Friday, February 3, 2012

Out & About presents… OUR WEEKEND PICKS

By on March 26, 2009

Tonight
Design Editor
Tonight's show at Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall is the first performance in Athens from the Punch Brothers in two years.
Val Emmich, notably of "Ugly Betty
has six albums and recently completed his first novel. "
Val Emmich, notably of "Ugly Betty

Thursday

Punch Brothers.
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall.
7:30 p.m.
$25.
Chris Thile and the guys light up every stage with their amazing musicianship. Definitely a must see.

Paula Poundstone.
The Classic Center.
9 p.m.
$20-$40.
Paula Poundstone has had quite a career and made both Comedy Central’s 88th Greatest Standup of All-Time and Maxim’s 7th Worst Comic of All-Time. If you have the cash, this cannot be missed.

Incendiaries, Consult the Bones, Lautrec, The Sunglasses.
Caledonia Lounge.
10 p.m.
$5/$7.
Featuring members and ex-members of Shitty Candy, Cinemechanica, Nationale and Down With the Woo, Incendiaries hones this collision of influences into a forceful, laser-sharp attack.

Friday

Dawgs After Dark: Recess.
Tate Center.
10 p.m.
$5/Free for students.
Expect arcade games, a magician, free food and more. Sometimes it’s nice to take a break from bar hopping and feel like a kid again.

The Best of Andrew Lloyd Weber.
Hodgson Hall.
8 p.m.
$23-$28/Half price for students.
Your favorite ALW classics performed by Broadway vets.

The Jack Burton, The Arcs, Vincas.
Caledonia Lounge.
10 p.m.
$5/$7.
The Jack Burton do posi-punk right: incredibly catchy with enough rough edges to have a good time.

Val Emmich.
The Melting Point.
9 p.m.
$8 advance/$10 door.
You might recognize him from TV, but Emmich is a musician, too.

Hot New Mexicans, Dos Tornadoes, Really Wrong.
Rye Bar.
10 p.m.
$3.
Hot New Mexicans deliver some of the best power-pop/punk-pop tunes in town. It’s almost criminal that this is only $3.

Ballers’ Ball Dance Party.
Farm 255.
11 p.m.
Atlanta and Athens’ finest DJs bringing hip-hop to the Farm.

Saturday

The House of Bernarda Alba.
UGA Chapel.
8 p.m.
$10/$7 for students.
Federico García Lorca’s final play – featuring an all-female cast – explores passion, repression and sexual tension.

RPM Challenge Listening Party.
283 Bar.
8 p.m.
Free.
A bunch of quality local musicians completed the RPM challenge – participants record an entire album in the month of February – and this is the first chance to hear everyone’s final products.

March Metal Madness Fest.
Tasty World.
2p.m. to midnight.
$12.
For those who missed out on Scion – or who can’t wait for another day of nothing but metal. A full 12 hours of local metal bands storm Tasty World.

Sunday

Movie Night.
Angelo’s.
7 p.m.
Free.
Who knew Angelo’s screened movies? Go check out the classic “Roman Holiday.”