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Latin Americans love to party. From Mexican tamales to pizza from Argentina, food is crucial in the holiday mix, as is dance, whether it's salsa, samba or merengue. The moves and beats differ, but they always create a purely Latin rhythm. Taste, feel and see the action at Fiestas Patrias,
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I've got Georgia on my mind. You see, the road leads back to, er, it. And by Georgia I mean the sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. It's this region people dressed as Indiana Jones believe humans made the first wine 7,000 years ago. Archaeological evidence points to
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Neil Simon got his start in TV, where he wrote alongside Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner. His material has the familiar exposition, setup, punch line construction of TV comedy. As I watched Olympia Little Theatre's presentation of Simon's Last of the Red Hot Lovers, I was reminded
Stage
It's my opinion that theater companies in the South Sound, as in most American markets, are not in competition with each other; rather, they're competing with television. TV has become really good these last few years, as fans of Breaking Bad or Modern Family can attest. There's an entire channel
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Harmon Tap Room Tacoma - Stadium District. Jeanlizabeth. 6 pm. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. Uke-Olympians. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. BLUES Uncle Sam's American Bar & Grill Spanaway. Blues Monday with Billy Pease, Paul Buck and Chris Gartland. 7 pm. NC. Stonegate
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When you have to dig through your couch cushions to gather coins for your weekly mojito fix, it's fair to assume that things are not looking up. Worse is the Travel Channel taunting you in the background with exotic Caribbean locales, Guyanese cricket matches, and never-ending feasts of goat stew
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Kristin Giordano's photographs of Doha, Qatar at Kittredge Gallery on campus at University of Puget Sound are haunting, lonely and disturbingly beautiful. Paul Landacre's wood engravings in the smaller back gallery represent a fine sampling of works by a little known but leading engraver of the early 20th century. Together
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC Stonegate Pizza Tacoma - South. Acoustic open mic hosted by Leanne Trevalyan. 8 pm. NC. Traditions Cafe and World Folk Art Olympia - Downtown. John Doyle. All Ages. 8 pm. $15-$20. Tugboat Annies Olympia - Westside. Open Mic Night. 9 pm. NC. Doyle's Public House Tacoma
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Recently crowned Prog God 2013 by Prog Rock Magazine, Ian Anderson is not slowing down; a 2014 Jethro Tull UK tour is already set, highlighting material from his forthcoming 2014 album. According to jethrotull.com, the new concept album is folk-prog-metal, and will feature "heavier, less acoustic guitar sounds and
Music
When Ian Anderson, the flute-playing frontman of Jethro Tull, is not on tour, he wakes to his farm in southwest England. He usually rises around 6 a.m. for a rotation of breakfasts: crispy bread, oily fish, and poached eggs from his wife's chickens, accompanied with half a glass of orange
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ACOUSTIC/FOLK/CELTIC A Rhapsody In Bloom Florist and Cafe Latte Tacoma - Sixth Avenue. Carolyn Cruso. All Ages. 7 pm. Donations. Olympic Club Hotel and Theater Lewis County. Kris Orlowski. All Ages. 7 pm. NC. Ted Brown Music Company Tacoma - South. Uke 'An Jam. All Ages. 6:30-8 pm. NC. COMEDY/GAMES Cascade Community Center JBLM-Lewis Main.
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Riding the wave of post-grunge-early-2000s-Nickelback-vocals, Shinedown launched onto the scene with "Burning Bright" and later with the hit single "Second Chance." This popular Southeast alt-rock band has done well for itself over the years but it's been rough since their biggest hit, "Second Chance," came out in 2008. People's taste
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For weeks the newspaper ads have been catching Bobble Tiki's eye: "Psychic Readers Network - Work at Home - No Experience Necessary." If no experience is necessary, then anyone could be a telephone psychic? Bobble Tiki is determined to try. He has seen the late-night television commercials that portray psychics
Food Matters
Ignoring the atypical first part of this month, getting dressed up for dinner in September generally means pulling on a shirt or finding the dress flips-flops. South Sound summers stretch well into September, which is indeed relaxing, perhaps too relaxing. In fact, if the warm weather stretched into January, we'd
Viva South Sound
Beer and food have always co-mingled, especially in European cultures such as Belgium, Germany and England. At points, beer was food. According to lore, European monks brewed ales and bock beers to provide sustenance during their Lenten fasts. Beer and grilled sausage: the two are a natural fit. The Red
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"Guys don't like talking unless there's a problem. Girls like to talk until there's a problem." This one of the many one-liners "Big Irish" Jay Hollingsworth enjoys dropping on audiences. The comedian, who has a solid reputation in the entertainment world, joins nine other comedians, in an unforgettable night of
Jobs & Education
Saint Martin's University, an independent four-year, co-educational university located in the South Sound, just introduced a new section, intended to aid military and military dependents interested in finding out what the school has to offer, to its website. The new web presence was inspired by Presidential Executive Order 13607: Establishing Principles
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Just South of Lakewood, one will find DuPont, not so much a business district as a thriving town surrounded by scenic landscape and conveniently located near freeway access for a quick commute. Among central downtown, you'll find the basic luxuries of any good town, a fair amount of dining options
News
"We are a tight unit and we really keep in touch," said retired Command Sgt. Maj. Victor Mercado. "So we began to talk about hosting a reunion and then, since last November, we have been meeting once a month to get organized and arrange the event." This will be the first
People Rule
Losing a loved one is devastating beyond words and a wound that never fully heals. In June, 2006, Gary and Chris Warnock of Rainier felt that pain when they tragically lost their son, Sgt. Justin D. Norton, when he was killed by an improvised explosive device during a deployment in
