Spelling bee for adults? Sweet Jesus! If you last through the first several rounds, you’ll feel the heady thrill of being smart; you’ll forgive all those naysayers of your youth and have the kind of corrective emotional experience your therapist always told you that you needed.

[King’s Books, Thursday, Oct. 23, 6:30 p.m., $5 a team, free to watch, 218 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma, 253.272.8801]