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Get out your dancing shoes and join in the whimsy of a country western shuffle dance, hosted by the Evergreen Country Dancers. What is a shuffle, you say? It's the country western version of polka - the primary difference being that the style of shuffle is less hoppy
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Get out your dancing shoes and join in the whimsy of a country western shuffle dance, hosted by the Evergreen Country Dancers. What is a shuffle, you say? It's the country western version of polka - the primary difference being that the style of shuffle is less hoppy than the polka.
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The name "ecovillages" makes them sound new and revolutionary, part of a new movement toward sustainability and community. But in reality, this is the way humans have lived for thousands of years before we took a sharp turn toward unsustainable living. Ecovillages are glimpses to the past, to how humankind
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Tysen are self described “Federal Way kids,” except for one who may or may not be from Sedro-Woolley. Tony D’Angelo (lead vocals and guitar), Jin Wooh (guitar and background vocals), Matt Hettler (drums), Ryan ‘RyRy’ Marth (guitar, synth and background vocals) and Cory Meyers (bass) were friends first, and then
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At the grocery store and in a park Regan Lane comes across as the most normal of guys - which doesn't mean he is. After all, when you've been a key member of several popular and notorious Tacoma bands that spent the last three decades receiving rave reviews and an
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"We work to help the veterans who fall between the cracks of other veteran service and military organizations," said Perry White, who has been on the Veteran's Family Fund of America board since 2009 and currently serves as its president. The VFFA's core mission is to provide emergency assistance to the
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The soldiers and airmen of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the fourth largest military installation in the country, are always busy. With 27,000 servicemembers reporting to the base, it should come as no surprise that their list of accomplishments keeps growing - and 2013 was no exception. Here, the guys who pen the
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About two years ago, a group of artists came together to brainstorm ways of promoting the artistic community in Tacoma. “It seemed like the art scene was getting stale, local artists weren’t feeling supported,” summarizes Houston Wimberly III, an artist who was present at that meeting and is working actively toward
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I've eaten vegan pizza at the new Vic's Pizzeria in Olympia, I've done the sultry stand-up at a pole dancing class, and with New Year's just five days away, I will research my final resolution - saving money. While Olympia has many fine options to stretch your cash, such as dollar
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If we can trust the evidence of the past three months, Salon Refu in Olympia is now one of the best art galleries between Seattle and Portland. And Mary Randlett is the most celebrated photographer in the Pacific Northwest. Recognized as an outstanding landscape photographer and celebrated for her marvelous
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[POWER-POP] + SAT, DEC. 28 I can't be certain, but it seems likely that SEACATS may have the distinction of being the first band I've covered that were born out of a comedy web series. Formed by Kelso, Wash., by brothers Josh and Mike Davis, SEACATS make boisterous power-pop that recalls
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Longtime rhythm and blues sensation Randy Oxford Band hits the infamous Midwest Blues Highway to kick off 2014 with one really important stop along the way. The band will represent Tacoma at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis this January. It's the largest gathering of blues bands
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Look out Memphis - you are about to get a taste of Tacoma, and it's gonna be sweet! Longtime rhythm and blues sensation Randy Oxford Band hits the infamous Midwest Blues Highway to kick off 2014 with one really important stop along the way. The band will represent Tacoma at the
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As the cataloguing and availability of pop music history increases, so do the vast array of influences and aural allusions and references. Sounds churn together, spitting out complex amalgams that owe more to random exposure than they do to whatever radio station you might have tuned into, pre-internet. Because of
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First Night Tacoma has always been an enjoyable evening of music and art, but for First Night on New Year's Eve, the shenanigans will be ramped up considerably. It's become a press-release cliché to say an event is "fun for all ages," but this time around there
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First Night Tacoma has always been an enjoyable evening of music and art, but for First Night on New Year's Eve, the shenanigans will be ramped up considerably. It's become a press-release cliché to say an event is "fun for all ages," but this time around there really is something
