SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 2010 >>>
1. The Mob Ride presents "Freedom Ride 2010" - another bicycle booze cruz - pushing off from The Red Hot at 7 p.m. If the past rides have been any indication you can expect 30-plus riders on a wide variety of bike models visiting four pubs/bars with a traveling distance of 1.5 miles between drinks.
2. Tacoma Hempfest begins at 10 a.m. in Wright Park with hemp products, information and people pushing Initiative 1068 to legalize marijuana for adults.
3. Lakewood Summerfest continues from noon to dusk with entertainment, vendors and food at Fort Steilacoom Park.
4. Author Norman Northrup will sign his Christian fiction novel, The Ashes of Castlemont - the story of one man who struggles with the ease of the life he used to know and the fear of daring to do what is right - from 1-3 p.m. at Last Word Books in Olympia.
5. Characters such as Lt. Stryk-her, Lush-Ace Harms, Knuckleberry Finn, Anita Hit Sum Won, Lola Pistola and Paula Bunion will be throwing elbows beginning at 6 p.m. when the Dockyard Derby Dames Championship Bout begins inside the Foss Waterway seaport. expect a beer garden, Three Chicks Catering barbecue, Last Stand hot dogs and an afterparty at Rock The Dock Pub & Grill.