I SCENE IT WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 8 >>>

I dropped in on Masa to witness the mating dance of the homo sapiens. The females of the species paradeD in their colorful plummage, while the males showED off their bravado. It was a sparce crowd for Masa's College Night Wednesday.See more photos of the night here.

TIGHTWAD THURSDAY >>>

Riding the popularity of its Tightwad Tuesday night – $2 tacos, $2 beers, $2 wells - Hell's Kitchen in downtown Tacoma will introduce $3 Thursdays – $3 wells, $3 beers, $3 for two hot dogs – this Thursday with a free show featuring I Defy, Dead Peasants, Sickamore and My Eternal.

UNOFFICIAL SERVICE INDUSTRY NIGHT >>>

Magoo's Annex & Eatery not only hosts northend Tacoma regulars and University of Puget Sound student every Sunday night, but it's also the unofficial information center and after-shift spot for those in the dining, entertainment and arts set. Such was the case this past Sunday night when servers and bartenders tossed back pints and shots followed by their odd customer stories. A constant stream of laughter was only interrupted by more shots.

Writer and director Chad Ruin and producer Scott Stone dropped in after an editing session on their upcoming movie, The Perfect Life, for a couple of beers with bartenders from the Swiss, Asado and the Parkway.

Anchoring the bar was bartender and Australian transplant Ceara Nicholson. She's charming, to say the least.

LINK: More photos from Magoo's Sunday night

WE SCENE IT WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 22 >>>

Matt Coughlin and the Growlers performed Wednesday, Sept. 22 at The Swiss in Tacoma. The large crowd was a happy lot - hugging and smiling while the band's soulful roots-rock sound filled the downtown Tacoma bar. Check out the photos we snapped here.

A NEW WAY TO GET CARDED >>>

If your image of bingo is a sort of purgatory, a cafeteria filled with grannies clutching cigarettes with three-inch ashes as they listen to the numbers being called, you need to check out Rock & Roll Bingo Night at The New Frontier Lounge in Tacoma. Every Wednesday night sprightly bartender Brook Pawlicki emcees the games that offer the beer-chugging patrons chances to win campy prizes with every "Bingo" yell.

Last Wednesday brought a light crowd of regulars that ranged from members of Tacoma's music scene to 30-somethings out on the town tossing down $3 wells and $2 Session lagers with pizza and fries.

Prizes I saw dolled out included a Pillsbury Dough Boy doll, a Best of Country Music of 1968 record and low-budget porn from 1996.

The campy vibe allows patrons to mix and mingle while still concentrating on their Bingo cards. The music is low and steady but the pace of bingo can be fast and furious as the numbers drop toward the end of the card.

Rock & Roll Bingo

Wednesdays, 9:30-11:30 p.m., no cover
The New Frontier Lounge, 301 E. 25th St., Tacoma
253.572.4020

LINK: More bingo photos in our Photo Hot Spot

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TONIGHT? >>>

Paddy Coyne's is a traditional Irish Pub with a Northwest spin. Its Tuesday night fair includes dark ales flowing from the tap on a regular basis and emceed trivia courtesy of Joe Korbuszewski. For the last two years Korbuszewski has tossed questions to the Coyne's crowd that range between home improvement tips and politics to geography, pop culture and automotive repair. No subject is out of reach, which makes sense since the average score on his 25-question rosters hovers at about 60 percent.

Last Tuesday, Alexander Scotland Wilson brought his bagpipes and belted out a few tunes during the lulls in trivia. He has been playing pipes for 12 years after blowing the sacks under the pipe major of the Black Watch and pipe major of the senior Scottish Regiment of the British Army, Alexander "Sandy" Hain. Anyone who knows pipes knows that such training is a big deal.

Tuesday Night Pub Quiz

7 p.m. Tuesday, no cover
Minimum of two people and a maximum of 6 people per team
$2 per person entry fee and the winning team takes all
Paddy Coyne's Irish Pub
815 Pacific Ave., Tacoma
253.272.6963