It was a lovely fall afternoon. Bobby walked slowly home after school. Normally he would have been romping around and having a good time with his buddies. He didn’t know how his grandmother was going to re-act. He had spent money from Grandma Annie and had nothing left to show for it. Bobby didn’t know […]
17000 Years Ago, Woolly Mammoths Walked All Over the Pacific Northwest
17,000 years ago, during the ice age, Woolly Mammoths walked the grasslands from here to Alaska, across to Siberia and continued to western Europe. Man hunted the huge animal as it roamed about. Imagine just looking at one, let alone meeting it eyeball to eyeball. We have evidence of their travel from Oregon, Washington, Canada […]
Our Town at UPS – A Review of a Classic
By Don and Peggy Doman and Lavinia Hart. In the Director’s Notes (Wind D. Woods) we are told “Our production takes a turn with Wilder’s minimalist trimming away, the bareness he employs to lay bare essential elements of what it means to gather together and share in the long tradition of storytelling. Our production seeks […]
Play Review of Andelana – The Sailing Ship On the Bottom of Tacoma Harbor
The Andelana was a 4-masted bark which sank in Tacoma Harbor in 1899. A bark is a sailing ship of three or more masts. The Andelana with her 4 masts had a record of sailing difficulty in stormy seas because it was top heavy. When the ship was empty of cargo or ballast it was […]
Success at TACID – Tacoma Area Coalition for Individuals with Disabilities
Years ago, a friend of mine from The Rotary Club of Lakewood, repeatedly asked me to join the board at TACID. At the time, we were both members of The Rotary Club of Tacoma #8. TACID stands for “Tacoma Area Coalition of Individuals with Disabilities.” I knew exactly what TACID did and how much help […]
Misery at Tacoma Little Theatre A Review
The film version of Misery starred James Caan and Kathy Bates. “The film was released in the United States on November 30, 1990, by Columbia Pictures. It received highly positive reviews and was a box office success. Bates’ performance drew widespread praise from critics and won her the Academy Award for Best Actress at the […]
Every Brilliant Thing – Harlequin Review
By Don and Peggy Doman and Lavinia Hart. Although we had written and sent out some details about the production “Every Brilliant Thing”, we really had no idea what it was about. I only knew there would be direct contact with the audience. The sole performer was Eleise Moore. She talked and laughed and welcomed […]
Jane Austen’s Emma Review from CenterStage
By Don and Peg Doman, and Lavinia Hart. I have watched and watched a number of Jane Austen’s six novels turned into television shows, films, and live stage productions. In EMMA we see a more pushy, determined character, compared to other Austen heroines. Instead of righting wrongs to make lives better, Emma looks at her friends […]
Indo-Asian Street Food a Perfect Present
It was Peg’s birthday and we were out for great food with some of the people we love. One of our favorite restaurants in Tacoma’s North End is Indo Asian Street Eatery, a street food world of yummy. There were seven of us: . . . Peg’s oldest friend Kathryn, our daughter Andrea and her […]