Kick back and get ready for tiki time

"Exotica 2000" 7 p.m. Saturday

Right-On Futon,

1184 N. Milwaukee

(773) 235-2533

It's best not to approach tiki culture lying down. Tikisoriginated as the tall carvings of gods and ancestors in the SouthPacific. But that doesn't prevent the Right-On Futon store fromhosting "Exotica 2000," a free tiki art event and party on Saturday.If things go swimmingly, you'll need a futon to de-tiki.

Tiki culture has always been popular along the West Coast, particularly in San Francisco, where Otto von Stroheim publishes thebrilliant "Tiki News" (2215-R Market St., No. 177, San Francisco,Calif. 94114), and in Seattle, where home tiki bars are …