TUESDAY, OCT. 12, 2010 >>>
1. Classical Tuesdays in Old Town presents a free concert tonight of Native American Flute performed by Gary Stroutsos, whose music was showcased in the Ken Burns PBS documentary, Lewis and Clark: Journey of the Corps of Discovery. Stroutsos will perform at 7 p.m. inside the Slavonian Hall in Tacoma.
2. The public is invited to dine at Joeseppi's Italian Ristornate from 4-8 p.m. and support the Tacoma Concert Band at no additional cost as a portion of the proceeds will be donated by Joeseppi's to the TCB. There will be food, a silent auction, bucket raffle, music and more.
3. Leave it to liberals to use the economic collapse to point out there might be a better way of doing things than the capitalist orgy and TV dinners we've grown up on. Award-winning political cartoonist Ted Rall is just such a whacko, and his new book, The Anti-American Manifesto, is as pinko and commie as it sounds. Rall will discuss his work at 7 p.m. inside King's Books in Tacoma.
4. Volcano editor Matt Driscoll never saw Titanic, on pure principle, despite months of begging from his then girlfriend. Thankfully, Driscoll ditched that bag for a hip eventual wife who's never seen Titanic either, meaning the Driscoll household as a whole is completely unfamiliar with the cinematic vehicle that launched Gaelic Storm, perhaps the most famous Irish pub band-turned-Celtic music superstars. All of this is OK, since Gaelic Storm will be at the Puyallup Fairgrounds at 7 p.m..
5. Maroon 5 plays the Tacoma Dome at 7:30 p.m.