THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT'S UP THIS WEEKEND >>>
WEATHER REPORTFriday: Partly sunny, hi 56, lo 46
Saturday: Sun breaks with a little rain, hi 56, lo 50
Sunday: Rain. Blah, hi 54, lo 51
David Sedaris' highly imaginative, ridiculous, true and frequently heartbreaking content is derived from commonplace observations and events. The invitation you'll have Friday at the Pantages to pull up a chair and hear the stories Sedaris has to tell is a wonderful thing. Listening to Sedaris on This American Life is always entertaining, and we adore his books, but seeing David Sedaris live and watching his facial expressions and gestures as he reads and speaks is just awesome.
[Pantages Theater, 7:30 p.m., $32-$78, 901 Broadway, Tacoma, 253.591.5890]
Personally, our all-time favorite PBS TV show has to be Antiques Roadshow. There's just something about watching those old folks get excited or crushed by the appraisals that's way more entertaining than it should be. Saturday, the Museum of Glass hosts Tacoma Community House's 4th Annual Antique Quest and Wine Fest - an event that promises all of the intrigue of the Antiques Roadshow, with tasty food and wine thrown in - not to mention the jams of Pearl Django.
[Museum of Glass, 7-10 p.m., $75, 1801 Dock St., Tacoma, 253.383.3951]
In a year that marks their 20th, Harlequin will throw a "Haunted Halloween Wild West Cabaret Auction" Sunday, and, yes, the price of admission includes an open bar. What's a Haunted Halloween Wild West Cabaret and Auction, you ask? Well, it's billed as a "fun-raiser," and in addition to said open bar it'll feature lots of great food and wine, a costume contest and the cast of the current Harlequin production of Taming of the Shrew belting it out cabaret-style in a spectacle the likes of which you've probably never seen before.
[State Theater, 6:30 - 10 p.m., $100, 204 Fourth Ave., E, Olympia, 360.786.0151]
Duh! It's Halloween. All the ghouls, goblins, vampires and slutty (fill in the blank)s will be out in full force! You could trick-or-treat, you could hunt zombies, you could get totally bombed, or you could just sit at home with a bowl full of candy that we all know isn't going anywhere but your midsection... It's totally your call.
MATT DRISCOLL Editor and asshole
I will be spending the weekend concocting exciting sounding possible adventures and fantastic would-be hi-jinx so that in future weeks I might come off as less of a lame ass in the Weekend Hustle. Also, it's time for the monthly trip to Costco, so that's on tap too...
REV. ADAM MCKINNERY Features Writer
Halloween creeps menacingly closer, and it comes time that I am forced to wear a costume. I've never quite enjoyed it, and I've lost the figure to just dress up like a lady, which has always been my cheap go-to costume. So, I'll wear a funny hat or something and hit up some Halloween party, at which point I will head straight toward the bar where I will stay for the remainder of the night. Wooo! Holiday!
NIKKI TALOTTA Features Writer
Lots of Halloweeny stuff. Saturday I will be taking the family to see Caspar Babypants at The Loft on Cherry - a little rocking out for the kids should be fun, plus we found Star Wars costumes for everyone (thank-you Goodwill). And, yes, I'm wearing a little boys clone trooper costume. Next, some jack-o-lantern pizza from Papa Murphy's (only 6.99) and then the ol' switcheroo from family costume to slutty-working-at-the-bar costume, where I will be a guitar, dolling out the Halloween Ball drinks at the Broho and keeping the bar open an extra hour later. I will probably go into sugar shock on Sunday after eating all the children's good candies. (They are too young to know the Snickers for Smarties trade is a loosing proposition.) Good times.
JOE IZENMAN Music/Theater Critic
I am rocking sunny Wisconsin for an event that is geekier than you are likely to imagine. Let me know if you can imagine it, because I want to be your friend.
JENNIFER JOHNSON: Lifestyle/Leisure Writer
Friday yoga, luncheon, costume, dinner, shake it shake it dance. Saturday elliptical hell, hot yoga heaven, homework, luncheon, homework, costume, house party, boo-rah! Sunday rest.
CHRISTIAN CARVAJAL: Theater Critic
My busy Halloween weekend begins Friday with a visit to He Who Walks Behind the Rows at the Rutledge Corn Maze. Then it's off to Seattle the next morning for its simulacrum of the Rally to Restore Sanity, and a quick return trip to Oly for my friend Tim and Ingrid's wedding. Finally, I'll catch the Sunday night performance of The Transylvanian Clockworks. My car is already scared.
STEPH DEROSA: 3 Drink Minimum Correspondent
As you're reading this (while on the toilet, I assume) I am just finishing up Cinderella duties consisting of: floor sweeping, floor mopping and toilet scrubbing. This comes in preparation for a weekend filled with visitors and sleepovers. While the sleepovers consist of me not necessarily waking up next to some random hot dude I met during a Friday night happy hour, they do consist of my mild inebriation, girls in a hot tub, pillow fights, and..... endless episodes of Hannah Montana. Gotta love eight-year-olds. Someone kill me.
ALEC CLAYTON: Visual Arts Critic
This weekend I'm going to the Rally to Restore Sanity at River's Edge Restaurant in Tumwater.