MONDAY, JULY 12, 2010 >>>
1. Heralded for its trippiness and cheesy special effects, Hausu, or House, has been restored, newly subtitled and re-released in the United States by Janus Films for for an 8:30 p.m. screening of feline-fearing, mirror-smashing, random plot detouring (look out for the ramen bear) wackiness inside The Grand Cinema. The goofy ghost story centers on "Gorgeous" and her group of giddy teenage girlfriends who summer vacation at Gorgeous' wheelchair-bound aunt's country house, only to encounter cackling severed heads, a man transformed into fruit, a killer piano, and the meanest house cat of all time.
2. Trinda Love's painting are rich textured images with a variety of subjects that are made with the palette knife rather than a brush. Check them out from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Mary Boze Gallery inside the Tahoma Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Tacoma.
3. The Graphic Novel Book Club discuss Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud at 7 p.m. inside the book-themed 1022 South lounge in Tacoma.
4. The Jerry Miller Band will play The Swiss at 8 p.m.
5. Grit Rock Monday at The New Frontier Lounge features DJ Darren Selectors pinning Tacoma indie rock and underground hits beginning at 9 p.m.