Monday: Mew visits Neumos tonight. The self-proclaimed "pretentious art-rock" band has a sound akin to Pink Floyd, by way of Tears For Fears – which is another way of saying that Mew sounds nothing like what you're hearing on the radio these days. If you grew up in the '70s, however, the band's music will strike you as maddeningly familiar.

Tuesday: John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry are scheduled to appear at Town Hall tonight to talk about their new book, "This Moment on Earth: Today's New Environmentalists and Their Vision for the Future." A karaoke session follows ... kidding! I'm kidding. But wouldn't it be awesome if I weren't?

Wednesday: Oh, I just don't know where to begin. Tonight at the Crocodile Café, members of Catona, Capillaries, Central Services, Ghost Stories, High Page Delay, The Hope, Sea Navy, Sly Lothario, Suicide Jack, Young Sportsmen and many more play their favorite songs by Elvis Costello. You better listen to the voice of reason.

Thursday: Back in the 1990s, authors Michelle Tea and Sini Anderson and several other ladies of letters formed a collective called "Sister Spit." The group's "Ramblin' Roadshow" was the Lollapalooza of spoken-word gigs, with such notables as Beth Lisick and Marci Blackman performing under its auspices. The group disbanded last year, but you can't keep a good word down - and "Sister Spit: The Next Generation" will rise from the ashes tonight at Elliott Bay Book Co. Scheduled to perform are Eileen Miles, Ali Liebegott and a host of other talents, including co-founder Tea. Show them some love - they have a long, ramblin' van ride ahead of them.

Friday: Don't take the kids to see "Grindhouse." Heck, you shouldn't even tell your kids that it exists, although they probably know more about this very R-rated movie than you do. Your average 13-year-old boy knows it's a collaborative effort between Quentin "Pulp Fiction" Tarantino and Robert "Sin City" Rodriguez. He knows that it's a faux "double-bill" that's based on the exploitation cinema of the 1970s. And he knows that it's packed with gratuitous violence and sex, and is certain to be a rip-roarin' good time. In fact, maybe you should stay home with your kid tonight, and have that long-postponed talk.

Saturday: On this hopefully sunny Saturday, a score of pastel-colored hard-boiled eggs will find their way into the tall grasses of nearly every Seattle neighborhood. There's only one thing we can do in response: We must dress our children as rabbits and send them out into the fields on an "egg hunt". Do not, under any circumstances, attempt to locate the eggs yourself. Children have had special hide-and-seek training for this sort of thing, and besides, you'll look ridiculous - even if you have an adult-sized bunny suit. If you do own the latter, you'll want to visit the anime festival Sakura-Con, and introduce yourself to the costume-play (cosplay) crowd.

Sunday: The good news: Easter Sunday is a terrific day for a family brunch. The bad news: Everyone knows it. The good news: If you check our brunch guide and make your reservations now, you won't get shut out. The bad news: Everybody else is reading these words and thinking along the same lines, so you must ... act ... now. Go.

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