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Houston International Festival April 17-18 & 24-25
Admission ticket required: http://www.ifest.org/tickets
General info & parking: http://www.ifest.org/information/#fastFacts
***I marked this event on Sunday April 18, because my wonderful friend Karina Nistal will be performing at 6:30 PM with her band. ^_^

If you shop, work or play in the Rice Village area, please stop by Method for a special two night event! We are serving mojitos and playing some good music and receive 25% discount! Come grab a mojito listen to music and shop Methods latest spring arrivals while taking advantage of the 25% discount on all your spring style must-haves! This...

On Tuesday, April 13, 2010, Houston Press will host its annual food and wine extravaganza from 7-10pm (Early Admission begins at 6:00 p.m.) at West Ave (2800 Kirby Drive). The event will showcase the various culinary talents of our city, complete with food sampling from over 30 area restaurants alongside wine, beer and spirit sampling. Live music...

It's that time of year again! The 2nd Annual White House Brewing Company Crawfish Boil. One metric ton of crawfish will be available (not really, but a good 150 lbs), along with the corn, potatoes, and everything else. Beer pong will be set up in the garage (yet this will be a BYOB event). So please bring your own alcohol, coolers, and...

Houston Press Concert Series presented by LikeMe.Net. Big Names. Small Venue. Free Show! Join us at Pub Fiction the last Wednesday of every month. On March 31, Wes Hayden will perform. You must be 21 + to get it in. Pub Fiction will fill up fast so get there early! Doors open at 4pm. 2303 Smith in Midtown. 713-400-8400

Sunsett Stripperz has been invited to rock the Houston Press's monthly Flashback Thursday event at Lucky's Pub. It's an early 9pm start since it's a school night, but you will still be getting your fill of the songs you grew up with from Houston's latest and greatest 80s metal tribute band! AND IT'S FREE!!!

Join the Houston Press at Lucky's Pub (801 St. Emanuel) every month for Flashback Thursdays. 80's cover band Sunsett Stripperz performs March 25 at 8 p.m.; free show.

Village Voice Media presents "The Showdown 2010" at SXSW from noon to 5 p.m. on Friday, March 19th at La Zona Rosa (612 W. 4th St. Austin). No one under 18 will be admitted. This year's lineup is The xx, Superchunk, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Surfer Blood, and Free Sol. More information at sxsw.villagevoicemedia.com. Sponsored...

#thePARTY @SXSW.
March 16, 8-2 AM
Terrace 59, Speakeasy Rooftop
412 Congress Ave. Austin, TX

theMIX agency proudly presents #thePARTY @SXSW.

We're taking over Terrace59, the rooftop of Speakeasy. If you guys came to last year's party, you know what to expect.

We're bringing some of our absolute favorite artists at the moment to...

Join us for happy hour drinks and appetizers at Buffalo Biliards and get your geek on. Happily sponsored by Rackspace, Capital Thought, and Gowalla!

Party is limited to the first 250 guests who arrive - please let us know if you can come.

Join the Facebook team and local developers for a deep dive into the latest and most exciting ways developers are building with Facebook technologies.

Come to learn, stay to make friends!

Tentative Agenda
2:00 - 2:30 PM - Registration
2:30 - 3:30 PM - Learn the latest from Facebook and local devs
3:30 - 5:30 PM - Drinks on us-- stay and mingle...

Come join Digg & Revision3 for an evening of revelry, music & mayhem at world famous Stubbs BBQ. We're featuring a live Diggnation, great music from The Walkmen, and we've got a few more tricks up our sleeve - including some by Scam School host Brian Brushwood and more - but you'll have to show up to see. As always, this is a...

Join us for happy hour drinks and appetizers at Cedar Door and learn what we are working on at Mozilla. Party is limited to the first 250 guests who arrive - please RSVP here!