SUNDAY, APRIL 7 2013 >>>
South Sounders: Get ready to celebrate Thurston County's unique fine dining scene. Following in suit with its neighbors to the north, the inaugural Olympia Restaurant Week launches today and runs through April 18, Sundays-Thursdays. Ten Thurston County restaurants will be serving up special $25 three-course dinners, with some eateries offering a three-course lunch menu for $15.
Today is National Beer Day, apparently, and we're sure you were looking for an excuse to knock back a cold one. It's a shame it's not National Drink Beers day, but what can we do. The Harmon Tap Room (will celebrate with an all-day happy hour, Beer Olympics, beer trivia and offer Rajah's Imperial IPA and T-Town Blonde Shanty Ale, among other beers.
3. Saxophonist Kareem Kandi's sound derives from the classic, free, often enthusiastic tradition of Joshua Redman as filtered through Dexter Gordon and Sonny Stitt, all of whose shadows can be traced-Redman in Kandi's funky organicism, Gordon in his dynamic harmonics, Stitt in the intensity that coats his every note with a Gritty City finish. Kandi has been hanging with organist Delvon Lamarr and drummer Adam Kessler, which has added groovy innovation to Kandi's sound. Catch Kandi's trio from 3-6 p.m. at Uncle Thurm's Finger Lickin' Ribs & Chicken in Tacoma's Lincoln District.
On May 17, 1968, at the height of the Vietnam War, nine men and women entered a Selective Service office outside Baltimore. They removed military draft records, took them outside, and set them afire with napalm.The Catholic activists involved in this protest against the War included Daniel and Philip Berrigan; all were found guilt of destroying government property and sentenced to three years in jail. Dan Berrigan fled, and later turned himself in.The Berrigans and their colleagues went on to lives spent struggling against war, poverty, and injustice. This will be retold theough a public reading of The Trial of the Catonsville Nine at 7:30 p.m. inside Last Word Books in Olympia.
Danny Bonaduce, the morning disc jockey on KZOK, will host a live comedy show at 8 p.m. inside the Tacoma Comedy Club. He will introduce some of his favorite comics to Tacoma.
LINK: Sunday, April 7 arts and entertainment events in the greater Tacoma and Olympia area
