• Five local personalities get together to tell The Sickest F***ing Stories I Ever Heard over a game of Texas Hold 'Em
• 101x hosts a Guitar Hero happy hour at Stubb's
• Car Stereo (Wars) celebrate the release of their first album, The Bandit—think Burt Reynolds circa 1977—at Beauty Bar, with a little help from Single Frame, White Denim, and NYC DJs Finger on the Pulse
• Peter Bean, founder of BurntOrangeNation.com, and Chip Brown, a sportswriter for the Dallas Morning News, preview the UT football season and dish about this year's team at Bookpeople
• Comedian D.L. Hughley, most recently of the short-lived NBC drama Studio 60, performs at Cap City Comedy Club

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• National Poetry Slam returns with a full schedule of stuff happening all over town this week, culminating in Friday and Saturday's final matches at the Paramount
• HBMG Foundation presents the 2007 ArtSpark Festival Visual Art Showcase at the Off Center
• Mayor Will Wynn and director Turk Pipkin screen "Nobelity" and "An Inconvenient Truth" at the Paramount
• Willie Nelson headlines the Austin Freedom Fest 2007, joined by the likes of Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling (formerly of the Howard Stern show), Carolyn Wonderland, Meagan Tubb, amd Paula Nelson
• Some really smart people debate whether the FCC should enforce net neutrality at the monthly Dionysium

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• Forklift Danceworks marks the upcoming anniversary of Elvis’ death with an homage to the King that includes singing, dancing, and guest Elvis cameos from Jim Swift, Sara Hickman, John Kelso, and Mayor Will Wynn
• Austinist sponsors a big bash at Beauty Bar with the Turbonego cover band Apocalypse Dudes, DJ Jester the Filipino Fist, and Ernest Gonzales
• 1906 hosts the opening reception for "SeeSaw," their first-ever photography show, featuring landscapes, portraiture, digitally-manipulated images, and collages
• Green Potato Ventures, PartyEnds, Super!Alright!, Austinist and more host a boat party at Lake Travis -- only about five tickets are left
• Austin Poetry Slam previews next week's National Poetry Slam competition at the Blanton's B Scene, along with music by Cat Scientist and DJ Nicknack

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