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This Thursday, after you've picked up a free and excellent - if we do say so ourselves - alt rag. After you've checked out the stories - including the cover story on local awesome cheese. After you've plotted your nightlife. After you found out whom Steph DeRosa bugged. After you've gotten some expert sex advice. What's a person to do after all that?

Jump on the freakin' Art Bus!

Art Bus is a bus tour of Tacoma's fringe art scene during Third Thursday Artwalk. The Tour begins in front of the Tacoma Art Museum at 6 p.m. Rider buttons are $10, this month designed by local rocker Voxxy Minter. The bus cruises around Tacoma, stopping at galleries and businesses hosting art shows. Most stops offer items to nosh and sip on.

If you roll on the fancier side, there's a $20 VIP ticket, which enriches your life you with bus ride snacks, gifts and discounts from local businesses. It's like biting into bread and having a crown magically appear on top of your noggin'. 

Here's Thursday's route: Kristi Coyne's new Nine Lives Vintage, A Rhapsody in Bloom, William Traver Gallery, Mousai Studios hosting works by Sherrie Vox Minter and Cristie Campbell, Shirley Benton's artwork at City Grocer IGA, Christy Reedy's awesomeness at Embellish Multispace Salon and the 253 Collective, which includes works by Scott Nelson and John Wise.

While the time spent at each stop isn't an exact science, this month's Art Bus tour guide – Tacoma Arts Commissioner Robin Echtle – will count down the final minutes at each stop for those who like to pound one more glass of wine.

Art Bus producer Angela Jossy and her lovely co-producer Vicky Winters would like you to RSVP on the AB's Facebook here.