by Mark Pinkos

SATURDAY 4/15

KOMODO DRAGONS -- Scaly curiosity or vicious predator? Decide for yourself as the Point Defiance Zoo attempts to capitalize on the mystique of exotic animals in their new Komodo dragon exhibit. These wily reptiles can spring from a sleepy two-week fast to devour a deer, boar, or goat up to twice their weight. Ooooh. Point Defiance Zoo, 5400 N Pearl, Tacoma, 253-591-5337, $7.25 adults, $6.75 seniors (62+), $5.50 children (4-13).

SUNDAY 4/16

SERGIO & ODAIR ASSAD -- The Assads are a virtuoso classical guitar duo hailing from Brazil. Their UW visit promises to showcase the brothers' pyrotechnic talent that has earned them worldwide kudos from music critics and composers. Their program runs the gamut from 17th-century canonical pieces to soul-searching Spanish cantos to mercurial Brazilian gems. Meany Theater, UW campus, 543-4880, 7 pm, $26.

MONDAY 4/17

ANAL APRIL -- This month-long celebration of posterior possibilities continues as Toys in Babeland hosts Anal Sex 201, a sophomore-level workshop for all genders on rear-end pleasure. Following closely behind the Intro to Anal Sex workshop (April 16), the workshop will further explore crucial issues such as anatomy, hygiene, and toys, and will provide maps to the G-spot and prostate. Toys in Babeland, 707 E Pike, 328-2914, 8 pm, $20 (sliding scale).

FREEDOM SOCIALIST PARTY -- This is the first round-table discussion based on the anthology Voices of Color, and is scheduled to be led by Moises Montoya, a Chicano historian and unionist, and Debra O'Gara, a Native American feminist. SCCC, Room 215, 7-8:30 pm, free.

WEDNESDAY 4/19

DAVID DOUBILET -- From the Cousteau school of poetic underwater photography comes David Doubilet, staff photographer for National Geographic since 1971. This lecture should be a spirited, if meditative, rhapsody on the moods and magic of the underwater world and its denizens. This is also the concluding lecture in the National Geographic series celebrating the spirit of modern-day exploration, whose prior participants have included a field anthropologist, a hot-air balloonist, and a forest canopy scientist. Meany Hall, UW campus, 624-5677, $16 general, $8.50 students.