If you’re looking for a way to simultaneously party and shed extra holiday pounds, Flying Turns have just the thing! Tonight the local, dance-inducing DJ troop brings their third edition of Cosmic Trigger to Loft 718 (above Silhouette). They’ll have beats bumping well into the night with six mix masters spinning underground disco that will keep boogie-oholics shaking things up on the dance floor. more ›

The Opera House, on South 1st, is a venue, retail store, and has hopes of soon becoming a non-profit organization. On Sunday the 22nd they’re proving their mettle with a 3D movie release party by Jeanne Stern and Erich Ragsdale, followed by a performance by the San Marcos group Teddy and Marge. Visual artists Stern and Ragsdale have collaborated on a “stereoscopic puppet film” entitled The Isle of Cattywampus that they’ll be presenting at the event. To clarify, the film is 3D because it was “shot with two lenses, one for each eye.” Following the film, the duo will also present a 3D slide show and a few animated shorts. Teddy and Marge will perform their old-time, Tom Waits meets a drum machine tunes after the Stern and Ragsdale portion of the evening. more ›

Hungry for a little optical stimuli? Stereopticon, with its futuristic 3D stereograms, kinetic art and optical sounds, promises to weave together sound and light in ways that will fascinate (and possibly trigger a seizure or two). more ›