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B2 Fine Art has opened the third installment of their international youth art exhibition Beyond Crayons and Finger Painting 3.0. featuring work from young artists 7-19 years old from Bethlehem, Canada, China, Cuba, Korea and the United States. Compared to previous incarnations of this show, this one has more work
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B2 Fine Art has opened the third installment of their international youth art exhibition Beyond Crayons and Finger Painting 3.0. featuring work from young artists 7-19 years old from Bethlehem, Canada, China, Cuba, Korea and the United States. Compared to previous incarnations of this show, this one has more work that
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According to the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary Twelfth Night is "the evening of the fifth of January, ... the eve of the Epiphany, formerly the last day of the Christmas festivities and observed as a time of merrymaking." Medieval and Tudor England celebrated Twelfth Night as
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According to the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary Twelfth Night is "the evening of the fifth of January, ... the eve of the Epiphany, formerly the last day of the Christmas festivities and observed as a time of merrymaking." Medieval and Tudor England celebrated Twelfth Night as the end of a
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Heart and Soul racks up the acoustic versions of songs Jamaican roots reggae band The Gladiators performed in the '70s when Clinton Fearon played bass and sung. It's a nostalgic, yet refreshing collection. In a world of mass consumption and more, more, more attitudes, the acoustics are a
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Growing up in Olympia, I hit up the Backstage, heard weird little bands come out of garages and had an ear on ska, but it wasn't until I lived a stint in northern California that I got the stroke of true reggae against my soul. Maybe it was the connection
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I have a confession to make. Thanksgiving is not my most favorite holiday. Sigh, I know, I know. While I love the autumn season and Thanksgiving is a rare opportunity to gather with my extended family, it's not one I'm looking forward too. Stuffing and mashed potatoes are the boxed version,
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The hum of reels and ribbons in the movie theaters will soon disappear. By 2015, film will slip to niche status; venerable old 35 mm film will be mostly gone. Digital is the way now, and while that makes life easier for distributors, the cost for small cinemas across the
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Olympia Coffee Roasting Company is one of Olympia's Godsends. The roasting house helps state workers crank through Excel files, it adds bounce to college students' steps and it puts a smile on everyone's face that comes through its front door. A staple in the downtown community since 2007, OCR has been
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Dear de León, Here is the thing. Everything is changing. Everything is changing at a gray Ford Explorer Interstate 5 trooper chasing pace that excites and petrifies almost everyone involved until you want to hold your head in your hands and shriek and drink and sob. Mostly drink. The change I refer
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Rocky Votolato, who released his fifth full length record, The Brag and Cuss, on Barsuk, June 12, will be hitting Hell’s Kitchen on Friday, July 20. Normally, guys named Rocky don’t touch you the way Votolato can. Normally, guys name Rocky punch you in the face or service your brakes or
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Thursday, July 19 AMERICANA jes raymond Has Americana, roots, alt country seen a surge in popularity lately, or was I just not paying attention? When the "O Brother, Where Art Thou" soundtrack hit stores back in 2000, it commercialized the time-honored music and introduced it to a brand new generation, including me.
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If you've ever watched Frasier or Top Chef Masters, you're familiar with the concept of a TV spinoff: it's when a popular character is given his or her own show, usually in the same vein as the original program. Frasier Crane, for example, was a regular on Cheers before moving
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To celebrate and honor the Pierce County AIDS Foundation's 25 years of service, South Sound artists created pieces in every medium - mixed media, pen and ink, acrylics, charcoal, and more - with one common thread: the red AIDS awareness ribbon is woven into the artwork either
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WASHINGTON - The Army will build a new blue book and blue book app to reinforce standards and discipline across the service, the Army's top enlisted leader said. The Army Software Factory in Austin, Texas leads the initiative, scheduled to release by October 2024. The app will contain the non-commissioned officer and
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>>> Friday, Nov. 16 BERT WILSON According to the Washington Center, "Bert Wilson is one of the underground legends of the jazz world - and he lives right here in Olympia. He is a survivor of polio in the 1940s (although it has left him confined to a wheelchair), the New York
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For many veterans and active-duty service members, the dream of homeownership can become a reality through a unique and valuable financial tool - the VA loan. But, that special loan program becomes even more important when combined with the benefits of Homes for Heroes. In fact, military members, past and
