FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2012 >>>

1. Portland, Oregon-based singer-songwriter, Justin Jude will celebrate the release of his third album, 5 Kinds of Rain, at 6 p.m. inside the Mandolin Café. The stripped-down, bare-all EP 5 Kinds of Rain finds Jude using only his voice, acoustic guitar, and a handful of instruments to create an immediate, naked presentation of his songwriting.  

2. The Intaglio printmaking process involves etching into a copper or zinc plate with a tool to make an indentation, inking the plate, and then sending it through the press with to transfer the image onto paper. The process dates back to the 15th century. Doris Simmelink and Chris Sukimoto, better known on the charts as the Simmelink Sukimoto Editions, have been printing and publishing artists' works on paper in limited editions - including printings incorporating intaglio and woodcut processes - for 25 years. The works of Simmelink Sukimoto artists are on display through May 2 at the Evergreen Gallery on the campus of The Evergreen State College. Check out "Ink on Paper: Prints from Simmelink/Sukimoto featuring the works of Edgar Bryan, Vija Celmins, Charles Garabedian, Alex Katz, Robert Mangold, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Paul Mogensen, Thomas Nozkowski, Laura Owens, Monique Prieto, Martin Puryear, Ruth Root and Robert Therrien from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

3. Distinguished writers, poets, playwrights, short story writers, and people who scribble on cocktail napkins will step up to the mic from 7-9 p.m. as part of the Distinguished Writer Series and Open Mic at King's Books. Marjorie Rommel, a woman of many talents and has been published in many journals, will take lead.

4. Amocat Café's live music night - "Amocat Live!" - goes down the second Friday of every month. And, lo and behold, that's this week! Tonight catch Josiah and Sam Bogle, Jeremy Bush, Todd and Sondra Chamberlain, David Hill, Gen Obata and Doug Anderson, and the Amocat Live! House band The Collaborators, beginning at 7 p.m.

5. The Warehouse folks host a special house show beginning at 8 p.m. featuring OK Sweetheart, The Thoughts and Pretty Broken Things. The night will pay special tribute to Warehouse co-producer Julie Rex, who will be leaving us for sunny Cali. Google it for the house address.

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