TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2010 >>>
1. Tacoma historian Michael Sullivan presents an illustrated look at the winter Dashiell Hammett spend in prohibition Tacoma before penning The Maltese Falcon, the book Tacoma is reading together. Did Tacoma's dark times inspire Hammett to pen the novel? You decide at 7 p.m. inside the Olympic Room at the Tacoma Public Library's downtown branch.
2. Josh Casey's pop-realism still life oil paintings hang below the Rosewood Café's giant cowboy cookie from 11:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
3. Danny Vernon's Illusions Of Elvis begins at 6:30 p.m. inside the Red Wind Casino.
4. Paddy Coyne's Irish Pub's Trivia Tuesday team competition begins at 7 p.m.
5. The PLU University Symphony Orchestra will perform at 8 p.m. inside the Lagerquist Concert Hall.