To mask or not to mask. That was the question when we reserved a group of tickets for Center Stage’s final production of the season on June 11. While most of the public now feels safe going about their lives sans mask, many entertainment venues still request the wearing of masks for the protection of […]
To Ponder
Tony Award Winning Falsettos is Coming to the Pacific Northwest
My wife, Peg and I love live theater. I grew up in Lakewood, and studied speech, acting, television production and radio commentary at Clover Park High School. After graduating, I took acting classes at Olympic College and the University of Puget Sound. Peg and I met at UPS. We’ve lived in Tacoma’s Northend for most […]
In the Book Nook with … Seána Kee
Author Seána Kee lives in southeast Wisconsin. She used to work as a copy editor but had to give up the job because of repetitive motion injuries. Now, she works for a fair-trade distributor. Seána has always been an oral storyteller and started writing in high school. As support was lacking, she hid her work […]
Across the Fence: Ersatz
I grew up with two notions to the German word “Ersatz” (pronounce air-‘zuts), that of replacement and that of substitute. I didn’t know that this term had also made it into the English language. And whereas the association of ersatz with replacement is a good one, that with substitute for the same purpose suggests inferiority. […]
Letter: Tacoma should conduct Health Impact Assessment on permitted warehouse
Submitted by Michelle S. Mood, Tacoma. With NO full environmental or health impact assessment, the City of Tacoma has permitted a 2.5 million sq ft warehouse for South Tacoma that will generate something like 8-12,000 new vehicle trips a day going to SR16 and I-5 and points north — generating a lot more diesel exhaust, […]
The Shawshank Redemption at Tacoma Little Theatre – A Review
To mis-quote The Pirates of Penzance: “A Prisoner’s Lot Is Not a Happy One.” “The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American film, released in 1994, based on the 1982 Stephen King novella, “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption”. The film tells the story of banker Andy Dufresne . . . who is sentenced to life in […]
Letter: The Clover Park School District helped me hear and speak better
By Tim Marsh, Lakes High Class of 1966 May was Better Hearing & Speech Month. I am thankful every month for the Clover Park School District helping me hear and speak better. With a congenital hearing loss, I benefitted in third grade at Park Lodge School from speech therapist Peggy Pratt of the District working […]
In the Book Nook with … M. Lee Musgrave
Author M. Lee Musgrave lives in White Salmon, WA, in the Columbia River Gorge. He is an artist with numerous international solo and group exhibitions over the decades. As a former professor of art and art museum curator, he has written many essays, exhibit catalogs, text panels, etc. M. Lee’s first published book, “Brushed Off,” […]
Across the Fence: Dachshund
They are longer than they are high. They come smooth or wiry. They all seem to be self-confident, resilient characters, and I was surprised that most people call them Wienerdogs over here. At first, I wondered why anybody would associate the city of Wien, aka Vienna, with the dog. Then, I realized that it is […]