TUESDAY, JAN. 7 2014 >>>

1. The Broken Circle Breakdown tackles a very true-to-life story in a very true-to-life way, largely shying away from any of the cinematic tropes so common to this kind of tale, save for a few fleeting moments which serve as welcome respites from the film's uncompromising realism. This is a film that totally immerses you in its story from the very beginning and leaves you absolutely emotionally drained by the final curtain. It plays today at 2 and 6:30 p.m. in The Grand Cinema. Read Jared Lovrak's review of the flick here.

2. Karen Litfin embarked on a journey to many of the world's ecovillages - intentional communities at the cutting-edge of sustainable living. From rural to urban, high tech to low tech, spiritual to secular, she discovered an under-the-radar global movement making positive and radical changes from the ground up. She documented her discoveries in her book, Ecovillages: Lessons for Sustainable Community. Hear her adventures first hand at 7 p.m. in Orca Books.

3. Guitarist Randy Linder brings his Creedence Clearwater Revival tribute show to The Red Wind Casino at 6:30 p.m.

4. Quick! Tell us who played Violet Bickerstaff, Screech's love interest, on three episodes of the television show Saved by the Bell? If you said "Tori Spelling," then going to a trivia night might be for you. There are trivia competitions all around the South Sound on a Tuesday night, where you can unleash your inner Ken Jennings. And while you won't approach Jennings-like earnings, you can win some cool stuff, ranging from gift certificates, to concert or sports tickets, to a VHS copy of All of Me, the film starring Lily Tomlin and Steve Martin. Sweet! One of the newer Tuesday trivia contests is the 6:30 p.m. free on at Treos in Old Town Tacoma. Tonight's categories include man movies, chick flicks and American automobiles. 

5. OK, when you take a shower you make a bucket with your arms to catch as much water as you can and splash it all onto the shower floor, but did you ever think the Kareem Kandi Band would perform on a Tuesday night? It's true. The jazz band will perform at 8 p.m. in Uncle Thurms Finger Licken Ribs & Chicken in Tacoma's Lincoln District. Well, cool ...

LINK: Tuesday, Jan. 7 arts and entertainment events in the greater Tacoma and Olympia area