TUESDAY, OCT. 22 2013 >>>

1. Imagine a book club. Then imagine a nerd wearing a cape, a non-weird, non-hippie vegan and a teen girl dressed as Katniss. Now imagine them smashed together like chocolate and peanut butter. The result: The Capes and Cowls Book Club, Vegan Book Club and Young Adult Fiction Book Club meeting at the same time in King's Books. That's right, Young Health-Conscious Superfriends! What we imagine as King's owner sweet pea's titillation trifecta will go down at 7 p.m. Will members defect to other groups? Will nerds and vegans hook-up while YA members post Instagrams of the unions? What's certain is parking shouldn't be a problem as they all will bicycle to King's.

2. Soprano Erin Guinup will trace a century of musical theater history through the music and words of women as the next guest in the Saint Martin's University "Music @ 11" recital series. The one-hour concert, "The Ladies of Lyric and Song: A Musical Reflection on the Ground-breaking Female Composers and Lyricists of the American Musical Theater," will take place at 11 a.m. in Kreielsheimer Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

3. Tacoma wine bar STINK Tank hosts a free tasting of Stafford Hill Riesling, Tempranillo and Roccascossa Red Blend from 5-7 p.m.

4. On the surface, Posole bear many of the telltale signs of a surf-rock band, but the San Francisco band folds in elements of mariachi and Latin rhythms. Sometimes, they approach the sort of desert rock of groups like Los Lobos, with horns adorning their cinematic narratives. All the while, the guitars are louder and more aggressive than one would expect when listening to a band that describes itself as "dream pop." Check them out in an all-ages setting with Tatarus and Mister Master at 6 p.m. in Le Voyeur.

5. You have one chance to see The Acting Company's production of Hamlet so err not. The national touring company presents the tale of a young man who finds his father has been murdered and must avenge the horrid deed at 7:30 p.m. in the Minnaert Center. Power politics, a haunting, a love story, murder, revenge and great fight scenes converge in one production. 

LINK: Tuesday, Oct. 22 arts and entertainment events in the greater Tacoma and Olympia area