Arts
Art entrepreneur Lisa Kinoshita, along with birdloft furniture (Jeff Libby and Adrienne Wicks) and rePly Furniture (Steve Lawler), have opened an exciting new shop on Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma. Called Matter: Tacoma made modern, the new shop is a showcase for furniture, woodworking and visual arts. For its inaugural
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Announcer: You may think of brunch as an exclusive Sunday affair, but in downtown Tacoma, brunch is as much a Saturday get-together as a Sunday event, and with bottomless Mimosas and Bloody Marys, it makes any weekend morning the launch point for a great afternoon (if not early evening nap).
Stage
Olympia Family Theater's A Year with Frog and Toad is so joyous that watching it should banish all thoughts of election season politicking. For more than an hour, all worries about war and poverty and climate change should go away. It is the show Olympia Family Theater opened its first season
Outdoors
If you pay close attention, you might notice a large, yellow orb in the sky, as well as warmer weather and a general feel of excitement in the air. Although the aggressively cloudy nature of the Northwest can make spring feel like a mirage, it's May, therefore time to take
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Military resource providers will have the opportunity to experience a "first-of-its-kind" conference for anyone who serves those who have served. The Veterans Training Support Center (VTSC) is partnering with Washington Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct the Serving Those Who Served Conference at the Yakima Convention Center on May 25 and
News Front
A cyclone of dust encircled a chaplain, his assistant and two medics as they moved a litter toward a powered up Black Hawk helicopter. Communication proved difficult over the roar. The coordination, however, between the clergy and the medics in loading the soldier unto the aircraft headed for a medical facility,
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ROTC volunteers gathered at Veterans Memorial Cemetery at Evergreen Washelli in Seattle last Sunday to honor the men and women of the Armed Forces who paid the ultimate price for their dedication to our nation and its citizenry. Three units of ROTC cadets representing the Air Force, Army and Navy
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The new "Nicklaus Nine" at the American Lake Veterans Golf Course is set to open. "June 4th is the big day," said Bruce McKenty, the course's general manager. Presently the only golf course in the nation designed specifically for the rehabilitation of wounded and disabled veterans, the course will double from a
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To applaud, to say thank you, and to make sure their deeds are not forgotten, Alan Archambault has written a book about one of his favorite subjects - Fort Lewis. To help preserve the role soldiers stationed at Fort Lewis played in resolving conflict worldwide from 1956 to 2010, Archambault wrote
Military Life
At 4-foot-11 and 114 pounds, Daisymay Reyes isn't the biggest soldier in the Army, but she just might have one of the biggest hearts. Earlier this month, Reyes, a recruiter and sergeant first class stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, placed second in her weight class at the Empire Powerlifting competition. For
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Reality is self-created. Feeling it was wrong to attend college while other young men were fighting in Vietnam, James Meade voluntarily joined the Army. After completing helicopter flight school, then Warrant Officer 1 shipped to Vietnam. He was 19 years old. He soon faced a baptism of fire and was shot down three
Military Life
In 1949, under President Harry S. Truman, Armed Forces Day was created to signal the unification of all armed services under the Department of Defense. Celebrated the third Saturday in May, Armed Forces Day is a day for all citizens of the United States to come together and thank military
Military Life
May 21st is a special day for those in the military and their families. It's a chance to take a break from the hard work of defending our country, and spend time relaxing and enjoying the festivities of Joint Base Lewis-McChord's Armed Forces Day. When it comes to great activities for
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My friend sent me an alarmed text message when she went shopping for jeans for her teenage daughter. Seemed she was struck with a bad case of sticker shock by the prices she was seeing in the boutique where they shopped. I responded apologetically: sorry, I thought you knew boutique equals
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How much worse can it get for a 30-something guy to have to move back in with Mom and Dad? Not much, some would say. But it can get worse, a lot worse. He could lose his girlfriend, his nightclub, and go bankrupt in the same year, freezing his life
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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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Vicki León has gotten good at making work fun. In her latest paperback tome, “Working IX to V: Orgy Planners, Funeral Clowns and Other Prized Professions of the Ancient World” (Walker & Co., 313 pages, $16.95), León gallivants into Greek and Roman times, gleefully lifting the veils of history to
