Can't Miss It: Thursday
MONSTER MASH: Many fans of mash-up music probably have The Hood Internet's website at the top of their bookmarks list -- and for anyone who doesn't, now's as good a time as ever to start. For going on four years, the DJ duo has given away a handful of mixtapes and hundreds of well-crafted party tunes, downloadable online. There's no doubting the duo's ability to pair indie rock with hip-hop, taking classic songs and making them even better, adding melody to hip-hop and giving indie favorites much needed attitude or a dance floor beat. This TI / Liars mash-up is a good example. This ODB / White Williams combo is a good one too. Even better than enjoying the tunes through headphones? Hearing The Hood Internet working live.
8:00 p.m. // Nectar Lounge // $10
MAGIC EYE: Robert Zverina has taken the simplest of ideas and turned it into marvelous art even the hardest heart could identify with. Zverina's pocket video camera captures the moments that come to define our lives yet somehow slip away unremembered. We spend our lives staring off, taking tiny instants in, capturing the world as it comes to us. Zverina takes those moments and puts the best of them side by side, and the result for the viewer is something a little bit zen, a little bit modern, the realization that the days are full of visual wonder if we only use the right sort of seeing. Here is a preview of Vol. 4. Calling the project "robZtv," Zvering has amassed 8 volumes of footage, the most recent of them is on display tonight.
8:00 p.m. // Vermillion Gallery 1508 11 Ave // FREE
STRONG START: Heidi W. Durrow's debut novel, The Girl Who Fell, was released a year ago on Tuesday, but it didn't take that long for the work to become a bestseller. The coming of age story of Rachel, a biracial young woman in racially aware world, The Girl Who Fell has won praise for its well-drawn characters and strong prose. Durrow's story is rich in history and struggle as Rachel manages her way through an unclear world. Durrow reads from her novel tonight.
7:00 p.m. // Northwest African American Museum 2300 S Massachusetts St // $5-$7
