WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2011 >>>
1. If one needs proof that the minds behind local nonprofit Tacoma Community House are sharp, they need look no further than Scrabble Rousers, a growing Tacoma tradition held on the fourth Wednesday of every month that was created and designed to help raise funds and awareness for Tacoma Community House's mission - providing "education, employment, multilingual services, and advocacy for refugees, immigrants, and English speaking adults and youth." At 6:30 p.m., Scrabble Rousers will present a "Clowns vs. Mimes"-style Scrabble throwdown, inviting players of all ages and skill levels to break out their face paint an drubber noses at King's Book's. It'll be totally worth it just to see King's Books' owner sweet pea emcee without saying a word. Honk!
2. Hot colors in bold abstract configurations are the order of the day at B2 Fine Art Gallery/Studio in Hot Fusion: Explorations into Abstraction, which you can see from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Hot Fusion, part one of a two-part show, is currently on display and features works by Todd Clark, Yvette Neumann, Judy Hintz Cox and Scott J. Morgan. To read Alec Clayton's full review, click here.
3. Nashville singer Katie Armiger drops in on The Music in the Park outdoor concert series at 7 p.m. at Sylvester Park. No doubt Sam The Cat Man will enjoy her modern country tunes.
4. Since October, experimental filmmaker Devon Damonte has been curating Northern Flickers - a monthly film series at the Northern space in downtown Olympia. Tonight at 7 p.m., from the animation faculty at Dartmouth, Jodie Mack drops in on the Flickers with her "Sing It Out Loud" tour featuring bushels of magnificent motion graphics, plus original songs performed live, in harmony, with cello. In addition, the Crackpot Crafters debut the group film, The Artifacts Of Life, with a multitudinous menagerie of once-living stuff, stuck onto 16mm film, and reanimated, cast aloft on wings of light.
5. The Sammy Steele Band adds some alt-country to Lady Luck's Cowgirl Up's Military Appreciation Night every Wednesday beginning at 8 p.m.