Censorship and Music

Books aren’t the only creative voice subject to censorship. Music tells a story too, in a voice some don’t want you to hear. From Billie Holiday to Elvis Presley, Garth Brooks to Nine Inch Nails, musicians of all genres have come face to face with censorship controversy. The Radio Act of 1927 and the creation…
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Seattle Reptile Guy Wows at Moore Branch!

Moore Branch of Tacoma Public Library was happy to welcome the Seattle Reptile Guy and his exotic friends on Saturday, July 29th from 2:00pm to 4:00pm.  Marc van Steenis displayed more than 40 different animals, such as exotic insects and tarantulas, scorpions, snakes, lizards, tortoises, giant geckos, giant tree skinks, and bearded dragons.  Patrons were…
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Drinking Bag Test

Seven girls from Clover Park High School try out the drinking water bag on display at McChord Field. Students from the pre-flight class visited McChord Air Force Base as part of their orientation in flight and related matters in September of 1952. See more featured images and posts…
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Retrofit at the Muni Dock

Onlookers lean over wooden barriers to inspect refurbishing efforts being conducted on the city's Municipal Dock on September 20, 1929. Three workers are pictured gazing as what may be a concrete pile being inserted through an opening in the dock. Besides concrete piling to replace wooden piers then in use, a concrete floor and a…
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Book Club

Join us at the Wheelock library to discuss Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson, October 4, 6:30-7:30 PM. The founder of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama recounts his experiences as a lawyer, reflecting on his pursuit of the ideal of compassion in American justice. Just Mercy…
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