WEDNESDAY, NOV. 14, 2012 >>>

1. Director Olivia Baumgartner, a senior at Saint Martin's, appears to relish Cloud 9's provocative pansexuality. It's a play that refuses to condemn any sexual behavior, including pedophilia. "I don't know when I've felt an Olympia audience squirm so consistently, even as they were laughing," says weekly Volcano theater critic Christian Carvajal. Cloud 9 hits the stage at The Midnight Sun Performance Space at 7:30 p.m. Read Carvajal's full review of the show in the Arts section at weeklyvolcano.com.

2. Lynnae Schneller of Lynnae's Gourmet Pickles has placed eight jars of pickles in local businesses and on historic Tacoma monuments for fans to locate and win $1,200 worth of prizes in celebration of National Pickle Day. Tacoma's Mayor Marilyn Strickland will announce the first clue for the location of the first jar of pickles via her Facebook page at 10 a.m. followed by seven remaining clues that will be posted every half hour on the Lynnae's Gourmet Pickles Facebook page.

3. The opening reception for the Art Students Annual exhibit at the University of Puget Sound's Kittredge Gallery will be held from 5-7 p.m., with merit awards presented at 6 p.m.

4. In 2009 The American Institute of Architects for Southwest Washington awarded architect and now Tacoma City Councilmember David Boe a merit award in the Un-Built Category for his "Imagine Tacoma" columns that ran for 18 months on Exit133. It was an awesome series, to say the least. Tonight at 7 p.m. inside the Madera Furniture Company, Tacoma artist Lynn Di Nino hosts a special version of her TRIPOD slide show with Boe as the sole presenter, delivering slide after slide of his urban planning visions for Tacoma.

5. Jazz saxophonist Kareem Kandi hosts a jazz open mic at The Swiss beginning at 8 p.m. If that wasn't awesome enough, The Swiss will cut the price of its wine in half. Nice.

PLUS: HUMP! at the Olympia Film Festival

LINK: Wednesday, Nov. 14 arts and entertainment events in the greater Tacoma and Olympia area