TUESDAY, MAY 25, 2010 >>>
1. The Tuesday night swing dance at the Olympia Eagle's Hall sponsored by local swing dance club OlySwing, with regular attendance reaching more than 100 dancers, will feature Jessica Blinn Quartet featuring Craig Cootsona on drums tonight from 7:30-10:30 p.m.
2. The film Bass Ackwards follows Linas (played by director Linas Phillips), who, at loose ends in his life after a crushing breakup with his lover, decides to drive a beat-up VW bus he finds across the country from Seattle to New York. The Hollywood Reporter calls it "the kind of introspective road film plenty of aspiring auteurs would probably like to make but few can pull off." The film screens at 6:30 p.m. with a post-film Q&A with Phillips, inside the Capitol Theater.
3. The Grand Cinema will screen the 35mm version of the film noir classic The Maltese Falcon at 2 and 7 p.m.
4. Julie Ciccarelli of the Tacoma Public Library, University Book Store's Mary Levesque and Seattle Times columnist and author Adam Woog share their favorite mysteries at 7 p.m. inside Olympic Room at the Tacoma Public Library's Main Branch.
5. The 4 Tissimos Saxophone Quartet performs at 7 p.m. inside the Mandolin Café.