You can always check out cvilleMUSE for your arts and music recommendations, but without further ado, I present to you things which will make your weekend better than swell. I actually really like looking around for exciting things to do, because there is cool and unique stuff every weekend. As always, let us know what we’ve forgotten.
All the stuff is after the break!
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Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s here! We have all the details for Space Party 2008. Before we begin, we would like to thank everyone who is involved. Thanks to X-Lounge for hosting the event and doing “special things.” Thanks to Charlottesville Sports and Social Club and 106.1 The Corner for being our media partners. Thanks to Music Today for managing our ticket sales. Thanks to Belmont Yo for doing an amazing job with the artwork! And, thank you to all of you loyal readers and voters for getting excited about giving all of our proceeds to your charity of choice. Without your support we couldn’t do this.
This time around, the details are sweeter, we have T-Shirts and will have more fun. Details after the break…
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This weekend is going to rock the shazbot… why?
Music
Um, I can never beat Shaun to the punch. You are going to miss a lot of sweet stuff if you don’t read his preview over at cvilleMUSE. How do you like these apples? Van Halen (please don’t be canceled), Ryan Shaw, Birdlips and Friday’s After Five (with Eli Cook).
First Friday’s
How could you overlook Pinkie’s amazing preview on cvilleMUSE. She covers every single venue and every single artist, with links to boot! Apparently, there will be MUSE special ops walking around handing out business cards. Try to find them and tell them Thor sent you.
Off the Cusp
If MUSE always kicks my butt on real events at least I can find stuff off the beaten track. If you are a techno-mac-loving-uber-nerd, you should go to BeCamp, which is a part communist, part hippy part electronic festival of computers and crazy ideas like “FOAF,” “Grails,” “Parallel Computing,” “Selenium -web tier testing” and a bunch of other things that scare me.
Enjoy your weekends! What did we miss?
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Well, for music and the arts, make sure you check out cvilleMUSE.
Otherwise a few interesting things:
Foxfield, duh, on Saturday.
Michael (owner of Ventana) said he had 4 Feist tickets he’d be giving away this weekend to bar hoppers [via a Birdie]
Friday - R2 retro dance party. 60s to the 90s, no “80s frat house bullshit.”
As always, let us know what we missed!
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Wow, what a night. I hadn’t seen this many people on the mall in forever. Everyone came out of hibernation yesterday. The tough part was finding a nice place to be outside with the sea of people that came downtown.
Ventana (new place in place of Kiki) was full of Law and Darden students wearing sun dresses. I didn’t go in, but it looks like it was pretty exciting. While we have ripped on Splendora’s in the past (see The Great Cookie Roundup, one of my favorite articles, or Inside Scoop in Gelato), I did have the pleasure to try the gelato again. Spendora’s has gotten way better and I will write a new review.
Ten, as usual, was full of hot Dardenites and L1s, 2s, and 3s. Yummy. I also had the pleasure of walking by OXO which looked semi-bondage to me. I think OXO kicked ass on the interest level; everyone I talked to was aware of the party and their curiosity was there. But, the problem was no one wanted to go; perhaps it was the $15 cover, or the fear of leather. I don’t know. Did you go? We should have some pictures coming soon.
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Come to OXO After Dark’s first ever theme Dance Party: BONDAGE.
It’ll be flirty, sexy, and provocative – but nothing hardcore. Think pretend bondage. SWPL.
If you’ve been really good, you may win the $100 cash prize for best Fantasy Outfit. Tim’s not coming so you actually stand a chance.
If you’ve been really bad, you may be put into cage for a time out! You will get spanked by Shenanigans!
Dancing and Diversions, with your Mistresses and Masters dressed in Vinyl and Leather.
Friday, April 18
Doors open at 10:00, but VIPs and special friends (that’s you guys) are welcome at 9:00 for munchies and makeup help from a certified M.A.C. artist.
So, how daring are you? Prove it! Tickets only $15, available at the door.
If you comment on this article before 4PM today, you will be entered into a random drawing for TWO FREE TICKETS! Winners will be announced at 5PM. Tickets will be held at the door. One entry per person.
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Here is it April. I keep catching glimpses of the sun and in hopeful anticipation of it sticking round, whip out my sunglasses. The second I get them on the clouds roll in. Sun or no sun, I have definitely got a bad case of spring fever. No matter the man, when I’m walking down the mall, I just want to jump everyone. I even steal extra looks at girls in their cute little skirts. I am in no way interested in them, but can feel the effects of cabin fever reversing. I am ready to go out and play, playmate optional, but preferred.
I know all this built up anxiety and eagerness stem from the need for outdoor physical activity. I am sure you are all right there with me. So in an effort to avoid needing one of those lovely over-the-counter paternity tests, I am offering a list of some outdoor fun to enjoy in the spring in Charlottesville.
Get Outdoors–Meet Some New People with Outdoor Adventure Social Club
Play Some Kickball or Go for a Run
Or More Hiking…with the lovely city of Cville
More simply you could just have Dinner or a Drink Outside at: Blue Light, Miller’s, Sticks, Orzo, McGrady’s, Christian’s, Bizzou, Etc. This is always a guaranteed way to enjoy nice weather, but may not provided much needed spring fever distraction.
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Ah, the standard Friday wine tastings: Beer Run, Crush (with a “Screw Kappa Napa”), and Market Street.
Music: Son’s of Bill & Greg Brown, read our preview from cvilleMUSE.
Red panties! Don’t forget to submit your red panties pictures/artwork for our contest. Remember you can wine a bottle of wine from Crush!
Public night on Friday at McCormick Observatory - Read a review from doofus.
Barhoppers, Sunday Night! This sounds awesome. Read our preview from Tuffy.
Zinc Anniversary Party on Saturday Night!
Tonight at the cafeteria will be a bit different and a bit special. It will be ABSOLUTely enhanced with new green flavor. Usually, in instances like this, there are lots of freebies, shirts, specials etc., Last time, Escafe broke the New Year’s Eve bar sales record, and the elevation of the dance was out of control.
Salsa Sundays - Lu Sid’s review.
As always, add your events below!
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Van Halen got canceled (or so we heard), so there have got to be some more things to do this weekend.
In no particular order, my top 4:
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We did a major overhaul of the site this week and we appreciate everyone’s continued interest in our site. We understand the colors are a little harsh, but we think everything overall should be better. Besides hell breaking loose, we get brow beaten by law students for watching a tazing, obsess over Valentine’s Day and bitch about rudeness of smokers.
We did cry twice this week– once about Kiki closing and once about the loss of one of our favorite baristas from Cafe Cubano. Things did take a turn for the better as we pranced around in our fur coats and decided that serious drug dealing can happen on the Downtown Mall. Enjoy with a Snack Pack. »Read More
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