5 Things to Do Today: Capitol Steps, Witchburn, Billy Shew Band, Drinking Liberally, Dance Lessons with Char & Alan

By Volcano Staff on March 3, 2011

THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2011 >>>

1. When your job is making everything from elections to war to environmental disasters into a joke, it really does color your worldview.

"I don't look at the Egyptian protests and think, ‘Is this good for the world or bad for the world?' " says Elaina Newport, co-founder of the Capitol Steps, performing today in Olympia. "I think, ‘Is it funny, and what rhymes with it?'

2. Get your dreadlocked badass on tonight when Witchburn (see above) plays Hell's Kitchen. For the Weekly Volcano's complete list of live local music happenings for today, click here.

3. The always entertaining Billy Shew Band will be at Dawson's Bar and Grill tonight. Get the weekend started early in South Tacoma.

4. Drinking Liberally - the informal gathering of "like-minded left-leaners and true hardcore lefties who want to trade ideas, get more involved, to rant, or just share each other's company" - meets tonight at the Hub at 7 p.m. Considering the political climate, drinking liberally is probably a great idea.

5. If all else fails, don't sleep on dance lessons with Char & Alan every Thursday at Big Whisky Saloon.