FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 2010 >>>

1. China Davis will perform at 8 p.m. inside Jazzbones.

2. Did you miss Montana author Pat Shannon's talk on Darwin's theory of evolution yesterday at Orca Books? The fittest should catch Shannon again at 6 p.m. inside King's Books.

3. Speaking of Orca Books, author William L. Marcy will discuss his book The Politics of Cocaine at the Olympia book store at 6 p.m. The book investigates the role the United States played - through flawed policy and tactics - in building South America's cocaine economy, specifically the mistake of mixing anti Communism and anti drug policies and the absolute havoc and death it created.

4. The all-ages Destiny City Metalfest 2 will host Culling The Weak, Mortal Remails, Never Met A Dead Man, Pity, Autumn Awakening, To The Wind, and Creature Of The Deep at 7 p.m. inside the Viaduct.

5. Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera HMS Pinafore opens at 8 p.m. for a five weekend run at the Lakewood Playhouse.

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