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Midweek madness (and free beer!)
There are so many great midweek events over the next few days, I feel obligated to do a mini midweek version of my Weekend Picks.
Tonight (Tuesday): Top Drawer Tunes and Brews. My girl Rebecca who hosts “Now Playing Austin” on KOOP Radio will be down at Top Drawer Thrift on Burnet Road spinning some “funky pressed wax” from 7 to 10 p.m. With true thrift store prices and consistently cute merchandise, Top Drawer is one of my favorite Austin thrift stores. Tonight all clothing will be an additional 50 percent off and St. Arnold’s Brewing Company will be in the house serving free brews.
Wednesday: Local Celebrity at Barcelona. Local MC Zeale 32 plays a free set and Table Manners Crew DJs Digg and Tats (who, incidentally, killed it at the Pete Rock show last weekend) will keep the dance floor hot all night long at this free show.
Wednesday: Fishbone at Emo’s ’90s funk-trash icons Fishbone storm the stage at Emo’s. $13.
Thursday: Cine Las Americas ‘Inside the Circle’ Director Marcy Garriott spent several years following Romeo Navarro’s B-Boy City Competition. Through the process this story of two Texas B-Boys and their “struggle to keep dance at the center of their lives” emerged. Watching a dance battle at B-Boy City is a downright exhilarating experience. Apparently SXSW film-goers caught that vibe from this flick, as it took home the 2007 Audience Award. 7 p.m. at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar. $7 Online tickets.
Thursday: Gator Fundraiser at Dominican Joe’s Gator, from the excellent up-and-coming ATX hip-hop unit Public Offenders, has been offered an opportunity to travel to Brazil for 3 weeks this summer to learn about Brazilian music and culture. The trip, organized by a nonprofit called World Preparatory, will also include volunteer work on community service projects in the Favelas. Public Offenders and their friends will perform at Dominican Joe’s to try to raise money. Almost Urban wholeheartedly endorses this sort of international cultural exchange, and my girl L. Boogie swears the Flan latte at Dominican Joe’s is off the chain. Show starts at 7:30 p.m.
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