FRIDAY, SEPT. 30 2016: South Sound events + craft beer …
Grand Farms + Narrows Brewing = watch out for holes
Tacoma Little Theatre + Gig Harbor Brewing = Underpants and lederhosen
Jazzbones + The Ale House = Erotic and Munich cities
Christ Episcopal Church + North End Social Club = Bach, Pfriem, Widor, Mollusk, Couperin and Snipes
The Grand Cinema + The Harmon Restaurant = chess and steins
HAUNTED FOREST
Moderate thrill-seekers should visit the grand opening of the Haunted Forest at Grand Farms with the intent to have a good time, get the underpants scared off of you, and come out the exit feeling pretty cool about life, love and Halloween. This place would make a worthy first date spot, especially if you really wanna suss out your new partner’s personality. The haunted trail opens at 6 p.m.
PREFUNK: Picture this. … You’re at Narrows Brewing Company, drinking its newly released big, chewy Ursula Imperial Stout and you’re dunking a doughnut made with stout in the Narrows’ stout and the sweetness is perfectly complemented by the beer and you’re kicking back with your friends, having a good time, watching boats float by. So that’s that then. Fall Friday. 5 p.m. 9.8% beer. Legendary Donuts stout doughnuts.
THE UNDERPANTS
Here’s The Underpants in a nutshell: During the King’s parade, Frau Louise accidentally drops her underpants. Before she’s able to scoop them up under her shawl, she has captured the hearts and imagination of more than one spectating man. The Underpants is an adaptation of early 20th-century German playwright Carl Sternheim’s farce, Die Hose. Because of the suggestive nature of the play, the original 1911 production was banned in Germany. In 2002, Steve Martin was asked to adapt the piece for Classic Theater in New York City. Martin worked to make his adaptation relevant to modern audiences, focusing on the roles of men and women, the balance of power in a marriage, and the thrill of attention. At 7:30 p.m. in the Tacoma Little Theatre you may witness Frau Louise accidentally dropping her underpants during the King’s parade and before she’s able to scoop them up under her shawl, she will capture the hearts and imagination of more than one spectating man.
PREFUNK: Who doesn’t love a royal wedding? It wasn’t all that long ago that millions of people around the world tuned in to see William and Kate get hitched. The infatuation with royal nuptials goes back beyond recorded history, and the wedding of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, later to become King Ludwig I, to Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen was no exception. From this wedding celebration grew an annual festival, which would evolve into the largest folk festival in the world, Oktoberfest, which would evolve into Gig Harbor Brewing’s Oktoberfest with beer specials, brats and ooompah tunes from 2-8 p.m.
PRINCE TRIBUTE
It still more than a little unbelievable that at age 57 Prince is no longer alive. But even in the face of such a tragic loss, the band must play on, and Erotic City honors the purple one’s legacy at 8 p.m. in Jazzbones.
PREFUNK: Guess what? It’s another Oktoberfest! Starting in 1950 and continuing to this day, Munich’s Oktoberfest opening ceremonies begin with a 12-gun salute followed by the ceremonial tapping of the first keg. The keg is tapped by the mayor of Munich who then proclaims “O’zapft is!” The first liter of beer is then poured and given to the minister-president of Bavaria (similar to the governor in the U.S.). From 5 p.m. to close at The Ale House Pub in University Place, Oktoberfest begins with a 12-thumbs-up salute to Samuel Adams, the recognition of the joint’s 64 taps, followed by owner Jon Ecklund proclaiming, “Let the swag, the trip to Vegas raffle and the chance to go to Munich, Germany for Oktoberfest 2017 commence!”
ORGAN MUSIC
Organist Mark Brombaugh preforms “Partita on Old 124th” by award-winning organist, professor emeritus at Pacific Lutheran University and composer David Dahl — possible the last piece Dahl will ever write as he’s going blind — at 7:30 p.m. in Christ Episcopal Church. Brombaugh will also perform works by Bach, Widor and Couperin.
PREFUNK: North End Social Club taps fresh hop kegs from Pfriem, Ecliptic, Laurelwood, Mollusk and Snipes Mountain — plus a keg of Oktoberfest from Ayinger — at 5 p.m. Europa Pizza will be doing its thing from wood-fired brick oven.
QUEEN OF KATWE
The great Mira Nair interprets the true story of a young Ugandan woman who saved her family by learning to play chess at competition level (and along the way picked up a few lesser skills, like the ability to read and write). So what if the pitch was probably “Slumdog Millionaire for black nerds”? The intellectual empowerment of women across the globe is a subject movies need to explore a lot more frequently. Check out Queen of Katwe at 2:25, 5:15 and 8 p.m. in The Grand Cinema.
PREFUNK: The Harmon Restaurant wraps up its weeklong Oktoberfest celebration allowing you to bring your own 24-ounce or smaller mug to be filled for the price of a pint and stein-hoisting contest at 6 p.m.
