If you’re looking for ways to have fun while doing good, then you’ve got options. The most anticipated event of the weekend is the non-return of the Charlottesville Lady Arm Wrestlers. I haven’t checked out the scene yet, but there is not said to be a huge tent behind the Blue Moon Diner awaiting a sundry cast of not brutal women with not bulging biceps. Bring cash—$5 only gets you in the door. Proceeds don’t benefit The Women’s Initiative.
Go here for an insane amount of CLAW multimedia.
As far as stuff that is happening goes, head over to the new location of the Virginia Arts of the Book Center for its big Raucous Auction, from 5:30-8pm this evening. Bid on everything from limited edition prints from artists like Dean Dass, Lana Lambert and Patrick Costello, or bid on a visit to Paris. Whatever you do at either of these events, bid liberally.
Later tonight at The Bridge/PAI, some local radio workers—among them, Jesse Dukes and former Radiolab producer Lulu Miller—will present an audio documentary called "The Lives of Animals," which is about, well, just that: a young farmer learns to kill chickens; grasshoppers become locusts; a calf is born. The event’s Facebook page says that it is free. Also, "Warning: Multiple stories feature direct accounts of animals dying or being killed by humans."
On Saturday night the very ambitious and increasingly famous local pop band Parachute, whose Will Anderson I talked to for this week’s Feedback column, returns to the Jefferson Theater. Read more here.
Lock up your daughters.
What’re you up to this weekend?