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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Tacoma-based credit union to celebrate opening of new Pierce County branch
A Tacoma-based credit union will celebrate the opening of its new Frederickson-area branch this month. TAPCO Credit Union's new full-service branch at 5320 176th St. E. had its groundbreaking a year ago. The the 5,200-square-foot branch officially opened its doors May 12 and replaces TAPCO's previous location in the Canyon Crossing Shopping Center, which opened in 2020. The new site features 'a drive-thru, walk-up and drive-up ATMs, a night deposit box, and a dedicated community room intended to host financial workshops, local events, and networking opportunities,' TAPCO said in a news release this week. The credit union will hold a ribbon-cutting celebration for the new branch from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. June 11, with the ribbon cutting at 3:30 p.m. The public is invited to partake in 'treats from local businesses, door prizes, branch tours, and more,' TAPCO said in its release. 'We are excited to further our commitment to the Frederickson community through the opening of this new branch,' Justin Martin, President/CEO of TAPCO Credit Union, said in a statement. 'Through the relationship-centric branch design, dedicated community area and space for a local business this new location was designed to be a catalyst for positive change.' A media representative for TAPCO told The News Tribune that the retail tenant next door, also part of the new development, will be Cutters Point Coffee. No further information was immediately available. TAPCO offers six branch locations in Pierce County including the new Frederickson site, two in Tacoma and locations in Puyallup, Bonney Lake and Gig Harbor areas.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Tacoma-based credit union to celebrate opening of new Pierce County branch
A Tacoma-based credit union will celebrate the opening of its new Frederickson-area branch this month. TAPCO Credit Union's new full-service branch at 5320 176th St. E. had its groundbreaking a year ago. The the 5,200-square-foot branch officially opened its doors May 12 and replaces TAPCO's previous location in the Canyon Crossing Shopping Center, which opened in 2020. The new site features 'a drive-thru, walk-up and drive-up ATMs, a night deposit box, and a dedicated community room intended to host financial workshops, local events, and networking opportunities,' TAPCO said in a news release this week. The credit union will hold a ribbon-cutting celebration for the new branch from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. June 11, with the ribbon cutting at 3:30 p.m. The public is invited to partake in 'treats from local businesses, door prizes, branch tours, and more,' TAPCO said in its release. 'We are excited to further our commitment to the Frederickson community through the opening of this new branch,' Justin Martin, President/CEO of TAPCO Credit Union, said in a statement. 'Through the relationship-centric branch design, dedicated community area and space for a local business this new location was designed to be a catalyst for positive change.' A media representative for TAPCO told The News Tribune that the retail tenant next door, also part of the new development, will be Cutters Point Coffee. No further information was immediately available. TAPCO offers six branch locations in Pierce County including the new Frederickson site, two in Tacoma and locations in Puyallup, Bonney Lake and Gig Harbor areas.
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
100 deadliest days of summer; do truckers know their pay?; carrier bankruptcy
On Episode 843 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, Dooner is joined by Justin Martin to break down the headlines regarding FMCSA's proposed rule changes; a carrier bankruptcy; and a look at the truckload market. A recent TikTok series revealed many drivers don't know their pay. Martin breaks down the videos and answers the question: How well do drivers know their numbers? We'll also find out how being a Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy 'reply guy' can help shape policy, and we'll take a look at some of the worst driving of the week. With more than 40,000 U.S. roadway deaths attributed to unsafe driving each year, we're shining a light on the deadliest 100 days of the year: from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Dooner is joined by Mike Lutzenkirchen, executive director at Lutzie 43 Foundation, to learn why this mission is so personal for him. The Lutzie 43 Foundation was established in loving memory of Philip Lutzenkirchen, Mike's son, shortly after his death in 2014. DriverAssure's Mike D. shows off the company's new driver verification app. Plus, Switch 2 supply chain leaks; flying kangaroos; and a look at the post Memorial Day truckload market. Catch new shows live at noon EDT Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays on FreightWaves LinkedIn, Facebook, X or YouTube, or on demand by looking up WHAT THE TRUCK?!? on your favorite podcast player and at 5 p.m. Eastern on SiriusXM's Road Dog Trucking Channel on YouTube Check out the WTT merch store Visit our sponsor Subscribe to the WTT newsletter Apple Podcasts Spotify More FreightWaves PodcastsThe post 100 deadliest days of summer; do truckers know their pay?; carrier bankruptcy | WHAT THE TRUCK?!? appeared first on FreightWaves.
