SATURDAY, JUNE 22 2013 >>>
1. With the combination of local food vendors, blues bands and more than 35 Washington craft brewers, Brew Five Three is one not to miss. This inaugural event, put on by Broadway Center for the Performing Arts, takes place from 1 to 10 p.m. on Broadway in downtown Tacoma. The $30 tickets include eight tasting tokens and a collectible tasting glass, and additional tasting tokens can be purchased at the event. A designated driver ticket - which includes admission to the event, music and food vendors - is available for $5. There will be a half hour break when no beer will be poured from 5-5:30 p.m. Music schedule can be viewed here.
2. Drag queens Marlayna, Deeva and Flirticia will be in the Capital City Pride parade "in face" and will perform on stage at Sylvester Park and again tonight at Jake's on 4th in downtown Olympia. The parade down Capitol Way from the Capitol campus to Sylvester Park is Saturday, June 22, beginning at noon, and the festivities in the park with speeches, food and information booths, entertainment headlined by the Kim Archer Band and emceed by Gregory Conn, will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Conn and drag queen Kimber Lee will also be parade announcers from their booth atop the Governor's House Hotel. Read Alec Clayton's full feature on the Capital City Pride Festival in Northwest Military's Music & Culture section.
3. Hot off his work as illustrator for the South Sound User's Guide, Sean Alexander put down his tiny line making pens and explores Hilltop Tacoma though found objects. According to pre-show hype, "These found objects were collected and considered before artworks were made from them. Interactions with residents of the neighborhood also served to create work, especially those with the mysterious drifter and neighborhood staple Henry Lee Walls." Titled "Life is OOD," a play off the slogan "life is good" as well as rapper Nas' most recent album, Life is Good, Alexander and Walls offer their inspirations for public viewing at Fulcrum Gallery. At 1 p.m. Alexander and Wall discuss the work in Life is OOD. The talk will cover the process of creating while providing back story for this seemingly random grouping of objects and ideas.
4. At 8 p.m. in the Capitol Theater, the ever-creative ladies of TUSH! burlesque will present a night of naughty Vegas delights. The hype alludes to "gambling, shows, games, rides, girls - whatever your pleasure, Sin City will provide." Read Nikki McCoy's full feature on the Tush! burlesque show in Northwest Military's Music & Culture section.
5. Say kids, do you like the band Heart? A pretty damn good Heart tribute band, Heartless, will rock Jazzbones at 8 p.m.
LINK: Saturday, June 22 arts and entertainment events in the greater Tacoma and Olympia area
