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My introduction to slide ironically came when I bought an Elmore James record and not through anyone local. Hound Dog Taylor and Earl Hooker only fanned the flames of my obsession. Playing in the same vintage manner of these electric pioneers is Nick Vigarino. But the Seattle-based slide player digs
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Marrow Kitchen Bar Where: 2717 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, marrowtacoma.com, 253.267.5299Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 4 p.m. to 2 a.m.Cuisine: New American, uncommon proteins, vegetarian dishes; small plates, full entrees, house-made desserts. Discounted select food items during happy hour 4-6 p.m.Scene: Casual dining. 21 and over only. Full-sleeve tattooed and pierced
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Admittedly, Olympia didn’t invent D.I.Y. culture. But it could have. Of all the things about Olympia I like, from the bars, to the town’s walkability, to its politics, I’m always most amazed by the people. There’s a sense of community and ambition in Olympia, aided by the capital city’s relatively diminutive size,
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ANNOUNCER: On the hunt for some good, hand-tossed New York-style pizza in the South Sound can be a challenge. But it is a challenge both Dutch and Jackie are willing to take for the masses, and find themselves in Olympia this week at Wicked Pies Pizzeria. JACKIE: Any time I walk
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New York is the Big Apple. Seattle is the Emerald City. Tacoma? The City of Destiny. A group of ambitious Tacoma residents are taking this epic moniker seriously. Welcome to Camp 6, an organized collaborative movement promoting the merchants, culture and style that make Tacoma what it is. Fashion designer JD
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How do you find and connect with your community? Is it through a physical place, like your neighborhood or city, or perhaps through your connections to people with shared heritage and values? Chances are, it's a combination of both, with other factors peppered in. Reflecting on the importance of community
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Remember when you were in junior high and you’d go to the mall and see this rad shirt that just might turn you into the coolest person alive? Just looking at it took your breath away, and the price tag did the same to your mother. What happened to that
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MLKBallet stages its own show You know all about “MOVE!,” and you love MLKBallet for bringing the series to Tacoma. Now see what the events have been helping to fund at the first MLK recital Saturday afternoon at the ballet school’s current space on Hilltop Tacoma. The building, moved into after busting out
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In 1957, Elvis Presley was drafted into the Army, and millions of teenagers thought the world was coming to an end. This was the inspiration for the early 1960s stage show and movie Bye Bye Birdie starring Dick Van Dyke. Heartthrob Conrad Birdie (Duncan Menzies) -- based on Elvis but named
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Neil Simon has been called the "world's most successful playwright," and he has the Academy Award and Tony nominations to back it up. Whether dramatic or comedic, Simon's writing strikes a chord with people everywhere. To the delight of its audience, Tacoma Little Theatre is currently running Simon's
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Neil Simon has been called the "world's most successful playwright," and he has the Academy Award and Tony nominations to back it up. Whether dramatic or comedic, Simon's writing strikes a chord with people everywhere. To the delight of its audience, Tacoma Little Theatre is currently running Simon's California Suite. Set
Cup Check
Even though CBS Sports, the Huffington Post and the Penn State student news website Onward State jumped the gun just a wee-bit on breaking the news, it's now very official. Legendary college football coach Joe Paterno died last weekend from complications related to his treatment for lung cancer. Paterno was 85.
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JEREMY JAY >>> Friday, Jan. 27 A streak of romanticism is splashed broadly across the music of Jeremy Jay. Though largely influenced by the suave synth-pop of acts like Spandau Ballet, Jay's music is far from the detached cool that has come to be associated with the genre. Rather, Jay seems to
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With an active group of more than 150 community partners, the McChord Field Air Force Association chapter already has a strong presence in the local military community. The chapter hopes to continue to build on all its support programs in 2012. New president Bill Striegel took the helm in Oct. 2011, and
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ANNOUNCER: Known mostly for its pies and house-made jam, the Moonrise Café in Lakewood serves up some of the most creative breakfasts in the South Sound. If your diet of choice is carnivorous or vegan, then you are sure to find what you are looking for on the menu. Dutch
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Air Force Reservist Ronald Lagman has a great amount of pride for his Filipino heritage. In a matter of months, the rest of the Puget Sound will get a chance to see that pride played out on the big screen. Lagman, a staff sergeant with the 446th Aerospace Medicine Squadron at McChord
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(446th AW PA) - Still in high school when the conflict in Iraq began, two Reservists fulfilled their quest to serve their country as that conflict ended. Senior Airmen Dylan Congrove and Marcello Yamaguchi, medical technicians with the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, just returned from serving four months in Kuwait. They
Music
There are some people who work and work at perfecting a craft. As opposed to genre chameleons who tirelessly experiment with sounds and voices, these people find their sound early and competently, and work to refine it. They want to become experts at sounding like themselves. Somewhere around the edges
South Sound Cinema
Here at Three Easy Pieces, I walk you through a pocket of pop culture, from its early days, to its present. This time: cinematic swan songs. I'm talking about the final projects of actors or directors. Good or bad, there's something magnetic about seeing the last film that these artists
Military Life
While pregnant, most expectant mothers envision what their child will be like. They dream of a healthy baby with ten fingers and ten toes, who perhaps has their blue eyes or their husband's perfect nose. But when that doesn't happen and the baby born is less than "perfect," it can