Boston Globe
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
It's nail-biting time on Broadway as Tony Award nominations roll around
'Stranger Things: The First Shadow' co-director Justin Martin says he's been excited by the mixed offerings this season — silliness and seriousness and everything in between. Advertisement 'We can hold all that, but it does feel like there is a lot of desire for escapism at the moment. And I wonder whether that is to do with the political situation,' he says. Predicting the top musicals and plays Best new musical will likely contain the android rom-com 'Maybe Happy Ending,' the comedy about frenemies 'Death Becomes Her' and the corpse-centered 'Dead Outlaw.' That leaves two slots open, perhaps taken by the immigrant tale 'Buena Vista Social Club,' the British farce 'Operation Mincemeat,' the revue 'Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends' or the bio of a cartoon 'Boop!' The best new play category will likely see the loony bio of Abraham Lincoln's wife 'Oh, Mary!,' the drawing-room drama 'Purpose' and the feminist 'John Proctor Is the Villain.' That leaves two slots for worthy candidates like the Pulitzer Prize-winning 'English,' the George Clooney-led 'Good Night, and Good Luck' — the first play to gross over $3 million in a week — and 'Stranger Things: The First Shadow,' an effects-driven prequel to the hit Netflix show. Advertisement Two plays with starry casts and expensive tickets will probably get nods in the revival category — 'Glengarry Glen Ross' with Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr, and 'Othello' with Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal. Two other possible candidates are 'Our Town,' starring Jim Parsons and Katie Holmes, and a millennial-targeting 'Romeo + Juliet' with Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler. Safe bets for best musical revival candidates are McDonald's 'Gypsy' and the Nicole Scherzinger-led 'Sunset Blvd.' That means 'Floyd Collins,' 'Pirates! The Penzance Musical' and 'The Last Five Years' will likely be competing for the other two slots. Tina Landau, a Tony-nominated director, playwright and lyricist, wasn't able to see any shows this season for a very good reason. She had two shows — 'Floyd Collins' and 'Redwood' — open months from each other. 'I'm very glad that there's so much work,' she says. 'I feel like when you have a season this big, there's room for everyone and everything. Some are apples and some are pears and some are bananas and some are peaches. I just feel very blessed to have had two works that matter to me so much open at the same time, or open ever at all.' Turning to the actors On the male side, outstanding work was turned in by Darren Criss in 'Maybe Happy Ending,' Jonathan Groff in 'Just in Time,' Tom Francis in 'Sunset Blvd.,' Jeremy Jordan in 'Floyd Collins' and Andrew Durand in 'Dead Outlaw.' Advertisement Eyes will be on this season's 'Succession' stars — Culkin and Sarah Snook — hoping to join their old co-star Jeremy Strong with Tony love. Strong won the leading actor award last year in a revival of 'An Enemy of the People.' Snook is virtually a lock in the best actress in a play category, playing all 26 roles in 'The Picture of Dorian Gray.' Her competition likely will be Sadie Sink from 'John Proctor Is the Villain,' Laura Donnelly in 'The Hills of California' and LaTanya Richardson Jackson from 'Purpose.' Some Hollywood A-listers — Washington, Gyllenhaal and Clooney — could make the lead actor in a play category, along with Cole Escola, who wrote and starred in 'Oh, Mary!' The fifth slot could go to Connor, Parsons, Daniel Dae Kim in 'Yellow Face' or Robert Downey Jr., who made his Broadway debut in 'McNeal.' As for competition for McDonald, Scherzinger in 'Sunset Blvd.,' Helen J Shen from 'Maybe Happy Ending,' Jasmine Amy Rogers in 'Boop!' and Sutton Foster from 'Once Upon a Mattress' are strong candidates. The Tony Awards will be handed out June 8 at Radio City Music Hall during a telecast hosted by 'Wicked' star and Tony winner Cynthia Erivo.
Los Angeles Times
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Netflix and ‘Stranger Things' take on Broadway. Enter at your own peril
New York — An eerie, overpowering force has taken over the Marquis Theatre, home of 'Stranger Things: The First Shadow,' which had its official Broadway opening on Tuesday. This supernatural power is from a dimension even more intimidating than the Upside Down. The occult realm of Netflix, the streaming service that ensnares viewers in a maze of maybes, has joined forces with Sonia Friedman Productions to convert a piece of prime theatrical real estate into a zone of franchise extension. Broadway denizens, beware: A portal into a fantasy universe has been established in the heart of the Theater District, unleashing a breed of supernatural creatures that makes the 'Harry Potter' lot seem mild and mainstream by comparison. Disney musicals have been accused of turning Broadway into a theme park. 'Stranger Things' hurls the art form into Dungeons & Dragons territory. The good news is that a younger demographic is making the pilgrimage to the temple of their grandparents' favorite show tunes. There were so many young faces at the Marquis, I had to remind myself that I was attending an evening press preview and not a student matinee. The production, directed by Tony-winning veteran Stephen Daldry with co-director Justin Martin, is spectacular in the way that it combines the fluidity of the screen with the dynamism of the stage. The theater proves that it can do nearly anything the cinema can do with the right design team, directorial imagination and technological know-how. Unfortunately, 'Stranger Things: The First Shadow,' written by Kate Trefry from an original story she collaborated on with the Duffer Brothers (the series' creators) and Jack Thorne, also shows that the theater can be just as careless as any hyperactive action movie when it comes to plot. While seemingly unlimited resources are lavished on visual