TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2011 >>>

1. There's a delicate balance that is struck with Brute Heart: feathery violin and vocals are buoyed by a strumming bass line and skipping drums. The combination at times reaches a hypnotic hum, and at other times approaches a rousing folk backbeat. Check out the Minneapolis band with Trauma Dom at 10 p.m. in the back room at Le Voyeur.

2. Ah, cheese. There's milky, pure, hand-stretched mozzarella. Soft, slightly chunky ricotta, kissed with sweetness and a tinge of clover. Smooth, slightly sharp goat's-milk ricotta. And, of course, an orb of sinfully rich burrata, the firm, mozzarella-like edge encasing a luscious, creamy center. Cheese, cheese, cheese. Metropolitan Market - celebrating 40 years of awesomeness - hosts a free cheese class from 6-7 p.m. at the Proctor store.

3. With the advent of the interwebs (big ups to Al Gore), just about anyone who eats - and yaps about it - can now be classified as a "foodie." Everywhere around us folks who think that they are far superior to mere mortals who think a big night is a bucket of KFC. If you want to be a free-roaming foodie fun guy, check out urban foraging class at 7 p.m. inside King's Books.

4. Bobby Bare Jr. performs at 7 p.m. inside the Olympic Club Hotel and Theater in Centralia.

5. Pacific Gallery Artists are all about making art accessible to others, especially work by local and emerging artists, and the PGA Art Raffle, which runs from 7-9 p.m. the Boy Scouts of America Headquarters, does just that. Thirty original pieces of art will be raffled for a dollar. All proceeds goes to our PGA Education Fund

LINK: More arts and entertainment events in the South Sound

LINK: Nightlife It List