THE LOWDOWN ON WHAT'S UP THIS WEEKEND >>>
WEATHER REPORTFriday: Rain, hi 39, lo 30
Saturday: Partly sunny, hi 41, lo 27
Sunday: Partly sunny, hi 43, lo 34
>>> SATURDAY, NOV. 19: WHITEOUT 9
Sometimes you've just got to dance, yo. For, like, ten straight hours. In the Tacoma Dome exhibition hall. Because you just don't give a fuck. Luckily, Saturday Phase 3 Events presents "Whiteout 9," easily the raviest thing to do in T-Town this weekend. With doors opening at 8 p.m. and the good times rolling until 4 a.m. Sunday, Whiteout 9 will bring electronic heavyweights like Alex Morph, First State, Kutski and a crapload of others to the gyrating masses.
>>> SATURDAY, NOV. 19: OLYMPIA RECORD SHOW
Imagine an entire Elks Lodge filled with nearly 40 tables. Now imagine those tables teeming with rare records, lost VHS classics, band merchandise and memorabilia. Imagine you could swap, sell or purchase any of these precious items while listening to a DJ spinning sick-ass records and mingling with other connoisseurs. Oh, and did we mention the full bar with ID? Well, quit thinking about it and go do it! The annual Olympia Record Show happens this Saturday at the Elks Lodge in Olympia. While in the past there have been two Olympia Record Shows per year, from this point forward there will be only one - only magnifying the importance of getting your ass to this Saturday's affair.
>>> NOV. 18 - NOV. 20: FAIR TRADE MARKET
Through three days the Fair Trade Market, hosted by St. Leo Parish and Urban Grace Church, promises a guilt-free way to start your holiday shopping. Running Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Catholic Community Services the annual event is your chance to get in on, "baskets, ornaments, linens, musical instruments, food products and more from vendors such as Ten Thousand Villages, Theo Chocolate, Laughing Lotus, L'Arche, and many more," according to pre-event hype.
>>> NOV. 19-20: ARTS SYMPOSIUM
Art at Work: Tacoma Arts Month - celebrating its 10th year and chugging along in fine fashion - continues this weekend with the much-anticipated Arts Symposium at the University of Puget Sound. In the simplest terms, the Arts Symposium is a weekend program geared toward local artists. It focuses on the practical side of art and involves panels, presenters and discussion sessions. More specifically, pre-event hype promises: "From nuts and bolts business information to legal advice to creative solutions, this event is designed to get your creativity flowing and push your career to the next level." Saturday, Gigi Rosenberg, author of The Artist's Guide to Grant Writing, will deliver the symposium's keynote address.
Olympia has more traditions than most places. It's the kind of town where history is important. It's the kind of place where people keep things alive, breathe new life into them, and rally together to make cool shit happen. It's the kind of place where people go to college, grow a beard, graduate from college, get a co-op membership, go back to college, and never leave ...While it's doubtful that last part has much to do with anything, the Olympia institution that is All Freakin' Night is here once again - devouring the historic (there Olympia goes again with its history...) Capitol Theater Saturday night and into Sunday morning. For the uninitiated, or the new faces in the Invisible Man seminar, All Freakin' Night is an annual part of the annual Olympia Film Festival - now in its glorious 28th year. A collection of cultish horror flicks and just plain strange stuff, All Freakin' Night has reached institution status because of a few things - not the least of which being its eccentricities, and the fact it literally offers Olympia the chance to sit in the Capitol Theater all freakin' night and hang out. Both are very cool, and what it's all about.
Culminating a full week of celebration in the name of 50 years in the pizza business, Tacoma's iconic Cloverleaf will welcome the band Sunny 4 Cast to "rock out" on Sunday night. Not surprisingly, there will also be beer specials. There have been specials all week, in fact, from kids' nights, to happy hour beer prices all day, to pizza "squashing" contests. Good times have been had by all. As we're reminded by press release, "The Cloverleaf was established in 1951 and began serving our World Famous Pizzas in 1961. ...The purpose of this celebration is to thank our loyal customers. We could not have made it 50 years without them and that is why we are hosting this celebration, in their honor."
>>> WHAT SOME OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS ARE UP TO
ALEC CLAYTON Visual Arts Critic
Occupy Olympia during the day Saturday and the dance at 4th Av Tav with Pro Func Tunc Saturday night. But these old bones aIn't going to be dancing. Just drinking and listening to the music.
NIKKI TALOTTA Features Writer
Well, I saw the KARP documentary Wednesday night at the Olympia Film Festival, so anything that happens this weekend is small potatoes. But if you must know, I might go shopping for socks.
JOANN VARNELL: Theater Critic
Due to unfortunate accidents involving one of my large dogs and the carpet in my TV room, I will be getting my carpets cleaned this weekend. Fortunately a Living Social deal saved me from having to rent a steam cleaner and I get to see pros in action. Sadly, this is the most exciting thing scheduled all weekend.
STEVE DUNKELBERGER Meat Market Photographer
I will be cleaning the yard at St. Mary's Church and School and attending a Murder Mystery Party and then do more cleaning.
JENNIFER JOHNSON Food & Lifestyle Writer
Hosting a 5-course, quadruple double date dinner party at my apartment then going to see Savior of the World followed by fro-yo at Gibson's on Friday evening. Workout Saturday morning, meet girlfriends for Zoo Day at Pt. Defiance (hopefully it wont be raining), then quality time with my couch for movie night at home. Church and friend/family dinner Sunday.
CHRISTIAN CARVAJAL Theater Critic
All I have planned for this weekend is Christmas Story rehearsals and hoping it doesn't snow.