FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2012 >>>

1. How have you aged? Are there wrinkles and scars and flab and sag? Do you have stretch marks, age spots, bone spurs, droopy kneecaps and giant moles? Do you wish you could walk into a giant Photoshop Booth and come out the other side with an ass lift and the gray nose hairs gone? Yes, us too. Phoenix sculptor Jane Kelsey-Mapel and Tacoma painter Becky Frehse have joined artistic forces to the explore themes of aging and re-interpretation through ceramic sculpture, painting and assemblage constructions in their show ReConfigured, which opens Friday, April 6 at Gallery 301 by the Tacoma Dome. According to press release hype, the two artist, "will exhibit assemblage sculptures which reflect the duality inherent in their collaboration process as well as the metaphorical notion of ‘reinventing"' or ‘repurposing' one's identity at various states of the aging process." The reception runs 5-9 p.m.

2. The Grand Cinema reaches the big 15 officially on April 18, and with such a milestone approaching The Grand can think of no better present for its approaching celebration than your presence. The non-profit theater offers a different deal during each of the 15 days leading up to the big date. Today, The Grand offers free upgrades in concessions for any soda or popcorn - i.e. One medium popcorn for the price of a small popcorn.

3. Thousands of South Sound artists will descend upon Frost Park in downtown Tacoma at noon, turning its concrete into canvas for the opening of Frost Park Chalk Off Challenge Season 5ive at Ninth and Pacific Avenue. Be a part of history as Mayor Marilyn Strickland has proclaimed April 6, 2012 as "Frost Park Chalk Day." Remember to vote for your favorite chalk art through online voting on FeedTacoma.com.

4. Hell's Belles, Zero Down and Resident Kings rock the Capitol Theater beginning at 7:30 p.m.

5. The lovely folks at the Lacey Parks and Recreation host an Adult Flashlight Egg Hunt at 9 p.m. You can now have an egg-ceptional (no, really, ceptions of eggs) time hunting for the eggs hidden on the Regional Athelitc Complex ball fields.

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