Saturday, July 04, 2009

Upcoming Highlights

7/4/2009

Freedom Fest 2009

The San Antonio Restaurant Association presents Freedom Fest 2009, July 4 and 5, in Market Square. Sample food from dozens of the city's finest restaurants while enjoying live music of all types (Rock, Country, Tejano, etc.) and an interactive children's area.

Free entrance, with nominal food prices ($2-$5). . Market Square, San Antonio.

7/4/2009

CAM: Black Light Art Party

Michael Aaron Casares, Ernest Vidal & Gil Casares display a vast array of new work on this July 4th party. The lights go on when the sun goes down. Music by MusikBox.

Free. Calcasieu Gallery, San Antonio.

7/4/2009

2nd Annual Devil's Hollow 4th of July Jam

Devil's Hollow returns for their 2nd annual 4th of July Jam. Devil's Hollow previews their debut album with Workers Party (7pm), Beans 'n Rice (8pm), Snippy Lovin' & The Southern Sandwich (9pm), and Kings, Queens, & Lovers (10pm) opening

$10 Cover, $8 through Devil's Hollow Website. Sam's Burger Joint, San Antonio.

7/4/2009

Independent's Day All Hippity Hop

Cerebral Vortex (Chicago), Poet, DJ Remix, DJ Scuba Gooding, with art by Deadbeat Hero, Erik Gustafson, and Fletch.

Limelight, San Antonio.

7/4/2009

The Kings of R&B: Keith Sweat and Montell Jordan

Celebrate the 4th of July with these two super-smooth singers.

$28-$60. Sunset Station, San Antonio.

7/5/2009

Peachcake

Song titles “Welcome to the Party to Save the World!” “Stop Acting Like You Know More About the Internet Café Than Me,” and most especially “How to Get to the Moon and Back on Half a Tank of Gas (As Told by the Great Racecar Driver From Outer Space)” should indicate what you’re in for here. Musicians Stefan Pruett, Mike McHale, and Michael Kraft — appropriately based out of Carefree, Arizona — deliver vocals in disinterested and permanently sarcastic-sounding voices, backed by synthesizers and drum machines (not to mention the requisite keytar), and the songs are as fluffy and unfocused as their names foretell. The attitude behind tunes such as “Jeremiah, Stop Taking Bukowski So Seriously” is hard to hate, though, and few bands since the indie dance boom are using their fancy electronics for such lo-fi effects. If you’re looking for music to semi-ironically frolic to, the White Rabbit will be your spot Sunday. Just make sure you prance the hell back out be ()

$10. White Rabbit, San Antonio.

7/5/2009

Peachcake

$10. White Rabbit, San Antonio.

7/5/2009

Freedom Fest 2009

Free entrance, with nominal food prices ($2-$5). . Market Square, San Antonio.

7/5/2009

Los Magnificos Car Show & Concert

Car show featuring hot rides from across the south, with a concert that features Slim Thug, Baby Bash, Frankie J, Paula Deanda, and an official DopeHouse Records reunion

$13 in advance (available at Ticketmaster), $20 at the door. Freeman Coliseum, San Antonio.

7/7/2009

TPR Cinema Tuesday: Oscar Shorts

TPR presents Oscar-nominated short films, with 5 live action films, and 3 animated shorts. Short films can be a true experimentation of the medium. At other times, they fall into a predictable fomat with switcheroo endings and other gimmicks to curry favor with players in the Industry. We're curious to see what direction these lean. Clearly, cinema is on trial here.

$10 members, $12 non-members. The Bijou, San Antonio.

7/7/2009

135th Imperial Council Session

No, this isn't the name of an art-rock band, but another way of saying the Shriners are coming to town! And about 15,000 of them. The fallout of this event will be felt for years at various thrift stores around town in the form of funny t-shirts. Too many events to list. Look for them downtown. The highlight is a parade that begins at 4th and E street at 7pm and ends up by Santa Rosa hospital around 10pm. Main Plaza might be a good spot to observe.

Main Plaza, San Antonio.