Stage
Wait Until Dark is a strange, daring choice for Lakewood Playhouse to open its 79th season -- a fairly nasty thriller that features harsh violence and some truly disquieting moments. Far from the standard crowd-pleaser that tends to open a season of theater, Wait Until Dark is a pulpy suspense piece whose entire engine
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You might say Col. Bruce Bowers' path to becoming the 446th Airlift Wing's commander started in a decompression chamber in the mid-1980s during undergraduate pilot training. After a stint working as an F-15 Falcon developmental engineer at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., while on active duty, Bowers entered into undergraduate pilot
Veterans
Even after separating more than 13 years ago, there is one life mantra military service taught Air Force veteran Brian Leonard that he still strongly embraces every day. "Take pride in what you do and how you do it," said Leonard, who served with the 78th Security Forces Squadron at Warner
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(AMC PA) - Mobility airmen from 26 countries are participating in the 2011 International Airdrop Symposium at McChord Field, July 19-21. The symposium features a collection of people from throughout the world to exchange tactics, techniques and ideas on conducting airdrops, said Maj. Patrick Linson, symposium chairperson from St. Joseph, Mo.,
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A majority of the 34 international Rodeo competitors arrived at McChord Field July 18 and were in-processed by mobility Airmen from several different career fields. The in-processing line consisted of eight different stations that provided the teams with everything they'll need during their stay. "As the teams come through, we are their
Business News
Leadership from the 62nd Medical Brigade and the 6th Military Police Group (CID) attended a meet and greet event on July 14 and were paired with local businesses and organizations that had adopted Soldiers from their units. The event was hosted by the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) DuPont
Focus
Last week, Sunset Chevrolet in Sumner found a way to thank the thousands of Joint Base Lewis-McChord single Servicemembers who redeploy to the area and return to an empty barracks room when it donated $2,000 toward The Single Soldier Project. The project, which began as an Association of the U.S. Army
News Front
A ribbon-cutting to announce the naming of a new building in the Madigan Army Medical Center is in the offing. The Preventive Medicine Building (Bldg. 9025), located just north of the center on 5th Street across from the just opened Evergreen Elementary School, will be named in honor of Brig. Gen.
Focus
Ryan Latham is used to rolling out the red carpet for local military members. As the group events coordinator for the Tacoma Rainiers and the ballclub's main link to the military community throughout the Puget Sound, Latham routinely works with various units to make area Servicemembers feel welcome at Cheney Stadium. But
Focus
Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry is still getting used to becoming part of the select group of 85 living recipients, and one of two from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has been getting the rock star treatment since receiving the medal a week ago from
News
The body is one -- it works as a single being to heal itself and relieve pressure. You just have to know where to start. That's the motto of Rosemarie Lanchester, a certified hypnotist who believes it's her calling to give back to others by allowing them to self-heal. "Part of
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Real-deal bike racing is pretty exciting all by itself. Bike racing at night, with a beer garden for spectators, in downtown Tacoma, is just plain crazy awesome. Saturday, Tacoma's second annual Twilight Criterium will offer all of the above, plus an art bike parade, live music, a kids race and
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To receive an email announcing the latest Spouse magazine, click here. To read the September 2017 Spouse Magazine, click HERE, In this month's issue: <<< Point Defiance <<< Quality education for JBLM families <<< Back-to-school tips to relieve stress <<< Books to get kids excited for school <<< Is private school a good fit for your
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Guitarist Anna Popovic is fucking hot. Sure, that's kind of a low-brow observation to bestow upon a musician of Popovic's skill, but then again, she's the one who decided to wear nothing but a guitar on that album cover. Really, we're just playing along. And Popovic, who other publications have
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Rich Wetzel and his Groovin Higher Orchestra don't mess around. When they get a chance to dole out the live jazz to what's sure to be a packed room Saturday night at the Harmon, you damn well better believe Wetzel and Co. are going to deliver. It's what they do.
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Naturally, you harbor fantasies of partying with the Weekly Volcano's staff. You dream of body shots with Meat Market correspondent and all-around dreamboat Brett Cihon, or at least thoughtful, quiet conversations with art writer Kristin Kendle. You want to talk dive bars with Steph DeRosa, or local restaurants with Jennifer
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In preparation for this November's election, highly regarded Tacoma City Council Member David Boe is currently out on the proverbial Grit City campaign trail, shaking hands, kissing babies and drinking wine. What!?! It's true. Not only is Boe a well-spoken proponent for thoughtful design and progressive ideas, representing a town
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For 18-year-old James Irish, meeting Jeff Spencer was a frightening experience. When the two met last January, Irish was on an operating table at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in Tacoma. Spencer, a MultiCare endocardiographer, and others were busy preparing to drain fluid that had collected around Irish's heart. The procedure
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Three roommates, all musicians, decided to start a band. They named it Basic Radio because, “We didn’t need some band name with a ‘deep’ meaning, we just needed something that would stick,” says Brandon Eisenbeis. The result is a lot more classic rock sounding than the poppy name implies. “We wanted
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Students at Peninsula High School in Gig Harbor have their own radio station. Outside of Tacoma School of the Arts, there aren’t many high school electives that rate as high on the coolness scale as radio production class. I decided to investigate.KGHP FM was started 19 years ago by three
