FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2011 >>>

1. At some point on this blog during the last few years, we know we've made mention of this simple (if shameful) fact at least once before: There is nothing so wonderful and so free as riding your bike around this gritty city while shitfaced. Yes, it is irresponsible and it is dangerous. But so is anything else that is part of your birthright of fun. It is with this moral dilemma in mind that we remind the Tacoma MOB Riders host another one of their glorious Bicycle Booze Cruz rides at 7 p.m. in front of the Acme Grub Cage. Titled the "Spring Exposure Ride," these adventurous folks will bicycle hop from bar to bar with the vague notion that this is a game/group hug/whatever. And everyone is invited. Just don't forget to put your kickstand up. Ow.

UPDATE: We apologize, the Roy Rodeo is Saturday and Sunday. 2. The Roy Pioneer Rodeo is not just a rodeo - although it bills its cowboyin' competition as the "Daddy of ‘em all." With the gates opening at 1:30 p.m., the rodeo also features a beer garden, spaghetti feed, homemade bake sale, an Old West town and, at night, concerts.  But ultimately, RPR is the rodeo, complete with hokey jokes - "If Texas is so great, why are Texans always somewhere else?" - and clowns, as well as steer wrestling, barrel racing, saddle-bronc riding, and that PETA favorite, calf roping.

3. Speaking of wrapped up in alcohol fun ... the Washington State History Museum's First Friday Pre-Pub Gallery Talk just so happens to be about the secrets of ancient beer making, as well as other mythological mysteries. Tied to the special exhibition Wrapped! The Search for the Essential Mummy, these 3:30 p.m. gallery talks are led by exhibit curator Stephanie Lile. And the treasure of the tomb? Special deals from fellow beer worshipers: The Harmon and Pyramid Ales.

4. Dare we call it egg-citing news that Evergreen's Riot To Follow Productions is opening Honk: The Ugly Duckling Musical? If they don't quack up, readers will cluck at us for making such a fowl pun. Yet the 1993 British musical update of the Hans Christian Andersen classic is itself undeniably punny. The Olivier-winning musical should prove to be good fodder for Riot To Follow. The play will be staged in The Washington Center's Black Box theater at 7 p.m.

5. Composed for the death of Gabriel Urbain Fauré's parents (his mother died after he had started working on it), Requiem is like a long-spun lullaby, far removed from the terrors of the Berlioz and Verdi Requiems. The Tacoma Community Choir and Orchestra will perform this gentle piece at 7:30 p.m. inside TCC Building 3 Auditorium. Included on the program are two other works, Mozart's Symphony No. 25 in G minor, and Troy Peters' (Tacoma represent!) "Between Hills Briefly Green."

PLUS: A Prefect Life Party and NWCZ Anniversary Bash details in The Weekend Hustle.

LINK: More arts and entertainment events in the South Sound

LINK: Movies open!