Music
Music serves different purposes at different times. For a large majority of people, music helps to calm the nerves and transport the listener out of the pummeling existence of everyday life. In a climate like the one we're currently inhabiting, this soothing effect becomes a necessity, lest we all simultaneously
South Sound Cinema
The 33rd annual Olympia Film Festival is now in full swing with films, music, and live performance with local and national talent. The festival features more than 40 film premieres and Dan Savage's "Hump Film Festival." Among the many live and filmed entertainments is Breakin', featuring choreographer and dancer Shabba Doo
Arts
The latest exhibition at Tacoma Art Museum, "The Beauty of a Shared Passion: Highlights from the Rebecca and Jack Benaroya Collection," is but a small selection (65 major works of art, mostly from well-known Pacific Northwest artists) of the huge collection the Benaroya family has promised as a gift to
Stage
The Lakewood Institute of Theatre and Lakewood Playhouse are teaming up this year for a joint production of their annual all-ages show. This year's show, their fifth annual, is the perennial favorite of kids and adults alike, The Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum as adapted by Robert and Willie
Stage
Few events in life are more tumultuous, more exhausting and elating than falling in love. That emotional tsunami is captured beautifully by writer-director John Carney's 2007 film Once, which finds a Dublin street musician in a "meet cute" and romance with a flower seller from Czechoslovakia. Imagine that experience eight
Music
Culturally, America has nicked a lot of its favorite arts from around the globe. As a relatively new country, this isn't so much of a surprise; inventing and nurturing homegrown modes of expression is something that takes time and care. And, being a melting pot of a nation, the stewing
Reviews
ANNOUNCER: Smoke+Cedar was a great place. It was sad the day they closed - the food and ambiance were outstanding - finely crafted by the geniuses behind Pacific Grill. They left big shoes to fill - not enviable to the new owners who re-opened the space, changed the name to
Features
We blinked and now the month of November has arrived. It is the time of the year when we start making plans to have family and friends over to celebrate all we have to be thankful for. Those plans will almost always be centered around a Thanksgiving meal. If it
Features
One look out your window and it's easy to see that winter is quickly upon us all in the South Sound. The wind, rain and cold have arrived in full force to erase any doubt that summer weather might stick around a bit longer. Now is the time of year
Outdoors
Airsoft is a military simulation sport that brings the warrior out in people. "It sure beats sitting at home and playing Xbox," joked Paul Asetre, the sport's leading advocate in the Puget Sound. Airsoft participants range in age from high school to well past retirement age. "We used Airsoft for training while
News Front
By the very nature of the responsibilities and risks they assume by serving, the men and women of the Armed Forces already give much more than their fair share in service to their community, but that's not enough for them. Over 150 military personnel gathered at the Thurston County Fairgrounds in
Military Life
Military families had a spooky good time trick-or-treating with their fellow military and community members on Camp Murray right before Halloween. The Washington National Guard Child & Youth Services Program held their annual Trunk or Treat and Carnival event for hundreds of attendees on Camp Murray, Oct. 29. This event has become
News
Putting a fly-fishing rod in the doctor's bag is a great step toward recovery. "Fly fishing gets your mind on something pleasant," said retired Marine Corps infantry officer Chuck Tye, the Northwest Regional Coordinator for Project Healing Waters, as he sat at a large table with a number of soldiers assigned
Military Life
Vince Lombardi famously said "Leaders are made, they are not born." With all due respect to the late, legendary NFL coach, some leaders are born, some leaders are made, and Jiemyjoyce Reduque suggests that some leaders are born and made. Jiemyjoyce Reduque - a junior at Steilacoom High School and the
News
Ignorance is not bliss - particularly when it comes to the hepatitis C virus. A blood-borne disease discovered in 1989, hepatitis C, or hep C, is just beginning to be noticed, especially among baby boomers, those individuals born between 1945 and 1965. Many baby boomers have been infected for 20 years or
News Front
Almost 150 military leaders gathered at the McChord Officers' Club on Joint Base Lewis-McChord to hear a keynote address by John Culver, group president for China/Asia Channel Development and Emerging Brands for Starbucks, Inc., Oct. 26. The speech was part of I-Corps' Fall Senior Leader Development Training Session sponsored by U.S.
Military Life
An advisory committee has recommended that an aging Woodbrook Middle School that needs $15 million in repairs should be closed. In January, the Clover Park School District is expected to decide on the recommendation to close the school that was built in 1963. Every six years the school districts in Washington do
Archives
Brothers Davy and Peter Rothbart, are driving in their car. They are bringing the FOUND “There Goes the Neighborhood Tour” to Olympia’s Capitol Theatre on Wednesday, Oct. 24, but in the meantime they have plenty of road to cover. They carry a guitar and a bunch of slips of paper,
Features
While Laffy Taffy, Tootsie Rolls and Dumdums may appease the knee high set, a grown-up sweet tooth often calls for something a bit more sophisticated. Well fear not! The Tacoma area offers treats to satisfy even the most adult cravings. Johnson Candy Company, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday;
