How can we think about this weekend when we’ve got a festival to organize in less than a month? If you missed the 2008 Mission Creek lineup be sure to take a quick look right now. From Cursive to Dan Deacon to Neva Dinova and much more, we think this year’s festival is going to be the best one yet. Nonetheless, we can’t be expected to stay inside until April, especially with such enticing menu items for this upcoming weekend. As for this week in the real world, we’ve got the first half of our major-party Presidential race settled, with a hotly contested Democratic race still smoking with Pennsylvania looming just seven weeks away. What’s not smoking? Maybe you in bars, after the Iowa Senate approved a public smoking ban in our state. We’ll leave it up to you to decide your thoughts on the whole thing, but for now you can still light up at two of the following three events.
Thursday
Grand Archives / Picador / 9pm / $6
We’ve already done our best to get you in the doors, but just in case you need a refresher course, we’ve added it here. It’s definitely one of our most anticipated nights of music thus far this year, and at a measly six bucks, you really have no excuse. You love to go out Thursday night, anyway.
Friday
The Gglitch w. Dead Larry, Datagun (ex-Heathers) / The Mill / 9pm / $6
The Gglitch never disappoint with their genre-spanning performance, but the ante has been upped for this night out. Datagun, risen from the ashes of now-defunct Freak fave Heathers, will be making their debut performance. Will you be that guy (or girl) that misses it?
Saturday
The Piano Lesson / Theatre Building / 8pm / $17
August Wilson’s 1990 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama begins its two weekend run in the E.C. Mabie Theatre (Theatre Building) on Friday, but with your Friday night sewed up at the Mill, this represents a good chance to take it in. The play deals with quintessential themes of American history not only in the South, but universally, touching on tradition, legacy, and family. Theatre Dept. faculty member Tisch Jones directs.
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