Hey guys! I hope nobody got blown away in that brutal wind yesterday, I couldn’t believe it. We’re not in for much nicer weather for the next few days either, unfortunately. What did everybody get up to last night?

Ivy Hall (179 Ponce de Leon) has author Jamie Iredell doing a reading from his book “I Was A Fat Drunk Catholic School Insomniac” at 6pm. Free, followed by book sale and signing. This guy’s Twitter is something else…

If you want to get an early start on St. Patrick’s Day, Rí Rá Irish Pub is going Bald for a Cause at 6pm, to benefit the St. Baldrick’s Cancer Foundation.

Further Art (75 Bennett Street #M2) is holding the reception for their exhibit Something Else at 6pm, which features ten artists work on completely different mediums, including paper, sculpture, painting, and installation art.

If you’re a GSU student or friends with one, poet Nikki Giovanni is talking at 370 Student Center (44 Courtland Street SE) as part of the GSU Distinguished Speaker series, which has featured people like Bill Nye, Steve Wozniak, and Jane Goodall in the past.

At 7pm Cyclorama (800 Cherokee Ave) has author Dolen Perkins-Valdez giving a free lecture/Q&A titled That Which Survives: Love Lost and Found in the Shadow of War. Sycarama pls.

Publik Draft House (654 Peachtree St)has trivia at 7pm, I think it’s run by the Dirty South guys.

The Goat Farm (1200 Foster St) has an event called So Coco: A View Behind the Runway, which is a play, a fashion show, and a dining experience. Tickets start at $35 and go all the way up to crazy amounts for VIP experiences, 8pm.

The W Downtown (45 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd) is celebrating it’s 5th year anniversary with DJs and a party. 8pm-2am, and afterwards I guess you could always stay there instead of driving home!

At 10pm The Octopus Bar (560 Gresham Ave) will host Lily & The Tigers as they play a show to celebrate the release of their new album “Last Mosquito.” If you’ve never been to The Octopus Bar, this is an excellent opportunity to change that.

Shows tonight (image version):

(Was that table any better for mobile devices?)

Also:

The Stacktones @ Smith’s Olde Bar (1578 Piedmont Ave), $8, 7pm

The Hollidays @ The Clermont Lounge (789 Ponce De Leon)

Ian Campbell of Ian Campbell & The Recruits acoustic set @ 10 High Atlanta (818 North Highland Ave), no cover, 9pm, 21+

There’s also all the usual Thursday Stuff, and everything ongoing.

I’ll probably go to trivia at Villains as part of the usual Thursday stuff, and then after that I’d like to see Muuy Biien play again, but System Fucker, Lux Noise, or Lily & the Tigers would be good shows too. The Something Else reception if your ears are still ringing from last night, or The Goat Farm if you have $$$, lots of cool stuff tonight. Let me know what you guys get up to and what turns out to be fun!

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