Kevin Powell may be the finest example of a human being ever to grace reality television. Of course, when Powell was a member of the very first Real World, the beast was nowhere near the depressing culture suck it is today. Powell went on to write for just about every magazine that's worth two s***s, publish books, interview and profile both Tupac and Colin Powell, and become a Writing Fellow for the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies - among other things. Ta-dow, Puck! Where you at? Powell will be at the UWT Monday.

[UWT Longshoremen's Hall, 6 p.m., free, all ages, 1710 S. Market St., Tacoma]