SATURDAY, OCT. 29, 2011 >>>
1. After you're done stuffing yourself on those Mars bars that were supposed to end up in the kids' tummies, press stop on the Black Sabbath tape and ride your sugar rush into the cool midnight air to The Brotherhood Lounge and/or The New Frontier Lounge. Both joins celebrate Halloween tonight with DJs spinning scary good tunes. At Olympia's BroHo, DJ Ira Coyne works the Halloween Ball with a $3 cover, which half goes to Planned Parenthood. At the New Frontier, Pacific Fusion Productions presents Nightmare on E. 25th Street featuring DJ dAb, The New Law, Mikey Z, Dyonysys and Kalex for $8, which includes a costume contest.
2. Susan Rohrer, the manager of the State Capital Museum, will lead a walking tour from 2-3 p.m. exploring famous deaths, weird occurrences and creepy history around Olympia's South Capitol neighborhood. Rohrer says the tour, which costs $2 and is first come first serve, sticks mostly to the facts of deaths and odd occurrences, but can't help but wander into eerie speculation occasionally.
3. Former Lakewood Playhouse Executive Director Marcus Walker's passing earlier this year rocked the South Sound. Last night the community held a candlelight gathering at in front of the Lakewood Playhouse followed by a street renaming ceremony for "Marcus Walker Way" in front of the theater. Tonight at 5 p.m. is the Marcus Walker Birthday Party followed by at 7 p.m. Youth Actors Performance & Our Youth Theatre Production of Robin Hood.
4. Even though Halloween is Monday, the undead will be starting the party early as peddling and mumbling stiffs will take over the streets of Tacoma tonight. The Reaper Ride, a costumed pub crawl on bikes - a spooky peloton if you will - will begin with drinks at 7 p.m. inside The Red Hot on Sixth Avenue. Then, riders dressed as skeletons - costumes are strongly encouraged - will peddle to the next bar - which is a mystery as the bar route will not be exhumed until just before the ride.
5. In 1982, nine-time Grammy award winning band Asleep at the Wheel featured Paul Anastasio on fiddle and Dan Tyack on steel guitar. Anastasio went on to play with Merle Haggard and Loretta Lynn amongst man others, while Tyack honed his chops playing in the Sacred Steel tradition and recording with musical giants like Bill Frisell. At 8 p.m., after almost 30 years, these two masters will take the stage together again at Traditions Café in Olympia. They will be backed up by Vince Brown on guitar and Cary Black on bass.
PLUS: 3 Glorias Flamenco en Vivo and The Hound of the Baskervilles in our Weekend Hustle
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