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  • Build Your Own Hydroplane

    Posted @ 03:31PM on 06/20/2011 by Ethan - Arts Entertainment
    Families can visit Albert Lee Appliance stores to build a wood hydroplane. The event is free for kids 12 and under and $10 for kids 13 and older. Classes will be held at 11am to 1pm at all Albert Lee locations July 9 and from 2pm to 4pm July 10.
  • CinemaGig, Coming to a Gig Harbor Park Near You

    Posted @ 03:30PM on 06/14/2011 by Lauren - Arts Entertainment
    With budgets tight and the immediate economy’s future not so bright, Gig Harbor’s return of free outdoor movie nights is sure to sweeten up your summer. Gone may be the drive-in, but today’s sweethearts and families wi
  • Time to Register for Summer Camp

    Posted @ 10:13AM on 03/22/2011 by Lauren - Arts Entertainment
    It might seem early to be looking into summer camps for the kids but it isn’t. Metro Parks Tacoma has opened registration for summer camps for all ages. Offering swim camps, art camps, theater camps, dance camps, music camps, outdoor adventure c
  • UPS Students Awarded Watson Fellowship

    Posted @ 03:49PM on 03/17/2011 by Lauren - Arts Entertainment
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    imagine being awarded 25 thousand dollars to study your passion around the world. university of Puget Sound students Jacki Ward and Margaret Shelton are winners of just that. The Watson Fellowship provides students with funding to travel studying one
  • Tacoma Named Most Most Romantic City on Yelp

    Posted @ 04:46PM on 02/07/2011 by Lauren - Eat Drink
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    Yelp has been following the love this year. In an attempted to find the most romantic cities in the country Yelp devise looked up how many romantic queries people were searching as Valentines Day approached. What they found? Tacoma.

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    Behind the Scenes: Making of a Cover

    Posted @ 11:15AM on 02/03/2011 by Ethan - In Print
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    Did you enjoy our February/March candy cover? Photographer Jeff Hobson pulled off a great shot, and we thought it would be fun to show you how it all came together....

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    Spike Lee to Speak to Tacoma

    Posted @ 01:20PM on 01/21/2011 by Ethan - Arts Entertainment

    Noted filmaker, actor, author and cultural icon Spike Lee will give public talk at the University of Puget sound in Tacoma on Feb. 28. The event, part of the Susan Resneck Pierce Lecture in Public Affairs and the Arts, will go on sale Monday, Jan. 24

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    Local Spa Adds Natural Health Clinic

    Posted @ 11:45AM on 01/21/2011 by Ethan - Arts Entertainment

     

    Tacoma's Serenity Spa is now Serenity Spa and Natural Health Clinic. The Spa, open since 2009, has added a physician, registered dietician and is building a yoga studio. In addition to spa treatments like massages, facials, manicur

  • Playing with Fire

    Posted @ 10:45AM on 01/21/2011 by Lisa - Arts Entertainment
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    Just off busy Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma, there’s an orange glow when you drive down unassuming 23rd Street at night. Between a burger joint and noisy train tracks, people are playing with fire.

  • Serve on the Tacoma Arts Commission

    Posted @ 02:15PM on 01/20/2011 by Ethan - Arts Entertainment
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    The Tacoma City Council is seeking knowledgeable and passionate applicants to serve on the Tacoma Arts Commission. This body of 15 volunteers is responsible for advising the City Council on arts-related projects...

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