GAME
Knowledge Night
If somewhere in the deep, dark recesses of your noggin there lurks the knowledge that actor Abe Vigoda is six-foot-four and grew up on New York’s Lower East Side, then this listing is for you. Every Wednesday Doyle’s Public House in Tacoma hosts Knowledge Night where individuals or teams answer two pages of brain teasers, trivia and current events for shirts, tickets and gift certificates. It’s a challenging, fun night. â€" Brad Allen
[Doyle’s Public House, 7 p.m. every Wednesday, no cover, 208 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma, 253.272.7468]

R&B
Kim Archer Band
Imagine soulful music of yesterday being forcibly pumped out of Janis Joplin’s larynx and then lathered with the silkiest velvet, and you’ve a pretty good idea of the kind of groove the Kim Archer Band can make.  This quartet added another layer of heat to the already blistering hot Dawson’s with funked up versions of “Hotel California,” “Born To Be Wild,” “Moondance” and “I’ll Be Around.”  Bassist Pat Fereday and drummer Jeff Derby lay down a heavy funk, with a smile.  Guitarist Dave McKibben, somehow, stays in the pocket, yet punches the soul in the face. All this funnels through singer/guitarist Kim Archer, who takes the Beatles’ hit “Ticket To Ride,” jumps on it with Joplin power and Chaka Khan finesse, and delivers it on a soul platter. â€" BA
[Tempest Lounge, 8 p.m., 913 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Tacoma, 253.272.4904]

LINK: John Lee Hooker Jr. and others in the clubs tonight.
LINK: Catch a flick on a local screen.
LINK: Let’s eat Southern today.