6-Pack of Things To Do: Jan. 26-27 2022

Peaks & Pints’ 6-Pack of Things To Do is how we make it through. Well, that, and bourbon barrel-aged old ales. And music. And heart-meltingly stupendous sitcom reunions on HBO Max. And trying, valiantly, not to scream every few seconds. And so on. Shall we?

TACOMA NIGHT MARKET: The aim is simple: Provide Tacoma with a monthly, well curated night-market destination with revolving vendors and offerings, where people can gather, have a drink, enjoy local food, bring their families, and support our local artists and crafters. This week, Tacoma Night Market isn’t as simple. Market founder Leah Morgan will embed her creation in The Tacoma Home and Garden Show inside the Tacoma Dome. It’s the Market’s debut at the Tacoma Dome, which has hosted The Home and Garden Show for nearly 40 years. Stop by Peaks & Pints after and discuss the Market over pints of Scuttlebutt Brewing Pop Life IPA. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 27-29, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30., Tacoma Dome, 2727 E. D. St., Tacoma

BEER FLIGHT: Brandon Tolbert gained notoriety as head brewer at The Answer Brewpub. In fact, his Answer Brewpub nabbed the 2015 Best New Brewery in Virginia. Three years later, while he was scribbling plans for his own brewery, Tolbert honed his skills at Final Gravity Brewing and Ardent Craft Ales. In 2019, he launched Short Throw Brewing with the help of Twelve Percent Beer Project in North Haven Connecticut, North Haven. In January 2021, RateBeer named Short Throw eighth “Best New Brewery in the World,” the second “Best New Brewery in the United States,” and once again for Tolbert, the Best New Brewery in the state of Virginia. Short Throw will continue to brew and distribute with Twelve Percent until Tolbert is confident he can open a brick-and-mortar location in Richmond. In the meantime, Peaks and Pints presents a to-go flight of Short Throw beers — a flight we’re calling Peaks and Pints Pilot Program: Short Throw On the Fly. 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 26, Peaks & Pints, 3816 N. 26th St., Basecamp Proctor, Tacoma

MUSIC: The Spar in association with DHudson Productions and TLH Promotions present “The Wednesdays at The Spar” series featuring the Farrell/Hudson Organ Trio. The Trio — Lorenzo Farrell (Rick Estrin & the Nightcats) on keys and David Hudson (T-Town Aces, Mark DuFresne Band) on drums adds a special guest every performance. Tonight, they welcome back gypsy jazz guitarist Tim Lerch of Pearl Django to their bi-monthly performance at The Spar. Lerch is a guitarists guitarist, a world-renowned guitarist educator and Emmy award winning composer. 7 p.m., Wednesday. Jan. 26, The Spar, 2121 N. 30th, Tacoma, photo courtesy of Dan Hill

FILM: The Tragedy of Macbeth continues its nightly run at The Grand Cinema. Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand star in Joel Coen’s bold and fierce adaptation. The film presents a beautifully bleak vision of doomed political ambition, which ultimately shows that, even when fascists are incompetent, their ruthlessness creates irredeemable suffering. 7:45 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 26 and 27, The Grand Cinema, 606 S. Fawcett, Tacoma, photo courtesy of A24

ART: A Thursday night in front of CNN may be hunky-dory for Mrs. John Q. Appleseed, but you, dear friend, demand more from life. You make a serious dent in the business world. You demand your Thursday nights to be dynamic, educational, entertaining, and artsy. The Tacoma Art Museum stays up late Thursday night to host a free neighborhood night. Stop by to tour the exhibitions and grab a bite in the TAM Café. 5-8 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 27, Tacoma Art Museum, 1701 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, no cover

OPERA: Hello French horn! On first listen to “Va tacito e nascosto,” an aria from the first act of George Frideric Handel’s 1724 Julius Caesar, you’d never suspect it was a thinly veiled threat from one world leader to another in the middle of a war. Jovial and merry and the first time an opera featured solo French horn; the aria is one of the most pleasing things in all of opera. But a glance at the supertitles might chill that: “Intent on his prey, the huntsman moves silently and stealthily,” Caesar sings, the horn an innocent echo. Pacific Lutheran University stages Handel’s Julius Caesar, the love story of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar fraught with murder and political intrigue. It’ll be performed with chamber orchestra in Italian with English supertitles. 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 27, Eastvold Auditorium, 12180 Park Ave. S., Tacoma, $5-$17