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A musical guide to First Night: here’s what you’re doing New Year’s Eve

Published on December 27th, 2013 | by Katy Evans

First Night is a grand downtown New Years Eve tradition here in Tacoma, a chance to celebrate, explore, and revel family-friendly style. Each year on December 31st, notable acts share memorable performances and 2013 is no ... Read More →

Literature

Look what I got! A winter book guide

Published on December 26th, 2013 | by Timothy Thomas McNeely

While not “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird,” here are seven new ways of seeing the world at large. Our winter book guide this year focuses on how we look at our surroundings, and how ... Read More →

Community

Confessions of a Christmas-loving American atheist

Published on December 23rd, 2013 | by Katy Evans

Christmas has always been my shining beacon – a frenetic celebration willfully brandished as a glittering torch at the burdensome void of dark Northwest winters. And long ago, for me it also had a little something ... Read More →

Literature

The Holly and the Ivy, Part 4

Published on December 23rd, 2013 | by Timothy Thomas McNeely

Read “The Holly and the Ivy, Part 1″ here, “Part 2″ here, and “Part 3″ here. Inside the squirrel’s ivy house, the adult animals cleaned up after the feast. Outside, on the branches of the holly tree, the children ... Read More →

Community

Tacoma gets a little trendier as it welcomes Satori to 6th Ave

Published on December 17th, 2013 | by Alexandra Carr

It’s not everyday that plans to remodel a kitchen lead to opening a women’s clothing boutique, but that’s precisely what happened to Diamond Sanger and Andy Stevens, who opened Satori on November 15, 2013. ... Read More →

Civics

Today on the Bus: Fat Bitch

Published on December 16th, 2013 | by Patricia Sully

I knew it was coming long before the words dropped. I could sense it, the way some people can feel a storm, inarticulable yet inevitable. He would call me a bitch. Monday morning bus rides are ... Read More →

Literature

The Holly and the Ivy, Part 3

Published on December 16th, 2013 | by Timothy Thomas McNeely

Read “The Holly and the Ivy, Part 1″ here and “Part 2″ here. Three squirrels and two children ran along the branches of the holly tree, up and down adjoining limbs, most always careful to avoid the prickly ... Read More →

Community

The annual Post Defiance Winter Reading, 2013

Published on December 14th, 2013 | by Editorial Staff

The Post Defiance team was delighted to once again host our Winter Reading on December 13, 2013. This time, the Raisl family opened their very festive home to a group of nearly 30. Now in it’s ... Read More →