weekly Volcano can't pretend to be a street-savvy musicologist, but Black Violin is the shit. From Bach to Bird to Biggie, Black Violin executes a unique and often brilliant juxtaposition of urban and classical styles. The two-man violin/viola hip-hop outfit of Wil B and Kev Marcus mix classical music
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The Washington Veterans Home, located in Retsil (two miles east of Port Orchard), offers a full service rehabilitation program that includes occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech language pathology. The program is covered under Medicare Part A and B, as well as most private insurance companies. Personalized medical care and pharmacy
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Armed Forces Blood Bank hosts a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 20 at the Chapel Support Center on McChord. The blood collected from the drive goes directly to aid wounded servicemembers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Interested donors (ages 17 and older) should weigh at least 110 pounds,
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This year's Northwest Pacific Joint Service E-9 Ball will be sponsored by the Air Force. The ball is set for 6 p.m. Feb. 6 in Hangar 9 on McChord. All E-9s, including active duty, reserve, guard, retired, and their guests are invited to attend. Attire is mess dress or service equivalent
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SOUTHWEST ASIA - Whether it's making sure the community center and other non-appropriated fund facilities have enough petty cash to serve their customers, or making sure the Eagle Cash machines are in working order, Tech. Sgt. Caroline Champagne is busy every day looking after the welfare of deployed airmen. Champagne, a
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COMEDY/GAMES Grit City Comedy Club Tacoma - Downtown. Comedian Luke Ashlocke. 8:30 and 10:30 pm. $15. Dave's of Milton Milton. Comedy Night, featuring Justin Hayes, Geoff Brousseau, Stephen Morton, music by Rock N Roll Magic. 8 pm. $10. Mud Bay Coffee Company Olympia - Westside. Fool's Play Improv
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(62nd AW PA) - The 2009-2010 Operation Deep Freeze season is still underway, but the 10th year for C-17 Globemaster IIIs on "the ice" supporting National Science Foundation research in Antarctica has already been a success. "This season is proving to be the busiest on record," said Lt. Col. Robert Wellington,
