FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2010 >>>

1. The Spring Fair in Puyallup offers exhibits, contests, music and entertainment, activities and more from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

2. A large group of artists, community activists, freaks, weirdoes and some of the best Tacoma has to offer now meet at noon at Frost Park (Ninth and Commerce in downtown Tacoma for sidewalk art challenges then naming one chalker the "Greatest Illustrator in the Universe (of Tacoma)" every week through online voting on FeedTacoma.com.

3. Thirteen original dance numbers will be performed by the Pacific Lutheran University's School of Arts and Communication - featuring Step, Modern, Ballet and Bollywood - as part of Dance Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. inside the Eastvold Auditorium.

4. California underground punk bands Lopez and the Bar Feeders are playing Hell's Kitchen Friday at 9 p.m. with Neutralboy, The Triple Sixes and Brain Sick. Bobble Tiki has thoughts on the show.

5. The band Facts on File occupy a pretty specific time in music, when people like Television and Talking Heads were on the scene. These bands were creating a brand new sound, but going about it in a roundabout way. They embraced punk to a certain extent, but what they seemed to be striving for was to bring rock ‘n' roll back down to eye-level; they still loved the art form, but rejected the bloat. Facts on File have keyed in on this minimalism. Catch them with Christopher Francis and Son, and Boca A Boca at 10 p.m. inside Le Voyeur.

LINK: New movies open today