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Sixty years ago an unknown actor Hal Holbrook created a one-man show, Mark Twain Tonight!, which he performed at Lock Haven State Teachers College in Pennsylvania in 1954 and in a small Greenwich Village nightclub. He was 29 years old. The much revered actor - known for playing Abraham Lincoln
Outdoors
There are countless adventures to be had this winter season, and the Northwest Adventure Center's second annual Winter Kick-Off Expo is where one can find the inspiration to step outside and enjoy all that the Northwest has to offer. Attendees can learn more about the center's outdoorsy offerings during the expo,
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Brass at Joint Base Lewis-McChord broke ground for the new Intrepid Spirit Center, a facility that will help servicemembers suffering from Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Oct. 29. Privately funded by the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund (IFHF), the $11 million facility will be the sixth such center in the country and
Military Life
From the very first day of boot camp, sailors are told where to be, when to be there, what to wear and how to wear it, and that doesn't change much when they transfer to a school or to their first command. Sailors have a constant resource, a brother and
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The newest addition to the submarine community is currently under construction across the country in Newport News, Virginia, but she already has strong ties to the Pacific Northwest. PCU Washington (SSN 787), named after the state of Washington, will be the next of the Virginia-class submarines to be commissioned and
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Thursday, Sept. 27: Tacoma Singles Wine Tasting, 7-9 p.m., Wine Bank, 7017 27th St. W., University Place, 253.564.1101. Saturday, Sept. 29: Organic and Biodynamic Wine Tasting, 6 p.m., $5, Pairings Wine & Bar, 3012 Sixth Ave., Tacoma, 253.274.9463. Saturdays: Wine tasting, 2-5 p.m., Wine Bank, 7017 27th St. W., University Place, 253.564.1101. Mondays:
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Nearly every Sunday I make an afternoon trip to my local Fred Meyer. Sunday dinner in my household is still a tradition, and I always try to make something new and tasty. My dear husband made a special request as I was walking out the door, “Will you pick me
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The Manium — one of the very few places in Olympia that cater to an all ages music crowd — has been shut down by inspectors for “major public-safety issues,” according to the City of Olympia. You may have heard about it. The alleged violations stem from extensive remodeling done
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I have to admit that I wasn’t looking forward to seeing “Auntie Mame” at Tacoma Little Theatre. I saw the show a few years ago at a different theater, and it didn’t wow me the way I wanted it to. So when I saw it on my shows to watch
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Still feeding Seymour Paradise Theatre is well into its run of “Little Shop of Horrors,” a doozy of a show about a run-down plant shop in New York that happens to find good fortune when a space plant finds its way into the shop’s stock. The only trouble is that the
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THE STAGE Exit, stage left “Moon Over Buffalo” is a show about the rise and fall and the troubles in between of a theater troupe on the ropes. The play tells of George and Charlotte Hay, two faded stars desperately trying to claw their way back up to the top of the
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Oh my, you happy little humming readers, I thought about something this week that I’m actually quite ashamed of. You and I have been dating through this column for months, and I haven’t talked about a really important topic that you should always get out of the way in the very
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Early last week I ran across a claim on the part of a new establishment in Tacoma that would dictate my Friday-night destination: Bella Vita Italian Restaurant and Ultra Lounge, which opened just a couple of months ago on Sixth Avenue near Pearl Street, claimed to have the best martinis in
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Kyle Dillehay rules the roost at a.o.c. gallery this month. The other two artists — Ellen Picken and Jason Sobottka — are not too shabby either, but Dillehay’s the main man. As you walk into the gallery, the first thing you notice are clumps of rusted steel, driftwood, rock and
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We hate to say it, but this was most likely the last Third Thursday that art lovers could walk the streets hitting gallery after gallery without umbrellas, boots and coats in blowing rain. Helm Gallery opening night was heavily attended. Crowds turned out to see the much-anticipated first viewing of
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We are just getting a taste of the fall season, and what better way to express our fashion sense than with some very cute cardigans. I’m the new cashier at the WalMart in Yelm. I see everything. I can tell you the cardigans are flying off the shelves. In beautiful fall
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THE 11TH HOUR: A dire warning about the demise of planet Earth, presented in a deadening format of talking heads and what often looks like stock nature footage. The doc has a lot of valuable information, but fails to convey it in an effective, involving way. Rent Al Gore’s “An
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“We thought, let’s do something at the very beginning that’s going to bring us all together … and from there we would reflect the entire community event by event,” says David Fischer, executive director at Tacoma’s Broadway Center for the Performing Arts, which launches its most ambitious season ever with
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Eastern Promises David Cronenberg’s “Eastern Promises” opens with a throat-slashing and a young woman collapsing in blood in a drugstore, and connects these events with a descent into an underground of Russians who have immigrated to London and brought their crime family with them. Like the Corleone family but with a
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Here is the dirty movie of the year, slimy and scummy, and among its casualties is poor Jessica Alba, who is a cutie and shouldn’t have been let out to play with these boys. “Good Luck Chuck” layers a creaky plot device on top of countless excuses to show breasts,
