TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2012 >>>

1. After a cold and wet winter, the cycle of seasons is finally swinging toward spring. Whether you ride five minutes to work or 70 miles every Saturday, it's time to throw your leg over the top tube and mount your saddle. The Harmon Bike Club opens its season tonight with a short ride beginning at 5:30 p.m. The group will push off from the Harmon Tap room, ride to Point Defiance Park, through the 5 Mile Drive, and back to the Tap for post ride apps and brewskis. A short program explains upcoming rides and fundraisers will be part of the fun.

2. Heralded Chinese painter Xu Yongmin will exhibit 20 pieces in the exhibit High Wind that opens today in Kittredge Art Gallery on the University of Puget Sound campus. The prize winning painter - who will lecture in Wyatt Hall Room 101 tomorrow 5 p.m. - has received many teaching and art awards, including an honor from the Excellent Young Teachers Program of China's Ministry of Education and the First Literature and Art Star Award in Hubei Province. According to pre-show hype, "Yongmin uses traditional Chinese brush methods, yet reveals a Western influence in his work."

3. Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer. A handsome man with the dazzling smile who starred in many a film, he remains ingrained into your memory as the singer of the Caribbean folk tune "Day-O" - the last melody you heard before passing out underneath the ping pong table during the Sigma Chi's St. Barts Simpson party. Belafonte also worked tirelessly in support of the civil rights movement in America and to social justice globally. Director Susanne Rostock champions the big life of Belafonte in her documentary, Sing Your Song. The doc revisits moments in Belafonte's career, from playing clubs in New York City to starring in Hollywood films to his work with Civil Rights. The Grand Cinema screens Sing Your Song at 1:50 and 6:35 p.m. as part of its Tuesday Film Series.

4. Every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Victory Music hosts the grandaddy of open mics inside the bean-sproutin,' free-trading Antique Sandwich Company in Ruston.

5. The New Frontier Lounge will host Argonaut, Lozen, Hot Victory and X Suns on a Tuesday night at 9 p.m. Cool.

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