The Daily IST

TUESDAY [12]

theatre • Hairspray at Bass Concert Hall (8pm, $18.50-$60) ®

fashion/party • Blue Velvet turning their Cupcake Party into a monthly event! Every second Tuesday, enjoy free homemade cupcakes, a keg o' beer, tropical punch for the teetotallers (and, well, kids), DJs, and an extra 20% all their vintage threads. Tonight's tunes provided by DJ Polaris. At Blue Velvet Vintage Clothing (5pm-8pm, 2100-B Guadalupe Street) ®

film • AFS Essential: Finger of Guilt at Alamo Drafthouse (7pm) ®

film • Desperado at Rounders Pizzeria (8pm, Free)

film • AICN presents Calvaire at Alamo Drafthouse (9:45pm)

books • Robert Solomon presents Dark Feelings, Grim Thoughts: Experience and Reflection in Camus and Satre at BookPeople (7pm)

books • Zell Miller III, winner of the 1999 Austin International Poetry Slam, presents and discusses his works at ACC Student Lounge (1:30pm)

books • Maddox presents The Alphabet of Manliness at Borders, Research Blvd (7:30pm)

books • Sarah Mlynowski and Farrin Jacobs present See Jane Write: A Girl's Guide to Writing Chick Lit at Barnes & Noble Arboretum (7:30pm)

music • Blacklisted, Bracewar, Bitter End, Here Comes Trouble, Repurcussions at Emo's (8pm)

music • Black Joe Lewis, Best Love in Town at Beerland