TUESDAY, FEB. 22, 2011 >>>
1. We've all heard the sad news that Olympia's cool art space The Loft on Cherry will close. And some of you are even more sad as you never grabbed the chance to play inside the ginormous room. Well ... you have one last chance. The last Art Kitchen's Open Mic will begin at 8 p.m. inside The Loft on Cherry. Sign up is at 7:30 p.m. Crying on the street below will begin around 11 p.m.
2. Jared Abwawo is both a math teacher and an artist - a photographer, to be exact. There's a certain precision in his art that would suggest as much. "The creative essence of the image has no language but its own. It is a communication from one human being to others," Abwawo says in about his photography show at The Tacoma Community College Gig Harbor campus, on display from 8 am. to 9 p.m. Read what he's talking about here.
3. Whether you're into washboard abs or a long set of stems, a summertime beach typically doesn't disappoint in the eye candy department. One problem: the Northwest isn't overflowing with warm, beach-bod-scoping locations. Especially in February ... with snow threatening. Thankfully, The Beach Tavern fills us with enough alcohol to help us forget about those sunny days and beach bodies that are so far away. The Beach's Tipsy Tuesdays feature alternating drink specials - past favorites like shots of Jose Cuervo Gold for $3.25 and Three Olives Grape Vodka for $4.25 really rocked the house.
4. Vegans are a minority, but they make a lot of noise. That's one reason you've probably heard of the Vegan Book Club that meets the fourth Tuesday of every month at King's Books. At 7 p.m., the club will gather in the back of the store and discuss The China Study by T. Colin Campbell and Thomas M. Campbell II. You haven't heard of the VBC? S.O.Y.
5. Tim Hall & The Band Real Times will fill the Summit Pub in Puyallup with blues beginning at 7:30 p.m.