SUNDAY, OCT. 16, 2011 >>>

1. Southern California indie rockers Silver Snakes pull up to The New Frontier Lounge at 9 p.m. for a show with Hands of Toil and Kicking Spit. The Silver Snakes list bands Lack, Hum, Cave In and Recover as influential in its sound.

2. The 8th Annual Bird Lovers' Weekend continues at the Museum of Glass with today's activities opening big with the Bird Lovers' Brunch from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Enjoy a complimentary brunch and no-host bar and be among the first to purchase select Birds by Toikka specimens created in the Museum of Glass Hot Shop. Tero Välimaa will be present to sign these one-of-a-kind birds. Free for Museum of Glass members, regular admission for non-members. 

3. The Gig Harbor Film Festival ends today with a full schedule of films including Homecoming (10 a.m.), Christopher Woods' Gray Eagles (12:30 p.m.), Randy Sparks' A Glitch in the System (1:30 p.m.), True Vision (3:45 p.m.) and many more screening at the Galaxy Theatre Uptown.

4. The Tacoma Art Museum's Dia de los Muertos celebration officially kicks off this morning when artists Fulgencio Lazo and Jose Orantes, with help from a team of professionals and volunteers, create two large tapetes, or sand paintings, in the museum's lobby beginning at 10 a.m. Also, community members will be installing altars remembering loved ones and raising social awareness.

5. Face it. In this economy, you're not headed to Eastern Europe anytime soon. The Tacoma Concert Band knows this, and bless its heart, will bring a little bit of Prague and Budapest to you. At 2:30 p.m. inside the Pantages Theater the TCB will tour Europe, with Czech, Austrian, Hungarian, and American music, plus three soloists:  Jason Gilliam, euphonium; Sheryl Clark, saxophone; and Bill Dyer, trombone.

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