effects, the drama is allowed to tie itself into impossible knots. (Thorne, who won a Tony for 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' and obloquy for the Broadway bomb 'King Kong,' achieves a Hegelian synthesis with this potential blockbuster of dubious artistic purpose.) The problem with 'Stranger Things: The First Shadow' is that it's as if an entire new season of the series had been squeezed into a 2-hour, 45-minute stage play — roughly the length of three episodes. This is binge viewing on an expedited, don't-worry-about-the-math timeline. I barely made it through two seasons of the Netflix series, so I'm hardly an expert on 'Stranger Things.' But I did notice that the Duffer Brothers didn't worry all that much about leaving storytelling holes even when they had eight episodes to lay out their vision. Here, the gaps in narrative logic are so vast that it would take the most committed fans to fill in all the missing pieces from the realm of online mythology the series has accrued since its premiere in 2016. The main character of 'The First Shadow' is Henry Creel, an adolescent dweeb who looks like Pee-wee Herman but has a malevolent side that could give Carrie a run for her prom night money. Devoted fans will know Henry from Season 4 of the series, but anyone with an ounce of sense will pick up on his sociopath tendencies from the way he buttons the top button of his shirt and stares numbly into the middle distance. The play is a prequel to the series, set in the same town but taking place in 1959, a generation before the 1980s hairstyles and New Wave mix tapes that made Season 1 such a Gen X trip. We meet Joyce Maldonado (Alison Jaye) and James Hopper Jr. (Burke Swanson) when they're in high school, having clocked in Netflix hours with them already as adults played by Winona Ryder and David Harbour. Louis McCartney (who also starred in the Olivier Award-winning West End production) plays Henry, a forlorn misfit whose only real friend is the radio he clutches like a transistor security blanket. Wiry and dangerous, the character is also strangely endearing. McCartney's shattered portrayal, blurring the line between victim and violator, elicits our sympathy without ever asking for it. Henry's parents are hoping for a fresh start after moving the family to Hawkins after some trouble in Nevada. Henry, who has psychokinetic powers and an unpredictable temper, apparently blinded a neighbor kid in a fit of pique, forcing the Creels to skedaddle to Indiana. They want to insulate their son, but it's the community that really needs protection. At Hawkins High, the other students sense Henry's oddity the way sharks scent blood in the water. One of the rich ironies of 'Stranger Things' is the way the cruelty of ordinary teenagers is made to seem as depraved as anything in the Upside Down, the alternate dimension in which humans occasionally get trapped and hunted by diabolical forces. Patty Newby (Gabrielle Nevaeh), the principal's daughter who feels like an outsider at home and at school, strikes up a friendship with Henry. They wind up getting cast, under strained dramatic circumstances, in the school musical, and a romance of sensitive oddballs blossoms. While Henry tries to resist the dark forces running riot inside him, Patty obsesses about finding the mother who abandoned her, or so she's been led to believe. Through his radio, Henry can eavesdrop on people in a way that's not bound by time or space. He agrees to help Patty find her mother, but sinister things are happening in Hawkins. A rash of brutal pet murders raises fears that a sadistic maniac is on the loose. Henry's classmates start their own investigation, which inevitably brings them to Henry's front door. As the Hawkins High musical gets underway and Patty's long-lost Vegas showgirl mother zooms into paranormal view, Dr. Brenner (Alex Breaux) and his lab henchmen are vying to take control of Henry in what seems like a secret government plot but is part of an oceanic backstory that grows ever more convoluted. (The play opens with a naval ship under mysterious attack that may have something to do with the origin story of the Upside Down, but it would take a PhD in 'Stranger Things' studies to unpack.) Daldry and his crack production team move from one scenario to the other with breathtaking ease. There was a time when theater artists were encouraged to dig deeper into what made the stage unique as a form — most notably the palpable connection between actors and spectators. 'Stranger Things: The First Shadow' demonstrates that theater doesn't have to hold itself back from competing with film, television and video games. A play can move not only from place to place but also from medium to medium. But just because the theater can doesn't mean that it should. All credit to Miriam Buether's incredibly agile scenic design, Jon Clark's dynamic lighting and, most especially, Paul Arditti's spine-tingling sound design and DJ Walde's ethereally commanding music for turning the Marquis into a mind-blowing funhouse. But what the production really needs is a script doctor capable of a miracle cure. As Henry's bad behavior goes from subliminal to gore-fest, the shifts from the blood-splattered lab to the Hawkins boppy musical seem beyond ludicrous. One of Henry's powers is to prey on the traumatic fears of his perceived enemies, and 'Stranger Things: The First Shadow' is able to summon a theater critic's horrific vision of a Broadway age in which sense is utterly disregarded for violent sensation. Perhaps the Hawkins drama club is the creative team's hope that culture will somehow survive the tech apocalypse. The talented cast and inexhaustibly inventive design team make it hard to bet against the future of theater. But the campy Netflix branding reminders, from the series' unmistakable musical theme to the Gothic scroll of the title to the jokey 'next episode' or 'watch credits' option that flashes at the show's end, suggest that there really is an unstoppable force out there ready to make zombies of us all.
