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Do you like the idea of skiing more than the actual activity? Are you considering taking up an extreme sport, but need a hit of inspiration before acquiring the mandatory tattoos and safety equipment? Then consider watching BANFF Mountain Film Festival's Radical Reels Tour's that explore environmental, adventure or adventure-related
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Something about this time of year - it makes plaid cool. It makes bagpipes cool. Pale, hairy, muscular men in skirts with no underwear? Too far? Because St. Patrick's Day is this month, Pam and Philip Boulding, the husband and wife foundation of Magical Strings, will bust out the Celtic
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This week I’m going set my usual flirtatiousness aside and dive into a matter that I think needs some attention —something that I’m just as guilty of as so many of you. Buying music online. Now I’m not going to dip into the controversial sides of downloading music. The point I’d like
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Ready for a success story ... in storyform? At 17, Brandon Stogsdill was arrested, tried as an adult for assault with a deadly weapon and sentenced to four years in prison. While in prison, Stogsdill vowed to change. When he was released, Stogsdill enrolled in college and began a career
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There's a new club/party in the T-town. Tacoma's own - by way of Brooklyn, NY - DJ Iceman spins every Friday and Saturday night at the Black Star Pub & Grill. Maybe the busiest and most hungry DJ in the area, Iceman is known and respected for his personality and programming,
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I met Col. Michelle Nassar soon after her retirement from the Army. When our discussion turned to health insurance, she expressed concern. After 20 years of receiving health care at military treatment facilities with no out-of-pocket expenses, figuring out how to use TRICARE Prime in the civilian marketplace and the idea of paying for it can be
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"People helping people, that is the whole point," stated Raechel Kilcup, executive director for Rebuilding Together Thurston County (RTTC). RTTC is an affiliate of Rebuilding Together U.S.A., an organization dedicated to helping rehabilitating less-advantaged homeowners' houses. "Veterans as a whole are part of the clients that we always serve," continued Kilcup, who became
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How shall we mark the passage from late summer into fall and early winter this year? The choices available to Washingtonians are, as ever, many. Some represent long but enduring traditions that would be a shame to miss. Others represent newcomers to the event calendar lineup. Here are a few
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Tacoma's first annual Tacoma Beer Week is mere moments away. Earlier this year, some of Tacoma's finest brewmasters joined forces to create a collaborative brew, which, at the time, was simply reported as a black IPA. We now know that this brewski has been given the moniker Tacoma's Neo Noir
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[HARD ROCK] + FRI, FEB. 28 This week the entire bill rules. I wish I had room to dive into the history these bands have, how deep their ties to the music scene run, how stellar their dynamic is, like the patterns of a mandala, reaching into the organisms of time
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May as well get this out of the way right now: TBASA is not an acronym. Rather, it's a sort of convenient mashup of one guy's name. Tim Basaraba is a restlessly inventive singer-songwriter, beginning his musical life in Idaho as a punk singer, and subtly merging into a genre-hopping
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Do I detect a trend, or is it mere coincidence that for two months in a row A.O.C. Gallery has featured four women artists? The last time it was a quartet of fiber artists. This time it’s printmakers. Good ones, too. The best in this show are Klara Glosova and Betsy
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About two years ago a group of friends were talking about some ideas they’d all been incubating for a number of years. These ideas for Mark, Jennifer, Pamela, and Paul, and two others who weren’t present as we met eventually coalesced into the form of anarchism. The like-thinking group of people
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This week my heart was set on one and only one destination to start off the weekend after all the buzz I’d heard around town: The Red Hot! This is the latest bar to join the Sixth Avenue family, located at 2914 Sixth Ave., Suite B; but don’t expect it to
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We list major concerts going on sale this weekend, as well as national touring acts performing in the Puget Sound this
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THURSDAY NIGHT THROWDOWN The folks at Valhalla Coffee Co (3928 Sixth Ave., Tacoma) take their roasted bean biz seriously and prove it by hosting #TNTNW - aka Thursday Night Throwdown Northwest - showcasing local barista talents making latte art from 7-9 p.m. Feb. 27. The $5-buy-in-winner-takes -all event is open to
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"Come out and get some Hugs" stated Big Wheel Stunt Show's Facebook, just above the link to the band's event page, "Last Ride of the Big Wheel. ..." Yup, the beloved trio announced it would disband earlier this month, and they're making good on their promise Saturday. But this is
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Look, at this point the Pacific Northwest - not to mention the current pop landscape in general - is choked with folk-rock revivalists. Bands like Mumford & Sons, the Lumineers and even American Idol winners (good lord, Phillip Phillips) have taken to appropriating folk and bluegrass and imbuing with a
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Seagull Invasion list their music as "funk slip slop slurp," and that's as good a place to start as anywhere. From the rubbery first beats of their song, "Oop," it's clear that Seagull Invasion are approaching everything from a skewed angle. Drum machine clatter is engulfed in elastic guitars and
