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‘Roméo and Juliette’ set for Tacoma Opera
Tacoma Opera's season ender needs no translation, even if the music will be sung in French. “Roméo and Juliette” takes on the international language of love.Charles Gounod's version has all the...
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The Things We Like
BLIND SCHOOL ARTThe Washington State School for the Blind and Tacoma Art Museum (TAM) are raising public awareness about making art and culture a part of life for children and adults affected by sight...
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Culture Corner, A Guide to the Museums of Tacoma
Museum of the Week:Museum of Glass1801 Dock St.Wed. through Sat., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sun., noon to 5 p.m.Info: http://museumofglass.orgThe Museum of Glass provides a dynamic learning environment to...
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Nightlife
Friday, April 10JAZZBONES: Curtis Salgado (soul, blues) 8 p.m., $15-$17B SHARP COFFEE: Twang Junkies (country, Americana) 8 p.m., $5, NCCULTURA EVENT CENTER: Latin Edition (Latin music) 9:30...
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Letter to the Editor: Beverly Isenson
Dear Editor,For those of us who live in Lakewood and Steilacoom, the site of the proposed new County building will take 10 minutes driving time off a trip to the main County offices. It will probably...
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Council voices concerns, support about leasing Click
Plans to lease Tacoma’s Click! Network for the next 40 years to Wave Broadband has received mixed reviews from the Tacoma City Council, which will ultimately have to sign off on any deal.The...
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Kilmer discusses student debt with UPS
In 2013, the amount of student loan debt in the country topped $1 trillion, surpassing auto loan debt and credit card debt. That number has continued to grow and now it is quickly becoming apparent...
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SPORTSWATCH
BROKENSHIRE RETURNS TO MAIN EVENT FOR SUPER FIGHT LEAGUE 40Brian Halquist Productions and CageSport MMA are proud to welcome back Super Fight League, Asia’s largest MMA organization for their fourth...
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Local Restaurants
Tacomans looking for affordable Asian food in an impressive environment can look no further than Imperial Dragon, located at 6805 6th Ave. The Tacoma mainstay offers traditional Asian food in a...
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Vicci Martinez unveils new tunes, band
For her first act, Vicci Martinez spent a decade growing her Vicci Martinez Band into one of the region's most popular live acts.For her second, she built a national following as the spunkiest member...
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Arts & Entertainment: New Nirvana book highlights Tacoma ties
There always seems to be a spike in interest in Nirvana around the anniversary of singer-guitarist Kurt Cobain's death, even more so this year as buzz builds for HBO's forthcoming documentary, “Kurt...
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Make a Scene: Sonics boomed Moore Theatre
Tacoma's garage-rock super-heroes, The Sonics, have made several regional appearances nearly eight years after they came back from their mysterious, 40-year hiatus. But none of them have been quite...
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Prosecutor’s Office awarded for outstanding leadership
On Feb. 6, at its annual Lincoln Day Banquet, the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association honored the Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office with the “2014 Law Firm Pro Bono Award.” The office was...
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Our view: $15 wage is wrong for Tacoma
A group of Tacomans is circulating a petition to boost the minimum wage for workers in town to $15 an hour at any workplace that has more than $300,000 a year in gross revenue. This would make Tacoma...
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Stupid criminal of the week
As people get older, it’s natural to assume that they calm down, and take less of a rebellious attitude. This wasn’t the case for a resident of a retirement home on Fife street on April 1 who assaulted...
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TACOMA’S HOT TICKETS APRIL 9 - 19
THURSDAY, APRIL 9 – BASEBALLStadium vs. FossFoss HS – 4 p.m.THURSDAY, APRIL 9 – SOCCERWilson vs. StadiumStadium Bowl – 7:15 p.m.FRIDAY, APRIL 10 – FASTPITCHPeninsula vs. WilsonWilson HS – 4 p.m.FRIDAY,...
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Guest Editorial: New rail safety regulations welcome
North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple has announced new rules that reduce the vapor pressure in oil tanker cars leaving his state’s booming oil patch. The goal is to reduce the risk of fiery explosions like...
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SAMI students make fine showing in annual Orca Bowl
Students from the Tacoma Science and Math Institute got their feet wet participating in the annual statewide Orca Bowl, a knowledge competition quizzing students on marine knowledge, which includes...
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SALISH INTEGRATIVE ONCOLOGY CANCER CENTER
Federal, regional, state and local leaders gathered with the Puyallup Tribal Council on April 7 to officially cut the ribbon on the tribe’s new state-of-the-art Salish Integrative Oncology Cancer...
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Tacoma Rugby is a hit
The Tacoma Weekly recently caught up with the president and head coach of the Tacoma Nomads rugby team, Ryan McHugh, as well as Meg deGravelles, the founder and head coach of the women’s Tacoma Sirens...
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