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Find your cat ear headband, and draw some grease paint whiskers on your face, because the 3rd annual Internet Cat Video Festival - curated by the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis - is making a tour stop at the State Theater (233 S. State St. in Ann Arbor) on Tuesday, February 24 at 7 p.m.

Regular admission prices apply ($10 general, $8 for students, seniors, veterans, and kids under 12).

The brainchild of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the ICVF is billed as "the first offline celebration of online cat videos" and was born in 2012.

"We are really looking forward to what we know will be a fun, silly night of cat videos (who doesn't love those?)," said Ruth Lednicer, the theater's senior director of marketing and programs. "We've also invited the Huron Valley Humane Society to have information on animal adoptions on hand for all those viewers who are so moved at the end of the event to get a cat of their own to star in films."

Advance tickets do not appear to be available, so when you see a line on Tuesday at the State, don't be Grumpy Cat. Just bring something to occupy yourself for a few minutes.

Perhaps a ball of yarn?

Jenn McKee is an entertainment reporter for The Ann Arbor News. Reach her at jennmckee@mlive.com or 734-623-2546, and follow her on Twitter @jennmckee.