FRIDAY, NOV. 30 2012 >>>

1. Today Fulcrum Gallery opens a show of poster art from Beautiful Angle called "The Mystery/Myth Folio." And its kicking it off with the annual Beautiful Angle Holiday Party at 7 p.m. Beautiful Angle, the guerilla poster people, has been doing its thing for 10 years. The opening party coincides with its annual poster sale, and all money collected from the poster sale will go to Campus MLK to support their various programs. There will be plenty of food, drink, music, posters and the best crowd in town.

2. The Tacoma Community College Symphonic Band and clarinet soloist Peggy Dees-Moseley will explore design and meaning in music through wide variety of concert repertoire, including Holst's "Second Suite in F," Bach's "Prelude and Fuge in B-flat Major," Vaughan Williams' "Toccata Marziale," Carroll's Song of Lir," Rossini's "Introduction, Theme, and Variations (with Peggy Dees-Moseley, clarinet)," Gorb's "Bridgewater Breeze" and Potter's "Finnegan's Wake" at 7:30 p.m. inside the TCC Building 2 Auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public.

3. The Top of Tacoma Bar and Café will host a Pray For Snow Party tonight to raise money for the Wheelies so the band may purchase equipment stolen from its practice spot so the band may finish its first full-length record, which will be released on Tacoma-based Swoon Records. Musician Luke Larsen, a bartender at the Top, has psychedelic reggae band Mighty High booked for the night, which means an awesome dance party could break out. We're sure bonus points will be awarded to those dancing in ski and snowboard boots. Tacoma's BLEACH clothing will dole out free shwag. And Everybody's Brewing also has its hands in this shindig.

4. There are, of course, downsides to being in a KISS cover band. Your tongue is always being compared unfavorably to Gene Simmons' tongue, the Stryper impressionists won't talk to you because of that whole Satan thing, and, worst of all, since your pores are constantly clogged with clown-white makeup, you've got more zits than a 16-year-old fry cook. But, on the plus side, you can write off guitar strings, studded leather and custom-made, hand-crafted chrome codpieces. KISS tribute band Dr. Love joins Rush tribute band 2112 at 9 p.m. inside The Backstage Bar and Grill in Tacoma.

5. It's always a bit of an event when local boy Eliot Lipp returns to Tacoma. Lipp embraces an old-school approach to arranging beats and synths and samples to create the kind of mélange that would find itself perfectly comfortable in a DJ's box of go-to vinyl. Whether tackling ambient soundscapes or club-bumping jams, Lipp manages to leave his own identifiable imprint on whatever he creates. Dance to him tonight with Killaz Wit Kindness and Jasia 10 at 9 p.m. inside The New Frontier Lounge.

LINK: Friday, Nov. 30 arts and entertainment events in the greater Tacoma and Olympia area