Those who tour the Tacoma art galleries, museum and businesses every Third Thursday - whether it was during the former Third Thursday Artwalk or its replacement, the Tacoma Art Mingle - have had that Moment. The Moment you know you will look back on six months (or a year, or 10 years) from now and laugh. Laugh and laugh and laugh, just laugh hysterically that you couldn't find FabLab, or that you got lost in the back corner of Rampart, or you had to lie down on the sidewalk due to the long trek to The Social Bar and Grill. Or maybe you don't laugh. Maybe you're a third Thursday art hatter because of the Moment. The Tacoma ART BUS can take away the Moment, and replace it with many happy moments, such as special gifts for naming a song, or finding a quartet wedged in a seat or enjoying jokes from honoree tour guides who normally don't tell jokes. In a nutshell, the Tacoma ART BUS is a tour of art exhibits in Tacoma on the Third Thursday of the month. Open the nutshell, and you'll discover the tour is a journey through bits of what makes up Tacoma's creative culture and characters. And as I said, there's opportunity to score sweet swag during bus games and raffles.

Thursday, May 16, Tacoma Deputy Mayor Marty Campbell will jump on the ART BUS as its celebrity tour guide. It's Campbell's second or third tour as host. He knows the routine. He knows jokes. And he knows the city like the back of his hand, so if something happens to the bus driver, Campbell could drive the bus to the designated stops: Rampart, Art Stop, FabLab, Bleach, Mica, 253 Collective and The Social.

Tickets are $10. If you want the bag of special gifts, it's $20. Raffle prizes are open to everyone ... who's on the ART BUS.

TACOMA ART BUS, 5:45 p.m. Thursday, May 16, outside Tacoma Art Museum, 1701 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, $10-$20 at brownpapertickets.com, tacomaartbus.com