CONVERSATION
Chuck Close and Bob Holman
Portrait artist Chuck Close chats up New York School poet Bob Holman in celebration of their collaborative work in A Couple of Ways of Doing Something: Photographs by Chuck Close, Poems by Bob Holman. The two will hold court today in the Pantages Theater â€" the first time Close has been in the Pacific Northwest in 10 years â€" both superstars in their fields, as seen by said exhibit at the Tacoma Art Museum. â€" Suzy Stump
[Pantages Theater, 2 p.m., $10-$15, 901 Broadway, Tacoma, 253.272.4258]

INDIE POP
Little Penguins
The Little Penguins are an indie delight, pure and simple. If people still looked stuff up in dictionaries, when they looked up indie pop there would be the smiling faces of the Little Penguins. Led by Will Hallauer, who in the Little Penguins goes by Will Penguin, this band has that dreamy, easy Sunday afternoon car-ride sound that so many indie acts strive for and so many car commercials pay money for. Hallauer, who you may recognize as the drummer for the Turn-Ons, decided he wanted to be a frontman when creating the Little Penguins, and enlisted Andrew Gaskin on bass, Jerry Peerson on piano, guitar, and vocals, and Garrett Croxon, (Fleet Foxes) behind the kit. The result is worth your attention. â€" Matt Driscoll
[Le Voyeur, The Little Penguins, Tea Cozies, London And The Look, 10 p.m., no cover, 404 E. Fourth Ave., Olympia, 360.943.5710]

LINK: Darren Motamedy and others in the clubs tonight.
LINK: Let’s eat with mom today.