SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 2011 >>>
1. Spring is upon us. Thankfully. However, all those snowy and rainy days has left us with one big muddy mess. The folks over at Metro parks are donning huge smiles this morning as their inaugural Titlow Trails Mud Run 5K kicks off at noon. Race day check-in begins at 11 a.m. at the picnic shelter near Titlow Lodge. Hurry!
2. The NCAA Basketball Tournament teams you picked in your office pool have all been defeated. You feel like rocking back and forth while wrapped in a blanket. Snap out of it! Head on down to the Washington State History Museum before 5 p.m. and discover what happens to those wrapped in blankets in the Wrapped! The Search for the Essential Mummy exhibit.
3. Several business owners and local creative types will present their finest offerings of gallery art, painted furnishings and handcrafts, vintage clothing and jewelry, baked goods and floral arrangements, clothing, handbags and accessories from noon to 4 p.m. as part of the Spring Fling at the Flying Monkey Mercantile on Sixth Avenue.
4. The Floating World at Pacific Lutheran University is a profoundly ambitious stage presentation that lasts almost three hours and passes through every emotion from lust to rage to ennui. Read our full review here. Pound some energy drinks and take it in beginning at 2 p.m.
5. Broken Trail will be hosting the Lady Luck Cowgirl Up jam session in Parkland beginning at 4 p.m.