It has been all over the media in Pierce County, WA, these past days: iconic 5-Mile-Drive in Tacoma’s Point Defiance Park has been closed off for good as of May 20, 2022. For motorized vehicles, not for bicyclists or pedestrians. Because the historical landmark is crumbling. And the next thing you know is that a […]
To Ponder
Letter: Clover Park School District’s “Ministry of Propaganda Half truths”
Submitted by John Arbeeny. “The truth, the WHOLE truth and nothing but the truth” When you’re sworn into court you say these words in an oath avowing to be completely honest in your answers. The same should be expected of our public institutions to include school districts. They owe the public “the truth, the WHOLE […]
Letter: Support Clover Park High School’s campus modernization
Submitted by ERICK DIETRICH. During my two years of high school education at Clover Park High School, I would never have imagined how special this place was for me. It is a large school that encompasses the Lakewood and Tacoma areas, thus serving thousands of students, especially those residing at the joint military bases nearby. […]
A Review of the Fantastic ‘In the Heights’ at Tacoma Musical Playhouse
Peg and I had only recently reviewed the stage production of “The Happiest Song Plays Last” at Tacoma Little Theatre written by Quiara Alegria Hudes – thesubtimes.com/2022/05/01/the-happiest-song-plays-last-tacoma-little-theatre-review-of-the-ending-trilogy-by-quiara-alegria-hudes/ The Happiest Song featured live music on stage. It was a precursor to “In The Heights.” Hudes wrote the book with Lin-Manuel Miranda of “Hamilton” success and fame […]
Backlight – A Wonderful Film About Life, Death, and Life
I watched this movie on Roku, it was under a section for “Coming of Age.” It is . . . and it isn’t. The DVD cover didn’t help. It’s more Science Fiction than coming of age, although there is a teenage girl (played by Skyler Day) who is at odds with her mother. She wears […]
Across the Fence: Songs for Messages
Do you know which is one of the longest running TV shows in the world? You probably think of a soap opera. Well, singing has a lot to do with it, though it’s far from an opera. It’s the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), which will celebrate its 2022 finale this Saturday, watched by approximately 180 […]
Letter: Still feel like a ‘neighborhood’
Submitted by Judy Joy. I so appreciate that you [The Suburban Times] are online. It makes it easier for me to still feel like a “neighborhood”. I’ve lived in Lakewood all my life.. Um..that’s 82+years. Heck, I remember the Lakewood Log, attended many a movie at the beautiful original Lakewood Theater, graduated from Clover Park […]
Sovereignty and Violence Against Native Women Past and Present – Play Review
If you are a viewer of the video series of Longmire and Yellowstone, then actor Kenneth Ruthardt should be very familiar to you. Ruthardt, at 6’4″, is the world’s tallest Apache. This Mescalero Apache only discovered acting seven years ago, but since then has been involved in 15 plays, nine TV shows, and four movies. […]
Letter: OSPI Superintendent Reykdal inserts himself into Supreme Court abortion issue
Submitted by John Arbeeny. In an Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) statement dated 3 May 2022, Superintendent Chris Reykdal inserted himself into discussion of the leaked US Supreme Court majority opinion about Roe v. Wade. “As Washington state’s elected K–12 schools chief, it would be short-sighted for me to believe that my job […]