MONDAY, APRIL 5, 2010 >>>
1. Microcosm Publishing's Post Punk Extravaganza West Coast Author Tour hits Northern in Olympia at 7 p.m. The free show will feature: traveling vegan chef/author Joshua Ploeg doing a "cooking show" from his book In Search of the Lost Taste as well as making some interesting vegan snacks for all; Joe Biel will be showing the Plan-It X Records documentary, If It Ain't Cheap, It Ain't Punk!, hosting a Q&A on DIY publishing, and setting up a well-stocked zine/book table; Mia Partlow and Michael Hoerger of the upcoming Edible Secrets book and the brand-new Curious Case of the Communist Jell-O Box poster zine will be showing up with a mobile museum and document library on the fascinating secret history of food and espionage.
2. The Artist's Cut - a retrospective of Toot Reid's body of work - will show from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. inside the University Gallery at Pacific Luthern University.
3. The Washington State History Museum staff will discuss volatile volcanoes from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Garfield Book Company next to PLU. Then the Weekly Volcano's phone lines and email boxes will be flooded with complaints.
4. Fallujah, Fallen Figure, and Super Happy Story Time Land will play an all-ages show at 7 p.m. inside The Viaduct in Tacoma.
5. Jazzbones' notorious Rockaraoke live band karaoke begins at 9 p.m.