Can you smell it? Holiday shopping panic. (You smug bastards who already finished your shopping can just keep it to yourselves. No one wants to hear how organized and on top of things you are.) But panicking doesn't help; it just makes you drink more and understand why suicide rates go up around the holidays, and no one wants that. What you need is a little break. A third Thursday hits this week, which means the Tacoma ART BUS will hit the streets of Tacoma, toting around art enthusiasts to art shows in galleries, spaces and businesses - away from the gridlock and parking nightmares. And, most likely, you'll happen upon that perfect gift for picky-ass Aunt Edna whose good side you're trying to get on for inheritance reasons. Holiday ugly sweaters are encouraged, pizza will be provided by awesome Puget Sound Pizza and the tour begins at the Tacoma Elf Storage.

TACOMA ART BUS, 5:45 p.m., Tacoma Self Storage, 2602 S. Holgate St., Tacoma, $10-$20, tacomaartbus.com