• At Elliott Bay Book Company, Amy Fusselman reads from her new memoir 8 tonight at 7:30pm. Her debut book, The Pharmacist’s Mate, boldly interwove three equally moving, darkly funny storylines into a blindingly good example of what narrative non-fiction can be; McSweeney’s kindly offers an excerpt [#]. Her latest promises more of the wonderful same. [elliott bay book co.]
• Tacoma-based Some by Sea made heartfelt, strings-layered indie pop that brought out the sappy high school girl in all of us (or at least me) until their sad split in October 2006. But they’ve reincarnated in mostly complete form as Ghosts & Liars, and you can catch them tonight at Atlas Clothing & Music in Capitol Hill. Preview charmingly catchy demo “We’ll Carry On” on G&L’s Myspace to discover that good things can come from Tacoma after all [#]. [atlas clothing myspace]
• Of course, there’s nice weather too. Forgotten what to do when that giant glowing thing in the sky peeks out from behind the clouds? Naomi has you covered [mb].

Photo of Cal Anderson Park by wesaturtle [flickr], via our group pool [#]