THURSDAY [24] music • Brother Will (Brothers & Sisters) and Friends, Lomita, and Sean Ohno (The Arm) at Beauty Bar (10pm, Free, Drink tickets to first 150 guests) ® music • Fiction, Gulf of Mexico, Bello Ragazzo at 912 Red River (10pm) ® party/fashion • DJ Ian Orth aka Learning Secrets spins at Bettysport's cocktail party celebrating the new silhouettes and colors of the Stella Mccartney fall/winter collection for Adidas at Bettysport (5-8pm, Free)... more ›

It's a "high-brow party with a low-brow soul" featuring Jennifer from Ear Candy (one of our favorite radio shows in town), free beer, Graham Reynolds, and 250 of your closest performance-loving friends -- all to "put the arty back in party". That's how the Rude Mechs roll. They'll be bringing all the Pop Art-themed goodness to you this Saturday at their East Austin home, the Off Center. Doors open at 7pm*, with admission at $15... more ›