MONDAY, OCT. 24, 2011 >>>

1. Back in 1989, Grant Morrison and Dave McKean published Batman: Arkham Asylum, which was a kind of coffee table art version of Batman - almost a European movie-style Batman, if you will. In celebration of the book, sweet pea will turn on the Batman signal at 8 p.m. summoning the Capes & Cowls Book Club for a discussion of said book inside King's Books.

2. Tacoma has had its share of the unconventional - from an Egyptologist to a Swedish swami; from a dog that rides the rails to octopi that wrestle. Local historian Karla Stover will run through the wackiness at 10:30 a.m. inside the Point Defiance-Ruston Senior Center. Afterward, everyone will nap.

3. Spurred on by encouraging posts from Facebook friends about how much money they've saved and by reality TV shows like "Extreme Couponing" on TLC, more and more people are turning to clipping coupons as a way to stretch their grocery dollars. Heather Clarke in on this couponing thing, too. She will lead a Couponing 101 class at 7 p.m. inside the Olympic Room at the Tacoma Public Library Main Branch. Clarke will examine techniques for getting groceries, toiletries and drug store items cheap and even free by using coupons, rebates and sales.

4. The Tacoma Cult Movie Club screens films under the theme "Girls With Guns," plus raffles and free popcorn at 7 p.m. inside the Acme Grub Cage. Weekly Volcano scribe Rev. Adam McKinney has the inside scoop on the club here.

5. The Rod Cook and his crew will fill The Swiss with soulful blues melodies beginning at 8 p.m.

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